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 Jay_1965vw
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 09:39 AM |
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Does anyone know a good way to get rid of clean fill?
We've dug about 3m of clean fill out of the garden where the new shed and path are, but I don't really want to pay to take it to the tip. Does
anyone have any brilliant ideas on how to get rid of it?
(If anyone wants it, I'm in eastern Melbourne)
Thanks 
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 10:42 AM |
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Send it up to me i need some LOL
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 02:13 PM |
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So do I! only a bit further up the road...
Seriously, find someone who wants some but doesn't want to pay for it...
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 posted on September 11th, 2007 at 02:19 PM |
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FREE CLEAN FILL!
Ok, but how do I find someone who wants it?
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 02:22 PM |
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have a look in the local paper
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 02:52 PM |
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trading post maybe??
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 02:55 PM |
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stick an add in ya local town center public display stand and you will have no troubles
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 03:19 PM |
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I put up a sign on the front fence and it was gone with in a week,
council's used to have a list on fill and to be filled??
SORRY BOUT THAT!
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Jay_1965vw
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 03:25 PM |
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Sign on front fence sounds good, except I'm in a dead end street. Not too much passing traffic.
I've just found out about the council thing, am going to give them a ring to find out.
Thanks all for your help!
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 04:04 PM |
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call a landscaper it will be gone in a week
or top dress your lawn with it
or make a raised vege patch
or spread it under the house
or put it in your pocket when you go for a walk, and share it with everyone
:thumb
[ Edited on 11-9-2007 by silver ]
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 05:44 PM |
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Put on eGay, start it a one cent with pick up only and see what happens.
[ Edited on 11-9-2007 by Twokombies ]
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 10:30 PM |
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Hi
I could give you recipes containing soil, then you could eat your way through it or maybe make a mud brick & dung shed.
Steve
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 10:41 PM |
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Get your kids to sell some mud pies for $1 each?
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 10:53 PM |
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call the cops and tell them you killed people and buried them in it, they will take it all away  and should laugh when you tell them you were just kidding |
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 11:15 PM |
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be careful about putting it on other peoples properties. sometimes planning permits are required for filling. just a heads up.
also, another heads up for people, some earthworks contractors avoid the cost of paying for disposal of fill by advertising it as 'free fill
delivered'. many people have fallen for this and got stung later when the council shows up and tells them they have to remove the fill. |
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 06:47 AM |
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If your house is up on piers then you could spread it out under the house evenly
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 07:04 AM |
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Or.. you could get inspired by the lads from 'the great escape', put the dirt in specially concealed pockets in your pants, when walking about to
the shops to get a chiko roll you can discreetly release the dirt. good enough for steve mcqueen, good enough for me. only downside is that if you get
caught you will probably get shot by someone called hans.
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 07:43 AM |
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I was waiting for someone to say just dig a hole and bury it.....
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 08:43 AM |
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Ok, have rung the council, who have a clean fill disposal list. There's only one place on it but it is MILES away. Not worth the petrol to tow it
there. Got onto the website of the people who have that site, and there is another one close to me, but it is $40 +GST per trailer load. Same as
taking it to the tip (which is closer).
So much for that!
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 09:32 AM |
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Jay
your lucky yr not in Sydney it would be $120 per ton minimum
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 09:36 AM |
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If I was in Sydney I could give it to you!!!
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 10:02 AM |
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Hey Jay
You can always dry the dirt, wait for windy day and throw it in the air.
Steve
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| posted on September 24th, 2007 at 10:15 AM |
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I'll take a trailer load
Jay,
I am in South Melbourne and could use some fill. My trailer holds about 1.3M, so I would take at least that much off your hands if you still have
this available.
U2U me or send me an email if you are keen............. JRWjr
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| posted on September 24th, 2007 at 10:56 AM |
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Don't worry Jay, I know how you feel. I have had about 30 cubic metres of dirt on the front lawn slowly decreasing in size over the last few months.
I tried the council too, and no help. I am down to about 10m now, and I am just going to pay to get rid of it. The excavator guy has more digging to
do, and he can do free tipping of clean dirt out in Coldstream, but it is just the cost of the trucking I have to do.
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| posted on September 24th, 2007 at 02:49 PM |
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Put a sign up saying "Do not touch" and the next morning it will have disappeared!
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| posted on September 24th, 2007 at 05:14 PM |
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clean fill
there was a sign asking for clean fill on the right side of center rd before u get to warrigal rd [heading to the city] just before the hire place
opposite those small shops
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| posted on September 25th, 2007 at 10:11 PM |
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Hi, if you can get it to me in Lilydale I'll take it off your hands as I need to fill a pond. U2 me for the address if interested.
Cheers John.
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| posted on September 25th, 2007 at 10:56 PM |
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If you lived in Warilla I would say the best bet would be to put a sign on it. "Dont take my dirt!" no way it would be there in 24 hours.
Dont know if there's one in Melbourne but look up freecycle on google.
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| posted on September 26th, 2007 at 05:04 PM |
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Clean Fill
You have U2U
Roofracks are for plumbers!
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| posted on September 28th, 2007 at 09:07 AM |
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There's a website called freecycle, full of stuff people are giving away.
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