tricks and tips to make clean up easier

thanks for the tip treelogic, no palms where i live. Hey Daniel do you always lead with your ego in front of you? I posted this thread to learn more insite, being that there are others within the same field that i am. I have done tree work for a long time same as you, but you never know what you might learn even years later!!!!!!!
 
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small tarp (cut to the small size i need) wieghted down under the trap under the chipper on stone / shell driveways is key for me cause the trap dumps stuff out while chipping.
 
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TreeLogic said:
Don't forget your tarp for palms, especially when shaving frond boots
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Yup, you wanna be sure to trap and take away all those roachy insects!

"Well, except for humans."...who want to put turf in any empty spot in the landscape. Humans also recycle 'debris' on site, too...

On 'cleanup', the more you leave on site, the better it is for the trees. Which runs directly counter to the neatnik fetish present in many landscapes, and the bigger-the-chipper-the-better approach.

Another compromise is using branches and logs as landscape timbers, and smashing down the twigs behind them.

This guy knows a lot about and gives great talks on the role of ramial wood in the soil food web: http://www.groworganicapples.com/organic-orcharding-articles/ramial-wood-chip-primer.php
 
Daniel said:
If I showed you all how easy this work could be you'd cry for all the time and energy you've been wasting all these years...

clean up is huge... keep having your fun and I'll keep having mine!
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Daniel, I'm always up for ways to make clean up more fun :) Why don't you share a few pointers?
 
When I'm in the last phase of cleanup, I use the grapple on my SK650 to grab an 8' long, flat and straight branch, probably 12" diameter. I turn the grapple sideways, put it on the ground, and push the debris with the log to the chipper. Of course, works best on gravel, concrete, etc., but it works okay on grass too. Last time I did it on a crane removal after a long day of work, cut our rake time down by 3/4 at the very least. Huge relief to those wielding the rakes/shovels.
 
Has anyone tried a york rake (sometimes called a gravel rake I think) on the back of a tractor? or could be mounted on the front of a skid steer?
 
Daniel said:
chipping and dragging brush by hand is stone age.... you want to make money and save your energy and back... use a machine...
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Wow. Thank you for that piece of GOLD Daniel. I think everyone here knows to use a machine when at all possible, but more times than not, working in back yards and such, and on delicate lawns, it isn't feasible.

Now, earlier in the thread you said:

"If I showed you all how easy this work could be you'd cry for all the time and energy you've been wasting all these years...
clean up is huge... keep having your fun and I'll keep having mine!"

We were kinda thinking you might share a little bit of that secret magic you've been using and stop screaming, "Nanny nanny boo boo!" at us. Pretty please, Daniel? Would ya? Could ya?
 
Here's a secret for ya:

An arborist who understands the problems that soil compaction causes for trees, might want to reconsider driving a machine over damp soil that contains tree roots, just to save a minute or two.

What'd Pogo say again?
 
Or at least lay out plywood for the trucks.

guymayor said:
Here's a secret for ya:

An arborist who understands the problems that soil compaction causes for trees, might want to reconsider driving a machine over damp soil that contains tree roots, just to save a minute or two.

What'd Pogo say again?
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