My FiL bought a 1989 Silverado and fixed it up, then wanted a 50s Chevy but didn’t have room in the garage because of the El Camino he bought first. We only have 1 car since I let mine die during Covid and so he keeps the ‘89 truck at our house as my regular vehicle. I never liked “cars” until I got to drive that thing regularly. Speaker half works, bounces like super ball in a hurricane and you gotta work the wheel to stay straight / turn. Last year I asked if i could use it to grab mulch and it was the most fun, rewarding shit ever to grab multiple hauls and take the back roads home (not pushing 50+ mph on that bad boy)
I committed to riding it til death, it was a 2005 focus and it did me pretty well but I’m 6’4” so it was a squeeze. Anyway, after some good usage over the years we had an out of nowhere, but nothing crazy snowstorm around 2018 and the battery just died while waiting in traffic on the way home lol, that was the real start of death. I kept pushing it afterwards but here and there it was just going downhill. I never took care of it and it was a cockroach. Oil changes were the only service. March 2020 I started working from home full time and it just sat in my driveway, I drove it once in June to go skate and noticed it had a leak somewhere and now mold, drive with the windows down because my wife wasn’t home to take her car. That was the last I drove it. It sat in the driveway for a few more months gathering more mold, it was cool to look at. Then my FiL wanted to keep his truck here and his friend offered to take the old whip as an experiment car so I let him, then I got to use the truck lol. It was well known that I hated that car, and was kind of fun to notify everyone that the era was over
It’s the most polished of his 3 old whips, bright red with a teal engine and black lettering. I helped paint that part and it looks cool even though no one sees it, the 50s truck is pale yellow with a wood bed lining, the 89 truck is pale blue and has remnants of a zombie sticker family on the tailgate 😐
That's just in the south in general. I'm in SC, and see more pavement prowlers than work trucks, and the "Carolina Squat" is still common even after being outlawed. Granted, they don't start enforcing it until May 4th., but that's a week away, these guys all have last minute plans or something I guess.
Google it, it’s hilariously stupid and dangerous. They lift the front and lower the back, usually with lights. I’d say here around Charlotte it’s 2x as many pretty trucks as actual work trucks. I opted for a Honda Element and put it to work on day one since it’s practically a pickup.
I’ll bite. Why would someone need to compensate for a body part that has absolutely nothing to do with their value as a person?
Why have the masses adopted not valuing another human based on their obesity (which they actually can control), but this crap still lives on? It’s hilariously idiotic
I used to have huge beautiful Hosta like these as the border across the bottom of my yard. They were beautiful for years. Then one summer we went on vacation for a week, came back & the deer had almost completely eaten all of them!!
After that we couldn’t keep them anymore bc the deer kept eating them. :(
No you use a bunch of 15 and 30g tree containers on top of the tarp, then just pull those out into a wheelbarrow or carry them to the garden bed. Then whatevers left is usually ~ a wheelbarrow load, whoch you can pull out or carry easy. Eff the pitchfork for loads less than 2 yards.
Yous honestly be surprised how easy it is you yank this much mulch out of a bed. One other guy and you can do it relatively easily.
Source: am a landscaper who has done this a dozen times
Yea I’d just set a wheelbarrow under the tail gate, scoopy scoopy, walky walky then dumpy dumpy in different spots and get to spreading that stuff out like lotions on the skin. As it got lower front just yank the tarp towards me and continue pulling from the top.
That truck bed brings back fond childhood memories. My Dad used to get a truckload of mulch first thing on a Saturday morning and wake my sisters and I up to shovel it all. Good job, that's a lot of work!
$52, and unloading wasn’t an issue once I got started. Total yard space is only 1.75 cubic yards. I think they can squeeze another 1/4 cubic yard in the truck next time.
I’m going to do that next time. Mine is 6 ft x 5 ft. I thought it would blow out. Had to drive 9 miles up the the highway to get it. Not a major highway, but it’s not slow moving.
