Building a House with Wood

[Campgottagopee]

For 2 years I've told Harv he needs a tractor with a FEL....LoL

Keep in mind that I spend someone else's money for a living, so this is easy for me to say

 

[Ripitz]

Would your Maverick tow it? Just thinking it might save you some coin if you could get it yourself.

No go on the Maverick tow.

 

[Harvey]

Without a tow package I think the Mav tows 1500 or 2000.

It's ~25 miles from Warrensburg to HQ so delivery will be about 400.

225 / day to rent it. If I work 8 hours a day it's like 30-50 an hour, waaay cheaper than whay my GC was charging me for running a maching. Even if I suck.

I was thinking of trying to get it done in 3 or 4 days. Reasonable? I've got 3 loads of topsoil and four loads of sand. Not sure wtf the sand is for, but I'll put it under the soil.

Also got a "pile" of driveway stone i should spread, Tahawas tailings.

Looks like rain all next week, I'm assuming topsoil is harder to work with if it's wet so I may wait until the following week.

 

[Harvey]

For just the bucket or are you getting other attachments?

Was thinking the bucket. What else should I get?

 

[Harvey]

How about a small loader with a york rake?
I would think that would be a better application than a skid steer for spreading topsoil.

I was just gonna move the soil and spread it with a rake. Mistake?

I'm gonna have to google york rake to see what it is.

 

[x10003q]

Good thing you are retired so you can start this new job!

 

[Ripitz]

I was thinking of trying to get it done in 3 or 4 days. Reasonable? I've got 3 loads of topsoil and four loads of sand. Not sure wtf the sand is for, but I'll put it under the soil.

Looks like rain all next week, I'm assuming topsoil is harder to work with if it's wet so I may wait until the following week.

Was thinking the bucket. What else should I get?

Not sure what quantities these loads are. I would mix the sand in with the topsoil as a top dressing. Ideally topsoil is either covered by a tarp in a pile or spread and covered with seed and chopped straw or mulch. You might not get germination now but dormant seeding is better than nothing. The power rake (also called a Harley rake) works awesome on those machines. You can grade everything nice and wipe out your tracks when you’re done.

 

[Harvey]

Not sure what quantities these loads are. I would mix the sand in with the topsoil as a top dressing. Ideally topsoil is either covered by a tarp in a pile or spread and covered with seed and chopped straw or mulch. You might not get germination now but dormant seeding is better than nothing. The power rake (also called a Harley rake) works awesome on those machines. You can grade everything nice and wipe out your tracks when you’re done.

I definitely want to get seed down to take advantage of the spring. I'm glad you think it's a good, or not a bad, idea.

Honestly I was thinking of the Dingo just to move the material, am I crazy to plan to spread it with a regular rake?

 

[Ripitz]

Honestly I was thinking of the Dingo just to move the material, am I crazy to plan to spread it with a regular rake?

It depends on how much material you’re getting, how big of an area you’re covering and what your timeframe is.

 

[Harvey]

I've got 3 loads of top soil and 4 loads of sand and one load of driveway stone.

I realize a load is somewhat vague, I'm not sure of the size of the truck.

I'll take a pic and post it.

If I had to guess, I'd say the area to be covered is 3-4000 square feet.

Edit to add pics, not sure if it helps:

Topsoil

Sand

Driveway stone

Areas to cover: