Giant American Beech yamadori

[Gabler]

Did this tree make it? Just curious, because I have access to land with some nice big( 5-8 inch trunks) American Beech trees that have lower branches and a nice root base. Thought about digging around one half of the tree between now and fall to maybe get roots closer to the trunk...or to help with survival when i dig it up in spring. I live it a sandy area, but they are in the shaded woods and not sure how far the feeder roots are. I will be putting it in the ground in a partially shaded area, hopefully out of the wind.

 

[Forsoothe!]

I think you're pushing your luck. I have several Beech from nursery stock, and I thought the roots were substantially larger than I expected, -in a nursery grown plant. You can see here the proportions of tree to this pot size which has the roots jammed in as small as I could comfortable go...
I'd like to hear what @BobbyLane says about Beech roots.