Ken You have a double sided sword with top soil. Virgin top soil scraped down 0-6/8 inches is gonna be expensive and it will contain all of the weeds and grass seeds of where it came from. Fill dirt that has been screened will not have all the seeds but will take fertilizer and probably lime (depending on the PH) to prep it for seed.

Where we are mining gravel we have what is called overburden (the dirt and soils covering the gravel. All of that is stripped off and stock piled for screening as needed to replentish topsoil pile.

The subsoils that are screened do a great job of growing grass.

The other MAJOR problem with topsoil is if it gets wet before you use it. It will clump and pack thighter than a frozen snowball.

Make sure it is loose and workable with very few or no clumps.

I like to mix sand 50/50 with what I bring home to help keep it loose and no so packy. (I have a 30 ton load stached its been there for 6-8 years now I've only taken a small amount out for little projects). We have a flower specilist, with small green houses) that has run a loader here for years and that is his recomendation.

Good luck

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