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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:26:30 PM EDT
I need 100yds of fill delivered.
Should I just start cold calling construction places? |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:30:42 PM EDT
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Put ads on craigslist or fb marketplace
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SC, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:31:59 PM EDT
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I call my high-school buddy that does earthworks, clearing and septic systems
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:37:36 PM EDT
[#3]
Place a Facebook marketplace want to buy clean fill ad. Hopefully a trucker will see it and get you set up. You can also do a search for any surface mine or borrow pits. The mines I oversee we can set up trucking as well as material I believe something near you can do the same.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:41:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By palmetto33: Place a Facebook marketplace want to buy clean fill ad. Hopefully a trucker will see it and get you set up. You can also do a search for any surface mine or borrow pits. The mines I oversee we can set up trucking as well as material I believe something near you can do the same. I'll be calling a limestone quarry Monday |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:42:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: governmentman]
[#5]
Talk to an excavation company. They all know and talk to each other to swap fill. Offer a finders fee.
In our area, Kellenberger is good. Honest dude, and a conservative Marine vet. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:43:07 PM EDT
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I just did 73 yards last week here in DFW. Lots of places deliver around here.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:50:52 PM EDT
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i see signs all over construction areas to call whatever number for free dirt.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:41:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ToeTag]
[#8]
I had to pay $100 per triaxle load, within 10mi, for dirt removed from my yard for my pool installation. Call all local pool companies. Im sure they will dump it for FREE where you need it.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:43:00 PM EDT
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Nearby road construction used to be a good source.
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USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:47:04 PM EDT
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My Dad talked to a developer who was building a bunch of houses with walk out basements. All you wanted for free but no delivery though. At least it was a new subdivision and all a centralized location.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:50:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Into_the_Void: I'll be calling a limestone quarry Monday One of our local quarries has had a free dirt sign out front for years. Cost of hauling might be significant. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:03:32 PM EDT
[#12]
Call a local pool company. They are just trying to get rid of it and you'd be a free dump spot.
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USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:08:27 PM EDT
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Penndot
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:37:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HRoark87: Call a local pool company. They are just trying to get rid of it and you'd be a free dump spot. Great advice. I just called a bunch of places and holy fuck has it been painful. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:40:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Jerret_S]
[#15]
Call excavating companies.
I have also seen in my area FB ads from local townships or county pages offering dirt by road work sites. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:42:45 PM EDT
[#16]
Call the town and county. It's ditch cleaning season.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:47:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Call the town and county. It's ditch cleaning season. Broken glass, needles, used condoms, burger wrappers. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:53:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By McGuy: Broken glass, needles, used condoms, burger wrappers. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By McGuy: Originally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Call the town and county. It's ditch cleaning season. Broken glass, needles, used condoms, burger wrappers. Rural PA ditches probably aren't as bad as Portland ditches. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:55:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Rural PA ditches probably aren't as bad as Portland ditches. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Originally Posted By McGuy: Originally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Call the town and county. It's ditch cleaning season. Broken glass, needles, used condoms, burger wrappers. Rural PA ditches probably aren't as bad as Portland ditches. Nothing but beer bottles and cans 
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:56:00 PM EDT
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How much are you trying to spend, or not?
I paid $500 for 35yd of mid-grade dirt delivered last week. Not top soil, but not garbage sand. It has a fair amount of clay in it. It was pretty nice, as far as dirt goes. I called up the number for a local grading company. That was the first and only call I made. Maybe could have gotten better prices, but that was good enough, I didn't argue. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:57:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 4:03:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: KnightStick]
[#22]
I just wait for my neighbors to go to sleep and dig up their yard.
Also, churches are closed most days except Wednesday and Sunday. Put on a yellow vest and no one will bat an eye . In Mario-Cart or something |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 4:12:13 PM EDT
[#23]
Find out who your local church uses to dig graves
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Posted: 4/27/2024 4:15:00 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Naamah: Find out who your local church uses to dig graves My wife said that and I'll tell you the same thing. I ain't got time to wait for 50 mother fuckers to die |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 4:33:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Rural PA ditches probably aren't as bad as Portland ditches. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Originally Posted By McGuy: Originally Posted By sitdwnandhngon: Call the town and county. It's ditch cleaning season. Broken glass, needles, used condoms, burger wrappers. Rural PA ditches probably aren't as bad as Portland ditches. I'm a way out of Portland, but still have plenty of garbage. When McDonalds went in it got a lot worse. Cans and bottles get hoovered up by crazy people to turn in for the deposit. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 4:34:01 PM EDT
[#26]
Dig a pond. Two problems solved.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 4:36:10 PM EDT
[#27]
Most people I've seen simply misspell a crudely spray painted sign and stick it on their lawn. "Clean fill wanted" (make sure it looks like your 4 year old painted-- and spelled it. )
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:25:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Into_the_Void: My wife said that and I'll tell you the same thing. I ain't got time to wait for 50 mother fuckers to die Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Into_the_Void: Originally Posted By Naamah: Find out who your local church uses to dig graves My wife said that and I'll tell you the same thing. I ain't got time to wait for 50 mother fuckers to die They usually have a mountain of dirt. Seriously. We’ve gotten fill dirt before from folks who dig graves. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:03:13 PM EDT
[#29]
Username is appropriate.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:14:14 PM EDT
[#30]
OP-is anyone building an apartment complex, shopping center anything around you? Depending upon the job, they haul in or off dirt and pay to haul it off. Cash talks. I've done this three times. Buddy is currently at 78 trucks at 40 per load. Normally, 240 per load.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:27:30 PM EDT
[#31]
Originally Posted By Into_the_Void: I need 100yds of fill delivered. Should I just start cold calling construction places? Call your local dump truck broker(dirt haulers) or whatever they're called. They're the ones hauling off dirt from jobsites. |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:32:54 PM EDT
[#32]
Is there a dirt service similar to https://getchipdrop.com/?
