Skid Steer attachment：Apple Ball Tree Spade - A Versatile Solution for Farm Efficiency

To keep pace with the continual advancements in the seedling industry, landscaping machinery is also evolving and progressing. Machines can help address many challenges within the seedling industry, such as low levels of standardization, high labor demands, low efficiency, and high production costs.

Replacing labor costs with lower machinery costs and achieving more consistent quality in place of uneven manual work—machinery replacing manual labor is an irreversible trend in today’s social development!

In recent years, as the landscaping industry has advanced toward mechanization, tree digging machines, as a type of large equipment, have garnered considerable attention from industry professionals. On one hand, the introduction of tree digging machines has enabled standardized planting for seedlings, providing conditions for better airflow and light exposure, which promotes faster growth and higher quality in seedlings.

On the other hand, labor costs are rising steadily. Although purchasing a tree digging machine may seem expensive, annual labor costs are even more extravagant. Only by using a tree digging machine—with its standardization and high efficiency—can the volume of use lead to qualitative improvements, allowing a return on investment in just half a year!

Let’s introduce the 'tree transplanting expert' taking the nursery industry by storm—the Sibom Apple Ball Tree Digging Skid Steer attachment!

Why Sibom?

1. One Tree Per Minute

The Sibom Tree Spade boasts high working efficiency, taking only one minute from the initial dig to fully extracting a tree. In a day, it can selectively dig around 100 trees, or up to 400 trees when clearing an area continuously. A single tree digging machine is equivalent to the workload of 30 to 100 tree diggers.

2. Apple-Shaped Soil Balls

The soil balls dug by the machine are full, with an “apple-like” shape that retains more of the root system. This increases the survival rate of transplanted seedlings and promotes regrowth.

3. High Survival Rate

The Sibom Tree Spade utilizes integrated electromechanical-hydraulic “static pressure cutting” technology, resulting in clean and smooth root cut surfaces and sturdy, impact-resistant soil balls. Tests have shown that the soil and root structure within the dug soil ball exhibits no significant structural displacement, which notably enhances the survival rate of the transplanted trees.

4. Blade

The blade and shovel components of the Sibom Tree Spade are made entirely of HARDOX*450 high-strength wear-resistant steel. Testing has shown that when external force is applied, the blade can bend continuously up to 140 degrees. After 100,000 continuous operations, releasing the force allows it to return to its original condition.

5. Adjustable Structure

The head of the Sibom Tree Spade Skid Steer attachment features a portal frame structure, allowing for fine adjustments of up to 5 cm at the connection between the fixed frame and the blade storage. Customers can easily adjust the closing state between the blades in their daily operations, ensuring smoother digging. This patented technology is industry-leading.

Sibom Skid Steer attachment 0503 series

Main Product Features

This Skid Steer attachment is suitable for the rapid digging, transportation, and planting of small-diameter trees. It is characterized by easy installation, flexible use, high working efficiency, reliable quality, and superior performance.

1. The blades are equipped with both full-tip and half-tip sizes, which are interchangeable.
2. Operators can complete the digging, transportation, and planting of trees without leaving the main machine.
3. This attachment protects the integrity of the soil surrounding the trees during excavation, minimizing damage to the tree's root system as much as possible.
4. When adapting to small loaders, customers are advised to install limit blocks (bucket or tipping bucket) based on the specifications of the main machine.