Dirt work experts need. (not NASCAR)

Need some pics

Yes it's pouring tight now I'll update with pictures tomorrow. Just watching the rain sipping whiskey

If you cut the sod with a sod cutter in the winter you can save the sod without stressing the grass too bad

That's a good idea. So cut the grass with a sodcutter and then scree with the bobcat I'm presuming?

And the poster that said he was installing drains they are nice. If you have a way to build in a flush point do it. My old pool discharge used to run there and thwas my way of cleaning it out. Once I got rid od that it's a bitch to keep clean down the main run. No forced evacuation means gravity is all you have to clear debris (leaves, etc)

yep, and best way to create a good grade doesn't take any fancy laser lights or leveling equipt, all you need to do is nail in a stake and run a string line. that's why I said stop and check the grade often so you don't remove too much dirt and you know where you need to run over spots to pack the dirt down.

plant a stake next to the house at the corners, tie the string right at ground level and run string line out to a few other stakes in the yard around where you don't have high spots to check your grade and see where high and low spots are. you don't need to overcomplicate it.


when you are done use the string line to criss-cross your yard to check for any low spots where you can spread some of that extra dirt you will have left over, then when you are sure you have no low spots left just spread the remaining dirt as thin as you can in an out of the way area

You could probably hire a local small outfit to come in and grade your slopes away from your house. Would probably be cheap, and he could do it in a day. Just make sure all water is being diverted away from your foundation. That is the critical concept here.

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You could probably hire a local small outfit to come in and grade your slopes away from your house. Would probably be cheap, and he could do it in a day. Just make sure all water is being diverted away from your foundation. That is the critical concept here.

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Yes. The problem I was trying to work through is do I use a sod cutter first? Or just have em till up what I have and scree it all out and let the grass regrow. Would it work well with the grass in it.

They could scrape it all with a bobcat then I'd have to resod the whole place I suppose.

Anyone buy some sod recently? Price it out?

Ok. That's what I thought at first. I figured a small area maybe. But a large area would be a no go.

I appreciate all the input.