Anyone have any tips for moving adult apple trees? There's two apple trees in the back forty, and we want them out of there regardless. They aren't real big. We just thought that maybe rather than just cutting them down, we might cut them way back to bare minimum, pull them out of the ground with the truck along with whatever root we can get, and see if we can move them. Maybe they'll make it, probably they won't, but we'll give them a chance. They just can't be where the horses are. I end up not being able to use the back forty for most of the late summer.
From what I've read, cutting the branches back to reduce the trauma to the tree is a good idea. After it has borne its fruit, it will be going into a dormant mode anyway. Cutting a really good sized root ball will give it a chance in its new location. If you don't want to plant them in your yard, maybe Rosie could use them in her yard, or you could offer them on craigslist.