Pennsylvania stone wall project...:)

[Nasty135]

WOW!! This is the first I have seen of this thread ...Great job , Your place is beautiful.. I love all the hardscape ,It really looks great

 

[tlbuser]

Awesome job. A perfect setting for a lazy afternoon and a picnic basket.

 

[Tollster]

Doing some more stone wall work and culverts on our new property, so many rocks I have not had to buy any, but I'm doing these myself, so I'm missing the hands I had a few years back. But its good exercise I guess, not sure if I am loosing weight, but its moving around.

The thumb has been a big help in setting the larger stones without displacing the previous course

The wall is a pull in area to assist larger vehicles in the swing of my drive.

 

[EddieWalker]

Looks great. That thumb sure looks like it's the perfect tool for moving those bigger rocks!!!!

Eddie

 

[Tollster]

Thanks Eddie, the thumb really come into its own when placing them by myself without disrupting the previous course, particularly once you get up a couple feet. I typically run two or three course before I back fill depending on how tight they are and if I have to shim to get a tight face.

 

[MacLawn]

I'm liking that! I read that a retired doctor just started moving rocks on his place, and after some years, and a beautiful stone wall! My place in GA has plenty, but all are small. Still might try something though.

 

[gazoo1]

hey buddy the wall looks great we also need to put up a couple of rock walls ,thanks for the pics

 

[wmonroe]

The wall looks great! What part of the state is Benton in?

 

[Tollster]

Thanks, its north central, between Williamsport and wilkesbarre.

 

[forgeblast]

I have a lot of field stone walls too, dig a hole find a stone, normally its one of those big ones too! The walls look great! That thumb is awesome too.

 

[dex3361]

Nice looking work on the walls. Its an art to be so consistently random with the pattern and keep it straight and true, if that makes any sense.

 

[Sysop]

Beautiful work!

 

[Tollster]

Moving ahead with another stone wall project, this one is a dandy, about 3' wide, 130' long, and varies in height. I have a lot of stone after hammering a ledge of blue stone last spring, may as well put it to use.

The before shot. I back cut the bank on the right, then crawled up it and cut my trench with the BX backhoe not seen in this shot.

My stone pile..

Random shapes, and sizes. The little bota is working!

And so it has begun.

 

[Piston]

Wow, those walls are looking great! That little BX23 sure seems like a handy tool to have around.

 

[forgeblast]

That will look awesome when its done. Great job btw.

 

[wmonroe]

Good start, it's going to look great when it's done.

 

[Tollster]

Turned around after tossing rocks off pile to reach for that rock on the left, and this is the greeting I got... Left my undies in the woods!

 

[J F]

Yikes!

Great work on the walls. :thumbsup:

 

[Tollster]

Using a garden hose to lay out a radius prior to marking the cut/excavation area.

Staging more stone and some wall details... still a long way to go.

I used 4" perforated and wrapped it with landscape fabric to prevent and soil from entering. I got a long role from Sams, then cut it in half with my rapala felt knife while it was till on the role to double the length.

 

[Tollster]

Getting there, 70 hour work weeks are crippling my "off time" production though!