getting mulch from the dump ?

[Cagary]

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Originally posted by 1voyager1

When you reach the stop sign where the road forks, the raised refuse dumping platform is to the left.
The continuation on to the green waste area is straight through the stop sign.
Pass by the dumping platform on your left.
You will come to the green waste mulching area on your right.
Pass by the first portion of it.
You then reach where the entrance to the mulching area is to the right [unpaved] and the entrance to the scale is to the left [paved].
Go to the scale first.
Let them weigh your vehicle and obtain a scale ticket.
Then drive on around and back to the mulching area.
My vehicle is short enough that I always pull a u-turn just passed the scale saving the drive around the return circle.
Give the ticket to the attendant or place it in the box and drive over to the loading staging area.
If you're not sure what to do, look for the attendant/loader driver and ask him.
You will be advised where and how to park for loading.
I have as mid-sized p/u
1 good full bucket fill me up.
If it is lightly loaded, I'll ask for more to be added.
Smooth the load out pushing the highest areas into the low areas, usually along one side of the vehicle.
Clean off your bumper, back and sides.
A good GVW load for me is the middle of the load being about 2' higher than the sides of the bed.
You MUST cover your load.
Carry a tarp to cover it with.
Before loading, I set it down in the front of the bed draped over the cab so that all I need to do is draw it back over the load, tuck it in along the sides and back, then add a couple of tie-down straps to hold it in place for the drive back to Puna.

Go back through the scale.
Let them re-weigh your vehicle.
The scale is closed for either 1/2 or 1 hour at noon.
try to time your trip so that you do not end up parked at the scale waiting for the attendant to finish lunch.
Once you're weighed the second time head for home.

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One more thing that I like to do is bring along about twenty 15 gallon size nursery pots. Before I get loaded, I arrange them in a way that will "catch" the mulch. The 20 pots cover the entire bed of my pick up. When the mulch is dumped into the truck bed, it fills up these pots. When I get home, I have 20 pots already filled with mulch. Its a lot easier than having to shovel out a whole truck of mulch. The 15 gallon pots hold just enough mulch to easily carry them to where ever you need to use it at.

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