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PEinc, I plan on completely removing the concrete shell. There will be no remnants of the pool left in the ground. I did question this contractor about using a sheepsfoot roller on this type of select fill soil, and I had the impression that his method was about speed and ease of doing the...

**Update** **Update** I have spoken to a much larger contractor that has the know-how and equipment to compact backfill soils. This contractor has proposed backfilling with SELECT FILL soil in 1 foot lifts followed by roller compacting with a sheepsfoot drum attachment on a Bobcat excavator...

PEinc, The excavation contractors that I have talked to about my project have extremely poor knowledge (and education) differentiating between soil settlement and soil load bearing capacity. They seem to think that having received zero complaints in the past decade equates that their compaction...

Thank you, Ron, for your quick reply. I had my doubts that the contractors' method of compaction would be adequate for the task. I will rent a compactor.

I am going to remove my in-ground gunite swimming pool. The three contractors that I have spoken to have stated that their method of compacting backfilled soil consists of either running a 30K-lbs trackhoe or a smaller Bobcat-type loader back and forth across each 10 cubic yards of soil dumped...