Hi folks, stumbled upon your website & was hoping you might have some advice for me? I have what I call a "pool pit" in my backyard. We removed an oval pool/deck 3 yrs ago and installed the new pool closer to our house. My ever lazy ex had the pool installers dump the dirt from the new pool dig into the uneven ground left by the old pool but never went back and leveled it out. Now he's moved out & I am attacking the mess he left. It's about a 15x25 ft area of dips, 2 ft mounds of rock hard dirt & weeds. There are also some of the old deck posts that still stick up above the ground with excess concrete maybe an inch or so which i will need to fill over (not trying to dig those suckers out!) I've chopped down & weedwacked what I can and am left with a very uneven surface that I would like to level out, seed & mow with the rest of my lawn. Don't need it to be perfect, just mowable. I'm sure I will have to rent some heavy equipment as I can't afford to hire landscapers and am not afraid of some hard labor. Will a rototiller do what I need or do I need to look at bobcats or something more heavy duty & tractor-like?
Lawn Leveling Help Please???
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A pic of the area would sure help.
Sounds to me like getting a load (few yards) of black dirt delivered would be the easier and cheaper way out. Then hire or rent a small tractor (we call them CUTs for Compact Utility Tractor) with a bucket and a box blade to distribute and smooth out the black dirt over the area in question.
Finding a neighbor or friend who has such a machine and can get by your place would be the best solution. Is that a possibility?
On the other hand, a shovel, a wheelbarrow, and a rake can go a long ways to do the job, but takes time. I moved onto my land and there were about 2 acres of brush and spoils from pushing back trees that I just worked through by hand, slow but sure. Had no money to do it any other way.
A pic of the area would sure help.
Sounds to me like getting a load (few yards) of black dirt delivered would be the easier and cheaper way out. Then hire or rent a small tractor (we call them CUTs for Compact Utility Tractor) with a bucket and a box blade to distribute and smooth out the black dirt over the area in question.
Finding a neighbor or friend who has such a machine and can get by your place would be the best solution. Is that a possibility?
On the other hand, a shovel, a wheelbarrow, and a rake can go a long ways to do the job, but takes time. I moved onto my land and there were about 2 acres of brush and spoils from pushing back trees that I just worked through by hand, slow but sure. Had no money to do it any other way.
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If you would care to share what part of the country you are in there may be a member here with a small tractor that could help you at a reasonable rate.
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Thanks for the suggestions. After reading your input and doing some more backbreaking labor this weekend, I have decided to do just what you suggest. I have a neighbor with a small tractor that I'm pretty sure would come over and help for either a small fee or in trade for some used lawn mowers and weedwackers that he can fix up and sell. Don't have the funds right now to hire professional help or to rent anything expensive that I don't know how to use. Dirt is on the way and it will be done shortly with the neighbor's help or by hand if I have to! Thanks again.
