Posted: 9/18/2008 3:14:25 AM EDT
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Probably more like digging out the part that's higher as opposed to leveling it out by more the dirt from the higher area to the lower.... because a lot of the higher area is a lot of old mulch piled on top of more mulch piled on top of who knows what so I doubt that would make for much of a good base to grown new grass on. Half way in from the front of the lawn it probably goes up about 4-6 inches and everything in that higher area is pretty well crap for growing any grass. I could rent a Bobcat and probably dig it out but I figure a professional might be able 5o do it better and quicker. any idea what a "professional" would charge for something like that? |
i highly doubt a man operating a skid steer, tracked loader, backhoe, or wheel loader would charge so little of a price as 40$ an hour. quadruple that to start off. |
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Who would you even call for something like that? What if I rented the truck myself and dumped it myself? What kind of place rents regular gated trucks that something like a landscaping company might use? The trucks they rent at Home Depot are more for hauling materials than anything else because they have really shallow beds. I'm looking for something I could fill with brush, ripped out bushes and what not. Also trying to figure out the best way to get rid of stump grindings... I had a bunch of trees removed and I have a mess of grindings. I don't want to use it as mulch and right now it's just piled up. I was thinking of renting a little Bobcat or something bigger to scopp it all up and drop it into a truck (if I can find one. I would probably need something bigger though to really get anything done. No idea where to rent one of those either... like a front end loader? |
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a skid steer (bobcat) is the right tool for the job. At least $100 per hour for a legitimate insured, registered, real business. Personally running a bobcat isn't hard, you can probably rent one for $250 or so for 4 hours, and it won't take that long. You could get a dumpster (one of those big rolloffs) and fill that up with the crap and then have them take it. (although they won't take a lot of weight, have to be careful with dirt). any landscaping firm should be able to do this for you. |
it sounds like you need a skid steer. if you want to work on it yourself, on the cheap use a rototiller to loosen up the soil, then just use a shovel and shovel it around the area. you should be able to rent a skidsteer for the day for like 300$ dollars. maybe more maybe less depending on the size of skidsteer. but expect right around 300$ look up in your phone book equipment rental, youll want something that is a bit larger that the smaller skidsteers. tracks or wheels, probably wont matter since your doing such a small job. tracks wont rip up the rest of your yard as bad as wheels will, if you are careful you wont rip up the yard with wheels either, take turns nice and easy. eta- I am assumming this is a very small area your doing, if so do the rototiller method i spoke of. If not skidsteer would probably be best. |
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I called a rental place and the guy said for the price of the Bobcat +fuel +dump truck rental it would be cheaper just to have a landscaping service come in with the equipment and do it since they would know how do do it and do it faster than I could. The guy I talked to so far has a Kabota... I didn't even think of using a tractor until after I posted in here. Suck because my father in law has one... in New Hampshire. |
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