Retaining Wall

[husky390]

8 yards of dirt is not much. That's what I learned today. I need to add some teeth to the skid steer so I can rip the ground where I need to lower the grade near the house. But, all courses are laid and I'm ordering 14 yards of dirt to finish or get close to backfilling.

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[Grant H.]

Yeah, it's amazing how much dirt an area like that can take up.

I would try and get the sandiest stuff you have next to the wall, to aid in drainage.

[husky390]

Will do.


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[Irving]

Do you not have to mortar a wall like that? That sure speeds things up!

[Grant H.]

Do you not have to mortar a wall like that? That sure speeds things up!

Nope.

It's not real easy to see in Husky's pictures, but the blocks have a lip that hangs down in the back and ties them to the layer below.

[Irving]

That makes it even faster because you're just pushing until the lip meets and don't have to worry about having every row be even.

[husky390]

That makes it even faster because you're just pushing until the lip meets and don't have to worry about having every row be even.

That's why my blocks are staggered so that they can lock in place unlike a CMU wall that is flush.


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[husky390]

More dirt. So far I've ordered 23 yards. I need to rent something that can scrape the ground next to my house and driveway. This little skid steer doesn't have teeth and the flat bucket isn't cutting it. Any suggestions?








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[Grant H.]

Best suggestion I've got is a bigger skid steer.

For landscaping, I don't find the rock bar all that useful on our skid steer, unless dealing with really rocky soil. Otherwise, the cutting edge of the bucket does a pretty good job.

With the little skid steer, have you tried pulling the bucket up, tilting it all the way down and then lowering it back down to scrape? Often, with the bucket like that, you can get the front tires of the skid steer off the ground and it will do a pretty good job of pulling a layer of dirt with it.

[buffalobo]

Taggart teeth or bigger iron.

Or

"Soften" area with moisture and work at an angle to house instead of parallel or perpendicular. Use corner of cutting edge to gouge every 4' then turn around and work 90° the other way every 4'.