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    Building up a foundation for AGP

    What I planned to do was only dig down far enough to get to undisturbed soil. The reason it has been disturbed is due to the excavator removing the tree stumps last year. After that has been done, I wanted to fill back in, but only back up to the height of the rest of the yard. I don't want the...
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    Building up a foundation for AGP

    I have about a one inch layer of snow in the backyard right now. When I get that to melt away I'll provide pics of the site to help describe my situation.
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    Building up a foundation for AGP

    I'm located SW of Chicago. I will have to dig to level the site. How do you compact the soil... with a plate compactor? It would seem that you would need more weight to compact dirt well. My soil is pretty sandy - no clay. I appreciate your help so far.
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    Building up a foundation for AGP

    I am looking to install a 30' AGP this spring. I was going to do it last year, but I had a backhoe pull out some tree stumps that were in the way. I wanted to let that ground firm up over the winter. My backyard has a very high water table, and I believe that if I dig down far enough to get...