Dirt moving with tractor

[Thomas]

Do you have friend you could borrow dump trailer?

 

[jenkinsph]

I think a 5 yd loader could do it in about 8 hours and a large boxblade could do it in about 40 hrs. That is a lot of dirt to move.

 

[Bikewanderer]

I think a 5 yd loader could do it in about 8 hours and a large boxblade could do it in about 40 hrs. That is a lot of dirt to move.

I just had the local excavator out here and he thought he could bring in a grader and get it done pretty fast. He's going to do my driveway too.

He did say I might consider buying a piece of equipment to do it and selling it when done....

 

[Ken Cunningham]

I really dont know how much dirt i moved, but dont underestimated the amount of time it will take you. Here are some pics of what i did with my yard and it took months of work during every free minute i had. I dont have all of the pics of the completed work but you can get the idea. I excavated to a depth of 6 feet in the deepest part. In the last picture you can see the edge of the trees up the hill, that i where i ended up digging to.

 

[pitt_md]

I did the same thing your talking about doing last summer. I used the FEL and a box blade to move the dirt. I had to travel about 200' to the shelter location. I am not sure how much dirt I moved but it was what was dug up for the full basement of my new house 30'X42'. Just moving the dirt went pretty fast. I had a hard time getting things level until I broke down and bought surveying equipment. I probably spent a 4-5 days @ 8 hours a day doing the work.

 

[beenthere]

A lot will depend on what the "dirt" is, whether sand like Ken Cunningham appears to have or clay that needs a sub-soiler to loosen it up before moving.

Keep us posted how the trial runs work out, and some pics would be great too.

 

[Bikewanderer]

A lot will depend on what the "dirt" is, whether sand like Ken Cunningham appears to have or clay that needs a sub-soiler to loosen it up before moving.

Keep us posted how the trial runs work out, and some pics would be great too.

I'll post back, but it's far too wet to try anything now.

 

[Bikewanderer]

I'll post back, but it's far too wet to try anything now.

Thanks a lot for the advice though!

 

[dave1949]

I did the same thing your talking about doing last summer. I used the FEL and a box blade to move the dirt. I had to travel about 200' to the shelter location. I am not sure how much dirt I moved but it was what was dug up for the full basement of my new house 30'X42'. Just moving the dirt went pretty fast. I had a hard time getting things level until I broke down and bought surveying equipment. I probably spent a 4-5 days @ 8 hours a day doing the work.

That was probably around 520 yds you moved. (34X46X9)/27

I don't think of a box blade as a very efficient tool to transport dirt? A dump trailer like Thomas mentioned or 1 ton dump truck, something your loader will reach above for dumping into.
Dave.

 

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That was probably around 520 yds you moved. (34X46X9)/27

I don't think of a box blade as a very efficient tool to transport dirt? A dump trailer like Thomas mentioned or 1 ton dump truck, something your loader will reach above for dumping into.
Dave.

If he dug out his basement 5' deep, I get 237 yds. ( 30x42x5 / 27)