TREE CHIPPING SERVICE

The City
of Sanger Parks and Recreation Department offers free chipping of tree
limbs. Limbs are *usually* chipped on Wednesday's and you must be on the
chipping list to be picked up. (Chipping is weather and time
dependent.)
There are TWO ways to get on the list: The first and
most preferred is to sign up for our FREE app "Sanger Solutions" and the
second is by calling into 940-458-2059.
Tree Trimming Ordinance
A few rules regarding tree chipping:
Customers currently paying for garbage pickup service are entitled to
free tree and brush pickup with the following limitations. This service
is intended for the removal of normal pruning and disposal of downed
limbs. This service is not intended for the disposal of trees and brush
removed for construction. If a professional contractor is hired, all
limbs and brush shall be disposed of by the contractor. Only two orders
per month will be processed per address. Large volumes of material will
be charged an additional fee. The limitations are:
(1) Limbs and
brush must be cut in manageable lengths and placed by the roadside. Do
not place limbs and brush in the street. Limbs shall be placed with the
cut section toward the street. Limbs over one inch in diameter must be
cut from the main branch. No limbs over eight inches in diameter can be
chipped.
(2) Only limbs and brush from the property owners own property will be picked up. Limbs on trailers will not be picked up.
(3) Stumps must be cut in sections weighing less than fifty pounds and placed by the roadside.
(4) Crews are only allowed thirty minutes per job. If the job exceeds
thirty minutes, the customer will be notified and arrangements made to
finish the job at a later date. Cost of removal after thirty minutes
will be thirty dollars ($30.00) for the next thirty minutes and fifteen
dollars ($15.00) for each succeeding fifteen minutes.
(5) Vines, leaves, garden plants, small bushes and grass shall be bagged and placed for pickup with your household trash.
(6) Special arrangements must be made to pick up limbs over eight
inches in diameter and stumps and roots over fifty pounds. The charge
for picking up these items shall be a minimum of seventy-five dollars
($75.00) for the first thirty minutes and seventy-five dollars ($75.00)
for each following thirty-minute interval.