I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment, but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

I bet they assume that people would use soil to cover up nasty things! I've
always assumed that skips go to landfill sites, unless they're obviously
collecting sorted scrap metals.

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Milton Keynes, UK



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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:14:01 -0000, "Malcolm Stewart"
wrote:

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
.. .
I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

I bet they assume that people would use soil to cover up nasty things! I've
always assumed that skips go to landfill sites, unless they're obviously
collecting sorted scrap metals.

On all the websites they all seem to imply that they have to sort and
recycle stuff where possible.

The worst my soil has to offer is rocks and the odd house brick and
bits of ancient litter that have got mixed in over the years.

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment, but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)

If what you have is soil and not not subsoil or builders debris I would most
heartily recommend that you hang on to it. 3 or 4 cu.m. isn't a huge amount.
Make a feature of it, down there in the shady bit. Use your imagination.
Put it into landfill and it's gone forever. Next year, or maybe 3 years
hence, you or your neighbour or a friend will be wanting a couple of
barrowsful of topsoil. Call a couple of local suppliers and ask what they
would charge for topsoil. You might be surprised at the cost and the product
may well be sh1te.
GS

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment, but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)


Contact a local Allotment club/site.

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid
of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised
that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment,
but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)

If it is topsoil, then it has a value. Advertise it locally and 'buyer
collects' and you will save the cost of a skip and may make a few
pounds.

Oddly enough, if it is moved as a waste product of some other activity
(ie landscaping) you need a waste licence to move it, whereas the same
soil sold as a product doesn't! (As I found out last year when I was
looking for 500 cu metres of topsoil to cover rubble landfill by a
previous owner)

AWEM

Great Scot wrote:
"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment, but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)

If what you have is soil and not not subsoil or builders debris I would most
heartily recommend that you hang on to it. 3 or 4 cu.m. isn't a huge amount.
Make a feature of it, down there in the shady bit. Use your imagination.
Put it into landfill and it's gone forever. Next year, or maybe 3 years
hence, you or your neighbour or a friend will be wanting a couple of
barrowsful of topsoil. Call a couple of local suppliers and ask what they
would charge for topsoil. You might be surprised at the cost and the product
may well be sh1te.
GS


halfway decent topsoil is around £12 a ton delivered.

I suggest you tell us where you are, and if you can sort the rubble out,
thats also a saleable item.

I swapped a few dump trucks of rubble for a a few tons of horse
manure..to our local stable who were building an access road..

Topsoil I kept..

On Feb 22, 1:09 am, Tom Woods wrote:
I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment, but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)


I paid £150 cash in hand for a 10 tonne grab lorry to come take mine
away. It's a lot for what they do but cheaper in my area than a skip
plus you don't have to load it.

As recommended in the thread responses ...

Does anybody in north staffordshire/cheshire want some soil? Free to a
good home and i'll even help you load it!

Its a bit clay'y in parts and has a few rocks and stones in.

I'm near crewe.

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:22:26 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

halfway decent topsoil is around £12 a ton delivered.

I'm not sure i'd call mine that decent, but things grow in it!

I suggest you tell us where you are, and if you can sort the rubble out,
thats also a saleable item.

Crewe

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:45:11 -0000, "Great Scot"
wrote:

If what you have is soil and not not subsoil or builders debris I would most
heartily recommend that you hang on to it. 3 or 4 cu.m. isn't a huge amount.
Make a feature of it, down there in the shady bit. Use your imagination.

I havent got that large a garden that I can easily loose it somewhere
out of the way

Put it into landfill and it's gone forever. Next year, or maybe 3 years
hence, you or your neighbour or a friend will be wanting a couple of
barrowsful of topsoil.

I've already taken a few loads round to my parents house but they dont
want any more. I've found one place who will have it (a local scout
camp), but by the time i've moved it there half a ton at a time its
going to have cost me £30+ in fuel and a lot of time.

Call a couple of local suppliers and ask what they
would charge for topsoil. You might be surprised at the cost and the product
may well be sh1te.

What we need is a soil supplier who do small ads and take a percentage
off or charge a fee for it!

Where can i advertise soil?

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:45:11 -0000, "Great Scot"
wrote:

If what you have is soil and not not subsoil or builders debris I
would most
heartily recommend that you hang on to it. 3 or 4 cu.m. isn't a
huge amount.
Make a feature of it, down there in the shady bit. Use your
imagination.

I havent got that large a garden that I can easily loose it
somewhere
out of the way

Put it into landfill and it's gone forever. Next year, or maybe 3
years
hence, you or your neighbour or a friend will be wanting a couple
of
barrowsful of topsoil.

I've already taken a few loads round to my parents house but they
dont
want any more. I've found one place who will have it (a local scout
camp), but by the time i've moved it there half a ton at a time its
going to have cost me £30+ in fuel and a lot of time.

Call a couple of local suppliers and ask what they
would charge for topsoil. You might be surprised at the cost and
the product
may well be sh1te.

What we need is a soil supplier who do small ads and take a
percentage
off or charge a fee for it!

Where can i advertise soil?

eBay

AWEM

Tom Woods wrote:
I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Last time I needed some topsoil removed I called one of these 'dig it & dump
it' firms. The guy didn't want my job, but he did tell me that if a skip
holds only topsoil or hardcore the skip should be cheaper - but they won't
automatically offer a lower price.

