Everything you need to know before you order a truckload

It depends on your region. Most areas deliver a single cubic yard. Some have a three yard minimum, usually where the haul is longer. The minimum for your address shows on the product page once you enter your ZIP code.

Delivery is priced on how far the yard is from you and how much material you order, so it varies by address rather than being one flat national rate. You will see the exact amount before you pay, not after. Add what you need to the cart and the estimate appears; entering your address at checkout confirms it.

Usually 24 to 48 hours, and you pick the delivery date in the cart. Same-day is sometimes possible if you call early in the morning at 513-982-4548, but it depends on the yard's schedule that day.

No. You tell us where to put it during checkout and the driver follows those instructions. Most people are at work when it arrives.

Wherever you tell us, as long as the truck can safely reach it. The driveway is the most common spot. A dump truck needs roughly ten feet of width and fourteen feet of overhead clearance, so low branches and tight side gates are the usual obstacles. If you are unsure, leave a note at checkout and the yard will call before setting out.

A cubic yard is about the footprint of a compact car and roughly three feet tall once it is dumped. Three yards will cover most of a two-car driveway. It settles and spreads a little, so allow more room than you think.

Loaded delivery trucks are heavy. Standard concrete and asphalt driveways handle them routinely, but freshly sealed asphalt, decorative pavers and anything under about a year old can mark or crack. If that is a concern, ask for the drop at the end of the driveway or on the street where permitted, and note it at checkout.

Deliveries usually go ahead. Wet mulch is heavier but otherwise fine, and it does not hurt the material. Yards will reschedule if conditions would damage your property or make the drop unsafe, and they will call you rather than just not turning up.

No, we are delivery only. A cubic yard weighs more than most pickup beds are rated for, which is part of why.

Call or email us. You bought from Mulch Mound, so we sort it out with the yard rather than handing you their number. Wrong material, a short load or a drop in the wrong place all get resolved on our side.

A cube three feet on every side. One cubic yard covers about 100 square feet at three inches deep, which is the standard depth for a mulch bed. It is the unit every yard in the country prices by.

Measure the area and pick a depth, or let the tool do it. Our calculator works it out from your dimensions, and you can trace the beds on a satellite view of your property instead of measuring by hand.

About 13 of the standard two cubic foot bags. That is the comparison worth doing before you load a car: one yard delivered is almost always cheaper than the equivalent in bags, and you skip the stack of empty plastic. Bagged or bulk, compared.

Mulch runs roughly 400 to 800 pounds per cubic yard dry, and heavier after rain. Topsoil is around 2,000 pounds. Stone and gravel are heaviest at roughly 2,500 to 3,000. Weight is why bulk material is delivered rather than collected.

Two to three inches for most beds. Deeper than four inches can hold moisture against roots and stop water reaching them. Keep it pulled back a couple of inches from trunks and stems rather than piled against them.

A supplier yard local to you, the same yard a landscaper in your area would call. The material is produced regionally and delivered on local trucks, which is why bulk pricing holds up against calling around yourself.

Mulch does not attract termites in the sense people worry about, but it does hold moisture, and damp conditions against a house are what termites like. The practical answer is placement rather than avoidance: keep mulch a few inches back from the foundation and siding, and keep it under four inches deep. Cypress and cedar are naturally more resistant if you want the extra margin.

Most beds need topping up once a year. Color fades first, usually within a season for dyed mulch, while the material itself breaks down over one to three years depending on type and climate. Hardwood decomposes fastest and feeds the soil as it goes; cypress and pine bark last longer.

Spring, once the ground has warmed, is the main window. Autumn works too and gives roots some insulation going into winter. Mulching too early in spring traps cold in the soil and slows everything down.

The colorants used on dyed mulch are iron oxide and carbon based, the same family used in cosmetics and concrete, and are not harmful to people, pets or plants. What matters more is the wood underneath: we source from yards whose material is free of CCA-treated and creosote-treated wood.

Yes. Soil and compost — screened topsoil, garden and raised-bed blends, compost and fill dirt — and stone and gravel, including pea gravel, river rock, crushed limestone and driveway gravel. All by the cubic yard, all on the same delivery.

No. A handful of mulch tells you very little about how a few yards will look spread across a bed, so a sample tends to mislead more than it helps. The product photos are the material as delivered.

523 cities across 49 states, which covers roughly four out of five people in the country. Enter a ZIP code on any product and you will see whether we reach you and what it costs there. See every city we deliver to.

No, we supply and deliver the material. We are happy to point you at a local landscaper if you want the spreading done, so get in touch.

Yes. Landscapers, property managers and builders order on the same rails with volume pricing and repeat delivery to job sites. Contractor accounts.

Because the alternative is calling three yards for three prices, leaving a voicemail and taking a day off work. You get local material at local prices, a delivery window you choose, and one company answerable if it goes wrong. More about how we work.