Trucks or trailers are quickest for loading bulk material. If you don't have either of those, bring buckets, trash cans or put a tarp down in the back of your car and or covered truck load by hand.
If you have a truck bed or open trailer we are happy to help you with our loader.
If you have a smaller car with no open bed you will have to hand load yourself. We have shovels available if needed. Many self-loading customers bring their own buckets.
Average customer takes about 10-15 min to hand load, depending on how much product you purchase.
We can give you a rough idea of the volume by examples in person, but often we'll have you load what you think you'll need and then come back to the office to show us, where we will evaluate the amount.
Sure, assuming it doesn’t weigh more than the truck or trailer is rated to handle. We are pretty good at sizing up your vehicle, and loading a safe amount of material.Still, if you’re driving the load yourself, it’s important to understand your vehicle’s hauling capacity, as well as how your vehicle behaves when fully loaded. Trailers can be especially difficult, due to the risk of fishtailing.
If you’re pushing the weight limit, stay off major highways and Interstates, and keep your speed under 45 mph. To plan a safe project you really need to determine the weight of the specific material you’re ordering. However, here are some general guidelines to give you an idea of how many trips it might take for a big project:
These measurements will give you an idea of the volume, but the weight of each material is a very important consideration. Generally a typical pick-up, carrying rock or sand (our heaviest materials) is recommended not to exceed one yard (~1 ton). Lighter materials, such as compost may be able to do 1.5 yds, and the lightest such as bark or clean green waste can carry up to 2 yds, after which the volume will spill over the bed sides.
Yes, if you are hand-loading you are more than welcome to get less than 1/2 yard of material. We can sell amounts down to 5 gallon bucket increments. Another option is our bagged material which comes in 1-2 cubic feet per bag.
Delivery- If you are getting material delivered to your home or site, 1/2 yard is our minimum.
We cannot drive on lawns, but we can drop off material on them if our
delivery truck wheels stay on pavement or a hard surface. We do not drive on
cement. All dumping locations are discretion of the professional driver while keeping safety and liability in mind.
Any concrete that is larger than 24" +12" thick is considered oversized. We do accept it but the charge is a little more, we also ask that any rebar or wood must be cut away from the edges of the concrete.
There are a few options for you. The first and cheapest route is to bring your green yard waste in your truck bed and bring a friend to remove it by hand yourself.
Another alternative could be to use our drop box containers. We bring a large container to you, you fill it, and we come get the container and material for you. Learn more about drop box containers here.
We DO NOT accept any contaminated materials. If we find your drop-off material to be contaminated we will ask you to come back and remove it from our yard and there will be a fee.
It depends, at a higher cost you can drop it off mixed for a higher drop-off cost because we will have to do the separating. If you'd like to save a bit of money you can do this at home before you come in, and this courtesy is appreciated by our yard staff.
No, both materials are 100% natural, untreated color. The dark is acheived through the aging process it goes through, where the orange is more the natural organic color.
