WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR DIRT ?

LBrown59 · Jul 28, 2005

( Yea, see the thread.
Stopped being a stobborn old **** and went to the doc. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
*Guess it aint no secret where I keep my dirt eh? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )
* U R on a roll ain't Ya !

One time dad was mixing cement in a round upright cone shaped mixer. Somehow a big gob of cement splashed out of the top of the mixer hitting me right square in the face.
He had to take me right straight to the DR. I could not stand to open my eyes or see a thing.Doc took 7 or 8 pieces of sand / cement from my right eye and 3 or 4 from the left one.

Jere · Jul 30, 2005

I do not know where you live, but in our area swimming pool companies often have dirt to give away. It comes 4 or 5 truck loads at a time. Check your pool companies you may be surprised. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

LBrown59 · Jul 30, 2005

( I do not know where you live, but in our area swimming pool companies often have dirt to give away. It comes 4 or 5 truck loads at a time. Check your pool companies you may be surprised. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif )
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That's right I never thought of it but when they dig the hole for the pool they have to do something with the dirt.

LBrown59 · Sep 21, 2005

( Speaking of dirt...does anyone have any creative ways to get free dirt? I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions.
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About 6 weeks ago I put a sign in my front yrd.

WANTED FILL DIRT
Yesterday the owner of a landscaping Company stopped and asked me about the sign.
Seems he needed a place to dump the dirt from a project he was doing about 2 miles out the road from me.
They brought me 6 dump truck loads today at no charge.
The dirt and the hauling were both free.
There may be another 2 or 3 loads coming tomorrow.

Check with all the landscapers and lawn care outfits in your area.

LBrown59 · Sep 24, 2005

( Speaking of dirt...does anyone have any creative ways to get free dirt? I could use a lot of dirt to build up parts of my yard and pasture, but the amounts I will need are way more than I can afford to pay for. I have gotten several loads of "free fill dirt", but you have to pay someone to deliver it. I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions.
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A couple of days ago I got 30 tons of free topsoil delivered free from A lawn care company.

The guy from the lawn care Co. stopped to ask about the Fill Dirt wanted sign in my front yard because he needed a place to dump dirt from a job he was doing 2 miles out the road from me.

After I got the dirt I got prices for 30 tons of delivered top soil from 2 landscape companies.
One wanted $1025 and the other one wanted $1258 for it.

Have you had any luck in getting free dirt yet?

LBrown59 · Sep 24, 2005

( How about a sign on your property:

WANTED
CLEAN FILL )

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Thanks for this suggestion.
As a result of taking your advice and putting up a sign I got 30 tons of free dirt and free delivery this week.
Would have cost me $1025 at one landscape place and $1258 from another one to buy it from them.

IslandTractor · Sep 26, 2005

My property is on an island where colonial farmers did such a poor job of soil conservation that a lot of topsoil just blew away. It now costs $750 per 15 cubic feet of topsoil to truck and ferry the topsoil back. Needless to say, we tolerate somewhat sandy soil conditions.

LBrown59 · Sep 26, 2005

( It now costs $750 per 15 cubic feet of topsoil to truck and ferry the topsoil back. )
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15 cubic feet is about 14.55 tons.
At $750.oo that works out to $51.55 per ton.
At that rate 60 tons would run you $3093.oo.

PBinWA · Sep 26, 2005

I starting digging up my crappy clay soil and mixing it with loads of free manure from my neighbors horses. I think I'm going to start making long trails of dirt and compost so I can just drive my tiller up and down them to mix them up every so often. I've got a bunch of tree branches to chip up soon and will add that to the mix. I figure I'll have some pretty good top soil for next spring and it helps to keep the tractor busy.

GaryM · Sep 27, 2005

( 15 cubic feet is about 14.55 tons.
At $750.oo that works out to $51.55 per ton.
At that rate 60 tons would run you $3093.oo.)

You must have really heavy dirt where you live! 15 Cu Ft. is just over 1/2 a Cu Yd. So you're saying that your dirt weighs around 25 ons per Cu Yd.

I think maybe you confused Cu Ft and Cu Yds. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif