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Hit 500 bags of mulch moved this summer, my back filed a complaint
Tbh, I started tracking every bag I lugged from the truck to the flower beds back in May because my wife kept joking I was secretly training for a weightlifting meet. Last weekend I hit exactly 500 bags of the 2 cubic foot kind, which is around 12,000 pounds total. That number surprised me because I figured it was maybe 300, but the tally sheet in the shed told the truth. It mattered because it made me realize my whole plan was off, I was buying bags one trip at a time instead of getting a bulk delivery from the landscape supply place over in Denver. The bulk mulch would've cost me about $180 less and saved maybe 6 trips to the store. Has anyone else kept a running count on something like this and then switched methods mid-project?
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wood.faith22d ago
Wait, 500 bags and you kept a literal tally sheet in the shed like some kind of mulch accountant? That's wild. But honestly that's the kind of thing I'd do too, @stellaperry's buddy Greg with his pavers notebook is basically my spirit animal. I can't believe you did the math on the weight though, 12,000 pounds is nuts when you say it out loud. The bulk delivery thing is a total no brainer once you see the numbers, but part of me respects the stubbornness of seeing it through to 500 instead of stopping at 300. Your back might hate you but at least you got a story out of it.
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stellaperry22d ago
My buddy Greg had the same thing going with pavers last year. He kept a little notebook in his truck and logged every single one he carried from the pallet to the backyard, ended up at 340 pavers for a patio he was building. The kicker is he figured out his per-paver price was way higher than if he'd just ordered them delivered on a pallet from the supplier, like $220 more in total. He switched halfway through because his back was screaming and the delivery fee was still cheaper than his time and gas. Now he tells everyone to plan the whole job before you start hauling anything. He still has that notebook on his shelf like a trophy of his stubbornness.
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