How do I remove a mound?

[Walter]

The previous owner of my home built a mound about 15-20 in diameter and maybe 2 feet high at the center. This has been here several years so it is covered with St. Augustine. I want to remove it, because is serves no useful purpose for us and it blocks drainage in that part of the yard.

I don't know the best way to go about this. Should I just attack it with a shovel or rent a tiller, or pay someone to scoop it with a bobcat and just re-sod the naked ground? I fear the shovel approach would take quite a while by myself. The dirt is most likely a combination of top soil and clay, mostly clay.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Srgnt Billko]

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

[MikeR]

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

[James]

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--

[Walter]

"Srgnt Billko" wrote in news:YF%Yd.381098$ [e-mail]:

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

[Walter]

"MikeR" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Uh.. Thanks?

[Walter]

"James" wrote in news:IumdnS1 [e-mail]:

Thanks James. I will definitely look into it.

[birdman]

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

[Walter]

birdman wrote in news:Ckf_d.34615$ [e-mail]:

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.