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Boulder Retaining Wall Construction

20:23
29:25
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Conquering another sketchy hill.

What happens here

With the ramp established, the excavator proceeds to place large boulders, forming the base and initial layers of the retaining wall. The operator demonstrates skillful control, using the excavator's bucket and grappler to precisely lift and position each boulder. Smaller boulders are strategically chosen and placed to maximize the visible 'square footage' of the wall, an aesthetic and cost-effective approach for the client. The man observes, providing guidance and ensuring the placement aligns with the design vision.

Tools and materials

  • Excavator (Daewoo 75V)
  • Excavator Grappler
  • Large Boulders

What they say

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let's take about 15 minutes and set all the boulders that we think are gonna be the setting boulders to the side we'll let these guys just come out and do a check on them and then that way i can use the skitty to run them back to you you can plant yourself on the hill and not get out i'll just feed them to you so let's do that right now hey when you're grabbing when you're grabbing he said i'm right over the lines and the lines are only that far below the ground so you gotta i was trying i saw i'm just letting you know and letting these guys know you know one of the best things about what we do is basically we're artists you know we get something like this all these materials and our customers have a vision and we have a vision and the coolest thing is we get to try to make those two things marry together and that can be a really fun exciting challenge that's already looking nice so that rolls down that'll hit him knock him right out of the saddle yeah he's got to protect himself that's the danger about working downhill when you're placing boulders he's he's getting that first hand right now you better grab that right there grab it yes perfect perfect and drive your machine right up to where it's got to go so the machine doesn't have enough power to literally lift it the rest of the way in at this point i can just tell so he's going to have to push it in or use the machine drive the machine closer but he can't extend his boom arms out this is that remember that love hate relationship with these machines this is it right here [Music] that's perfect [Music] i like it i like it you're optimizing the view from the pool in the kitchen not from where you're sitting so you just got to kind of put yourself in that mind frame it's easy let's just show these guys as we sit here this is the way it looks for alex but if we go down here this is the way this is the way it's gonna look for the customers you nee you need to look at it from both angles to make sure you're happy i like it but we just need to point out

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