On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:17:47 GMT, ff wrote:

A neighbor has an old pool which is really poor condition and would like
to just
fill it in and use the space for something else. Question is, what is
the cheapest
and easiest way to fill a big hole in the backyard as far as labor and
materials?
Preferably a do it yourself job, no backhoe available. Just a pickup and
some
wheel barrows. It's 8 feet at the deepest and about 12 x 20 ft.

I was considering sections of corrugated steel culvert pipe surrounded
by rock and gravel but I'm no civil engineer.

It depends on what you want to use it for. If it's to be a sand box,
fill it with sand and you're done, although that would be an awful lot
of sand...

If you want to plant a tree that will have a deep taproot, you're
going to have to break up some concrete. If you'd like a nice detached
basement, just put some beams across the top and roof it over -- after
providing for access, adn a level floor, of course...

Al Moore