Free Chipping Days

Chipping Pile DOs

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• Stack material next to the road so the chipping crew can easily reach the pile.

• Stack all chipping material neatly and evenly with ends facing the road.

• Stack materials loosely so the branches/limbs can be pulled apart easily.

• Tree trunks and limbs must be smaller than 6 inches in diameter.

• Keep your piles under 4 feet high.

• Keep your pile less than 12 feet long.

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Chipping Pile DON'Ts

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• IMPORTANT: No oleander or poison oak – these are toxic/harmful and will not be chipped.

• No palm fronds, Scotch broom, berry vines, or thorny material (e.g. roses).

• No construction materials, tree stumps, or rocks.

• No foreign material – wire, string, metal, etc.

• No roots – dirt and rocks in the roots damage machinery.

• No mud or dirt – do not drag your branches through mud or dirt.

• No bulldozed or machine-stacked piles.

• Do not cross-stack piles.

• Do not stack brush over existing vegetation or the roadway.