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Help. I recently bought a 2 ac rectangle sodded plot in NW Fl w/ my home and a 1/4 ac pond. I need to keep the whole thing manicured. The place is flat as a pancake (see NW Fl, above). The house is on the front ac. and the pond is on the back ac.
My plans for the place include moving the excavated dirt (sandy material, see NW Fl, above) from the pond to the front of the property and create some raised berms for a more interesting 'golf course' look and help get rid of the pancake effect. The excavated dirt was spread around the back rim of the pond. I want to make a gentler slope to the water for a more pleasing look and to capture some runoff. As best as I can tell, I need to move about 30 to 50 cu yards of dirt.
I was thinking to buy a 'bota bx2200 or a b7500 or something similiar w/ a fel and mmm w/ turf tires to use as a mower (90% of the time) and garden tractor (10%) and to pull double duty as an earth mover (one time job). My justification to myself and the family CFO for the cost of a fel is that I would pay someone the cost of the fel to move the dirt around. Am I sane? A buddy at work said I was insane. It would be much cheaper to pay someone w/ a 'real' earth mover to do the job in only one day and I will spend weeks moving this dirt w/ a toy tractor.
What are your thoughts?
My plans for the place include moving the excavated dirt (sandy material, see NW Fl, above) from the pond to the front of the property and create some raised berms for a more interesting 'golf course' look and help get rid of the pancake effect. The excavated dirt was spread around the back rim of the pond. I want to make a gentler slope to the water for a more pleasing look and to capture some runoff. As best as I can tell, I need to move about 30 to 50 cu yards of dirt.
I was thinking to buy a 'bota bx2200 or a b7500 or something similiar w/ a fel and mmm w/ turf tires to use as a mower (90% of the time) and garden tractor (10%) and to pull double duty as an earth mover (one time job). My justification to myself and the family CFO for the cost of a fel is that I would pay someone the cost of the fel to move the dirt around. Am I sane? A buddy at work said I was insane. It would be much cheaper to pay someone w/ a 'real' earth mover to do the job in only one day and I will spend weeks moving this dirt w/ a toy tractor.
What are your thoughts?