Hello krnuttle,

"Full the bag weighs nearly 200 pounds, and is about 45' long. Heavy and awkward."

45 feet long? I assume you meant 45"

I park my chipper on an 8x8 tarp and the chips pile up near the exit of the chipper.

I periodically shovel them into a large bucket and carry that to a compost pile.

I make several trips with the bucket. That is a kind of "divide and conquer" sort of thing.

ZM

Would you believe it is a BIG bag? As you suspected it is inches and not feet.

When I chip up the pile in the spring I usually have two to four bags to distribute in the flower beds and paths on our 3/4 acre. Wrestling that 200Lb bag first into the trailer and then out to spread it, is becoming quite a chore.

The way the chipper is designed the discharge come straight out of the side of the chipper, with out the bag the wood chips would be spread all over and every thing near the discharge would be blown away.

The idea was some easy way to cheaply lifting the bag on to its own wheels, or into the trailer, and still be easy to store.

Hi kr,

Would there be room to rest your big bag in a wheelbarrow while the bag is still mounted to your chipper shredder? Or perhaps on a dolly?

ZM

That is part of the problem the top of discharge of the chipper is only about 24".

So the bag must lay on the ground,

We would empty the bag into big plastic totes that we lined the trailer with. Then we could pull the trailer to where we needed the mulch. Lift each tote out of the trailer & dump where needed. You might think about only filling the bag partially to make it easier to lift.

Hi kr,

" So the bag must lay on the ground, "

There are dollies that have a flat "platform" that lies flat on the ground. Here is

an example at Amazon. (that is a link you can click on)

You could just park the dolly next to your "big bag" with the flat part of the dolly under the bag. After your bag is filled up, you could just rock the bag back on the dolly and have your bag effectively on two wheels.

ZM (not associated with any product or vendor mentioned or linked)

I am trying to get away from lifting the bag, Once I wrestle the bag into the trailer it is easy to disperse it.

Hi kr,

" I am trying to get away from lifting the bag... "

You could use the dolly instead of your trailer. Your trailer has wheels, but a dolly also has wheels and, depending on the design of the dolly, is reasonably mobile.

ZM

I have thought about a dolly. However it would still have to be lifted to get it on the dolly, and then may have trouble with the terrain unless the wheels were large enough (back to lifting situation.)

Maybe the best situation is Grandson labor.

Hi kr,

" However it would still have to be lifted to get it on the dolly "

No, you would slide the dolly blade under the empty bag instead of leaving the bag on the ground. The bag would fill up with the dolly blade under it.

" and then may have trouble with the terrain unless the wheels were large enough "

There are a great variety of dollys, including some with very fat wheels that can roll easily over rough terrain. Moving bulky things with relative ease is what dollys are designed to do.

" Maybe the best situation is Grandson labor. "

I will let your Grandson take over this discussion now. Goodbye.

ZM