I have a heavy duty plastic tow-able cart, that is the perfect height to load with the backhoe.
I then dump the dirt in the garden, and then use the front end loader, to move it back to the hole when I back fill.
That way, I can just put enough dirt in the trench to fill where the hole is. I drive over it, and add more as necessary for a several weeks, as it settles.
If I pile the dirt next to the hole as I dig, and use the loader to pull it back over the hole, (the traditional way), I end up with a pile of dirt killing a strip of grass, about 24" wide, rather than just the 10"width of the hole.
It is a little more work, but it looks a lot less unsightly. I much prefer it to the big long mole hill of dirt, I would be looking at and mowing around, for weeks.
I then dump the dirt in the garden, and then use the front end loader, to move it back to the hole when I back fill.
That way, I can just put enough dirt in the trench to fill where the hole is. I drive over it, and add more as necessary for a several weeks, as it settles.
If I pile the dirt next to the hole as I dig, and use the loader to pull it back over the hole, (the traditional way), I end up with a pile of dirt killing a strip of grass, about 24" wide, rather than just the 10"width of the hole.
It is a little more work, but it looks a lot less unsightly. I much prefer it to the big long mole hill of dirt, I would be looking at and mowing around, for weeks.