Moving 30 yards of dirt with a ck20

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I have a 20 also and moved yards of dirt over 300 ft. It takes so long and is very teadious. You can"t move full speed with a full bucket. 30 Yards is about 2 regular dump trucks, no tri-axle truck. Correct me if I am wrong. Think about renting a dump trailer if you have a truck that can handle a loaded trailer like that. That pile will dissappear so much faster.
 
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pilonidal said:
30 Yards is about 2 regular dump trucks, no tri-axle truck. Correct me if I am wrong.

A 1 ton dump truck (ex:F-350) is about 2-3 yards. A single axle dump truck (ex: GMC 6000) is about 5-7 yards and tri-axle dump's are 8-10 yards. Tractor trailer dumps are 11-15 or so yards. Keep in mind this is yardage not tonage.
 
   / Moving 30 yards of dirt with a ck20 #13  
10-4 on the dump trailer! Makes life sooo much easier with a baby tractor. PLUS rather than being an otherwise boring job, playing "dump truck man" is FUN and learning to do efficient cycles and not beating up the trailer is a good exercise.
 
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On the construction site I'm on the tri-axles are hauling 15-18 cyds and trailer-dumps 27-30 cyds. Gravel, dry weighs about 2,500 lb/cy but it will depend on the size of the aggregate like 3" minus. Just my 2 cents worth.
 
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Agentiron,
You have the classic case of "I need a bigger tractor" syndrom already. It happens all the time with us all. :)
 
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When I saw this post, I thought... I got to read this.
I have a pile of dirt about a half mile away. It isn't as big as the last one,
which was 65 truckloads (18-21 yard dumps). Probably closer to 5 or 7 is about right. This November they should start generating more dirt, which will probably get me another like the first one did.
I paid a dumptruck and loader operator to move the first one. Ended up costing me almost $20 per load. Being the cheapscape I am, I am trying to figure a way to move the next couple of piles cheaper than that.
A $5000 front end loader is being looked at for now, and maybe a dump kit for my old one ton truck.

Wish me luck,
David from jax
 
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Steve_Miller said:
Agentiron,
You have the classic case of "I need a bigger tractor" syndrom already. It happens all the time with us all. :)

Most definately NOT ALL of "us" and certainly NOT all the time, if ever ... especially for those of us that could have easily paid cash for "bigger and better" but chose a machine, and other wholegoods, that matched our tasks :)
Cheers!
 
   / Moving 30 yards of dirt with a ck20
  • Thread Starter
#18  
Wow, what a great bunch of replys. I feel bad not getting back to you all in so long. I only received one e-mail response indicating that someone did reply. I figured I could do it all in one day and priced it that way. I have yet to hear a response yet so hopefully I will find out in the next couple days if I get the job.

The Burms are landscaped islands that are elevated to provide a type of visual barrier for the home owner. I am making my own "burm" at home for my shootin range! My burm is much more practicle in my opinion, but it is on the back burners while I can make money doing work for other folks.

I am in a job right now where I will move about 14 ton of stone through narrow gates into a congested back yard. Much of it will have to be wheel barrowed once in the yard, but the tractor has been invaluable thus far. I have removed a couple ton of material and placed about 7 ton of stone so far.

I have thought about a big dump trailer to fill and go back and dump. I could then manipulate the pile, but wonder if the small tractor will be able to reposition the dirt as well once dumped as it would if placed more carefully load by load. I would also have to get a CDL to tote a trailer of any consequence so I will likely just use my little beast.

I expect turf damage whether dry or wet. We have been dry of late, and there will have to be damaged crowns with that much weight and that many trips.

I would love to have a bigger tractor on this job, but there are so many jobs I have completed so far that only my small tractor could be used. The job I am presently in, would have really been hard with anything bigger.

Thanks again for all the great responses fellas!
 
   / Moving 30 yards of dirt with a ck20 #19  
A CDL to rent a small tandem wheeled dump trailer from the local "rent it " store! wow
 
   / Moving 30 yards of dirt with a ck20
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#20  
10,001 pound gvw trailer on the back of my truck with business name on it could get me stopped and in some big trouble without a cdl. The Dot guys have been all over my area of late stopping commercial trucks all the way down to pickup trucks hauling scafolding. Maybe if I towed the trailer with my mini van....Yeah, thats the ticket!
 

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