Fill Dirt Delivery in Tyler, TX for Low Spots and Grade

Low spots beside a patio, a sunken corner of the yard, and a trench that settled after heavy rain are the usual reasons people in Tyler, TX look into fill dirt delivery. The right tonnage depends on the shape of the area you are filling.

Local overview for Tyler

Tyler covers a wide range of lots. Older yards inside the city limits tend to be small and closely spaced, so room to work is limited. Newer subdivisions and acreage on the outskirts usually have more open ground for a bigger load. With about 110,000 residents, the city mixes dense blocks with the larger properties found farther out, and the fill needs differ accordingly. One backyard may need enough to level a play area, while a rural driveway apron may need a much larger order.

Best uses for fill dirt in Tyler yards

Fill dirt is a dense, brown earth material meant to be placed in layers and packed down. In Tyler yards, this fill is not a planting medium. Most Tyler jobs use it to bring a low area back up to grade, fill a washout along a fence line, or build up the ground under a shed or a slab that will be finished later. Planting beds and lawns are a different job, so if seeding is the goal, compare the material with Premium Screened Topsoil first.

• Filling depressions in a lawn or garden
• Raising grade along a driveway edge or walkway
• Backfilling a trench after utility work

Fill and stone do different jobs. Stone holds a load and drains water through its voids, while fill settles and shapes the ground. When a surface has to carry a vehicle or a parking pad, a crushed base usually goes on top of the finished fill, and the stone options on this site are the place to look for that layer.

Fill dirt delivery in Tyler, TX: sizing the order

Measure the area in feet, multiply length by width by the depth in inches, and divide by 324 to get cubic yards. Fill dirt weighs about 2,200 pounds per cubic yard, so one cubic yard comes out to roughly 1.1 tons. Allow a little extra for the material that compacts under foot and under the drive once it is packed. For a quicker answer on a standard project, the calculator does the arithmetic for you.

Delivery to Tyler addresses

Orders in Tyler are covered on the delivery in Tyler page. A delivery truck needs a clear spot to dump and a route that can reach it. When you order, note any tight gate, low branches, soft ground, or a steep approach so the driver knows what to expect.

Before the truck arrives

• Keep vehicles and pets away from the spot where the load will land.
• Mark sprinkler heads, hoses, and shallow edging so they are not crushed.
• Pick the exact spot for the pile first, since moving a load by hand is slow.

Pricing notes for Tyler orders

The price for fill dirt delivery shows up for your ZIP before you commit, and it is quoted per ton. Larger orders get a lower rate per ton, so one bigger load usually works out better per ton than repeated small top-ups. If the job needs drainage rock rather than dense fill, Pea Gravel is sold by the ton too, and it suits a wet trench better than earth fill does.

Ordering fill dirt in Tyler

Choose the quantity in tons and place the order online. You can type the number straight into the quantity box. The smallest order is 2 tons, so a job under that size needs a different plan, and the FAQ below walks through the options. If your estimate falls between two whole tons, pick the higher one. Orders for other Texas towns start from the Fill Dirt in Texas page.

About Fill Dirt

About this material

Fill dirt is a dense, brown earth material used to raise and level ground. It is not sold as a growing medium, and it is not screened the way topsoil is. Homeowners in East Texas usually reach for it when a yard, a drive, or a utility trench needs more height than the existing soil can give.

The material weighs about 2,200 pounds per cubic yard, which is why this page sells it by the ton. Once a load is spread to its finished depth, it covers less area than many people expect, so the depth you want matters as much as the square footage.

Fill goes down best in layers. Each layer is spread, leveled, and packed before the next one goes on, and that step is where most of the labor sits. A thin top layer of a better material, such as topsoil for lawns, can finish the surface once the base is in place.

Because it is an earth product, fill dirt varies somewhat from one load to the next in moisture and texture. Check the first load by eye and by feel as it goes down, and adjust your spreading to match what you see.

What Fill Dirt costs in Tyler

In the Tyler market, fill dirt is sold by the ton and priced at the gate before delivery is added on. Send your ZIP and load size and we will send back a same-hour quote with the truck rate and the per-ton figure spelled out. One ton covers about 98 sq ft at a 3 inch finished depth, so a 400 sq ft driveway pad runs roughly 5 tons.

How crews use Fill Dirt in Tyler

Crews working out of Tyler tend to call for fill dirt on a few repeat jobs each week. The first is erosion control, typically laid in tight urban lots and infill builds with a base lift compacted before the finish course goes on. The second is driveway gravel, which lands here in dense neighborhoods where curb access is short and usually ships as a 4 to 8 ton order. With a population around 110,003, Tyler pulls a mix of single-truck homeowner orders and contractor full-loads through the season.

Delivery day in Tyler

On the day of the drop, the dispatcher pulls the closest yard, batches your ticket with other Tyler stops, and sends a window the night before. Tandem-axle dumps need at least 12 ft of clear width and 14 ft overhead to set the bed; tri-axles need 14 ft of clearance on both counts and a level pad to tip safely. Standard lead time on this lane is Mon-Sat, with same-day windows held open for orders that hit the desk before 11 AM and clear payment.

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