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Tree Harvesting Trolleys
These heavy-duty tree harvest carts are designed to move heavy loads, improving workflow and productivity. They're the perfect tool for moving small or large trees, root balls, and oversize plants around nurseries, greenhouses, garden centres, and forestry. Designed for efficiency, they don't just protect the plants you're moving, but the environment around them, and your workers.
What are tree harvesting trolleys used for?
Tree harvesting trolleys are designed to move heavy plants and trees safely - for both plants and workers. Designed for manoeuvrability, they do just that, flowing through tight aisles and around sharp bends with minimal effort.
Their biggest strength is their efficiency. Handling bulky stock manually is time-consuming. It requires a team of people taking special care and effort to safeguard the largest plants and prevent damage. A high-quality tree dolly, however, allows one or two workers to do the same job easily with minimal effort.
Unlike standard harvesting trolleys, sack trucks and barrows, tree trolleys have wider frames, secure cradles, and are engineered to balance leverage, supporting the weight and shape of tall planting stock. This reduces the stress on trunks, roots, branches, and bark, protecting any tree crop from damage caused by dragging or improper lifting.
The benefits of using tree trolleys
We've already touched on how well they protect your plants and trees. Their safe and simple operation is essential for commercial operations. They don't just protect your investment; they boost productivity by making hard tasks easier and quicker to complete. They're easy-loading (and unloading) and height-adjustable, with pneumatic tyres and large wheels that roll over the bumpiest, uneven ground with ease.
Mature trees are often expensive, and root balls are notoriously fragile. A high-quality tree trolley reduces impact, bumping, twisting, and abrasion during transport, the things that cause shock and stress to this type of plant.
The appeal to employers is how they make challenging jobs faster and safer for workers. Taking the heavy lifting out of the equation, they reduce workplace injuries and the needless expense of damaged stock. By shifting the load and effort to their wheels and axles, there's far less risk of damage to arms, shoulders, backs, and bodies.
Different types of tree harvesting trolleys
Standard tree dollies
A simple and strong dolly for trees. Often fitted with a U-shaped cradle, and large wheels with pneumatic tyres that don't need rails to move easily around warehouses and work grounds. They're ideal for collecting and transporting potted trees and root balls efficiently over a variety of surfaces.
Heavy-duty tree dolly and hand trucks
Suited to bigger trees and plants. With reinforced frames, wider wheelbases, and increased capacity, landscapers rely on this type of trolley to manoeuvre bulky plants safely around grounds and gardens. The largest powered models are equipped with hydraulic steering, wheels, and platforms with scissor lifts to handle and move the largest, bulkiest loads.
Adjustable cradle tree trolleys
With flexible supports and cradles, an adjustable cradle keeps single or multiple-stem trees supported and safe, centred, with reduced sway.
Four-wheel high stability trolleys and tree carts
Again, for use with extremely heavy stock, a tree dolly hand truck distributes its weight across four wheels, reducing pressure on staff during longer moves in large warehouses, garden centres, and work sites.
FAQs
Are tree trolleys designed for single-person use?
Yes. Most models are designed to make transporting awkward and bulky trees and plants easy for one person.
What sizes and kinds of trees can they carry?
Depending on their design and specification, tree trolleys move everything from small saplings to mature multi-stem trees. A well-balanced tree trolley allows a single person to move loads of up to 400kg, as the leverage does most of the work.
Do trolleys work with bagged and balled-and-burlapped trees?
Absolutely. They're just some of the standard products this versatile equipment is commonly used for.
How do you store a tree trolley?
Smaller hand trucks and trolleys are often hung on walls or stood upright out of the way. Larger models need more space for storage. Both types require only a little maintenance and care to keep them in good working order.