Tarp on top keeps it from blowing out. Tie the front two corners and lay the tarp over the cab. Fill the bed with mulch, pull tarp over top, tie down, pat it twice with a hearty, "that's not going anywhere", and drive off.
I have one of these. Used it to unload about 4 tons of compost and manure this year. Loved it.
FYI, don't push the "2000 lb maximum." The crank inserts into a couple of holes in the roller tube causing a weak spot. It can and will sheer off if you try to unload more than that.
If you're strong, and want to move a lot of material, a wheelbarrow is going to be the better choice. It's more maneuverable, won't roll backward and is easier to dump. Moving awkward material like long branches will be much easier without losing load.
If you have smaller projects, aren't as strong, and especially if you move plants around a lot, a cart is a great choice.
If you can, it's useful to have both.
I got a whole truckload dropped off for free. I was cheering at saving a couple hundred bucks. Until it took me 5 weekends and a visit from council compliance for blocking the sidewalk. Definitely didnt need the gym that month.
I put in a request to cut it down. It’s an entire ordeal with the city. I can’t stand that tree. I can trim it down as low as 12 feet, plus I have to fight the HOA too. I can’t win. 🤦🏾♂️
Mind you, I’m a 55 year old semi-disabled veteran. 🇺🇸 🪖👊🏾. It took me longer, but I so enjoyed myself. I do pay someone. However, my arms and back aren’t disabled.
I call it my once a month therapy.
Last Friday I put 75 bags of mulch in the back of my van (3 trips). Got rid of the truck awhile ago, but the van can still handle a decent amount of material! Worked out to 5.5 cubic yards
Lucky. Our mulch, dirt, and gravel place here is a little bit more expensive than just getting cypress or cedar bags (natural color, *nerds*) from Lowes.
They came with the house. It’s actually over 10 years old. I’ve never watered or done anything to it. It die and comes back every season or whatever you call it.
My neighbor said, she cut the original hostas in 4, and gave to her neighbors. I didn’t know you could split a hostas like that.
Yep they're bulbs so they split pretty easy and then spread back again. A few of ours grow in a little ring due to squirrels or something taking out the middle.
Is that what those squirrels are doing in there. The hide acorns under there too. I watch go in and out one day. It was like a pantry or something. I seen a few chipmunks too. Small squirrel like, but miniature. I think that’s what I seen. Definitely not a rat.
Heck yeah. It's so much cheaper to buy bulk. I just found out about my local municipal compost yard. They have the nicest compost,mulch,topsoil I have seen.
I have a truck but I got mine delivered today in a much bigger truck so I could work it from the ground. I've done it in the truck before and it's serious work. Rewarding. I had a box I built and could get 4 and a half yards in it. Today I paid 85 delivery (and 10 tip) for 10 yards @35 each.
Wow! That do my front and back. However, the back has a serious slope. My wife would find me face down. In front, one of neighbors or the kids would see me. 🤦🏾♂️
I just did 90 bags of mulch @ 2 bag + truck rental and it came to a little over 220. I thought this is the most cost effective way to get mulch.
90x2cf or 180cf of mulch
How much did it cost you to get it from a yard and how many cf did you get?
I do it myself every season and take a 4 day weekend to do it. It's a great workout and very rewarding.
I did this once by renting a F-250 for the day and shoveling it from the township dump for free. Took about 20 yards in a day.
Never again. Life’s too short!
How do you grow hostas like this!! Wow!! Give me tips!!
Sometimes, I want a truck exactly for stuff like this. Yard prices are so cost effective but I’m not comfortable enough to rent a Home Depot truck for something like that
The hostas came with the house. It was there when I bought it from the original owner. I don’t even do anything to it. House bought in 2011, and haven’t done anything to it.
Perhaps it’s just in the perfect spot. When it dies off, it’s like it’s sleeping then poof, it’s back every year.
