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"Planting trees is one of the most physically demanding jobs in North America." They have a fairly serious preconditioning program : https://www.summitplantin

• conscion 7y ago
  Watching the videos it looks like they only use a standard spade to break up the dirt and then slide the tree into place. Is there no specialized tools that would allow that without bending over?
  • tazard 7y ago
    Where I planted, The ground was often rocky so it was tricky to close the holes properly after planting a tree. It's also very important not to bend the tree roots. It would be very difficult to accomplish that reliably without bending over. As far as specialized tools, generally from what I have seen the spade is sharpened and one half is usually ground completely off