Daniel, Howard and I discussed possibly renting a Bobcat
to help transfer soil from the old garden to the new.
I called Bobcat of Atlanta and described our
task.
He recommended a t450 track loader, which has a 17.3
gallon tank, running diesel fuel. The bucket is 56 inches wide.
To deliver the machine to us on a Friday afternoon and
pick it up on a Monday morning would cost us $520, not including fuel. We
would figure about a tank.
The machine has a meter and we'd be able to use it for
12 hours.
I am unsure of how this compares with whatever specs
anyone else is finding on buying dirt already delivered, and this would be
something that we'd have to do ourselves.
We'd need a bunch of volunteers at Sugar Creek to
download the dirt, and could probably use extra trucks to get this
done,.
Not sure if this is a viable option, but wanted to let
you know what I found out.
Oh, to rent the equipment, somebody would have to show
up, give them a credit card and be responsible for the equipment. That would
probably need to be Daniel?