Greg we have dug 60,000 pounds — or 30 tons, if you like — of dirt out of our back yard. It’s all in our driveway at the moment.
Once the pit was dug, we also realized that the ground in front of it was not level. There was a big hump in the middle of the lawn, so we had to dig that down, too. Now the apron in front of the patio will be nice and flat:
From the back angle:
