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How to easily fix tire marks in your lawn?
We just bought a new house and backed in a moving truck onto our front lawn. Now our lawn has tire marks on it. This isn’t how we pictured our new house looking! What can we do?
Matt Terzi · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Congrats on your new home! And we’re sorry to hear the moving truck left your yard in disarray. The good news though is that this is a pretty straightforward fix.
First, let’s get some cheap supplies. As a homeowner, these tools are must-haves and useful beyond just fixing tire marks in your lawn. They’ll come in handy! Be sure to gather:
- Garden hose
- Gardening spade
- Gardening fork
- One bag of topsoil
- Sod strips or grass seed
- (Optional) a full-sized shovel
There are two types of tire marks you’ll find on grass, the first of which is shallow ruts. These are caused by lawnmowers when you always mow the grass in the same direction or mow when the grass is wet. The second type of tire mark is deeper ruts from car or truck tires.
Let’s start with the lighter ruts, less than four inches deep. Use your fork to gently loosen up the soil not only in the rut but alongside it as well. You’ll want to push in the fork at a 45-degree angle, and then lift the soil about an inch or two higher than you want it to be. Then, just leave it alone. Let it settle on its own, and you’re all set.
Deeper ruts (anything more than four inches deep) take a bit more work:
- Use your gardening spade to cut the sod into bricks, then use your gardening fork to carefully lift the sod and move it for reuse.
- If the sod was damaged and looks unusable, use your spade or shovel to dig up the area instead.
- Fill in the rut with topsoil so it’s about one or two inches taller than the rest of the yard. For better results, mix the soil with compost.
- If you have sod to use (your own, or sod you brought in), now is the time to settle it back in, gently and as neatly as possible. If you don’t have sod, use your grass seeds.
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