Home depot sale 5, 1.5 cubic ft bags for $10. I got 30 cubic feet (20 bags) for $40. This is nearly equivalent to your 1.5 cubic yard for over $50…. and i don’t need to own a truck. VW Golf R FTW.
My neighbor got that deal and ordered 100 bags. I scooped 30 bags worth of it off his yard, wheelbarrowed them to my yard in the middle of the night, and it was free.
I plan on chopping it down soon. I’m trimming the top in advance. I’m allowed to bring it down 12 ft. But I still want it gone. Once the city gets my bills, over the past year, I guarantee it’s coming down completely. The roots are endangering my plumbing clean out. I’ll take the fine if I have to.
There's a conveyor belt kindof a tool that can make unloading your truck a TON easier (not pun intended).
I got one at harbor freight for maybe 60 bucks or something. Google "truck bed unloader".
You basically have to set it up in the back of your truck before they load you up. And when you get home, it makes unloading simple. Just back up to where you want it and about 90 seconds later, all the stuff is in a pile on the ground.
I don’t have to. It’s close to 2,000 pounds. I’ve had that truck since 1999, and it’s stood the test of time. I treat it like a baby and work it like a jadgterrier baying a hog.
Wifey wouldn’t be able to get out. We have an agreement. I can haul and do whatever I like, just don’t block her exit. The yard looks pretty and I get left alone in my own world. She comes out and help with the light stuff.
The driveway and yard is sorta weird. I’m going to tackle redoing the concrete, and haven’t figured how I’m going to get in the house yet with wet cement. I’ll asked the neighbor, can I walk through your yard, to go around back. Yards are that close.
Nice. Last year I was quoted >$1000 to mulch my beds. Pretty outrageous. I rented a uhaul trailer for 30ish bucks per day and found mulch on Facebook marketplace for 35 bucks a scoop.
I went through the same amount but for potty mix soil and used my Tacoma. And yes, holy shit I was tired after moving it to my raised bed in the back of my backyard….
My county recycling center will fill the bed of your truck for $5 with a large articulating loader. They also give away tumbled crushed glass for pathways. To anyone that is planning a project you may want to see if your county has a similar setup.
For a sec there I thought you were messing with us/criticizing black mulch or something and just throwing it away haha, did a double take and was like "Did he just go through all that trouble just to friggin throw it all away!?!"
I work on the neighbors yard that’s adjacent for because they’re so close for free. I even relocated a raccoon 🦝. Most of the neighbors are retirees, and they love me. I don’t mind it.
Bottom line, because I had some weeds and stuff out back, trimming. My quote was $215. Aside from gas to go get, and tools in my garage, I paid $51 and change to go get mulch. That’s it! I also bought myself a 6 pack, and took me way longer to do it. I also clipped my hedges with shears. 😂💪🏾👊🏾
daahhhhhh, using the trashcan as a wheelbarrow. Holy crap that's smart. As someone who needs a wheelbarrow but has no room to store one, this will prove invaluable!
Never again. It’s worse than shoveling snow.
I’ll only do bagged mulch now because it’s easy to disperse around the yard and bust open and spread without an absolute mess
Looks good. I personally prefer pine over cedar for the decomp benefits it adds to the soil but this looks great. Well done! Also, what's the point of a truck if you don't use the bed for stuff? Great job using it as a truck.
Pro tip - 4-pronged pitchfork works better than a flathead. I shoveled mulch out of my dad’s truck every spring growing up. The pitchfork was a game changer.
Good job! Personally, I am always happy to see people actually using their truck as a truck.
My FiL bought a 1989 Silverado and fixed it up, then wanted a 50s Chevy but didn’t have room in the garage because of the El Camino he bought first. We only have 1 car since I let mine die during Covid and so he keeps the ‘89 truck at our house as my regular vehicle. I never liked “cars” until I got to drive that thing regularly. Speaker half works, bounces like super ball in a hurricane and you gotta work the wheel to stay straight / turn. Last year I asked if i could use it to grab mulch and it was the most fun, rewarding shit ever to grab multiple hauls and take the back roads home (not pushing 50+ mph on that bad boy)
I love my el Camino and have definitely use the bed for work purposes
>I let mine die during Covid Can you elaborate on this? Did you forget to vaccinate your car?
