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<blockquote data-quote="Land-Tech" data-source="post: 28953" data-attributes="member: 1679"><p>Hey I finally got a rainy day,not really it's been raining for a week but am fed up so I'll stay inside today.</p><p>Ken,I went looking through my pics and did not have very many good examples so I made some on a small wall I finished yesterday.I'm rusty on posting pics,so bear with me if I have to make multiple posts.<img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/035.jpg?t=1255029404" alt="035.jpg pre install 42 tons picture by LANDTEKK" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p>This pic is pre-installation and shows what 42 tons of rock looks like. This wall will be approx 5 or 6 feet tall and fifty feet long. each load is about 14 tons but it is a shot rock and lighter than the native sedimentry rock. Lighter by probably 25%. It's also has sharp edges and does not look as natural as the more worn and rounded rock. But it is cost effective.</p><p><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/045.jpg?t=1255029936" alt="045.jpg walls with steps 1 picture by LANDTEKK" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p>This is what i'm trying to match, I did this in Aug and the home owner did his own thing with the plantings. He didn't want large bed so we kept them just large enough to make a transition to the grass</p><p><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/042.jpg?t=1255030168" alt="042.jpg picture by LANDTEKK" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p>The terrace has a simple firepit and a large enough area to have a large party . Front wall is about 3' high with the back wall about 6'. Large slabs for steps to each level It looks rough but is easy to access.</p><p><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/043.jpg?t=1255030542" alt="043.jpg tapered wall picture by LANDTEKK" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p>This a wing wall that tapers with the slope. some people like to have level wall and flat terraces but it usually will double the materiel and labor cost. This takes care of the slope problem and I think the form looks kinda cool.</p><p><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/037.jpg?t=1255031003" alt="037.jpg picture by LANDTEKK" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p>This is what I got done by noon the next day.I place the rocks with the forks and prefer to use the forks because it's faster when you can access from the front.The piles of rock should have been dumped at one end or the other but the driver didn't get the message so I had to work around the piles. The mud is mostly the topsoil in the lawn so the base was hard and traction was ok. When its wet cleaning up the mess you make is a substantial time and cost factor not to mention the local muni curb cops. So I try to keep things contained. A machine with tires keeps the mess down .</p><p><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/039.jpg?t=1255031877" alt="039.jpg picture by LANDTEKK" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p><p>This is a view from the front and shows the angular rock. A good mason and bit of hand picking can make this stuff look really good . I kinda make the top go with the flow so its not perfectly level which makes it easier to finish.Just stacking the rock for this thing took me maybe twelve hour with both machines on site and if the the rock had been dumped correctly and it was not muddy, it would have been faster</p><p>The back walls I did in Aug took about 100 tons and a week and a half to complete including the landscaping. Much more complicated than a simple wall. The only compaction other than the pad was with the excavator bucket.The terrace I took a plate compactor to and caped with a crush rock 3/4 minus</p><p>Walls that are load bearing or have a large backslope are built different than these in the pics. these are more ornamental and I find when you build them higher than 6' you need more mass to retain things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Land-Tech, post: 28953, member: 1679"] Hey I finally got a rainy day,not really it's been raining for a week but am fed up so I'll stay inside today. Ken,I went looking through my pics and did not have very many good examples so I made some on a small wall I finished yesterday.I'm rusty on posting pics,so bear with me if I have to make multiple posts.[IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="035.jpg pre install 42 tons picture by LANDTEKK"]http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/035.jpg?t=1255029404[/IMG] This pic is pre-installation and shows what 42 tons of rock looks like. This wall will be approx 5 or 6 feet tall and fifty feet long. each load is about 14 tons but it is a shot rock and lighter than the native sedimentry rock. Lighter by probably 25%. It's also has sharp edges and does not look as natural as the more worn and rounded rock. But it is cost effective. [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="045.jpg walls with steps 1 picture by LANDTEKK"]http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/045.jpg?t=1255029936[/IMG] This is what i'm trying to match, I did this in Aug and the home owner did his own thing with the plantings. He didn't want large bed so we kept them just large enough to make a transition to the grass [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="042.jpg picture by LANDTEKK"]http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/042.jpg?t=1255030168[/IMG] The terrace has a simple firepit and a large enough area to have a large party . Front wall is about 3' high with the back wall about 6'. Large slabs for steps to each level It looks rough but is easy to access. [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="043.jpg tapered wall picture by LANDTEKK"]http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/043.jpg?t=1255030542[/IMG] This a wing wall that tapers with the slope. some people like to have level wall and flat terraces but it usually will double the materiel and labor cost. This takes care of the slope problem and I think the form looks kinda cool. [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="037.jpg picture by LANDTEKK"]http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/037.jpg?t=1255031003[/IMG] This is what I got done by noon the next day.I place the rocks with the forks and prefer to use the forks because it's faster when you can access from the front.The piles of rock should have been dumped at one end or the other but the driver didn't get the message so I had to work around the piles. The mud is mostly the topsoil in the lawn so the base was hard and traction was ok. When its wet cleaning up the mess you make is a substantial time and cost factor not to mention the local muni curb cops. So I try to keep things contained. A machine with tires keeps the mess down . [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="039.jpg picture by LANDTEKK"]http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/LANDTEKK/rock%20wall/039.jpg?t=1255031877[/IMG] This is a view from the front and shows the angular rock. A good mason and bit of hand picking can make this stuff look really good . I kinda make the top go with the flow so its not perfectly level which makes it easier to finish.Just stacking the rock for this thing took me maybe twelve hour with both machines on site and if the the rock had been dumped correctly and it was not muddy, it would have been faster The back walls I did in Aug took about 100 tons and a week and a half to complete including the landscaping. Much more complicated than a simple wall. The only compaction other than the pad was with the excavator bucket.The terrace I took a plate compactor to and caped with a crush rock 3/4 minus Walls that are load bearing or have a large backslope are built different than these in the pics. these are more ornamental and I find when you build them higher than 6' you need more mass to retain things. [/QUOTE]
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