re: TifTuf, Tahoma 31, or Tifway 419 Bermuda in Dallas?

What does access to your yard look like? 2 yards of dirt delivered should run you maybe $150 give or take $50. The dirt is cheap but the trip charge will cost some amount. You can fit a yard in the bed of a half ton, so if you wanted to take two trips and just wheel barrow it around, you can do that also. Two yards of material takes me about an hour to unload and spread by hand.

If you can get a tractor to the area, you can rent a tractor for $300 roughly and just sit there and scrape the top, then spread the dirt. Tractor work takes an hour or two to get the hang of, but you get it for the full weekend usually if you rent it Friday afternoon and only pay a day or day and a half of the tractor rental. So you're talking about $500 tops for doing it yourself.

If you're not coordinated enough to get the hang of the tractor though, you may be wasting your money. Personally, I look at stuff like this as an opportunity to learn to do something new. Plus you get to play with a tractor for a bit which can be fun.

Did your price include the sod as well?