Physics help: Gardening related

Well...what do you have availible to you?  You could get a few 2x4's or some other similar material and make a triangle.  Put it against the edge of the platform, so when you roll the trash can, the top hits the ramp and starts rolling up it.  The shallower the incline, the easier it is to push it up the ramp and thus get it upright.

Call over the neighbor kids and wave a $10 bill to the first kid who can stand it up without dumping the contents.  Cheaper than a visit to the chiropractor.

I like Matt's idea.  I'll look around for some pieces of wood I can use. 

And I'll use Max's idea as a backup if I can't get the stupid thing up the ramp I try to build. 

Get one of these:

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I'm thnking too that you could tie a rope around it and the other end to the car.  Put a 2x4 block under the section that's on the ground so it won't drag, and slowly pull it vertical.

OK, so it's been 26 hours...how did you do it?  Or is it still sitting there?  LOL

It's still sitting there. I didn't have any wood so I called a buddy over and we tried to move it, but still, it was too heavy. I guess I might have to empty it.

EDIT****If anyone remembers the weeds thread, this is the backyard after I weed wacked everything.  I used one of those string wackers and systematically dug up every freaking weed root.  What a pain in the arse.  The yellow grass is what's left. 

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Oceanannie, my buddy and I couldn't even turn the trashcan. We could only wobble it.

AdvendureBear, I wish I knew half of what you said because it sounds like a really cool idea. Unfortunately, I don't know anybody that does where I live that would set it up. On the side note, I moved that trashcan on the top level, inch by inch so once it's up right, I can move it.

The thing was, I lead the trashcan down the stairs by pulling it so that I can slowly bring it down, step by step. If the trashcan went down first, I was afraid I couldn't hold it steady and it might just quickly roll down the stairs. It was working, and I got it down to the bottom level, but when I tried to upright it, I didn't account for the unevenness of the floor, and I tried to hold it up, but ended up tipping it forward. Maybe that wasn't the smartest thing afterall.

In the last 36 hours you could have emptied it with a shovel, stood it up, refilled it, moved it to the site, emptied it again, taken the wife out for a carbo load dinner, done a 1/2 Ironman, gotten 8 hours sleep.

I think you're slacking off there buddy! 

I did try Matt's idea of standing on the wheel area and giving it a pull, but it's too heavy. 

In any case, it's starting to rain and there's going to be pretty big storm coming in tonight at about 1" of rain.  Going to have to wait on any attempts for a day or two.