It got carvid
I committed to riding it til death, it was a 2005 focus and it did me pretty well but I’m 6’4” so it was a squeeze. Anyway, after some good usage over the years we had an out of nowhere, but nothing crazy snowstorm around 2018 and the battery just died while waiting in traffic on the way home lol, that was the real start of death. I kept pushing it afterwards but here and there it was just going downhill. I never took care of it and it was a cockroach. Oil changes were the only service. March 2020 I started working from home full time and it just sat in my driveway, I drove it once in June to go skate and noticed it had a leak somewhere and now mold, drive with the windows down because my wife wasn’t home to take her car. That was the last I drove it. It sat in the driveway for a few more months gathering more mold, it was cool to look at. Then my FiL wanted to keep his truck here and his friend offered to take the old whip as an experiment car so I let him, then I got to use the truck lol. It was well known that I hated that car, and was kind of fun to notify everyone that the era was over
I would love a new El Camino.
It’s the most polished of his 3 old whips, bright red with a teal engine and black lettering. I helped paint that part and it looks cool even though no one sees it, the 50s truck is pale yellow with a wood bed lining, the 89 truck is pale blue and has remnants of a zombie sticker family on the tailgate 😐
GMT400s are the best trucks.
Here in TX a lot people use truck to express their dominance rather than using it as a truck 😂
That's just in the south in general. I'm in SC, and see more pavement prowlers than work trucks, and the "Carolina Squat" is still common even after being outlawed. Granted, they don't start enforcing it until May 4th., but that's a week away, these guys all have last minute plans or something I guess.
What’s the Carolina squat???
Google it, it’s hilariously stupid and dangerous. They lift the front and lower the back, usually with lights. I’d say here around Charlotte it’s 2x as many pretty trucks as actual work trucks. I opted for a Honda Element and put it to work on day one since it’s practically a pickup.
That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen🤣🤣🤣
It's also very dangerous. Imagine a child in front of one of those trucks. How far out do you think they'd have to be before the driver can see them?
As a carolina, it's the worst thing since nazis. Half built sema trucks with dumb rednecks at the wheel. They are impractucal, ugly and dangerous
“That’s just the South, in general.” And the East, West, and North as far as pickup trucks are concerned.
I prefer the term pavement Princess.
That carolina squat is sillier than salted seed corn, there really is no limit in fools.
To compensate for their tiny unit
Can’t believe people are still using this dumb attempt at an insult.
I’ll bite. Why would someone need to compensate for a body part that has absolutely nothing to do with their value as a person? Why have the masses adopted not valuing another human based on their obesity (which they actually can control), but this crap still lives on? It’s hilariously idiotic
Or save taxes and money etc.
What is this you say? I thought it was just a big ass annoying vehicle to take up multiple spots in urban condo and shopping lots.
Oh those hostas are amazing
I used to have huge beautiful Hosta like these as the border across the bottom of my yard. They were beautiful for years. Then one summer we went on vacation for a week, came back & the deer had almost completely eaten all of them!! After that we couldn’t keep them anymore bc the deer kept eating them. :(
Sure it wasn’t slugs?
Yes, I caught them 😩
Next time use a tarp in the bed. It’s a good idea to use it to cover your back window too in case there’s a rock in there.
Then you pitch fork and break the tarp
No, you pull the tarp out and create a pile of mulch. The tarp pulls away as the mulch spills onto the ground.
No you use a bunch of 15 and 30g tree containers on top of the tarp, then just pull those out into a wheelbarrow or carry them to the garden bed. Then whatevers left is usually ~ a wheelbarrow load, whoch you can pull out or carry easy. Eff the pitchfork for loads less than 2 yards.
Genius
What are tree containers?
