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Originally Posted by prarieboy
Don't forget about getting rid of the old Sod. I used a Sod cutter last year and did my back and side yards. Turned out to be 10 cubic yards. I didn't have time to haul it myself so I hired a truck and bobcat to haul it away. Te cheapest I could find was $800, the highest was $1500. All the guys said the dumps just don't want old sod so it's expensive to dump.
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Wow, that sucks to get charged to haul away old sod. Before I resodded my yard I had a guy dig out about a 2000 square foot area for a patio and flower garden. He hauled it away for nothing because he was able to resell it as clean fill to construction sites. The construction sites around Drum are always looking for good fill, but maybe that's because the majority of soil around here is nothing but bentonite due to all the clay in the hills around here. Bentonite is worse than useless for fill, so maybe that creates a higher demand for clean fill here than in Calgary. Still, it doesn't seem right to have to pay to get good fill material hauled away.