Cost of dirt?

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 4:40pm
Any landscapers out there? Black dirt. Clean fill. How much does it cost to buy and what does it cost to transport?
The tracks and quality of dirt is really lacking. Most guys practice on better tracks/surfaces than they race on. Why?
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Slow 1/22/2011 6:33pm
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Feld is cheap!
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braaap 1/22/2011 6:36pm
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I believe they use the same dirt every year at each venue. They store it somewhere close to the stadiums.

Houston SX dirt is great every year, probably from all of the horse and cow shit in it from the rodeo that's usually right after the SX!!
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Mstock 1/22/2011 6:40pm
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sbarrington314 wrote:
good topsoil is $23 a yard.
billion dollar supercross?
How many yards do they use on average?

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ratonmacias 1/22/2011 6:55pm
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i dont know U.S. prices but i do know that in Mexico if you haul the dirt for more than 50 miles you will end up paying more for the freight than the dirt itself.
sbarrington314 1/22/2011 6:57pm
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my best guess is those cat trucks are hauling in 30 yards at a time. at 550 trucks.... alot of dirt.
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Mstock 1/22/2011 7:01pm
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ratonmacias wrote:
i dont know U.S. prices but i do know that in Mexico if you haul the dirt for more than 50 miles you will end up...
i dont know U.S. prices but i do know that in Mexico if you haul the dirt for more than 50 miles you will end up paying more for the freight than the dirt itself.
That would explain it. Thanks. Spoiled with black loam and sand my entire life. Poor pro's.
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Robmx522 1/22/2011 7:03pm
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a tandem dumb truck can haul about 12 yards a load ...they don't use top soil ,,,top soil doesn't compact ...you can get good fill dirt for 150-200 bucks in tennessee ...cali prolly 500 ...oh wait there is no good dirt in cali ...
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Robmx522 wrote:
a tandem dumb truck can haul about 12 yards a load ...they don't use top soil ,,,top soil doesn't compact ...you can get good fill dirt...
a tandem dumb truck can haul about 12 yards a load ...they don't use top soil ,,,top soil doesn't compact ...you can get good fill dirt for 150-200 bucks in tennessee ...cali prolly 500 ...oh wait there is no good dirt in cali ...
So 550 truck loads at $500 a pull for tonights dirt? So up front investment $275,000. Guess we are going to see this dirt in LA for the next 75 years.
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mx295 1/22/2011 7:12pm
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The dirt they used tonight is not the same dirt that they use at Anaheim
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jmar 1/22/2011 7:15pm
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Trucking cost very from state to state.
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mx295 1/22/2011 7:19pm
1/22/2011 7:19pm Edited Date/Time 1/23/2011 9:58am
jmar wrote:
Trucking cost very from state to state.
The trucking company's that are on my jobsites charge $80 per hour for bottom dumps.. $75 and hour for transfers And $80 an hour for super tens (3 axle dump trucks)...
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Mstock 1/22/2011 7:37pm
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Just wondering about other motorsports spending over 20 million dollars on a racing surface that hosts 2 rounds per year. The track itself is the 21st man on the gate. 50% of this sport is the quality of the track. Why does this not matter?
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jmar 1/22/2011 7:44pm
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jmar wrote:
Trucking cost very from state to state.
mx295 wrote:
The trucking company's that are on my jobsites charge $80 per hour for bottom dumps.. $75 and hour for transfers And $80 an hour for super...
The trucking company's that are on my jobsites charge $80 per hour for bottom dumps.. $75 and hour for transfers And $80 an hour for super tens (3 axle dump trucks)...
The majority of the dirt used for the supercross is bought and stored for re-use. Trucking cost, and the equipment package rental is the big cost.
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TrailRat344 1/22/2011 8:23pm
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jmar wrote:
The majority of the dirt used for the supercross is bought and stored for re-use. Trucking cost, and the equipment package rental is the big cost.
YEP
sbarrington314 1/22/2011 8:41pm
1/22/2011 8:41pm
the trucks they are using to haul into stadiums are hauling more than 12 yards.

and if its 550 loads like that.... wow
then add all the workers and signs/tuff blocks/pyro stuff etc. supercross isnt cheap to put on.

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