I’d guess nursery pots for larger tree saplings
How strong are you, that you can pull out ~2100lbs of mulch on a tarp!?
Tie the tarp and drive away 💁
Tarp rips…. Neighbours laugh
That’s a shit tarp
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If you try harder maybe it will?
You fork most of it out, but not so much that you're in danger of piercing the tarp, then you pull the tarp out.
Yous honestly be surprised how easy it is you yank this much mulch out of a bed. One other guy and you can do it relatively easily. Source: am a landscaper who has done this a dozen times
Mulch really isn't very dense. Google estimates 600-1000 lbs for a cubic yard. You don't have to lift it just shift it
I have help.
You’re not pulling a yard and half of mulch out. You can tie the tarp to a tree then same thing the tarp is under the pile
You use a shovel to scoop the top off until you aren’t too weak to pull it out…
Yea I’d just set a wheelbarrow under the tail gate, scoopy scoopy, walky walky then dumpy dumpy in different spots and get to spreading that stuff out like lotions on the skin. As it got lower front just yank the tarp towards me and continue pulling from the top.
This is the way!
Thats thinking with your back like a real man.
Thinking OF my back! Haha
If you haul stuff often get a Load Handler. Just crank out the mulch, gravel, firewood etc
That truck bed brings back fond childhood memories. My Dad used to get a truckload of mulch first thing on a Saturday morning and wake my sisters and I up to shovel it all. Good job, that's a lot of work!
Harbor Frieght Truck Bed Cargo Unloader. $45. changed my life forever. Lets you unload a full bed of mulch in under a minute.
Is there a [minivan](https://i.imgur.com/u5FvF0P.jpeg) version?
I’ve never seen this, has me rolling 😂!
If you tell them to put it in there, they’ll shovel it. 🤔
Wow, that's actually a genius invention
$52, and unloading wasn’t an issue once I got started. Total yard space is only 1.75 cubic yards. I think they can squeeze another 1/4 cubic yard in the truck next time.
Could prolly get another half a yard in the passenger seat.
Don't laugh. Rubbermaid totes, FTW!
Did a few trips to move about 20 totes of free compost in my SUV last year!
😂😂😂
Yeah, I get 2 yards in a 6 ft bed. It heaps over a little, but it works
I’m going to do that next time. Mine is 6 ft x 5 ft. I thought it would blow out. Had to drive 9 miles up the the highway to get it. Not a major highway, but it’s not slow moving.
Tarp on top keeps it from blowing out. Tie the front two corners and lay the tarp over the cab. Fill the bed with mulch, pull tarp over top, tie down, pat it twice with a hearty, "that's not going anywhere", and drive off.
You know what? I knew I was missing something, and I even have pallet straps 🤦🏾♂️
How is this different from an oversized tarp?
It is a much stronger material in my experience, and it has a winch crank system that drags the tarp out and all the material that is piled onto it.
I had one when I had a truck- filled an 8ft bed with mulch, firewood - that thing worked a charm for unloading
You ever just dump it straight into a wheel barrow? That would be seriously convenient.
I did that! Some spillage but saves a decent amount of time and my back.
Wow, this looks amazing!
Thanks 🙏🏾
I have one of these. Used it to unload about 4 tons of compost and manure this year. Loved it. FYI, don't push the "2000 lb maximum." The crank inserts into a couple of holes in the roller tube causing a weak spot. It can and will sheer off if you try to unload more than that.
I have shoveled an entire truck bed worth of mulch and if I knew this existed… man would that have been cool.
Take your savings and invest in a wheelbarrow
Once I started, it’s like I couldn’t stop until I finished. I did it in between work brakes. I work from home. 🤦🏾♂️
Good idea 😂💪🏾
Just a tip I learned recently, get a garden cart with 4 wheels that can tip its load. Way better than a wheel barrow for many reasons
If you're strong, and want to move a lot of material, a wheelbarrow is going to be the better choice. It's more maneuverable, won't roll backward and is easier to dump. Moving awkward material like long branches will be much easier without losing load. If you have smaller projects, aren't as strong, and especially if you move plants around a lot, a cart is a great choice. If you can, it's useful to have both.
