Question on filling low spots in the yard

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Moved into a new house back in the fall. The front yard has some fairly large low spots. There is definitely too much variation to just spread a little river sand.

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then spread more then just a little

you are way over thinking this, river sand self levels to gravitate and fill in all the low spots, get a 5 yard load if need be then grade the whole front yard level with a long 4x4 and a rope to pull behind your lawn mower. grass will grow through it within a day or two and in 2 weeks it will be all grass again. because there wont be low spots holding water the weeds will be easy to manage and get rid of with little to no expense or work involved.

if you do what you are planning then you will raise the yard too high and create more low spots to trap water and grow weeds

Just add a little at a time if that’s your concern. Put an inch down, wait a week or two and put another inch down, so on amd so forth.

What kind of grass do you currently have?? If it is a good lawn, you can add a couple inches of river sand, water it in and let it find it's way down to the roots of the grass. Let the grass grow through that and add more.

This is more time consuming, but eliminates having a whole yard full of sand/dirt and taking months to establish a new lawn.

Putting more than a couple inches at a time will likely kill whatever is now growing in your lawn.

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the weeds will be easy to manage and get rid of with little to no expense or work involved.

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lol. he will have to start his yard over because of the torpedo grass.