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Old 11-04-2013, 10:42 AM posted to rec.gardens
Kay Lancaster Kay Lancaster is offline
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Default Cheap Topsoil/Fill?? UPDATE!!!!

On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:38:10 -0400, MICHELLE H. wrote:
Just to get an accurate measurement, I went out there today with a tape
measure, and measured the entire rut in the lawn, and boy was I WAY
OFF!!!!!!! The rut is about 40 feet long, not 30 feet long. It is 3 feet
wide, not 2 feet wide. And it is roughly about 4 inches deep, not 1-2
feet deep. The depth varies in differnt spots. In one spot it was about
3 inches deeper than the rest of the lawn. In another spot it was 3 and
1/2 inches deeper. In another spot it was 4 inches deeper than the rest


Me, I'd till it up, including about a 10 ft strip on either side, rake it flat, and call it good, after verifying what's in trench... because it sounds very
much like a utility trench.

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You've got about 15 cu yards if you want to fill it. Most bags of topsoil are
in the vicinity of 0.75 cu ft, so you'd need about 535 bags. Is the dump truck option sounding any better?