On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:54:23 +0000, Rusty Hinge wrote:

If you're going to remove the rootball, take the branches off, but leave
the whole height of the tree standing.

Whole height is probably a bit excessive but a good bit of trunk out
of the ground, say 4 or 5' is good idea. Gives you something lever
with for the root ball that probably weighs in justunder a tonne...

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Cheers
Dave.