Joe, The folks who have visited Casa del Grease Pit will attest the further up the hill you go, the greater the drop off. it would have taken 100 truckloads of fill and rock to create a parking spot near the top of the hill. It would be cheaper and easier to dynamite a spot in the hill behind the house.
The truck is on borrowed time. I checked today to see if it is cheaper for me to haul my own mulch, but at the rate charged by guys with real trucks I can't justify using my powered wheel barrow to haul the 80 to 100 cubic yards I need. I need a load of sand and another load of stone for some other areas, but then I am done with it, I think..........