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[redpoint5]

I think the city hired local business to collect the branches gathered near the street and send them into a chipper. Today the pile of limbs I collected (mostly from my neighbors yard) was chipped up and hauled away. No idea how that gets paid for unless there's some sort of disaster fund to pull from. I thought Oregon refunded funds in excess of expenses (kicker check).

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Did you shoot the first vid from a Segway thingamajig? Or software motion smoothing?

Mini Segway (Ninebot Mini Pro) and no motion smoothing.

A later video showing work crews was shot from the electric unicycle.

[IamIan]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I think the city hired local business to collect the branches gathered near the street and send them into a chipper. Today the pile of limbs I collected (mostly from my neighbors yard) was chipped up and hauled away. No idea how that gets paid for unless there's some sort of disaster fund to pull from. I thought Oregon refunded funds in excess of expenses (kicker check).

Maybe they sell it ?

Mixed Wood Chips go for around ~$30 per ton
TimberMart-South | South-wide Average Prices

about the same as mixed paper recycling.
Mixed paper products ~$30 / ton
https://resource-recycling.com/recyc...e-in-december/

One full mature tree can be up around ~10tons.

Even if it took 1 hr for a full tree worth .. which it doesn't take that long .. that would be about ~$300 per hour.

Or maybe it's both .. they get paid to do it .. and .. then they sell it.

[Piotrsko]

Most of the time it just goes to the landfill.
Many localities have a compost recycle.. they are fussy about input however.

Most cities have a dedicated clean up crew for city owned trees that is part of the annual tax based budget that can be pressd into emergency service, and a slush fund for emergencies that will employ non city crews