getting ready to spread 50 yds of gravel for a cement pad for pad level addition to mobile home. grass part of area drops 6inches grade over 15 feet.
first had to dig out old broken small in ground circular pool (3+ feet deep) filled with rocks (smallest 25lbs largest 200+) filled with poison ivy with 4-6 ft deep roots that were over inch thick.
could not get under rocks to lift due to tons of weed matting. had to curl bucket around rocks press against brush guard and backdrag out to where we could safely (away from poison ivy) hold shovels against the rocks so I could get under them.
this pic shows amount I had backdragged before any digging and shovel/removal. pile was 6ft wide 6ft thick and 4ft high at the top point.
same pile other side shows somewhat of the grade issues on grass part.
just some digging had just started.
deepest part of this hole is 30 inches. before I had chance to set brake it rolled back a foot, had to stop pushing as hitch was lifting tires off ground.
I had already filled some using reclaimed dirt.still got to do section on right side but thats slightly shallower.
just about ready for 45 yds gravel now. need to do little smoothing reclaim some fill for the hole but dumped bunch in already.