? on installing mulch on a steep slope

[GarPA]

have property with a steep bank around a pool. In past years we just pushed the half filled barrows up and dumped but its a tiring job. I think I read here somewhere about putting the mulch on a tarp and then dragging it up the slope?

If you've done this, how does it work compared to the 'barrow method? thanks

 

[bobbygedd]

gar.....the wheelbarrow has wheels, the tarp doesn't....

 

[NickN]

Can you use a pull behind dump trailer?
Fill it up then pull it uphill with the mower
and dump it?

 

[bobbygedd]

ok, i got it! have the mulch flown in by helicopter

 

[lawnranger44]

First of all, double the price. Then maybe wheelbarrels if you can, if not maybe garbage cans filled with mulch.

 

[Mykster]

Garbage cans should work depending on how the steep the slope is, but the garbage can will be heavier (than the w/barrow) to pull up the slope and doesn't have wheels.

Have a bark truck come in and blow the bark up the slope.

 

[pghlandscape]

rent a bark blower

 

[hole in one lco]

go to lesco and buy the die problem solved

 

[GarPA]

I'm going to try the tarp approach. Somebody mentioned a couple years ago here that it works better than the barrows on inclines

 

[Premo Services]

Originally posted by GarPA
I'm going to try the tarp approach. Somebody mentioned a couple years ago here that it works better than the barrows on inclines

Let us know how it works for you.
I think the dead weight of the mulch on the tarp will be too heavy and make it a real PITA to move it.