After we were finished with the footings and foundation, we had between one and two feet of space we needed to fill to raise the level of the ground before we poured the basement slab. With the location, there was no way to back a dump truck up and dump in it, so we had to "throw" in sand. It was pretty crazy. They load up the sand at the quarry in their truck that has a conveyor belt at the end. Then they just run the belt at a high speed and it throws it where you want it (for the most part . . . we had a lot of sand that didn't quite make it in the hole). The operator just stands there with his remote control and moves the conveyor belt and adjusts the speed to fill in different areas. Much easier than trying to wheelbarrow it, especially since it took 8 loads to fill!
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