Hauling Trash Out of a Pit
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 10:43 am
Anyone have any clever ideas for how to remove trash from a pit?
We have a pit with a 20-30 ft vertical entrance drop and then another shorter drop into a large room.
The base of the pit and floor of the room are filled with trash - estimated 5-10 tons - mostly metal, plastic - apparently all of it is 20+ years old.
We're going to offer to the landowner to remove the trash.
Was thinking of hauling it up in a homemade cargo net - made from 2-3" flat webbing woven/sewn with long slings left on each corner for connecting to the hauling system - lined with a tarp to keep the small stuff inside the "bundle".
Anyone have any experience or ideas about how to get trash up a pit?
The largest/heaviest items appear to be <200 lb - e.g. thrown in my hand so we can remove them by hand (no car frames, appliances, etc.).
We have a pit with a 20-30 ft vertical entrance drop and then another shorter drop into a large room.
The base of the pit and floor of the room are filled with trash - estimated 5-10 tons - mostly metal, plastic - apparently all of it is 20+ years old.
We're going to offer to the landowner to remove the trash.
Was thinking of hauling it up in a homemade cargo net - made from 2-3" flat webbing woven/sewn with long slings left on each corner for connecting to the hauling system - lined with a tarp to keep the small stuff inside the "bundle".
Anyone have any experience or ideas about how to get trash up a pit?
The largest/heaviest items appear to be <200 lb - e.g. thrown in my hand so we can remove them by hand (no car frames, appliances, etc.).