Put a hose in the wheel barrow and let it overflow till it’s clean
nucking_futs_001
Three buckets, a pack of jolly rancher, three kids, haven’t the winner get the candy to share with the other 2 kids.
bullitt194
Build a 2 x 4 frame q6 to 18 inches wide and 3 foot long. staple or nail square quarter inch chicken wire to the bottom of it. Then pour a bucket in at a time and use it to sift the material.
JeffreyLynnnGoldblum
Water.
Serious answer. Water will separate it easily. You need a way to drain it.
OtherBarrymeetsBabu
These rocks better be gold for you to waste your time on somthing like this. Throw that garbage away. Sometimes you gotta recognize when you’re doing too much. SMH
Dragonborne2020
buy a bag of dirt, 20 bucks. How many hours are you going to spend doing it like your panning for gold? How much is your time worth?
Creepy-Lifeguard69
How do you like that Gorilla cart vs a wheel barrel? I’m in the market for either and it keeps getting my attention
Content-Grade-3869
Are you trying to save the rocks or the dirt ?
barkatthedroon
TWISTED SIFTER
Real-Garden-2695
Sift it!
Build a 18” x 18” 1”x3” pine
1/4” or 1/2” Chicken wire.
1/2” Staples to secure.
Then shake it shake it baby
TheFinnebago
OP I got the same wheelbarrow. I had to wash gravel to go in to a kid’s rock box.
I drilled about a hundred holes in the bottom of the plastic wheelbarrow, and then put a hose on the thing and stirred with a shovel.
Worked like a charm. Just adjust the size of the hole for whatever you are straining.
And a wheelbarrow with holes in the bottom is still good for about 75% of what you would be using a wheelbarrow for. Now it just doubles as a big colander too.
specimenhustler
Make a 24“ x 24 in.square out of wood and attach half inch hardware cloth ,sift the stone through that .that should help
CriticismFun6782
Children/teenagers in need of punishment.
pogiguy2020
build a sifter from screen. make sure screen is sized for the results you want.
djjsteenhoek
A lawnmower in my experience 😀
DarkFather24601
Dry sift with chicken wire
Loader-Man-Benny
Pick the rocks out one at a time
2wordschitown
Thank you everyone for your suggestions! In order to save money and time, I’m going to first try the water method, then the sieve, and lastly the chopsticks.
Zippytiewassabi
I would vibrate or repeatedly bang on the wheel barrel until most of the dirt falls or compacts to the bottom, pull stone off the top. If you need to completely separate it, I would use a couple of sections of chicken wire in series, large to small… or one piece of chicken wire of a size that you want to filter.
I personally would stay away from the mess of using water.
SNsilver
I built a screen using 1/4” wire mesh, a 2×2 and a 1×3 and it works great. You’d get through that wheelbarrow in like 15 minutes. I’ve been moving a bunch dirt around my yard and have been screening the fill for the rock as I need it for the retaining wall I’m building.
Glimmerron
Water hose
macrolith
People do sifters wrong. I need to post a photo when I have a chance. What you want to do is make a chute that is long and at an angle just steep enough that rocks will roll down it. Put a bucket at the bottom so rockes collect into a bucket. Dirt will pile up under the screen. I can do a shovel full every 5 seconds. Way faster than a shake frame that’s flat.
MomN8R526
I use a badminton racquet. 🤭
oochow
Rabbit fencing
butthercup
Dump on ground. Leaf blower until clean. Pick back up or leave the clean rocks on the ground
Introverted_Extrovrt
Empty cart onto a tarp, buy a roll of 3 foot tall, 1/2” chicken wire from the hardware store, cut 1 or more pieces big enough to fit over the top and the sides of the cart and press the ends down to wrap over the sides. Now you’ve got a mobile sifting basin; begin shoveling the mix from the tarp into the cart. Dirt goes down, stones stay up. Repeat as necessary.
musicgray
Fire. Big fire. The bigger the better
CreativeSecretary926
If I had to do it again I’d use a bucket with holes in it for a sifter and dump em in the wheelbarrow until they go back
1_headlight_
I think you can dump it all on the cement there. Gently rake to tease away and remove the rocks. Use a broom and pan to collect the remaining dirt.
LisaMiaSisu
I use old tree pots that have drainage holes in the bottom and then rinse them with a hose. I’ve also sifted out the dirt in on of my big trugs filled with water. It’s a bit physically challenging (at my old age) but it works pretty well.
UsualInternal2030
I made a 2×4 frame with hardware cloth, wear gloves the wires will break eventually.
al_rey503
Metal lath
side_eye_prodigy
i’d use a colander but i know more about cooking than landscaping
KreeH
water and a metal screen.
Aggravating_Salt7679
A power screen or a cedar rapids screen deck.😎
SheepherderNo6320
Screen
fr0zen_garlic
Drill holes in a bucket.
BeginningYesterday39
I made a sift using some wood and hardware cloth. works well
myfingerprints
I just really wanna know why!
