I've never seen grass seed measured as 6-7 yards of seed before. What does that mean?

My husband just overseeded our 15.000 sq ft. We spent $130.00 on seed and $150.00(This includes $65.00 for delivery. We had no choice) to rent a self propelled slit seeder(He could not have done it without the self propel) The seeder pulled out alot of crap that I raked out. Its been 8 days and the new seeds are coming in nicely. I am still waiting for the KBG to come in. It is raining today and part of tomorrow. I am very pleased with the project.We have not overseeded in 25 years. We only use soybean,alfafa, and corn meal on it. We have very few weeds and I hand pull those.

Considering that 6 yards is the standard single rear axle dump truck load, I think this landscape company may not know of what they speak. That's like 3000 pounds of seed.

Usually seed is measured in pounds. Could they have meant 6-7 pounds of seed?

>" I was told the landscapers only need to use 6-7 yards of seed and the estimate including the labor cost is $650. Is this reasonable?"

chipe123, you have not stated the size of the property so no one has any idea.

reelfanatic a dump truck holds 6-7 Cubic Yards of seed. 6-7 yards is meaningless...

gary, wouldnt that price be low if they were spreading a dump truck worth of seed?

Just for fun because 'tis the season'-

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_square_feet_are_in_a_football_field

An American football field is 120 yards long (360 feet) by 53 1/3 yards wide (160 feet). 360 x 160 = 57,600 square feet.

So to renovate, you'll need
518 Lbs of TTTF or PRG
or
172 Lbs of KBG

It's safe to assume the 6-7 yards of seed was misspoke.

I understand Mike. No one speaks in terms of "cubic yards" when refering to equipment. ie: "My Skidsteer has a one yard bucket" is the norm. Not...."My skidsteer has a one cubic yard bucket". Kind of like saying my chevy has a 383 cubic inch internal combustion engine. I appreciate the attempt at correction, though.

>"my chevy has a 383"

Why did you put a Mopar big block in it? ROFLMAO !!!!!!

Have you been spending an inordinate amount of time around those ancient fungicides again, Gary? The 383 is the most commonly built small block chevy ever. I'm not sure if you are joking or not, but if you are not, you need to google 383.

>"I'm not sure if you are joking or not, but if you are not"

The late 60's performance spotlight returned to the 383, with the introduction of the Plymouth Roadrunner and Dodge Superbee. The 1967 year is very significant in the development of the 383 as an image engine.

See link -

Here is a link that might be useful: Mopar Big Block History

Yes, there is a 383 Chevy engine.
but if you take a 350 ci block and add a 400 ci crank (I think) you get a 383.
GM part # 12499101

Bill

>"take a 350 ci block and add a 400 ci crank"

That's a stroker motor. Old gear head trick and still common in motorcycles.

And c'mon man! reel just said people don't talk that way and it's not needed, LOL! We know a 350 block means 350 cubic inches of Detroit iron, MUHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHA - BUSTED!

Could you be talking about the famous Chevy 283 "small block" V-8 motor from the 1950s and 1960s? I've never heard of a 383. And if I'm not mistaken, you could put the 350 crank in the 283 to ended up with the 327...or something like that. Then they went to liters and everyone seemed to lose interest in the motor's volume displacement. I had a 283 on my first El Camino and a 350 in the second. Due to operator error, I ended up rebuilding both motors. For anyone who is interested, the firing order for those Chevy motors was 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2. Sad that I remember that.

Are we going to talk about motors until the OP comes back with the size of his lot?

Gary, here's your assignment: Calculate how many square miles of ground it would take to spread 6-7 cubic yards of seed. I would figure 50 pounds of seed takes 2 cubic feet for a density of 25 pounds per cubic foot. I could be wrong but I'm not that wrong.

>"Gary, here's your assignment:"

As Bill Cosby said to Noah - RIGHT!

Sorry fella's... I was refering to the very common build-up from a 350 small block to a 383. I've had them done in past vehicles. I should have stuck with 350 or 327 for clarity. BTW.... I looked at our dump truck this morning, and 6 yards is an insane amount of seed. I would imagine the price would be closer to 20,000 dollars. Not 650.00

>"Gary, here's your assignment:"
As Bill Cosby said to Noah - RIGHT!

Do I haveta do all the math around here?? ;-)
If fescue goes down at 500 pounds per acre and seed weighs 25 pounds per cubic foot, then you paste the following into Google

1 acre per 500 pounds * (25 pounds per cubic foot x 6 cubic yards) in acres

and you get 8.1 acres. The math might trip you up but the seeding is doable if you have a tractor. I think my estimate of the weight per cubic foot is wrong. It could be as much as 50 pounds per cubic foot. Then you could do 16 acres with 6 yards.