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:35:35 PM EDT
[#33]
I’m paying $225 for a 20 ton triaxle load delivered. Getting about 20 loads to start.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:36:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By theskuh: Put ads on craigslist or fb marketplace This, and post notes on bulletin boards at the local grocery, etc.: "Clean fill dirt wanted." |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:38:27 PM EDT
[#35]
Call a trucking company. Dump trucks.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:44:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By giantpune: How much are you trying to spend, or not? I paid $500 for 35yd of mid-grade dirt delivered last week. Not top soil, but not garbage sand. It has a fair amount of clay in it. It was pretty nice, as far as dirt goes. I called up the number for a local grading company. That was the first and only call I made. Maybe could have gotten better prices, but that was good enough, I didn't argue. |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:56:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rhygin: One of our local quarries has had a free dirt sign out front for years. Cost of hauling might be significant. My local quarry that is owned by vulcan Materials gives dirt away as well |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 6:58:53 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 7: Wow, just spent over $500 on 10 yards of fill dirt. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 7: Originally Posted By giantpune: How much are you trying to spend, or not? I paid $500 for 35yd of mid-grade dirt delivered last week. Not top soil, but not garbage sand. It has a fair amount of clay in it. It was pretty nice, as far as dirt goes. I called up the number for a local grading company. That was the first and only call I made. Maybe could have gotten better prices, but that was good enough, I didn't argue. Ouch. |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 7:21:30 AM EDT
[#39]
It’s difficult to find good dirt around here.
Top soil is available but very expensive. Fill dirt is mostly red clay with a lot of rocks in it. “Clean” fill dirt is $200+ per dump truck load. Probably more, I haven’t bought any in a few years. |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 7:52:38 AM EDT
[#40]
Originally Posted By Into_the_Void: I need 100yds of fill delivered. Should I just start cold calling construction places? We have a local guy that delivers. So much a ton and a six ton minimum. Pretty cheap for what you get. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 4/28/2024 7:57:58 AM EDT
[#41]
Call some large dump truck companies near you.
Or a large excavating company . I can tell you being in the business it’s easy to come by free dirt, but it’s hard to find people that are ready to take it when you need them. I just hauled 90 loads of fill dirt to a buddy of mines for free because my customer didn’t have anywhere to put it. They paid for me to load it and haul it and I didn’t have to charge them for disposal so it worked out all the way around. I’m still laughing because I got a text from my buddy asking me now what, since he’s got a little 30hp Kubota to push it all around  I’ll probably send a dozer over there for a day just to knock it all down |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 7:59:30 AM EDT
[#42]
The company you see around the most, give a call. Tell him you've got a hole. I'm an excavating contractor and we're always looking for a place to dump
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Posted: 4/28/2024 8:09:00 AM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rhygin: One of our local quarries has had a free dirt sign out front for years. Cost of hauling might be significant. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rhygin: Originally Posted By Into_the_Void: I'll be calling a limestone quarry Monday One of our local quarries has had a free dirt sign out front for years. Cost of hauling might be significant. This The fill might be "free" (If you're lucky enough to find some that's REALLY "free") but typically the delivery ain't. If you find truly "free" fill with truly "free" delivery you best beat cheeks and get it done immediately. |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 8:10:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: Dig a pond. Two problems solved. That's what we did when we built. Excavator needed fill for around the foundation, no charge for digging the pond. 
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Posted: 4/28/2024 8:23:16 AM EDT
[#45]
eBay.
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Posted: 4/28/2024 8:44:15 AM EDT
[#46]
What County are you in?
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Posted: 4/28/2024 9:12:50 AM EDT
[#47]
My only advice to you would be to have a machine on site to move your dirt as soon as it's delivered.. if it rains and you get ponding water between the piles it's going to take forever to dry out. Make sure your trucks will have good access to the dump site by removing low branches and identifying wet areas that they must avoid. If it's too wet you may need a few loads of stone to make a temporary road into where the trucks will dump.
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Posted: 4/28/2024 9:14:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ShooterPatriot: What County are you in? Berks |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 9:17:23 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Badlatitude]
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 7: Wow, just spent over $500 on 10 yards of fill dirt. Holy crap! ETA I'm assuming that was screened fill and not clean fill tho. There is a difference. Clean fill is natural dug that has a little rock and certainly no big potatoes in it. Screened fill was run through a drop screen or a plant and has zero rock in it. |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 9:18:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By IH1026: My only advice to you would be to have a machine on site to move your dirt as soon as it's delivered.. if it rains and you get ponding water between the piles it's going to take forever to dry out. Make sure your trucks will have good access to the dump site by removing low branches and identifying wet areas that they must avoid. If it's too wet you may need a few loads of stone to make a temporary road into where the trucks will dump. Way ahead of you on all that. I want a machine there so I can ramp it out so the trucks can dump partially on top of the previous load. Access should be good. I knocked back a bunch of trees yesterday so trucks can stay out of the crops. The field is nearly all shale and never has standing water. It all drains away. The field is only a bitch in the winter when the ground freezes and gets that mossy bullshit on top.  Attached File |
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