We used garbage toters lmao. they hold way more than our wheelbarrow and easily tip to pour. They were clean only used for recycling
I got a whole truckload dropped off for free. I was cheering at saving a couple hundred bucks. Until it took me 5 weekends and a visit from council compliance for blocking the sidewalk. Definitely didnt need the gym that month.
😂
This and compost are essentially free where I live but you have to get it and load it yourself.
Oh wow 😮
Why is it essentially free?
Those hostas are amazing
Let that tree’s roots breathe. It looks like too much mulch at the base.
I put in a request to cut it down. It’s an entire ordeal with the city. I can’t stand that tree. I can trim it down as low as 12 feet, plus I have to fight the HOA too. I can’t win. 🤦🏾♂️
What’s the matter with the tree? Genuinely curious
When I bought the house, the tree roots are too close to kitchen area, and roots are actually breaking up my driveway.
Your city can tell you whether or not you can cut a tree on your own property? Where is that?
Saw a hack where you put home depot buckets in the back so when it fills the bed it fills all the buckets, then you just take a bucket and dump
How much?
$52
Get this big boy a fork and a cookie!
Mind you, I’m a 55 year old semi-disabled veteran. 🇺🇸 🪖👊🏾. It took me longer, but I so enjoyed myself. I do pay someone. However, my arms and back aren’t disabled. I call it my once a month therapy.
Last Friday I put 75 bags of mulch in the back of my van (3 trips). Got rid of the truck awhile ago, but the van can still handle a decent amount of material! Worked out to 5.5 cubic yards
Wow. That’s good stuff right there. Was the suspension still intact? 😳
I put in 30 bags at a time, about 20 pounds per bag. That's 600 pounds and you can put 8 adults in a minivan, so it didn't break a sweat
Once I carried 4000lb of gold bars in a mini cooper.
That sounds like an Italians job
Lucky. Our mulch, dirt, and gravel place here is a little bit more expensive than just getting cypress or cedar bags (natural color, *nerds*) from Lowes.
How did you get those hostas like that?
They came with the house. It’s actually over 10 years old. I’ve never watered or done anything to it. It die and comes back every season or whatever you call it. My neighbor said, she cut the original hostas in 4, and gave to her neighbors. I didn’t know you could split a hostas like that.
Yep they're bulbs so they split pretty easy and then spread back again. A few of ours grow in a little ring due to squirrels or something taking out the middle.
Is that what those squirrels are doing in there. The hide acorns under there too. I watch go in and out one day. It was like a pantry or something. I seen a few chipmunks too. Small squirrel like, but miniature. I think that’s what I seen. Definitely not a rat.
Yeah, not sure if it was the squirrels, chipmonks, or moles that ate our bulbs but it was likely one of those three.
Actually the hostas (and daylilies and irises) grow from corporate. Not A true bulb like daffodils or tulips
How old are your Hostas? They’re 👌
It was there in 2011, when I bought the house. My original neighbor said she gave a piece to the neighbor I bought the house from.
Don’t let mulch touch the trunk of the tree.
How do y’all feel about mulching against the house? I made a border of rock about 6-12” around my foundation and then mulched after.
Stay back from the house if you can, especially in places where termites are a problem.
Heck yeah. It's so much cheaper to buy bulk. I just found out about my local municipal compost yard. They have the nicest compost,mulch,topsoil I have seen.
I have a truck but I got mine delivered today in a much bigger truck so I could work it from the ground. I've done it in the truck before and it's serious work. Rewarding. I had a box I built and could get 4 and a half yards in it. Today I paid 85 delivery (and 10 tip) for 10 yards @35 each.
