What would you do in this situation…

[Perplexed]

The big question is how it was advertised.....

Just "Topsoil" or "screened topsoil"! ????

This. The topsoil I get is advertised as screened topsoil, and it‘s free of any rocks larger than pebble sized. In fact, I have to look to find any rocks at all. I’m fortunate also that my yard is comprised pretty much only of silt loam - I never hit any rocks when digging holes, only along the fence line where I’ve dumped broken pieces of concrete and bricks to keep the dogs from digging out.

Good luck screening that stuff without a front end loader, it’s going to be a lot of work!

 

[Johnny]

I would not go as small as 1/4” on the hard ware cloth. I would get something with 1/2” squares or the smallest expanded metal. 1/4” will be difficult to run that thru

 

[Dumpstick]

I think you have the wrong idea on how big Guymon is. The dirt place is across town but just down the street from me

Yeah, I've driven through there scores of times. I keep forgetting the size of it.

FWIW, Guthrie was about 12k population 30 years ago. I wish it still was.

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

Is it rocky in the panhandle? It's not in most of NW OK other than some gypsum here and there in a few counties.

Lot of Caliche. This has what appears to be some river rock in it which makes me think it’s contaminated from his dump truck

 

[TerryMiller]

Lot of Caliche. This has what appears to be some river rock in it which makes me think it’s contaminated from his dump truck

It depends on where in the Panhandle. When we were working on the wife's dad's farm, the soil we dealt with was a sandy loam type soil. That was in the extreme NW corner of Texas county. Where I grew up and drove tractor 20-some miles southwest of there was pretty much the same. However, my grandfather had a quarter section of land about 7 miles south of Keyes that had a really rocky hill. Every time we worked that field with a one-way plow, the rocks were big enough that when the disks went over them, it lifted the one-way.

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

Update:

Gentleman claimed it’s normal from where they get it but he Offered to let me go dump it back at their yard and then they’d try to get me some better soil and refill my trailer.

If the next trailer full isn’t good then I’ll try to find someone else that has better soil. Kind of hard in my neck of the ‘woods’.

 

[Bocephus123]

Update:

Gentleman claimed it’s normal from where they get it but he Offered to let me go dump it back at their yard and then they’d try to get me some better soil and refill my trailer.

If the next trailer full isn’t good then I’ll try to find someone else that has better soil. Kind of hard in my neck of the ‘woods’.

Excuse he’s not selling top soil ! If he’s going to pass it off as topsoil at least he could clean it!!

 

[magna19]

Update:

Gentleman claimed it’s normal from where they get it but he Offered to let me go dump it back at their yard and then they’d try to get me some better soil and refill my trailer.

If the next trailer full isn’t good then I’ll try to find someone else that has better soil. Kind of hard in my neck of the ‘woods’.

Seems to be the norm with some people these days. If they scrape it off the top its called topsoil. Old days it meant you could use it in yard/garden with a little added amendments. I once needed a dump truck load of topsoil and called a kid in Guthrie that went to school with my kids. Also knew his Dad to be a great guy in the community. He brought the load and before i got through a 1/4 of it I could have repaired an old 1970's station wagon with the car parts in it. Found out he was getting the dirt from a old salvage yard. He offered to get some better next time. I chose to not be a next time with him.

 

[Bocephus123]

All my years in construction sure got me thinking different!!

 

[Two Gun Warrior]

I’d dump that shat in his front yard, get a refund or whoop his arse and go get some real topsoil.

Do you know what would happen you whoop his arse, probably get a different charge for that. I would talk to him if he did not make it right, take him to small claims court.