My first of many Retaining Walls to tame my slope - DIY
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Are you on the water or highway side of the Seabeck Highway? I live south of Port Orchard a ways.
Are you on the water or highway side of the Seabeck Highway? I live south of Port Orchard a ways.
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Thank you and yes I forgot I had one of those blasted single wheel things... wife pulled it out of the weeds. I am still trying to get her to drive and use the BX but that is a work in progress like the rest of my untamed property. :laughing:Whats the one wheeled contraption in the pen?
Everything looks great! Your hard work was well planned and executed. :thumbsup:
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Hey neighbor... I am on the hillside but have beach rights and an easement across the road. About a mile before the marina. Absolutely love it here. Beats the big city all day and every day!
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Great job and inspired my little retaining wall project last Fall...
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Ha ha... glad all that sweat moved someone else to lift a few blocks! Now if I could only figure out how to install the blocks while sitting on my tractor. :laughing:
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I found I could do more leaving the heavy lifting to the BX
It wasn't too bad moving the blocks fromt the loader to the wall with both at the same height...
Also a great help moving sacks for concrete to the mixer!
It wasn't too bad moving the blocks fromt the loader to the wall with both at the same height...
Also a great help moving sacks for concrete to the mixer!
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Exactly... I did the same. Each block was about 80lb so getting them close and same height was key! Luckily I had good access. It is also important when you are dealing with a lot of block... arrange to have the pallets placed in positions that allow you to access your work with your tractor. This takes a little thinking, believe it or not.
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I did have a problem with my second delivery... driver said he was leaving the load on the street unlike what was promised.
I told him not to bother and I would get my block from another supplier.
Got in the truck and drove to the original supplier that did a great job with the first delivery and the supervisor told me the order was placed and apologized for the misunderstanding... new driver.
All the other orders went fine after that...
I told him not to bother and I would get my block from another supplier.
Got in the truck and drove to the original supplier that did a great job with the first delivery and the supervisor told me the order was placed and apologized for the misunderstanding... new driver.
All the other orders went fine after that...
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Also you don't want the full pallets too close to the wall where it interferes with the tractor. Because you surely aren't going to move them without a serious fork lift. I know some here have very high load capability with their FEL's but I was dealing with roughly 3500lb pallets I think. They pretty much stayed where they were dropped!