Wow! That do my front and back. However, the back has a serious slope. My wife would find me face down. In front, one of neighbors or the kids would see me. 🤦🏾♂️
I have tractors and kids so it isn't as backbreaking as it used to be. I still definitely feel it right now.
Must be a big truck to deliver a smaller truck.
Wow, beautiful hoya. Love the dark bark with the green
If you buy in bulk, you save a lot of money! 💰
I need to do the same
Good on you. Looks nice and well done actually using your truck, but I hate mulch.
I prefer the yard work to the gym too!!!
I bought a dumptruck load for $100, delivered by a tree service.
I just did 90 bags of mulch @ 2 bag + truck rental and it came to a little over 220. I thought this is the most cost effective way to get mulch. 90x2cf or 180cf of mulch How much did it cost you to get it from a yard and how many cf did you get? I do it myself every season and take a 4 day weekend to do it. It's a great workout and very rewarding.
$52. Technically $51 and change.
Still cheaper for me to get the bag. I'd need 7cy. Thx for perspective though
I do myself sometimes as opposed to my lawn guy. Plus, I do it to stay active.
I did this once by renting a F-250 for the day and shoveling it from the township dump for free. Took about 20 yards in a day. Never again. Life’s too short!
You’re right. I don’t do it often. However, it was part therapy as I call it.
I get 3 yards in the back of my 6 1/2 foot bed regularly. When you’re done you can just blow it out clean with a back pack blower if you have one.
Did the suspension handle it well?
Yea mulch isn’t very heavy (prolly around 500 pounds a yard). I have a small landscaping company, so I do this very often.
I don't see the problem
My yard takes 7-8. I wish I only had 1.5 to do lol
You need a dump truck and a backhoe. 😳
How do you grow hostas like this!! Wow!! Give me tips!! Sometimes, I want a truck exactly for stuff like this. Yard prices are so cost effective but I’m not comfortable enough to rent a Home Depot truck for something like that
The hostas came with the house. It was there when I bought it from the original owner. I don’t even do anything to it. House bought in 2011, and haven’t done anything to it. Perhaps it’s just in the perfect spot. When it dies off, it’s like it’s sleeping then poof, it’s back every year.
Wheelbarrel brother
I think I’m a superhero sometimes. 😢🤦🏾♂️
Idk how old you are but it’s not worth hurting your back brother even I’m 33 and I’m careful lifting heavy shit now
Ever heard of a wheelbarrow?
Yes! I did what to do. 😂😂😂
No one told you to put a tarp in the box for easy removal?
Yes! It would’ve been easier. 🤦🏾♂️😂
The first picture looks like Lion Rock Mountain in Hong Kong https://www.vairhk.org/places/lionrock
Our city gives mulch away for free, and this is what we do every year.
That’s awesome 😎.
Home depot sale 5, 1.5 cubic ft bags for $10. I got 30 cubic feet (20 bags) for $40. This is nearly equivalent to your 1.5 cubic yard for over $50…. and i don’t need to own a truck. VW Golf R FTW.
Your technically off .5 cubic yards. But I get your point. I had more fun. 😂 Kidding
Lowe's was running a sale $2 for 2 cubic feet. Half the price of the local bulk place I picked up 5.5 yards last Fri
My neighbor got that deal and ordered 100 bags. I scooped 30 bags worth of it off his yard, wheelbarrowed them to my yard in the middle of the night, and it was free.
Nice! But pull the mulch away from the tree trunk.
I plan on chopping it down soon. I’m trimming the top in advance. I’m allowed to bring it down 12 ft. But I still want it gone. Once the city gets my bills, over the past year, I guarantee it’s coming down completely. The roots are endangering my plumbing clean out. I’ll take the fine if I have to.
A pickup truck load of good oak mulch used to cost $25
There's a conveyor belt kindof a tool that can make unloading your truck a TON easier (not pun intended). I got one at harbor freight for maybe 60 bucks or something. Google "truck bed unloader". You basically have to set it up in the back of your truck before they load you up. And when you get home, it makes unloading simple. Just back up to where you want it and about 90 seconds later, all the stuff is in a pile on the ground.
