Shifting Brash

[Paddy1000111]

So recently I've had more enquires for domestic work where its a tree at the end of the ornate garden and all the bits have to be removed. Logs are easy to handle with barrows etc but does anyone have any hints/tips for brash? I've got a small/medium Leylandii to remove (about 30ft) but bulky as hell and the access size is a wheelbarrow/walkway so large dumpy bags are no good. I've got loads of the green waste dumpy bags 40x40x60 size which are great but I want to make life easier for the groundies if I can?

[nepia]

Arb trolley?  Maybe not.

Hire a wee chipper if you can and leave the chip!

Otherwise suck it up and charge accordingly

[Conor Wright]

I'd go for the wee chipper option before the arb trolley if you had the choice. Much more efficient to Barrow out the chip than the brash. 

A wheelie bin takes a good bit of chip but is a pain to tip, I use a "standard" plastic wheel barrow with greedy boards for such jobs. Made the boards from a couple of supermarket stackable crates.

[Ian Flatters]

Have you thought about a wee chipper and chip into a wheelie bin? See it a few times on Instagram. Might make shifting it easier. Or crane and just lift it out.

[Paddy1000111]

38 minutes ago, Ian Flatters said:

Have you thought about a wee chipper and chip into a wheelie bin? See it a few times on Instagram. Might make shifting it easier. Or crane and just lift it out.

It's not big enough for a crane, that's for sure and it's about a 80 yard walk back and forth. Not sure on the crane boom distance?

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Use that petrol winch and drag it up in bundles.

[Paddy1000111]

I think I'll go down the route of a mini chipper for the day and barrow it out/use a Wheely bin! 

[Paddy1000111]

7 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Use that petrol winch and drag it up in bundles.

Not my petrol winch but I have done that before. Not in a garden but on a big maccy where the access was good but it was a fair drag. Worked an absolute treat! 

[Mick Dempsey]

Et voilà!

2 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

I think I'll go down the route of a mini chipper for the day and barrow it out/use a Wheely bin! 

torture.

[woody paul]

Get use to it what comes with tree work, some times no easy way to do it.