The Diamond Wire Tree Basket consistently surpasses traditional loop and ring baskets in performance, offering superior strength, durability, and tree stability.
Our Single-wire construction uses a patented technology that provides strength to maintain the tree ball while also creating a better-looking tree. The single-wire means there are no structural welds to hold the basket together that are common from most loop and ring manufacturers.
The names comes from the wire making a diamond shape as it is laced/welded
Absolutely! With most competitive baskets, they are made up of multiple pieces of wire requiring crimping across the ball. With the single wire construction of the Diamond Wire Basket®, each crimp pulls the entire basket tighter meaning far less crimps are needed. Less crimps is less time spent on the tree which relates to cost savings.
No. We use wire that is pliable that allows it to be crimped (bent) but is still more than strong enough to hold the root ball in place during harvest, staging and transportation. NYP Corp stands behind our baskets holding up to the needs of our grower partners.
Since the basket is designed to tighten around the root ball during lacing, as well as crimping, it creates a nice tight root ball that stands up to handling and transport. In our field work there is typically no need to re-lace or re-crimp as trees are handled and lifted for loading and unloading.
There are many determining factors and at the end of the day, it is best to try out the baskets to determine which one works best for you. A starting point is understanding what type of digging spade you are using as well as the size of root ball you are aiming to dig. The two most common spades are the 22° which is known as a truncated or the 25° which is for the Vermeer Spade.
Work with the local NYP Corp Sales Manager who can help you to find the best fit for your plants. As our baskets mold to the root ball, the fit is different from the old-fashioned loop and ring basket. We have found that the age of machinery, crew experience and soil type have a significant impact on what Diamond Tree Basket® fits best and only by using them can tweaks be made
Diamond has an extra ear compared to ring/loop baskets; 5 vs 4 up to 22”; 6 vs 5 24”-30”; 7 vs 6 32” and above. It is due to the single wire continuous design, and the way the wire is wound to create the Diamond pattern. Many customers like the extra ear because it adds more structural integrity to the root ball as a whole, and makes a nice tight root ball. At first glance this might sound like an issue, but once the crews get to learn the process, they can lace the tree is the same time as they have done with the previous baskets.
We are proud that the Diamond Wire Basket® is manufactured in Lumberton, North Carolina by our dedicated staff utilizing state of the art machinery designed just for our baskets. This efficient process allows us to pass on savings with lower prices than handmade baskets from many domestic competitors or baskets from overseas.
Right now, our machinery is not set up to produce larger sizes, but that is something that we continue to explore.
The wire basket was first used by nurseries in the mid 1960’s. The basic style has remained virtually unchanged as there was no reason to change the vertical loop, horizontal ring design. Nursery crews put forth the effort to crimp or pigtail baskets to achieve the right fit. This costly step became the accepted practice.
NYP Corp., the company that introduced “No-Rot” burlap, created the Diamond Tree Basket®. This revolutionary, patented, geometric, diamond design streamlines digging operations, enhances the product and customer satisfaction, and improves the bottom-line.
After years of development, testing, and rigorous field trails, the Diamond Tree Basket® was launched. Testing was performed in all soil conditions and soil types. The mostly commonly used hydraulic spades, both old and new, were used in the field tests. Crews dug and packed a wide variety of field grown trees and shrubs. The results were conclusive, the Diamond Tree Basket outperformed the traditional loop and ring style basket in all key areas such as fit, finishing time, ball durability, ball lifting to load, and overall appearance.
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