RRS about your mulch

[jdharndt]

hi RRS i was wondering about how thick of mulch do you put down and what kind of mulch it is i'm talking about really dark mulch. I'm really impressed with some of the land scaping pics. you have on here and what kind of price do you pay per ton.

[RRS]

99% of the time I use Double Shredded Hardwood. All the pictures you've seen on here are hardwood. When we freshen existing beds it's usually put down at about 2" or so. Not too thick. New beds typically a little thicker 4" or so.

Around here shredded hardwood is about $18-$23/cubic yard. A ton is about 8 cubic yards give or take. How dark it is depends a lot on the time of year and location the mulch comes from. You can buy dyed dark mulch, but I don't like it and rarely use it unless it's a special request.

Nice hand dug edges make a big difference in something as simple as applying mulch.

[Scaper-S2k]

Hey RRS, around these here parts a ton of mulch isn't close to 8 yards.

Just giving you a hard time.

But the double ground you get looks pretty good.

[RRS]

I'll be honest. I don't really know I just guessed.

Both of my trailers max their volume before their weight limits with mulch, and since the mulch is sold by volume and not weight I've never weighed a trailer with mulch on it.

The single axle maxes with 6 yards of mulch and can safely hold about 2500lbs. My double axle trailer is maxed out by volume with about 12 yards before it reaches its weight limit. The double axle has two 3500lb axles so it can hold about 6000lbs.

How much does a yard of hardwood mulch weigh?

[Scaper-S2k]

RRS, Do you have tall sides on those trailers? If not, you might be getting shorted on mulch? If you had a 16' trailer, with tall 4' sides, I could see it holding 12 yards piled on (corners not totally filled and level).

12 yards of double ground should be coming in around 7000-8000 pounds.



I use triple ground and 12 yards would blow out the tires on my tandem trailer. I usually put that amount in my larger cabover and I would say it is close 10,000 pounds. Supplier says it is around 800 pounds per yard. More if it's real damp.

[pow]

RRS, you are getting the wrong end of the stick if someone is telling you that you're getting 12 yards on a 16' trailor. A 16'x6'x2' will hold 7 yards if completely leveled. I have a 16' set up for leaves with 7' high sides and busted a new tire and bent the rear axel with 12 yards of mulch.

[RRS]

I looked at the 16' trailer today. It actually has two 6000lb axles and can hold twelve yards of mulch without question. The thing that keeps me from being able to put more on it is that it has low sides. I'd say they're about 12"-16" angle. It's definetly not maxed out with 12 yards of mulch.

The 12' single axle has one 3500lb axle and 4' mesh sides It can hold six yards without question and I'd say it could hold eight if the sides were higher.

I know I'm not getting screwed on mulch. I've been going to the same place (Pete Rose for those that know the area) for five years. I've been fishing with the loader operator several times.