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Depends on the standard of finished required on the site AND your mower - 90% of the ride on work I do is mulched back onto the surface... What few areas are collected, the clippings are generally disposed of on site as these tend to be the larger gardens with trees etc that have room for a hidden composting pile where things can be left to rot down.
I will take the clippings away on request and at additional cost but it means taking the 10 x 6 foot trailer to site which can be awkward as its general use is as a 'yard skip', gradually getting filled with rubbish collected with the smaller trailers as the large one physically won't fit down some of the housing estate roads, especially at school rush hour time or on bin or recycling collection days....
My Snapper ride on mower will happily mulch grass clippings, a generous amount of leaves (even if wet) and even small twigs without trace - and it has also been noticed that the mulched lawns grow better and stay greener for longer without the need for too much artificial fertiliser.
Tell us the sizes involved !! as in trailer size and van size. Will your rideon fit inside your van instead of in the trailer ? you can then use the trailer for the clippings
Snapper 28" will fit in the back of the Toyota Hi Ace van alongside the racking (both sides) - with the 16" and 19" pedestrian mowers in the side door. Alternatively if the 22" Hayter is in the back of the van, the Snapper goes on the 6x4 trailer, which will also JUST fit the Toro 36" (rear discharge only) - the 64" Toro (mulch only) will naturally need to go on the 10x6 trailer....
If the lawn is big enough to need cutting with a rideon, then insist on either mulching or establishing dumping points on site. You don't want to be mucking about with rideons in vans, hitching / unhitching, emptying trailers of the sort of quantities of cuttings you are talking about,etc. If it is a small lawn but one handy for you to cut with rideon rather than pedest mower than half fill 1 tonne bags and throw in van. Given the weather over last couple of years you might need more than one trailer to take cuttings from one large site, so I just would not commit to taking away from large lawn, (Unless you can charge £100 per full/part load...and happy to risk mower being nicked whilst you are dumping)
Either a bigger trailer that allows you to pile a few tonne bags in front of the mower, or look at other solutions that involve leaving waste or mulching.
I have a 30" ride on and a 10x5 trailer and can fit a good amount of grass on the trailer in bags around it.
Its a honda with 48" cutting deck, its a bit big really for domestic work, may sell it on as its only done just over 100hrs.
Think Im going to have to look at waste more as i'd be priced out if charging a lot extra for waste.