How do I remove a mound?

That's why we get married. Buy her a shovel and put her to work.

I'd lasso it, take a couple wraps around the front bumper (you'll wana see all the details in real time) of yer' 53' DeSoto, slam it into "R" (for mound Removal) and 'put the pedal 2 the metal'. The next cloudburst will do the cleanup fer' ya.

Yer much abliged.

MikeR

It seems to me that the real question is, where do you put the topsoil etc when you scoop it up, either by shovel, bobcat, or otherwise ?

A backhoe (with frontloader bucket) could do this job in an hour maximum, including scooping the topsoil/sod/dirt up, and dumping the scoops into his dump truck, and haul the entire thing off.

One hour of backhoe work in your community may vary, but perhaps it is $55-65. Of course, any backhoe owner wouldn't load and unload for just one hour, so perhaps he would do it for $150-200.

I would investigate backhoe operators in your area. Ask them out and they will give you a price.

Good Luck !!

--James--

"Srgnt Billko" wrote in news:YF%Yd.381098$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

Maybe I should tell her there's a diamond buried at the bottom! :-D

"MikeR" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Uh.. Thanks?

"James" wrote in news:IumdnS1 snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Thanks James. I will definitely look into it.

there may be a reason the mound is there and you will find out when you dig it up!

birdman wrote in news:Ckf_d.34615$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews3.bellsouth.net:

Oh, I know why it's there. The previous owner had the patio extended, and purposely used the excavated dirt to build the mound for chipping practice. I don't golf.