Tree Planter

Basics

• This Page Covers Devices to Aid in Planting Trees
• Although manual tools are considered, the ultimate goal is to cover and if need be design Semi-Automated and/or Fully-Automated Machines

General Process

1. Site Inspection / Planning
2. Land Preparation
3. Hole Digging
4. Sapling Placement
5. Misc:
   • Placement of Tree Guards / Groasis Waterboxx type devices etc
   • Laying of Drip Irrigation Lines
   • Placement of any Garden Labels / Soil Sensors

Manual Tools

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Tractor Drawn

• If steps 1-4 are done by a separate team/vehicle, a sort of towed tray with chairs for one or more workers can be used
• The procedure would basically be scoot tractor to first hole, pause, place a sapling, loop
• With either a ramp system (Potentially akin to the Paper Pot Transplanter ) or some sort of Pick and Place Machine this could be done in an Automated Manner

Dedicated Vehicle

• This has the disadvantage of costing more, and if not done with fully removable modules, leading to a vehicle that may at times sit idle (Although a Toolshare / Tool Rental Program could address this issue, along with only getting one if you need one)
• The advantage is though unlike using separate tractor attachments, separate vehicles, or even worse yet all people walking around, the whole process can be done in one run (Ideally speaking, may require a process similar to how Combine Harvesters unload as they go rather than having a MASSIVE storage tank (although in reverse) )
• In theory one would need:
  • Some sort of Brush Mower such as the Flail Mower
  • A Post Hole Digger or something akin to a Subsoiler
  • A system similar to, if not identical to, the Semi-Automatic Sapling Planter
  • Devices for any of the "misc" operations ( Drip Tube Laying Tractor Attachment / Drip Tape Laying Tractor Attachment , Separate Pick and Place for Sensors etc, Bale Chipper / similar device for mulch, and so on)

Internal Links

• Nut Plantout Machines
• Pottiputki