All material
should be stacked alongside the roadway in several small piles rather
than a few large ones (because it takes too long to separate the
brush), accessible to the chipper crew.
No material should be greater than
3” in diameter.
Pine slash should be cut at least 7
days prior to chipping. Freshly cut pine may stimulate bark beetle
feeding and attack healthy trees.
Following
the project the chips could be broadcast back onto the property or
collected and then made available to property owners to spread on
their property for garden mulch, dust abatement, to limit weed growth
and inhibit erosion.
Material should be freshly cut,
green material chips are better than old dry vegetation and is less
wearing on the equipment.
All
vegetative material should be free of rocks, dirt and other foreign
material that could damage the equipment. |