Any Advice Is Welcome.

[Xfaxman]

For those that don't know what a "2 yard pan" is, since they are called different names in other parts of the world, this is one style.

 

[jenkinsph]

For those that don't know what a "2 yard pan" is, since they are called different names in other parts of the world, this is one style.

View attachment 438989

View attachment 438988

Yeah I want one about 4 yd capacity.

 

[xtruckerbob]

Thanks for all of the words of encouragement. Hopefully I will be up and moving soon. I Play on my tractor today........you know for my therapy.

 

[xtruckerbob]

I gonna call on that small pan. There is a dealer in our little town.

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

My advice is you are going to need a bigger trailer. 3/4 of an acre 6' deep is 7334 cubic yards. Your proposed 4x8x2 will give you 2.37 cubic yards level full. Heaped will be a bit more but not a whole lot. That puts you in the 3000 trips give or take to move that much dirt. The 2 yard pan will be much quicker than the dump trailer but yikes, that's up to 3600 trips.

Either you have a TON of time on hand or need to think bigger

 

[xtruckerbob]

I am retired and I have a lot of time but, I am sure I will lose interest in it long before I finish.. May be time to rethink it.

 

[TomSeller]

I am retired and I have a lot of time but, I am sure I will lose interest in it long before I finish.. May be time to rethink it.

I am glad you don't have a job that forces you to push your recovery time. Get well soon.

 

[xtruckerbob]

I called the local dealer and they no longer sell them. I have a old Tumble Bug that will work but maybe not as good.

 

[xtruckerbob]

I have improved a lot thanks for the prays and words of encouragement. My knee is about 90% and my back and neck are still on hold till I can't stand it any more. Meanwhile I bought dump trailer on a government auction site. It is not really what I want but it does dump and it works, and it was cheap $225. I repainted Kubota #2 I didn't have a pintal hitch so I made this.View attachment 444426View attachment 444425View attachment 444424]View attachment 444427 .

 

[xtruckerbob]

CND Farmboy We finished our pond but stopped at 4 feet and maybe only a 1/4 of an acre. That is still a lot of dirt. We duged it with 2 box blades one on my wife's BX 2670 and the other on my L 2600. I also used my disc and middle buster to cut the hard clay. Our neighbor uses his back hoe to cut a footing around the pond to help make the sides square and we dugged out the middle. Then the man who farms our land brought 1 of his John Deer 8430's and a 14 yard pan and moved 1/2 the dirt. I would have never got that dirt moved by my self. It is sure nice to have friends with big toys. He would have moved all the dirt but don't have a need for it now.