selling fill dirt

Where you located?

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Anyone have experience with this

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Unless you sit at the gate and count every truck that leaves, they'll steal from you.

Is 2 acres enough? That doesn't sound like much ground for someone to mess with?

Typically you will sell to the contractor who will dig and haul the dirt. There are two ways to measure dirt, in place and vehicle cu. yds. There is easily 35% difference between the two. When you dig and place in a truck it fluffs up. When negotiating make sure this is clear.

Another way to determine volume instead of counting trucks is to get a surveyor to give you before and after elevations of the pit. They can provide you an in place volume "cu. yds" of what was dug.

Pre and post surveys easily the most accurate option.

Thanks to all for the advice

Don't forget you are going to be required to have a permit from the State and possibly Army COE.

Plenty of other variables that he didnt give, so was just giving back of the napkin number based on 1 acre foot being 1620 cy (1613.333 to be precise). Approximation that we do everyday as site developmemt engineers. Before survey not neccessary if his 2 acres is generally level.