How do I remove a mound?
 

The previous owner of my home built a mound about 15-20 in diameter and
maybe 2 feet high at the center. This has been here several years so it is
covered with St. Augustine. I want to remove it, because is serves no
useful purpose for us and it blocks drainage in that part of the yard.

I don't know the best way to go about this. Should I just attack it with a
shovel or rent a tiller, or pay someone to scoop it with a bobcat and just
re-sod the naked ground? I fear the shovel approach would take quite a
while by myself. The dirt is most likely a combination of top soil and
clay, mostly clay.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

"Walter" wrote in message
. 6...
The previous owner of my home built a mound about 15-20 in diameter and
maybe 2 feet high at the center. This has been here several years so it is
covered with St. Augustine. I want to remove it, because is serves no
useful purpose for us and it blocks drainage in that part of the yard.

I don't know the best way to go about this. Should I just attack it with a
shovel or rent a tiller, or pay someone to scoop it with a bobcat and just
re-sod the naked ground? I fear the shovel approach would take quite a
while by myself. The dirt is most likely a combination of top soil and
clay, mostly clay.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

That's why we get married. Buy her a shovel and put her to work.

"Walter" wrote in message
. 6...
The previous owner of my home built a mound about 15-20 in diameter and
maybe 2 feet high at the center. This has been here several years so it is
covered with St. Augustine. I want to remove it, because is serves no
useful purpose for us and it blocks drainage in that part of the yard.

Any suggestions?

I'd lasso it, take a couple wraps around the front bumper (you'll wana see
all the details in real time) of yer' 53' DeSoto, slam it into "R" (for
mound Removal) and 'put the pedal 2 the metal'. The next cloudburst will do
the cleanup fer' ya.

Yer much abliged.

MikeR

It seems to me that the real question is, where do you put the topsoil etc
when you scoop it up, either by shovel, bobcat, or otherwise ?

A backhoe (with frontloader bucket) could do this job in an hour maximum,
including scooping the topsoil/sod/dirt up, and dumping the scoops into his
dump truck, and haul the entire thing off.

One hour of backhoe work in your community may vary, but perhaps it is
$55-65. Of course, any backhoe owner wouldn't load and unload for just
one hour, so perhaps he would do it for $150-200.

I would investigate backhoe operators in your area. Ask them out and they
will give you a price.

Good Luck !!



--James--

"Srgnt Billko" wrote in
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"Walter" wrote in message
. 6...
The previous owner of my home built a mound about 15-20 in diameter
and maybe 2 feet high at the center. This has been here several years
so it is covered with St. Augustine. I want to remove it, because is
serves no useful purpose for us and it blocks drainage in that part
of the yard.

I don't know the best way to go about this. Should I just attack it
with a shovel or rent a tiller, or pay someone to scoop it with a
bobcat and just re-sod the naked ground? I fear the shovel approach
would take quite a while by myself. The dirt is most likely a
combination of top soil and clay, mostly clay.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

That's why we get married. Buy her a shovel and put her to work.

Maybe I should tell her there's a diamond buried at the bottom! :-D

"MikeR" wrote in
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"Walter" wrote in message
. 6...
The previous owner of my home built a mound about 15-20 in diameter
and maybe 2 feet high at the center. This has been here several years
so it is covered with St. Augustine. I want to remove it, because is
serves no useful purpose for us and it blocks drainage in that part
of the yard.

Any suggestions?

I'd lasso it, take a couple wraps around the front bumper (you'll wana
see all the details in real time) of yer' 53' DeSoto, slam it into "R"
(for mound Removal) and 'put the pedal 2 the metal'. The next
cloudburst will do the cleanup fer' ya.

Yer much abliged.

Uh.. Thanks?


MikeR

"James" wrote in
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It seems to me that the real question is, where do you put the topsoil
etc when you scoop it up, either by shovel, bobcat, or otherwise ?

A backhoe (with frontloader bucket) could do this job in an hour
maximum, including scooping the topsoil/sod/dirt up, and dumping the
scoops into his dump truck, and haul the entire thing off.

One hour of backhoe work in your community may vary, but perhaps it is
$55-65. Of course, any backhoe owner wouldn't load and unload for
just one hour, so perhaps he would do it for $150-200.

I would investigate backhoe operators in your area. Ask them out and
they will give you a price.

Good Luck !!

Thanks James. I will definitely look into it.





--James--

Walter wrote:

The previous owner of my home built a mound about 15-20 in diameter and
maybe 2 feet high at the center. This has been here several years so it is
covered with St. Augustine. I want to remove it, because is serves no
useful purpose for us and it blocks drainage in that part of the yard.

I don't know the best way to go about this. Should I just attack it with a
shovel or rent a tiller, or pay someone to scoop it with a bobcat and just
re-sod the naked ground? I fear the shovel approach would take quite a
while by myself. The dirt is most likely a combination of top soil and
clay, mostly clay.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
there may be a reason the mound is there and you will find out when you
dig it up!

birdman wrote in
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Walter wrote:

The previous owner of my home built a mound about 15-20 in diameter
and maybe 2 feet high at the center. This has been here several years
so it is covered with St. Augustine. I want to remove it, because is
serves no useful purpose for us and it blocks drainage in that part
of the yard.

I don't know the best way to go about this. Should I just attack it
with a shovel or rent a tiller, or pay someone to scoop it with a
bobcat and just re-sod the naked ground? I fear the shovel approach
would take quite a while by myself. The dirt is most likely a
combination of top soil and clay, mostly clay.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
there may be a reason the mound is there and you will find out when
you dig it up!

Oh, I know why it's there. The previous owner had the patio extended, and
purposely used the excavated dirt to build the mound for chipping
practice. I don't golf.