What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel?

   / What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? #1  

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Came across this thread on another forum...

What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? Well, its easier than you think, especially when a tight area is the destination.

A B2620, a Polaris Sportsman 500HO and a Polaris trailer, some time and you are all set.

Enjoy. :)
 

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   / What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? #2  
Pit run must be what we call crusher run. Names change from place to place.
 
   / What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? #3  
I moved 300 with my little BX23 one summer...

Just as soon as I had cleared 20 yards at a little more than a 1/4 yard at a time the next showed up...

Hey... it beat using a wheelbarrow!

Looking good!
 
   / What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? #4  
I will raise you an RTV with a dump bed.

Around here Pit Run is straight rock from the pit that is blasted and fractured or some places ripped with a cat and not run through a crusher.

David
 
   / What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? #5  
Unless I messed up the math, 330 cubic yards works out to 445 tons or over 20 loads at 20 tons each. That would be a lot of material to handle.
 
   / What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? #6  
I'm guessing he's retired
 
   / What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? #7  
No, I wish I was retired. Just play on the weekends. Used this to haul it all home. Legal for 42 tonnes.

You found my pics eh Will? Thanks for posting. I like to show that you don't need a big tractor to get stuff done.
 

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Here's a few pics during the road work. The little B pulls a loaded 60" box blade up the hills no problem and medium range.
 

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   / What is the Easiest way to move 330 yards of pit run gravel? #9  
I will raise you an RTV with a dump bed.

Around here Pit Run is straight rock from the pit that is blasted and fractured or some places ripped with a cat and not run through a crusher.

David

I would love to have an RTV with hydraulic dump. I was going to buy a Weber Lane Super Tilt hydraulic dump trailer and run it off the rear remote on my Kubota, but now I'm thinking about a tandem axle MUT's so I can pull and dump with my Polaris.
 
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Unless I messed up the math, 330 cubic yards works out to 445 tons or over 20 loads at 20 tons each. That would be a lot of material to handle.

Up here we are legal to gross 63,500kg/140,000 pounds. It does not take too long. See Star pic above.
 

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