The totes are fairly expensive around here unless they haven't been cleaned and had something in them that is either difficult or impossible to clean for many 2nd life purposes. I have 4 or 5 norwegian spruce that are now 65-70 feet tall that were planted about 50 feet from the house next door that could be a problem in a hurricane. There were about 10 evergreens planted in a row as a (Winter) wind block and privacy fence. Three or four on the West End of the fence came down in Floyd (I bought my 026PRO), one died about 10 years ago. As much as they look nice and the shade and cooling in Summer is nice they should come down. Easy enough to start over.
The totes I got had mulch dye in them. Definitely not easy to clean. I bought a tyvek suit and spent a full day cutting them diagonally and cleaning them with my power washer. By the time I was done the white suit was black. I couldn’t get 100 percent of the dye residue off, but I’d say I got 85-90 percent. Food grade totes are around $100-$125 apiece, where I paid $20. I was really after the cages, with the bladders being a bonus.
