Swantech Kompact 26 Skid Steer Tree Spade
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Overview
Swantech Industries' Kompact 26 tree spade is designed for compact tractors and small skid steers, moving trees up to 2.75 inches in diameter with 26-inch root balls. Weighing only 600 lbs, it works with equipment as small as a John Deere 1025R. It attaches via pallet forks or quick attach and features a simple 4-lever operation. Made in Canada with high-strength tempered steel blades and a 1-year warranty. Ideal for nurseries, orchards, and rural property owners needing to transplant smaller trees.
Canada Availability
Made in Canada by Swantech Industries (Ontario). Available directly from swantechindustries.ca.
Key Facts
- Model: Kompact 26
- Root ball diameter: 26 inches
- Root ball depth: 21 inches
- Maximum tree diameter: 2.75 inches
- Attachment weight: 600 lbs
- Controls: 4-lever operation
- Blade material: high-strength tempered steel
- Attachment: pallet fork pockets or quick attach
- Minimum machine: compact tractors from John Deere 1025R and up
- Warranty: 1 year
- Made in Canada
Is This Right For You?
✅ Buy if…
- You maintain gravel driveways, rural roads, acreage laneways, or field access roads with a skid steer
- Float mode is available on your machine — landplanes need to float to follow the contour of the ground
⛔ Skip if…
- Your surface is hardpan or frozen — a land plane rides on top of hard surfaces and doesn't cut into them
- You need to move large volumes of material — a land plane redistributes existing material, it doesn't load and dump
🔍 Also consider…
- Box blade for primary grading before final land plane pass
- Dozer blade if you need to push material rather than float and level
🔧 Machine Compatibility
Designed for John Deere machines but mounts to any skid steer or CTL with a universal SSQA quick-attach plate.
About Swantech Industries in Canada
Swantech Industries is a Canadian manufacturer of tree spades and land planes, building equipment suited to Canadian agricultural and landscaping markets. As a domestic manufacturer, Swantech products come with Canadian warranty support and are designed with local operating conditions in mind.
Care & Maintenance
- Inspect the floating blade for wear — sharp edges level properly; a worn-smooth edge scrapes without cutting and leaves a rough surface
- Lubricate blade hinge and float mechanism pivot pins each season — seized float pivots defeat the purpose of the attachment
- Check scarifier shanks for tooth wear or breakage before each use — a missing shank puts lateral load on adjacent shanks and the boom
- After use in mud or clay, clean accumulated material from the blade housing — dried clay adds uneven weight and prevents proper floating
- Inspect blade-mounting welds for cracking at season start — the float mechanism amplifies vertical stress on the mounting hardware over time
✅ Last checked: March 2026
Source: skidsteerattachments.ca/catalog/landplanes/swantech-kompact-tree-spade-26/
