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This is sold by cu yd - at least advertised that way. $200/load delivered for 13 cu yds. $95 for the dirt, $105 for the delivery. And they're the less expensive option locally 
Kind of tempted to try the guys advertising on clist that are about $125 delivered for a tandem load, but since using as a berm don't want big rocks, chunks of concrete, etc. Plus I really like limiting the # of "strangers" I bring on to my remote property. Not a far leap for someone making a delivery to look around and see tractor, generator & tools out, etc and assume that stuff lives out there (which it does). No neighbors, so you could spend all night cutting locks and loading up "stuff".
I have used this company several times and buying gravel or crushed concrete from them, get a weight ticket with my receipt. For dirt, just a receipt & no weight ticket. I like these guys' dirt because it is screened and generally nothing ever bigger than a piece of lemon sized rock. However, when I buy from the competing company, it costs more, isn't screened (not full of crap though), but always have more material and the piles when dumped are visually larger - but hard to tell by looking esp since the trucks are different size. But say 10 yds from A compared to a pile of 15 yds from B, B's pile looks like a lot more than 150% of A's....if that makes sense. What I should have done is what I did last time and asked company B to match company A's delivered price per yard. They've done it before, but kind of a hassle getting them to agree.
Not the end of the world, just disappointed that I *thought* 2 tandem loads would be 'perfect' amount leaving some left over. For my others built this way, I pile it, compact/shape it best I can with bucket (and a construction backhoe does that 10x better than a tractor), then just wait for it to settle and some grass to grow, then I can add more to get it topped back off and get the top thicker since the base isn't as loose. Will just have to get another load when time comes to do that, but look at it like I'm spending an additional $200 for material I already paid for.
Will see what happens.....I built this extension a LOT lighter than the others so no idea if it will even stand after stuff starts to settle. Might be doing the whole thing over in the spring. Tried a different way to save on the insane lumber cost of 4x4 construction I did the others.
On a positive note, I really appreciated how smoothly my loader operates. Raise & uncurl together a little tricky at times getting that joystick sweet spot, but nice to not have a lot of 'jerkyness' taking full loads of loose material to full height. NX HST very pleasant overall for lots of loader work like that. Moving the 2 loads - however many cu yds that ended up actually being - went a lot quicker than I thought it would. I spilled very little overall, and dumped very little back on the hood at full height.
Kind of tempted to try the guys advertising on clist that are about $125 delivered for a tandem load, but since using as a berm don't want big rocks, chunks of concrete, etc. Plus I really like limiting the # of "strangers" I bring on to my remote property. Not a far leap for someone making a delivery to look around and see tractor, generator & tools out, etc and assume that stuff lives out there (which it does). No neighbors, so you could spend all night cutting locks and loading up "stuff".
I have used this company several times and buying gravel or crushed concrete from them, get a weight ticket with my receipt. For dirt, just a receipt & no weight ticket. I like these guys' dirt because it is screened and generally nothing ever bigger than a piece of lemon sized rock. However, when I buy from the competing company, it costs more, isn't screened (not full of crap though), but always have more material and the piles when dumped are visually larger - but hard to tell by looking esp since the trucks are different size. But say 10 yds from A compared to a pile of 15 yds from B, B's pile looks like a lot more than 150% of A's....if that makes sense. What I should have done is what I did last time and asked company B to match company A's delivered price per yard. They've done it before, but kind of a hassle getting them to agree.
Not the end of the world, just disappointed that I *thought* 2 tandem loads would be 'perfect' amount leaving some left over. For my others built this way, I pile it, compact/shape it best I can with bucket (and a construction backhoe does that 10x better than a tractor), then just wait for it to settle and some grass to grow, then I can add more to get it topped back off and get the top thicker since the base isn't as loose. Will just have to get another load when time comes to do that, but look at it like I'm spending an additional $200 for material I already paid for.
Will see what happens.....I built this extension a LOT lighter than the others so no idea if it will even stand after stuff starts to settle. Might be doing the whole thing over in the spring. Tried a different way to save on the insane lumber cost of 4x4 construction I did the others.
On a positive note, I really appreciated how smoothly my loader operates. Raise & uncurl together a little tricky at times getting that joystick sweet spot, but nice to not have a lot of 'jerkyness' taking full loads of loose material to full height. NX HST very pleasant overall for lots of loader work like that. Moving the 2 loads - however many cu yds that ended up actually being - went a lot quicker than I thought it would. I spilled very little overall, and dumped very little back on the hood at full height.
