Are you able to move a Tonne bag of grass cuttings, new trick we sorted a few weeks back.

My new colleague figured a way of picking up a whole bag (tonne bag ) of grass cuttings and moving them around a site and putting them onto the back of our trailer without dropping.

We use a equestrain large twin wheeled deep wheelbarrow. We tip this on its end standing upright and put two of the tonne bag straps arond the now "sticking in the air" handles of the wheel barrow.

We are then able to fill the whole tonny up, this would never bne able to be pulled around a site, unless you are Geoff Capes!. When filled we can put pressure on the wheelbarrow and the whole tonne bag tips back into the wheelbarrow and we can move it to the trailer.

We then tip the front edge of the wheelbarrow down as close as we can get it, to the edge of the trailer, and as one of us tips it forward the other pulls the two outer straps forward and pulls the bag onto the trailer, without it it slipping down a foot onto the floor. When the barrow is upright un slide the remaining two straps and we have pull it into place. Any remaining bags after this we have the huge effort to drag on top.

Now you may do something similar but before we only filled them 1/3 full or used black bags, this has made a massive difference.

Hope it helps

Andy
The Lawn Ranger

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Peter Jones May 5, 2014 at 8:30pm

Why don't you just half fill the bags then dump one into the other in the trailer?
Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 5, 2014 at 9:46pm

cos hes the lawn-ranger !
matt evans May 5, 2014 at 10:04pm
David Cox May 5, 2014 at 10:20pm

80/100l Woven poly sacks )same material as tonne bags) are easy to fill, tie off and carry and have no H&S issues, they rarely weigh more than 20kg and stack easy and can be carried easy, re usable etc. Worth considering/.
David Benson May 5, 2014 at 10:52pm

would not have worked on the scarifying job last Friday with the steps, gate, and 1ft between shrubs to get it to the trailer just half fill then tip one into the other in the trailer i ended up with 15 full bags off that lawn.(i got rid of the 2m3 bag that a farmer gave me)
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Nathan - Plews Garden Design May 6, 2014 at 2:40pm

Yep, I can see that working. May give it a go with a regular wheel barrow.

Another tip: When loading a 6 or 8yrd skip with rubble/soil etc from a wheelbarrow by yourself, turn the barrow round so the handles are resting on the lower lip of the skip, then lift and tip from the wheel-guard.
Andrew Michael Palmer May 6, 2014 at 3:14pm

I don't think it will work, the single standard barrow won't stay upright as this horsey barrow has a square connected frame with wheels each side which it sits bolt upright on, give it a go....

Ps I love the cos he's the Lawn Ranger comment !!! Sarcastic or not I love it!
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Seth Burgess May 6, 2014 at 3:17pm

David Cox said:
80/100l Woven poly sacks )same material as tonne bags) are easy to fill, tie off and carry and have no H&S issues, they rarely weigh more than 20kg and stack easy and can be carried easy, re usable etc. Worth considering/.

Do you know of anywhere to buy them online?
matt evans May 6, 2014 at 6:39pm

we use wheelie bins

Found that ton bags rip easy and potentially injure yourself lifting and dragging
Russ Francis May 7, 2014 at 8:08am

I use these on my rounds http://www.gardenbags.net/

Also found these on line, not used them before though Weirbags

Seth Burgess said:

David Cox said:
80/100l Woven poly sacks )same material as tonne bags) are easy to fill, tie off and carry and have no H&S issues, they rarely weigh more than 20kg and stack easy and can be carried easy, re usable etc. Worth considering/.

Do you know of anywhere to buy them online?