Just pulled the trigger!

[mwemaxxowner]

That is a good point. I run about 850 on my camper and that's with me packing it nose heavy intentionally, I land on about 13%. It has a 7500 gvwr and 3500 lb axles.

When it's time for tires I'll be upgrading them, like I did my camper. But unless I ever see a problem, I think those axles are probably here to stay!

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Just placed an order for the redline adjustable pallet forks.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Guess I'm toting these piece by piece to the shed for now.

 

[robertm]

So those must pin on, huh?

 

[mwemaxxowner]

They do.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Still no word at all on when my tractor will be in. It's KILLING ME! Haha

I'm not in any sort of situation where I *need* it, but I had plans for this year to change all my shrub/flower beds to black mulch vs pine needles, I want to run a main line around the house and install irrigation, I have ordered a load of sand/OM blend and want to level and top dress my lawn, and I have an area where I want to remove the existing grass, and prep to lay sod. I prepped 7,000 square feet with hand tools and a 40v cultivator last year and laid 14 pallets of sod. I also need to backfill next to a boardwalk style walkway I've built leading from our house to the pool.

With a tractor on the way... eventually...I refuse to do all this with shovels, wheel barrow, and rakes now .

I'll still do the mulch, as without it our beds looks terrible. But everything else will wait! A few times a year bagged mulch goes on sale at Lowe's for about $2/bag. When it does that actually comes out cheaper than what I pay locally for a yard in bulk (1yd@$40). So I'll just buy bags and distribute from the truck bed where needed, that's easier than wheel barrowing it from the back yard.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I just picked up 60 bags of the mulch from Lowes.... can't get it any cheaper...

I have it all stacked behind the shed. I'll use the tractor to distribute the bags to where needed.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Yep. Many times when I say this people laugh and say how I should always buy it in bulk, as it's way cheaper. I always find that those folks haven't done the math. When it goes on sale it's pretty cheap and convenient to handle in bags. For a homeowner who can wait to do the mulch when it's on sale this is a good solution.

I used to work as a commercial landscaper, and then it doesn't work out. You have to buy the mulch when the job demands, not when it happens to go on sale.

Once I get my tractor I think I will buy it in bulk and have it dumped on my driveway, which is close to where I need it, and should be easy to scoop with the bucket. That way I won't have to wait. But, when all I have is a wheelbarrow... I'm not afraid of work but as time goes on I have less and less free time to get stuff done.

Unless I'm mistaken it isn't on sale any more right now by me, it's close to $4/bag right now. For small quantities that would be fine, but I'm replacing all my needles with mulch for the first time...gonna need a lot!

 

[Alan W.]

Ive run the numbers on the mulch too and it seems the bags are close to the bulk price.
I pay $120 for 5 yds of bulk dyed mulch.
Going by the price, for bagged, that Lowes has for it on sale the same amount would cost me only $135. Thats for 67.5 bags to equal 5 yds.
Problem is my bed is 5 yd leveled and 67.5 bags aint gonna start to fill it. Heres a pic of the last 5 yd I got.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

I pay $40/yard in bulk, the bags can actually be cheaper.