Hippo Bag, Skip or Grab Lorry

Essexdelboy

What makes more economical sense?

Hippo Bag
Skip
Grab Lorry

I have about 4 cubic yards of earth, grass and building waste to get rid of but don’t want to shell out unnecessarily over the odds.

I know cost differs with region but I have always used grabs in the past but would appreciate your views

martindow

I would go for the grab lorry even if it costs a bit more. It will save a lot of work shovelling into a skip.

olly300

Toots wrote: »

As this is a money-saving site (and as I live only a couple of miles away from a council recycling site) I would buy rubble sacks and spend a day driving back and forth to the local tip.

Free tipping - just the cost of the petrol and a bit of muscle-building :rotfl:

Lots of councils don't allow you to do this.

Some of them give you grief if you try and tip more than one small bag away.

Canucklehead

Toots wrote: »

Really? Well I'm glad I live in Birmingham then. We are recognised every time we go to the tip as we're there so often. At the weekend we went several times with the care full of rubble and plasterboard.

Birmingham rocks!

Good evening: No problem down here in Planet Thanet either...the council would rather see waste going to the tip to be recycled than ending up fly tipped over the cliff tops:eek: We loaded everything into builder's bags and as/when we had enough for a dump run, made the short journey...saved lots of dosh!

HTH

Canucklehead

thescouselander

Is the stuff all mixed up or separate. i ask because you might be able to get rid of some stuff for free.

For example, if you have a lot of soil you could advertise this free to collector in the local rag or on freecycle. I've got rid of several tons of sand and brick paving this way - worked a treat and its kind of recycling too!

ormus

i used old builders sacks and did the tip run a good few times over some days. we have 2 tips nearby so we could keep switching.
they dont seem to mind private cars, they hate vans though!!!

my SIL puts his in the wheely bin!

Essexdelboy

Thanks for your responses guys, decisions decisons!