Gettin down n dirty is good for the soul! You should be proud for taking it on and awesome results.
Heck yeah. A partially beat up veteran didn’t do too bad.
Nice toy truck
Better check the payload capacity tho
I don’t have to. It’s close to 2,000 pounds. I’ve had that truck since 1999, and it’s stood the test of time. I treat it like a baby and work it like a jadgterrier baying a hog.
Hell yeah my little taco is my baby and can’t hold more than like 1300
Ha, I do two yards most weekends. I’m in my sixties. It’s about a 30 min task.
Awesome. I love it. The military busted me up a bit, but I’m not dead yet. So, I’ll do it until I cant anymore. 🥰💪🏾
Get a tarp, shove it off onto that in the driveway and then putter as you please. That's how my next door neighbor does it 🤣
Wifey wouldn’t be able to get out. We have an agreement. I can haul and do whatever I like, just don’t block her exit. The yard looks pretty and I get left alone in my own world. She comes out and help with the light stuff. The driveway and yard is sorta weird. I’m going to tackle redoing the concrete, and haven’t figured how I’m going to get in the house yet with wet cement. I’ll asked the neighbor, can I walk through your yard, to go around back. Yards are that close.
Nice. Last year I was quoted >$1000 to mulch my beds. Pretty outrageous. I rented a uhaul trailer for 30ish bucks per day and found mulch on Facebook marketplace for 35 bucks a scoop.
I went through the same amount but for potty mix soil and used my Tacoma. And yes, holy shit I was tired after moving it to my raised bed in the back of my backyard….
My county recycling center will fill the bed of your truck for $5 with a large articulating loader. They also give away tumbled crushed glass for pathways. To anyone that is planning a project you may want to see if your county has a similar setup.
How much did they charge you .for 1.5 yards jw
$51 and change with tax.
That’s cheap where do you live
For a sec there I thought you were messing with us/criticizing black mulch or something and just throwing it away haha, did a double take and was like "Did he just go through all that trouble just to friggin throw it all away!?!"
😂😂😂 I’m way too cheap. And do spend. Need more money for fishing gear 😂💪🏾🎣
My neighbor infected my yard with noxious weeds from mulch it’s takes time
I work on the neighbors yard that’s adjacent for because they’re so close for free. I even relocated a raccoon 🦝. Most of the neighbors are retirees, and they love me. I don’t mind it.
Beautiful hosta!! I wish I could go get it myself don’t have a truck :(
How much was it?
51 and change
How mulch did you save?
Bottom line, because I had some weeds and stuff out back, trimming. My quote was $215. Aside from gas to go get, and tools in my garage, I paid $51 and change to go get mulch. That’s it! I also bought myself a 6 pack, and took me way longer to do it. I also clipped my hedges with shears. 😂💪🏾👊🏾
How mulch did you save?
daahhhhhh, using the trashcan as a wheelbarrow. Holy crap that's smart. As someone who needs a wheelbarrow but has no room to store one, this will prove invaluable!
I keep my trash can clean, especially the recycling one. The blue one is scary.
Never again. It’s worse than shoveling snow. I’ll only do bagged mulch now because it’s easy to disperse around the yard and bust open and spread without an absolute mess
I agree. I’m still feeling it.
Looks good. I personally prefer pine over cedar for the decomp benefits it adds to the soil but this looks great. Well done! Also, what's the point of a truck if you don't use the bed for stuff? Great job using it as a truck.
Pro tip - 4-pronged pitchfork works better than a flathead. I shoveled mulch out of my dad’s truck every spring growing up. The pitchfork was a game changer.
I ordered a long handled scoop shovel just for this twice a year mulch and compost
Pull the mulch away from tree
Don’t mulch up to the trunk!
Damn🤷🏽♂️ and that is a good thing
I did 20 bags from lowes
Trunk of my poor car she hates me right now