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My wife orders mulch
« on: April 08, 2011, 08:05:17 PM »
My wife works for a wood products company. One of the products they sell is mulch. Pretty exciting stuff.

An employee benefit is getting free mulch with free delivery. So, my wife decided she'd get some black mulch for the flower beds around the house.

I really didn't think too much about it until I came home today to find a dump truck in our driveway. A big dump truck. The driver asked me if I could pull my beater Saturn forward so he had more room to dump the mulch.

I looked in the bed of the truck. "How much of that is ours?", I asked.

"All of it."

"How much is all of it?"

"Fifteen yards."

Oh, Lord.

When he let the load drop, it pushed forward, and pushed the Saturn a foot or so forward. When he was done, there was a pile about four feet high and five to six feet wide, the length of 1.5 cars. It takes up more than half the width of the driveway, so I'm going to have to back my Mustang out of the garage and onto the front lawn to get out.

I have no idea where this stuff is going or how it's getting there. All I know is that I'm not touching it.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2011, 08:08:16 PM »
at least its not gravel
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2011, 08:16:26 PM »
Any fertilizer or mulch around here gets spread by the wife on the garden tractor and attachments I bought her.  I try not to think of what went into the veggies when she serves them up. :facepalm:
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2011, 08:21:58 PM »
Dang...I'm jealous....sort of.  I could use a bunch.  Although, I really hate to do yard work anymore...and I'm certainly not motivated enough just quite yet.   
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2011, 09:00:58 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on April 08, 2011, 08:05:17 PM
When he let the load drop, it pushed forward, and pushed the Saturn a foot or so forward. When he was done, there was a pile about four feet high and five to six feet wide, the length of 1.5 cars. It takes up more than half the width of the driveway.

Pics, or I'm too lazy to envision it.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2011, 09:05:20 PM »
Free mulch with purchase of laser grips.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2011, 09:06:28 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on April 08, 2011, 08:05:17 PM
All I know is that I'm not touching it.


I'll take that bet !!!   =D =D =D =D
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2011, 09:19:10 PM »
"Fifteen yards."

 :O

That's a big dump truck...
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2011, 09:42:03 PM »
Quote from: charby on April 08, 2011, 09:05:20 PM
Free mulch with purchase of laser grips.

Or moccasins.  :laugh:
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2011, 10:11:46 PM »
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2011, 10:14:57 PM »
Its called go to the local day labor gathering point in the morning and pick up Jose A and Jose B.
Let them take care of it.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2011, 11:57:12 PM »
Quote from: never_retreat on April 08, 2011, 10:14:57 PM
Its called go to the local day labor gathering point in the morning and pick up Jose A and Jose B.
Let them take care of it.

you want to drop by the afternoon before  see who comes back the dirtiest  looks like he works hardest.  hire him and ask him to pick the other guy he works with. he will pick better than you will.  treat em right and those 2 will treat you right and help you get good workers everytime.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2011, 08:21:26 AM »
Pictures would be appropriate.
15 yards!
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2011, 10:12:48 AM »
 Do they deliver to Dallas?

Every 2 or 3 years I get 50 cuyds of mulch for the back yard.  Fills most of a semi-trailer dumper.

I'd love to have a "free mulch with delivery" benny from work.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2011, 10:34:04 AM »
How big is your backyard? :O
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2011, 10:44:18 AM »
The truck had a box on it that was about 8' high, with hinged doors at the rear, so it could carry more than a standard dump truck (I think). It looks like it has the capacity to carry 20 to 30 yards of mulch.

Anyway, here's the pics. Note the length of the pile compared to my beater Saturn.






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All I know is that I'm not touching it.


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How big is your backyard?
Oh, probably about 75' x 120'. As I figure it, that pile would cover the entire back yard to a depth of 1/32".
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2011, 01:33:39 PM »
Do you have any neighbors that need mulch?  Maybe trade some for BBQ or beer, or both?
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2011, 02:29:16 PM »
that only looks like 5-6 yards of mulch
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2011, 03:35:24 PM »
You poor, poor, poor son of a bee.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2011, 03:49:03 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on April 08, 2011, 08:05:17 PM

 All I know is that I'm not touching it.


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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2011, 04:14:51 PM »
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that only looks like 5-6 yards of mulch

If the pile were four feet high and five feet wide from top to bottom, and twenty feet long, that would be fifteen cubic yards. This is definitely fifteen yards.

Five yards would be a pile that was four feet high, five feet wide from top to bottom, and 6.75 feet long.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2011, 06:24:43 PM »
Free can of beer with each wheelbarrow oughta do it.  I'd think your neighbors are already eying your problem.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #22 on: April 09, 2011, 06:35:42 PM »
Quote from: never_retreat on April 08, 2011, 10:14:57 PM
Its called go to the local day labor gathering point in the morning and pick up Jose A and Jose B.
Let them take care of it.

A) That's illegal.
B) No wonder we have an illegal alien problem.
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #23 on: April 09, 2011, 06:54:27 PM »
A) That's illegal.

is it?  where?
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Re: My wife orders mulch
« Reply #24 on: April 09, 2011, 06:54:36 PM »
Hey man!  Now you have an excuse to buy that Kubota diesel bucket loader you always wanted.

If not, put a sign on it saying "Free Mulch"  Bet it's gone in two days.
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