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<\/a>First thing he did was remove some of the old fruit trees planted in the orchard area, and begin removing the sod to get to the top soil. We were happy to see it was the same dark black soil we have down by the house.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dan drove the Ranger over to receive the first load of soil. The heavy equipment is too big to drive past the house and down to the garden; it just won't fit, but the Ranger fits fine.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Ready to drop the first load into the Ranger.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dan watching the soil going into the bed of the Ranger, from a safe location where he wouldn't have a bunch of dirt dumped on his head. The seat got pretty dirty but is easily cleaned.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The blade holds a cubic yard of dirt, and the Ranger can hold most of it.<\/p><\/div>\n
Dan hauled loads down to the garden site; the heavy equipment dumped it in a pile by the garage.\u00a0 All in all Dan brought down about five cubic yards of dirt to the garden, and we have the equivalent of three dump truck loads in a huge pile by the garage.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Itsy-bitsy dump truck. We ended up shoveling out the bed almost completely before tilting it.<\/p><\/div>\n