D_G_C_22
lol this will sound odd but look up video of how ppl clean beans. They essentially toss it up in the air (with a shovel per say) and the dirt kinda floats away a bit while the heavier stuff comes right back down
mpate93
Get a barrel on its side/ a tumble composter and drill some holes in it smaller than the rocks. Tumble the barrel and all the dirt will drop out leaving the rocks
49 Comments
water hose then and strain the water
Use a screen that’s big enough to let the dirt through but holds the rocks.
Something like this diy soil sifter
https://youtu.be/mQPC1ZNGMUM?si=Dr9x6klArRCP-PQp
Chicken wire
Chopsticks.
Here’s mine:
https://www.reddit.com/r/landscaping/s/6ExuevqkvX
water
Put a hose in the wheel barrow and let it overflow till it’s clean
Three buckets, a pack of jolly rancher, three kids, haven’t the winner get the candy to share with the other 2 kids.
Build a 2 x 4 frame q6 to 18 inches wide and 3 foot long. staple or nail square quarter inch chicken wire to the bottom of it. Then pour a bucket in at a time and use it to sift the material.
Water.
Serious answer. Water will separate it easily. You need a way to drain it.
These rocks better be gold for you to waste your time on somthing like this. Throw that garbage away. Sometimes you gotta recognize when you’re doing too much. SMH
buy a bag of dirt, 20 bucks. How many hours are you going to spend doing it like your panning for gold? How much is your time worth?
How do you like that Gorilla cart vs a wheel barrel? I’m in the market for either and it keeps getting my attention
Are you trying to save the rocks or the dirt ?
TWISTED SIFTER
Sift it!
Build a 18” x 18” 1”x3” pine
1/4” or 1/2” Chicken wire.
1/2” Staples to secure.
Then shake it shake it baby
OP I got the same wheelbarrow. I had to wash gravel to go in to a kid’s rock box.
I drilled about a hundred holes in the bottom of the plastic wheelbarrow, and then put a hose on the thing and stirred with a shovel.
Worked like a charm. Just adjust the size of the hole for whatever you are straining.
And a wheelbarrow with holes in the bottom is still good for about 75% of what you would be using a wheelbarrow for. Now it just doubles as a big colander too.
Make a 24“ x 24 in.square out of wood and attach half inch hardware cloth ,sift the stone through that .that should help
Children/teenagers in need of punishment.
build a sifter from screen. make sure screen is sized for the results you want.
A lawnmower in my experience 😀
Dry sift with chicken wire
Pick the rocks out one at a time
Thank you everyone for your suggestions! In order to save money and time, I’m going to first try the water method, then the sieve, and lastly the chopsticks.
I would vibrate or repeatedly bang on the wheel barrel until most of the dirt falls or compacts to the bottom, pull stone off the top. If you need to completely separate it, I would use a couple of sections of chicken wire in series, large to small… or one piece of chicken wire of a size that you want to filter.
I personally would stay away from the mess of using water.
I built a screen using 1/4” wire mesh, a 2×2 and a 1×3 and it works great. You’d get through that wheelbarrow in like 15 minutes. I’ve been moving a bunch dirt around my yard and have been screening the fill for the rock as I need it for the retaining wall I’m building.
Water hose
People do sifters wrong. I need to post a photo when I have a chance. What you want to do is make a chute that is long and at an angle just steep enough that rocks will roll down it. Put a bucket at the bottom so rockes collect into a bucket. Dirt will pile up under the screen. I can do a shovel full every 5 seconds. Way faster than a shake frame that’s flat.
I use a badminton racquet. 🤭
Rabbit fencing
Dump on ground. Leaf blower until clean. Pick back up or leave the clean rocks on the ground
Empty cart onto a tarp, buy a roll of 3 foot tall, 1/2” chicken wire from the hardware store, cut 1 or more pieces big enough to fit over the top and the sides of the cart and press the ends down to wrap over the sides. Now you’ve got a mobile sifting basin; begin shoveling the mix from the tarp into the cart. Dirt goes down, stones stay up. Repeat as necessary.
Fire. Big fire. The bigger the better
If I had to do it again I’d use a bucket with holes in it for a sifter and dump em in the wheelbarrow until they go back
I think you can dump it all on the cement there. Gently rake to tease away and remove the rocks. Use a broom and pan to collect the remaining dirt.
I use old tree pots that have drainage holes in the bottom and then rinse them with a hose. I’ve also sifted out the dirt in on of my big trugs filled with water. It’s a bit physically challenging (at my old age) but it works pretty well.
I made a 2×4 frame with hardware cloth, wear gloves the wires will break eventually.
Metal lath
i’d use a colander but i know more about cooking than landscaping
water and a metal screen.
A power screen or a cedar rapids screen deck.😎
Screen
Drill holes in a bucket.
I made a sift using some wood and hardware cloth. works well
I just really wanna know why!
lol this will sound odd but look up video of how ppl clean beans. They essentially toss it up in the air (with a shovel per say) and the dirt kinda floats away a bit while the heavier stuff comes right back down
Get a barrel on its side/ a tumble composter and drill some holes in it smaller than the rocks. Tumble the barrel and all the dirt will drop out leaving the rocks
I’ve done a winnowing method with leaf blower.