Prepare and Compact the Wall Base

reason they're able to use that is because as they get closer to the top, it's a little easier to handle. So if they've got to be able to pull it out, they can chain it and yank it up a bank a lot easier and send it into position a little bit better as we get closer to the top. So the lifts can then get thicker. So, both packers look almost identical. The 1000lb plate packer and the 150lb plate packer are both plate packers, which means they use a solid plate to do the compaction for them. Not to be confused with sheep's foot packers, jumping jack packers, rolling packers, and a variety of other compactors available out on the market. She's just kind of going where she wants to go. something. Now, you watch Blaine carefully dig this base out. When I say carefully, he didn't want to oversize or dig too deep. He wanted to get it to the exact right elevation not to disturb the soils underneath. And even though he took his care and time to do that, we still run the 150lb plate packer over it just to compact down any unfinished areas that may have loosened up before the base material goes down.