Rather than paying to dump the contents they can sell them. I asked & got
£20 knocked off the asking price.


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:45:11 -0000, "Great Scot"
wrote:
snip

Where can i advertise soil?

http://uk.freecycle.org/

Don't join freecycle if your blood boiling point is low: you get some
rather optimistic "wanted" ads, and one may be tempted to post the odd
"OFFER: Feck" advert, since so many of the participants seem utterly
without it.


--
Kevin Poole
**Use current month and year to reply (e.g. )***

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:09:35 +0000, Tom Woods
wrote:

I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment, but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)


I've tons of the stuff and you can't give it away....


And I'm buggered if I'm paying the £1200.00 I was quoted to dig it out
and take it away.

The guy was the worst tradesman I have ever met, to say it was his
chosen business he made it sound like the worst job in the world to
sit on a mini digger all day...


Mark S.

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:16:10 +0000, Mark S.
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:09:35 +0000, Tom Woods
wrote:

I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment, but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)


I've tons of the stuff and you can't give it away....


And I'm buggered if I'm paying the £1200.00 I was quoted to dig it out
and take it away.

The guy was the worst tradesman I have ever met, to say it was his
chosen business he made it sound like the worst job in the world to
sit on a mini digger all day...


Mark S.

Freecycle it?

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:45:28 +0000, mogga
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:16:10 +0000, Mark S.
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:09:35 +0000, Tom Woods
wrote:

I have a lot of surplus soil in my garden which i want to get rid of.

I have been starting to get prices for a skip, but was surprised that
all the companies i have tried so far dont seem to care what i am
putting in it.

I would have thought that a skip full of soil should cost a lot less
to remove than a skip full of mixed rubbish. My soil can just be
dumped elsewhere if it is needed whereas mixed rubbish needs to be
sorted and recycled and so on.

Am i expecting too much or do i need to try some different companies
that specialise in removing soil?

I am only talking 3 m^3 / 4 cu yards worth of soil at the moment, but
have another similar amount i also intent to dig out (and i can do
this sooner if it makes things cheaper)


I've tons of the stuff and you can't give it away....


And I'm buggered if I'm paying the £1200.00 I was quoted to dig it out
and take it away.

The guy was the worst tradesman I have ever met, to say it was his
chosen business he made it sound like the worst job in the world to
sit on a mini digger all day...


Mark S.

Freecycle it?


Tried that a few times, offered it to people who asked for it too...



Mark S.

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:13:38 +0000, Mark S.
wrote:


Freecycle it?

i'm about to try that..



Tried that a few times, offered it to people who asked for it too...

If that doesnt work I may offer my parents a small amount of cash (or
perhaps favours like moving some of my stuff out of the
house/garden/loft) in return for dumping it there

Tom Woods wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:13:38 +0000, Mark S.
wrote:


Freecycle it?


i'm about to try that..



Tried that a few times, offered it to people who asked for it too...


If that doesnt work I may offer my parents a small amount of cash (or
perhaps favours like moving some of my stuff out of the
house/garden/loft) in return for dumping it there

You could try small sacks/bags worn under your trousers tied with a loop
not which empty as you walk through the local park.

Panniers on the back of a cycle would hold more.

Large sacks in an estate car with a slightly open tailgate driven down a
road with speed bumps.
;-)

PJ wrote:

You could try small sacks/bags worn under your trousers tied with a
loop not which empty as you walk through the local park.

Or a wooden vaulting horse................

Or has that been done before?

--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"Autolycus" wrote in message
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"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:45:11 -0000, "Great Scot"
wrote:
snip

Where can i advertise soil?

http://uk.freecycle.org/

I can recommend this.

You can advertise any old junk and somone will want it.

Don't join freecycle if your blood boiling point is low: you get some
rather optimistic "wanted" ads, and one may be tempted to post the odd
"OFFER: Feck" advert, since so many of the participants seem utterly
without it.

The amazing thing is that somone will often offer the required
item. Their free choice, if you don't like it, just ignore the request.

tim

In message , PJ
writes
You could try small sacks/bags worn under your trousers tied with a
loop not which empty as you walk through the local park.

Panniers on the back of a cycle would hold more.

Large sacks in an estate car with a slightly open tailgate driven down
a road with speed bumps.

Dig a hole elsewhere in the garden and dump it in that?
;-)

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:28:14 -0000, "Autolycus"
wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:45:11 -0000, "Great Scot"
wrote:
snip

Where can i advertise soil?

http://uk.freecycle.org/

Don't join freecycle if your blood boiling point is low: you get some
rather optimistic "wanted" ads, and one may be tempted to post the odd
"OFFER: Feck" advert, since so many of the participants seem utterly
without it.

you bugger!

Ive joined freecycle and while i have got rid of some of my soil so
far I have also taken up 2 offers of stuff i probably didnt really
need!....

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:28:14 -0000, "Autolycus"
wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:45:11 -0000, "Great Scot"
wrote:
snip

Where can i advertise soil?

http://uk.freecycle.org/

Don't join freecycle if your blood boiling point is low: you get some
rather optimistic "wanted" ads, and one may be tempted to post the odd
"OFFER: Feck" advert, since so many of the participants seem utterly
without it.

you bugger!

Ive joined freecycle and while i have got rid of some of my soil so
far I have also taken up 2 offers of stuff i probably didnt really
need!....

You're lucky :-(

I'm always the nth person to ask for anything on mine
and so far I have collected nothing.

tim