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Get there at 5am before there are any cars parked up.
Agree with Adrian (altho maybe not 5am!), but once you get used to the routine of the site, you will be ably to manage your time efficiently without to much disruption to the users. It will probably be inevitable that a couple of hours on a Saturday morning or the odd early start will be required.
I have a client, a company on a business park where there is a bank that I strim. Below the bank is the car park to the neighbouring business [BT]. There must be 30 cars in a row all along and below the bank, about two metres away. There is no way that I could strim when the cars are there. Also, there is the company’s own car park.
The solution is easy. I mow on a Saturday when there are no cars on either site. No worries about broken car windows. Some of the shrubs would also have cars parked next to them during the week, so again any hedge cutting is done over the weekend.
I do this job every fortnight along with a school playing field. It’s also much better to mow at the school when there is no one there.
Weekend working, it is surprising what can be achieved when premises are free from cars and people.
Thanks for all the replies. Pretty much the conclusion I had come to myself so that's good to hear. Unfortunately i'm probably going to have to pass up on the opportunuity as the autumn leaf drop is just going to be too large for me to cope with in terms of removal or disposal. Thanks all 👍
Would it be possible to arange for a composting area on the site? even if its just for the years leaves.
I use mulching mowers and so as the leaves fall they just get mulched along the way. Even on sites with a large amount of leaves, it would still be easier to regularly mulch over late autumn into winter rather than to collect.
If you still feel you need to pick up the leaves, then most companies on these industrial sites have large bins and even skips on site.