Howdy LaGrange. I hunt in east Texas. Nearest town/ag.co-op is Grapleland. The
Co-op sells bulk lime at $20.00 a ton. I show up with my pick-up truck and a couple empty 55 gallon drums and several 5 gallon buckets. The drums are in the truck
They scoop up the lime and dump it on top of my 5 gallon buckets all lined up in a group settin on the ground.
I then fill up one and a half drums with the buckets. I've found that 1 and 1/2 drums is about 1100 pounds, about all I want to deal with on any one trip. I spread the lime by the bucket load, by hand. (use gloves, sweat and lime can get nasty). I have three 1/4 acre plots that I started three different years so they require lime on different years. The plots are labor intensive but I enjoy it. I use a garden tractor to mow and drag a piece of chain link fence after "plowing" with a garden tiller. My soil test indicated 4000 lbs of lime per acre. 1/4 acre 1000 pounds or one trip to the co-op. Hope this helps.