Jobsite Accessability Issue

I sold a small reroof on a historic building. It's a neat little job but has a few interesting challenges. First, there is only a small path to the house (perhaps 24" wide). The house is only 1400 sq. Ft., two story with a 6:12 pitch. It has 40 year old 3-tabs that must be torn off. Parking is a real problem. The nearest we can get to the property it about 3/4 of a mile away. The path and fences we have to go through are two narrow for a Wheelbarrel to get through. The house is surrounded by other historic structures that can't be touched and are about four feet away on three sides of the building. Between the adjacent buildings and the house we are going to work on, there are very expensive and delicate flowers that must be protected from falling debris.

Anyway, the big questions, how should I cart out the debris. There is a possibility that I can get a tiny pick up truck within 100 yards of the building for perhaps 10 minutes two or three times a day. So, I was thinking about using plastic garbage cans to collect the debris but because the cans must be carried by hand I have to realistic about the limits that both them men and the cans can handle. I'm guessing that a square of shingles debris with felt paper is going to weigh about 300 lbs. I don't think I should put more than 50 lbs. in a trash which means I'll need 6 trash cans per square. I could use trash bags. Realistically, how much debris can you fit in a trashbag? Maybe 20 lbs.? That 15 bags per square or about 210 bags. With either the bags or the cans, I imagine I could shuttle them to the little truck, drive the truck to the dumpster 3/4 mile away and repeat the process a couple of times a day.

Any suggestions?

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Sorry Vaa; not yet. I don't know how to add pictures yet to the old RCS Photo Album. Eventually I get set up with an online service like photobucket.>>>

Well we started it today. BTW, I miss guessed the distance from the job to the dumpster. It's 2.5 Miles away. It's going pretty well so far. We can load six twenty gallon trash can into the back of the little pickup truck and drive it to the dumpster. We tore off six square today. Got it resheeted (no nails, ceramic screws only). Then we dried it in with Polyglass TU+. Kind of a PIA but we've got a very happy customer. Tomorrow, we will finish the tear off and dry-in part of the job and wait for a day or two for the inspector in approve our dry-in. Then we can start installing the metal roofing.>>>

Beverly Hillbilly roofing? :laugh:>>>

Charge for it being a labor-intensive pack job and then keep any savings you discover by doing it differently.

I don't want to steal your thread, but I've got a small job removing a chimney chase from a tile roof. It's a 9/12 pitch and a tall two story drop down to finished landscaping. I was thinking of putting down some old sofa cushions on the grass, surrounded by sawhorses and covered with a tarp for a throwdown spot. Anybody have any suggestions for something to throw debris onto that looks a little less like Beverly Hillbilly roofing?>>>

Vac truck with long ass hose, same as we use for sucking gravel off of built up roofs......? Rip it, leave debris on roof, 14 sq will be real quick so instead of a bunch of ten minute stops tell 'em a one time hit of half an hour is all you need.>>>

A 40 yr old 3-tab...sounds like this stuff will crumble when torn off...I would plastic bag, then pack out to a staging area where wheel barrels can be use then haul them to your tiny pick up.

How close can you get an ATV...hook up mini garden trailer to it to speed up the process?>>>

It's all grunt effort.

Or use the chopter. First, at some place secure and convenient, build a replica of the roof, COVER IT WITH SOMETHING. Remove the roof form the house and drop the temp one in place, clean it, re-roof it and have the copter drop that one back on the building. No fuss, no muss.>>>

I have had a few like that. I don't as bad though. Just figure how much labor to carry in worst case scenario. Everyone else is going to have the same issue. How about a helicopter? A co. I worked for years ago used them to install ac units on roofs all the time. The co was Carson helicopters. They do all kinds of construction lifting and hauling.>>>

I've never done one this tight, but a couple of thoughts:

Maybe use burlap bags instead of plastic for the tearoff.

Can you set up (rent)a conveyor system to get the materials from the building to the truck?>>>