City climber
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How many of you guys have to pay to dump chips.Occasionally we can dump at nurseries,parks etc but most of the time we end up paying to dump ,probably runs around 2 grand a month.does anyone else have this problem.
dumping chips
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Tim Gardner
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Our dump grinds their debris into mulch and sells it to the local paper mill. They still charge $4 per yard to dump chips. Greedy B@stards! So we find people with horses or people trying to build up property that will take the chips for free. Between getting a logger to pick up the logs and chipping as much of the waste wood as possible we have almost zero dump fees.
Stumper
One Man Band
My "request for chips" list usually has people waiting for a week or 2. whenever I get caught up I have one fellow with 25 acres who wants all I can bring. No dump fees 
Marky Mark
Hell's Kitchen Trapper
I know where In nj to dump for free
Let me know where you work out of I have a few spots that take chips. i for one let a local drop at least 20 loads a month and then a mulch place picks them up at my house.
Let me know where you work out of I have a few spots that take chips. i for one let a local drop at least 20 loads a month and then a mulch place picks them up at my house.
SpikedSupra
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Just wanted say hey and see how you guys were doing....
DDM
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I Have a waiting List for chips and if I'm in the area i can take them free to a landfill.
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treeman82
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2 Comments here;
1- Dave I see you are now over 1000 posts, congratulations.
2- Forrest, I thought you were not coming back?
1- Dave I see you are now over 1000 posts, congratulations.
2- Forrest, I thought you were not coming back?
Kneejerk Bombas
ArboristSite King
1-In spring/summer we sell our chips for $10 yard. Otherwise we dump for free.
2-Hi forrest, glad to see the trolls haven't chased you too far.
2-Hi forrest, glad to see the trolls haven't chased you too far.
Nickrosis
Manned by Boderators
1 - We tubgrind our own chips and sell them. See http://www.crawfordtree.com/services/shredded_mulch.htm
2 - I like cold beverage, yeah.
2 - I like cold beverage, yeah.
it depends
Sometimes I dump chips for free at the local botanical gardens or w/customers who want them but most of the time I pay to dump them. I used to dump them in neglected patches of property w/out permission. This was great because it reduced drive time.
I was dumping w/out permission at one place that already had 2000+yards of chips and had the local sherriff let me off with a warning. He could have charged me with Class A misdemeanor for dumping and a Class A misdemeanor for criminal trespass.
I consider myself stupid and lucky. Now I really don't mind the dump fees.
Sometimes I dump chips for free at the local botanical gardens or w/customers who want them but most of the time I pay to dump them. I used to dump them in neglected patches of property w/out permission. This was great because it reduced drive time.
I was dumping w/out permission at one place that already had 2000+yards of chips and had the local sherriff let me off with a warning. He could have charged me with Class A misdemeanor for dumping and a Class A misdemeanor for criminal trespass.
I consider myself stupid and lucky. Now I really don't mind the dump fees.
John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
Our church cought a guy dumping on some fallow property the region owns. A couple of guys sat out and watched for him a few nights.
He was dumping dirty fill.
Convinced him he should clean it all up and make a donation to the parking lot fund. Graded it out nicely he did.
There are lots of places to dump free still in the MKE area.
He was dumping dirty fill.
Convinced him he should clean it all up and make a donation to the parking lot fund. Graded it out nicely he did.
There are lots of places to dump free still in the MKE area.
The Big Hurt
ArboristSite Member
Dumping fees
It costs me 20 dollars a dump at K&S landfill. I dont have a chipper though so i have to dump full brush and logs. If I had a chipper I could probably find a place that would take the chippings. Maybe I should get a chipper and use the 20 dollars per dump I would be paying and use the money for the chipper on a loan?...Probably wouldnt even out
It costs me 20 dollars a dump at K&S landfill. I dont have a chipper though so i have to dump full brush and logs. If I had a chipper I could probably find a place that would take the chippings. Maybe I should get a chipper and use the 20 dollars per dump I would be paying and use the money for the chipper on a loan?...Probably wouldnt even out
Newfie
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Barry,
If you have steady tree work it certainly would make sense. A chipper would allow less time fiddling around with brush and carting it to the dump and more time working on trees. Sit down and do the math and see what you find out. Include the $20 tipping fee, but don't forget to figure in the lost man hours in extra brush trips, you may be pleasantly surprised by how much money may be available for a payment.
If you have steady tree work it certainly would make sense. A chipper would allow less time fiddling around with brush and carting it to the dump and more time working on trees. Sit down and do the math and see what you find out. Include the $20 tipping fee, but don't forget to figure in the lost man hours in extra brush trips, you may be pleasantly surprised by how much money may be available for a payment.
