Dumping

I’m working from home today so I can tend to the three loads of fill that are being delivered.  When I made arrangements for the delivery the guy told me the first load should arrive around 8:30 which sounded good.  I awoke at my normal time this morning and went out to work on chicken clean up.

About 7:15 I see a dump truck stopping in front of the house.  I was confused but ran out front to see if that was the guy “Tony”.  Well it turned out this wasn’t Tony but someone he arranged to deliver the first load.  This guy spoke basically no English and I had to communicate with him mostly by pointing and hand signals.

Since he was not Tony he wasn’t aware of the game plan and he started trying to back into the yard from the street.  I ran back and stopped him again and with more hand gestures told him he needed to pull in forwards while avoiding the sprinklers I marked.  Somehow I got him into the right spot in the chicken yard but when he dumped the dirt he sort of snail trailed it across the yard instead of making one nice pile.

After he was done he said something about asphalt and needing a hose.  I got Tony on the phone and asked him to translate.  He said this guy had to go pick up a load of asphalt next so he had to hose the bed of the dump truck out completely so the dirt didn’t mix with the asphalt.  I was able to stretch the hose from the well head over to the trucks location.

Tony himself brought the second load and it was a much smoother experience since he knew what I wanted.  He also dumped the fill in one spot so I should have room for the third load which he is in the process of delivering now.  Once he dumps it I will again close the chicken fence up with a few staples.  I also need to go smooth out four huge ruts the first guy put in the neighbors yard when he tried to back in.

I talked to the guy that does some yard work for my other neighbor last night.  I saw he had a Bobcat that he used for some sod work a couple weeks ago.  I asked him if he would be interested in using it to spread the fill.  He said the Bobcat was actually his son’s but he would ask.  No price has been mentioned yet so if it’s reasonable I will let him do it, if not I will rent one myself.

Once the dirt is spread all that remains is for me to decide if I am going to pay a sod company to drop off some pallets of grass that I will spread myself or if I can find someone that actually calls me back to do the work.