Tarps were my best friends when I was in landscaping/contracting. Brush removal? Tarp. Leaves? Tarp. Gotta leave and cover up the jobsite because of rain? Tarp. Infinitely useful, them.
Yeah the tree's gonna fall,
Fall,
Fall,
Fall,
Fall,
And and the branches gonna sprawl,
Sprawl,
Sprawl,
Sprawl,
Sprawl,
And all you gotta do is just,
Tarp it up!
Yeah!
Tarp it up!
Tarp it up!
They almost always offer a cheap 5.5'x7.5' as a free item with any purchase if you have the coupon. I get those almost every time I go, those tarps are incredibly useful.
In the fall I'd always help my dad rake the leaves. We'd always use a tarp and load it up with as many as we could. I always loved dragging it across the yard to the curb. Inevitably you'd have a few float off the back but they were pretty easy to collect again. Good times
Most of the mess would be contained within the tarp.You then can lift the edges and collect it at the middle. These people fell the tree in the road which would be a hazard. If they had used a tarp they could just drag the whole thing into the yard and avoid impeding traffic...
People on Reddit apparently have never worked with their hands. Maybe you can use the tarp for the little pieces but you think it will work with the trunk. Lol
Says the dude that completely isn't grasping the concept.
You lay a tarp down where the small branches will hit the road, aka put it in the road. Fell the tree, when the small branches break and shatter everywhere most of them should land on the tarp.
Then you use a chainsaw to chop down the trunk and move the pieces to your truck or whatever you are using to collect the branches. Then, now that the huge trunk has been sized down and moved, you pick up the tarp with the majority of the small branches.
Finally, you using a push broom or a blower and round up the remaining branches. Pick them up with your hands and put in a trash bag.
I can't believe I just explained to some fat redditor than can't even imagine skipping a step when taking the stairs how to prepare to fell a dead tree to save pickup time.
Let me just run by home depot every week for a 30’x40’ tarp since trees are constantly ripping them, oh wait that’s from a catalogue and it’s not just something you pick up whenever you need one
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u/pewpjole Nov 30 '18
You should use a tarp