Live trees

On flats may will be a trouble.. leaves will follow off

 

Throw straps over the root ball, tarp and roll.

 

And the mesh tarp keeps 'em from blowing off even if they were deciduous.

 

Only load of trees I did the shipper helped strap and tarp. Used rope on the mesh tarps. As @Tug Toy said strap the root ball and the tarps do the rest.

Relatively easy but also easy to be overweight

 

I've only done them once. They did pretty much everything. From loading and the mesh tarp was theirs as well. I had to stop 3 or 4 times to reconfigure and retie the their tarp to keep it from becoming a road hazard. But it was pretty easy and straight forward.





Hurst

 

I haul trees every spring. I made a delivery today and load again tomorrow. I put straps on every other row across the balls. Snug the straps, than again in 30 miles.
When loaded my trees lean front to tail, opposite from the picture Hurst posted.

I've never hauled bare root either. Always balled trees.

Some shippers like to use bungees to hold tarp. I like string. String you can tighten. If the net gets too loose and starts flopping in the wind, the trees can saw through the net.
Easy loads, balled trees not move much. Not sure how to strap bare root.
Good luck

 

Did someone say pine trees?