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Read articles →A real-time family project video showing Tim and his wife Christy planting a row of 10 balled-and-burlapped oak trees along their property line using the John Deere 2038R's loader and forks. The focus is practical: spacing math, hole sizing, root-ball handling technique, and lessons learned tree by tree over roughly two hours. Light on technical tractor detail, heavy on candid trial-and-error. Best for owners curious how a loader handles nursery stock on an actual job.
An owner-operator channel where Tim documents real property projects with his family, explicitly stating they are not experts but share what works through experimentation.
They measured 358 feet of planting area, left 30 feet before the ditch, leaving 330 feet for 10 trees across nine spaces, giving 36.67 feet between each tree.
They learned to keep the root ball further onto the forks before rolling it off, and to remove the wire basket while the tree was still raised for better visibility and control.
The root ball was about two feet wide at top tapering to 17 inches at the bottom, needing roughly two scoops with a one-foot-wide bucket.
| John Deere 2038R | Kubota LX3310 | |
|---|---|---|
| PTO horsepower | 30.4 hp | 27 hp |
| Loader lift capacity | 1,949 lbf (at pivot pin) | 2,245 lb |
| 3-point lift capacity | Not Published | 2,139 lb |
| Hydraulic flow | 5.3 gpm | 5.0 gpm |
