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« on: May 15, 2021, 05:40:30 PM » |
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That is the weight of the 189 retaining wall block I set.
Add to that the 6.5 tons of gravel. All by hand with a wheelbarrow. Our property in Rhinelander is getting an addition. Excavator said a retaining wall is needed in the wetlands side. There is no HELP here. We talked to everyone we know and had a promise,,and no show. I did all the work with Bonnie helping where she could. 38 feet later , we went to a well deserved dinner.
DONE. GRIPING.
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2021, 06:49:33 PM » |
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So how much to build one at my house?  I got about 5 big pallets of flagstone and tumbled bluestone years ago to do scape around my house. Many years later, the foot of the back yard retains too much water in heavy rains. The stone walls down there did not help (about 1.5 pallets). So I moved two low walls of it from the swamp backyard to the front. No one (but me) could see the back, and it looks great in the front. But I am not a fan of working with wheelbarrows full of heavy stone. I'm pretty good at fitting up dry stone walls, but I'm not making a hobby of it. |
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2021, 06:59:14 PM » |
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did you use dead man to keep wall from moving?
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2021, 07:04:36 PM » |
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That is the weight of the 189 retaining wall block I set.
Add to that the 6.5 tons of gravel. All by hand with a wheelbarrow. Our property in Rhinelander is getting an addition. Excavator said a retaining wall is needed in the wetlands side. There is no HELP here. We talked to everyone we know and had a promise,,and no show. I did all the work with Bonnie helping where she could. 38 feet later , we went to a well deserved dinner.
DONE. GRIPING.
da prez
You should have called me, but then again if you had called me, I would surely have been too busy, but I would have given you some words of encouragement. Jim |
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2021, 08:54:43 PM » |
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you may want to try out for the worlds strongest man competions, just saying...  welcome to HODAG country....  |
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Robert
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« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2021, 05:29:20 AM » |
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When you start your like I wonder if this will work and how long it will take. But when your done the pride and accomplishment is great. Congratulations on a job well done.
My friend built a 50 foot ferro cement sail boat.
He started with the building and then the frame, which was supported partially by the building. He put the engine and other things in along with making all the custom wood work and hatches. A couple of years later was ready to see his dream with something other than a wire and steel form. So me and one other guy were recruited to shovel all the cement that was needed to bring it to life. Its amazing accomplishment when you can see the results of the work you put in and it makes what seems impossible, possible.
I remember that day the building was all enclosed in plastic with kerosene heaters going and hot water pressure cleaners since the building had to be kept a certain temp and humidity. It was hot in there and the buckets one by one poured into the hull and vibrated into the mesh. Took awhile but not as long as I would have expected about 7 hours from what I remember. When it was all done and cleaned up I stood at the doorway and looked. I wondered, how is he going to get this thing into the water?
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2021, 02:55:22 PM » |
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Hey Oss what are dead man lol
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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2021, 05:03:26 PM » |
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In my part of the world, this is a dead man. (besides an actual dead person)  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2021, 05:59:47 PM » |
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Dead men are usually wood,cement, or some other material put inboard usually 8 to 12 feet from the fence or dock that you anchor with a rod between the two, so as to hold the fence or whatever upright and stop it from falling away from the very thing it is supposed to hold in. The idea is since the dead man is inboard of the wall or dock it uses that to stop the structure from being pushed forward by the load behind it. I like pictures and this explains it pretty well https://youtu.be/MSbYdfLa15Yhttps://www.foundationtechnologies.com/files/documents/CHANCE___Bulkheads___Seawalls_Brochure.pdfWhen I would help put in docks we would have to sink the posts about 7 feet and then dig about 8 foot back and secure with rods then back fill the hole with the dirt that was dredged from in front of the dock. The dock was secured to the dead men by a metal rod. |
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2021, 06:39:25 PM » |
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LOL I know to well what they are I was just poking OSS in the ribs We live in the land of docks and bulkheads I will let him explain
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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2021, 08:35:24 AM » |
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Ross Sorry for your back because I know moving all that weight it has to hurt
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2021, 08:55:31 AM » |
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I've been with him when we have worked younger men into the ground. Most of the younger men he has hired fail to show up for the next day. The ones that do come back for another day at last make a good effort to keep up!  And I already KNOW I am No longer in That Good of Shape!  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2021, 10:30:28 AM » |
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better a pokein da ribs than a stick in da eye I had a small wall collapse and when dennis and sheila were at our house he explained it I used 3 dead men parallel to the collapsed wall and what we call a push pull to ratchet the wall to the dead men Wall is now vertical. Came out beautiful Next time you are here Troutdude the new hot tub is in place sittin on the deck |
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If you don't know where your going any road will take you there
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« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2021, 07:19:24 PM » |
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I did a brick back patio, sounded easy enough. 1376 bricks, a pick up filled with sand, no idea the weight, it was sold by $35 we fill up the back of your pick up.
At the time it was $1 a brick to lay and $4 a square foot for sight prep, sand compacting etc. Did it myself over two weeks, 20 years later it is still there and pretty well exactly as I laid it. Amount of work involved? Not for the weak or lazy.
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« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2021, 06:06:48 AM » |
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The wall has a geo-grid fabric installed as a dead man. New technology. Some dead man anchors are like an umbrella that is pushed in a drilled hole and pulled back. There are many versions of anchors. Look at a power pole (telephone pole) anchor. The wire that goes into the ground is one style. da prez this type of wall is known as a chipmunk condo   |
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