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<blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 28287" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>I have a customer that want to terrace a especially steep part of his property. I have done considerable work for him over the past several years. All of it hourly, which I prefer, but he would like a quote on this one.</p><p>In the extreme top left of this photo is the edge of his car drive way, going down slope away from the point of view (not the atv/bobcat road you see in front of the cabin) at that point your feet are 7 to 6 feet above the peak, and measuring down the slope, 43' you are at the corner footing of the cabin.</p><p>The driveway is the nearest point you can get any large machine into.</p><p><img src="http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1667.jpg?t=1252639718" alt="IMG_1667.jpg 1.1 picture by beyondupnorth" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p> </p><p>Last year I prepared the spot for this cabin, then this spring I excavated the hill side back to allow a 6' walk way behind the cabin. The material is 90 % boulders, which we used to build a "atv turn around terrace" in the bottom right of the photo so he could tun his atv there. We just stacked the rocks leaning a few degrees up hill.</p><p>Terrace shown here, note the drop in slope on the sidewall of the cabin and the lake below and the peak of the boathouse to the right of the trees. Slopes on this property from 30 to 45% .</p><p>Atv terrace is about 15 ft high on the lake side, bigger then it looks, he has let the vegitation grow all summer to prevent errozion, it wll be wipper snipped later. Makes the area look smaller then it really is. It is also 6 ft igher then the footter on the cabin.</p><p><img src="http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1693.jpg" alt="IMG_1693.jpg 1 picture by beyondupnorth" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Now he would like to build a wall behind the cabin and terrace the next level up for a perennial garden.</p><p>It is going to involve removing the trees, (power line is up hill parallel to the cabin = tight falling quarters) digging into the hillside and hopefully not encounter any rock bigger then a mini ex or a 709 hoe can move and placing then in wall along the low side, and hopefully getting a 8 to 10 ft wide area, with another wall extending up from there.</p><p>I can already see on rock 7 by 4 by 1 ft that needs to go downhill 10ft and be stood on edge.</p><p>I'm wishing I had a hammer to bust that baby, and there may be others when I begin to dig.</p><p> </p><p>If it is like the material behind the cabin below , most will be good size for rock walls, however I may have to haul some shot rock in and pack it down the 30% slope of a road that I built last year to get concrete material in there.</p><p> </p><p>Here is a view from the other side at the bottom.</p><p><img src="http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1678.jpg?t=1252640383" alt="IMG_1678.jpg 3 picture by beyondupnorth" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p> </p><p>I think the top 6" of dirt an roots will have to come off, to make room for larger rock to shore up the hill.</p><p> </p><p>This next one is looking back also, foreground show the terrace we build last spring by excavating the boulder from the lawn area below and stacking them ito a wall (which is 3 to 4 ft high, then where the trees are is the area to be terraced now and in the background is the atv road going up the hill.</p><p>The new terrace will reach 6 to 7 ft high behind the cabin. Unfortunately the area behind the cabin is too narrow (7ft wide) to turn and work on the new wall with anything but a hoe, or mini ex.</p><p><img src="http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1680.jpg" alt="IMG_1680.jpg 22 picture by beyondupnorth" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>View from higher up, standing in the existing terrace. This is the level the area behind the cabin will need to be dug down too and sideslope removed</p><p><img src="http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1682.jpg?t=1252641703" alt="IMG_1682.jpg 24 picture by beyondupnorth" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p> </p><p>More pics and video here <a href="http://s406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/" target="_blank">http://s406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage Terrace/</a> incase your interested.</p><p>So what are your thoughts on breaking granite boulders with a hammer? If I can't handle them, that's the only other option. I'm thinking it is going to take a couple weeks to dig through that 85 feet of side hill, after I remove the trees. Some of the excavated material is going to have to be staged 150 ft away up the atv road, until it is needed for back filling behind the wall. In the end it will all be covered with black dirt to get the vegetation coming.</p><p>Any thoughts?</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skidsteer.ca, post: 28287, member: 307"] I have a customer that want to terrace a especially steep part of his property. I have done considerable work for him over the past several years. All of it hourly, which I prefer, but he would like a quote on this one. In the extreme top left of this photo is the edge of his car drive way, going down slope away from the point of view (not the atv/bobcat road you see in front of the cabin) at that point your feet are 7 to 6 feet above the peak, and measuring down the slope, 43' you are at the corner footing of the cabin. The driveway is the nearest point you can get any large machine into. [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="IMG_1667.jpg 1.1 picture by beyondupnorth"]http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1667.jpg?t=1252639718[/IMG] Last year I prepared the spot for this cabin, then this spring I excavated the hill side back to allow a 6' walk way behind the cabin. The material is 90 % boulders, which we used to build a “atv turn around terrace” in the bottom right of the photo so he could tun his atv there. We just stacked the rocks leaning a few degrees up hill. Terrace shown here, note the drop in slope on the sidewall of the cabin and the lake below and the peak of the boathouse to the right of the trees. Slopes on this property from 30 to 45% . Atv terrace is about 15 ft high on the lake side, bigger then it looks, he has let the vegitation grow all summer to prevent errozion, it wll be wipper snipped later. Makes the area look smaller then it really is. It is also 6 ft igher then the footter on the cabin. [IMG alt="IMG_1693.jpg 1 picture by beyondupnorth"]http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1693.jpg[/IMG] Now he would like to build a wall behind the cabin and terrace the next level up for a perennial garden. It is going to involve removing the trees, (power line is up hill parallel to the cabin = tight falling quarters) digging into the hillside and hopefully not encounter any rock bigger then a mini ex or a 709 hoe can move and placing then in wall along the low side, and hopefully getting a 8 to 10 ft wide area, with another wall extending up from there. I can already see on rock 7 by 4 by 1 ft that needs to go downhill 10ft and be stood on edge. I'm wishing I had a hammer to bust that baby, and there may be others when I begin to dig. If it is like the material behind the cabin below , most will be good size for rock walls, however I may have to haul some shot rock in and pack it down the 30% slope of a road that I built last year to get concrete material in there. Here is a view from the other side at the bottom. [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="IMG_1678.jpg 3 picture by beyondupnorth"]http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1678.jpg?t=1252640383[/IMG] I think the top 6” of dirt an roots will have to come off, to make room for larger rock to shore up the hill. This next one is looking back also, foreground show the terrace we build last spring by excavating the boulder from the lawn area below and stacking them ito a wall (which is 3 to 4 ft high, then where the trees are is the area to be terraced now and in the background is the atv road going up the hill. The new terrace will reach 6 to 7 ft high behind the cabin. Unfortunately the area behind the cabin is too narrow (7ft wide) to turn and work on the new wall with anything but a hoe, or mini ex. [IMG alt="IMG_1680.jpg 22 picture by beyondupnorth"]http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1680.jpg[/IMG] View from higher up, standing in the existing terrace. This is the level the area behind the cabin will need to be dug down too and sideslope removed [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="IMG_1682.jpg 24 picture by beyondupnorth"]http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/IMG_1682.jpg?t=1252641703[/IMG] More pics and video here [URL]http://s406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/beyondupnorth/Cottage%20Terrace/[/URL] incase your interested. So what are your thoughts on breaking granite boulders with a hammer? If I can't handle them, that's the only other option. I'm thinking it is going to take a couple weeks to dig through that 85 feet of side hill, after I remove the trees. Some of the excavated material is going to have to be staged 150 ft away up the atv road, until it is needed for back filling behind the wall. In the end it will all be covered with black dirt to get the vegetation coming. Any thoughts? Ken [/QUOTE]
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