Selling Dirt

[rufanuf]

has anyone on the forum had experience of trying to move such a large amount of soil? We are trying to excavate a lake...Im told there will be plenty of buyers for

soil in Hua Hin and Cha Am area...but dont know how to find the buyers, also not sure who pays what? (IE buyer pays for plant hire, or we do or a combinaton of both? The xcavation firms seem to want their cake and eat it...ie they sell the soil at 80BHT a cubic meter, yet want to charge us 45BHT to take it out of the hole!!! Advice welcome

[soundman]

45 Baht to dig it, put it on a truck, move it about a kilometer, and spread it out again is about the correct price.

Transport over distance works out at around 1 Baht per tonne per kilometer on good roads, more for hilly roads or off-road.

If there is a construction site within five kilometers of where you are digging your pond (who needs dirt), you should be able to find some building contractor to dig it for free in exchange for the dirt.

50,000 m3 will take about 3 weeks to dig with 2 x 20 tonne excavators (with good operators), and between 4 & 6 dump trucks. - if there is no rocks....

Also be aware that good quality clay sells for around 3 - 4 times the price of dirt.

Do the figures