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Sod Subbase Preparation

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What happens here

In areas designated for new sod installation, a layer of pulverized screened black dirt (premium topsoil) is spread evenly. A compact track loader (Bobcat T180 shown) with a bucket is used to carefully distribute the dirt, pouring it out in a controlled manner. After the initial spread, the dirt is hand-raked (using a landscape rake) to create a finely graded, smooth, and level subbase, ready to receive the sod. It is explicitly stated that heavy machinery should *not* drive over the freshly spread black dirt to avoid compaction.

Goal: Create a fine, level, and uncompacted base layer of topsoil for sod.

Tools and materials

  • Compact Track Loader Bobcat — Controlled distribution of black dirt
  • Landscape Rake — Fine-grading and leveling the black dirt
  • Pulverized Screened Black Dirt — Creating a fertile and level subbase for sod

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the job and it's multiplied by the units on that job to give a lump sum number over here for just that one line item example I have five hundred square yards aside on the gut if the customer wants me to grade another area well maybe I have five hundred and twenty square yards assigned on the job now I have the unit price which has profits for me the contractor in there it also has a clear sense of price for the customer who knows that I'm adding twenty square yards on to this job it's going to cost me twenty times I charged six dollars a square yard for something it's gonna chart cost me twenty times six for an extra a hundred and twenty dollars as simple as that but that math is your backup plan that math is going to land you more account you are going to have a clear of communication when you start eating

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