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 02-16-2006, 10:50 Post: 124621
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  what and how do you dump your grass clippings

We handle it in one of two ways. Mind you we also have more grass clippings than the average bear also.

Most commonly we just dump it near the trailer or truck and use the gas-powered vac. system to load it same as we do leaves.

For smaller sites we use a dump trailer with fold down ramps at the front of the curb side. You back up the ramps and dump over the side. When the pile gets too big you just lift the dump up with the tailgate closed, the whole pile of grass slides to the back. It's amazing how much compacting happens doing this.

For really small sites we use heavy tarps and a truck-mounted boom lift, or our crane truck. Spread the tarp, dump grass on tarp, tie corners together, sling whole bundle up onto back of truck and bind them down for the ride home.

BTW, we generate about 500 dump trucks worth of clippings per year.

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  what and how do you dump your grass clippings

Those 500 loads of clippings render about 100 loads of compost.

I suppose it could be sold, but we use it for various things, by itself as well as blended together with other composted stuff, mostly manure.

Mostly we use it as top-dressing on the fields that have been harvested of turf, before we re-seed them.

We also offer it (usually free) to anybody that wants some.

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  what and how do you dump your grass clippings

There's no need for a fancy system to insure it loads the truck fully.

Dump the grass into the front of the dump box then periodically tip the box up without unlatching the tailgate. The wieght of the grass liding to the back of the box will accomplish some pretty good compaction all by itself.

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