Comparing Versa-Lok (Solid) to Hollow Core Blocks

Commercial applications I it's a little bit more expensive than the competitor block which will be a hollow core block but I prefer cor it hands down because I feel that it's faster and it allows me to stack the blocks higher because I'm not core filling if let's look at the square foot unit that they have over here this will be similar to what you'll find used in a lot of commercial applications okay when you're bidding Toe to Toe and you've got a giant retaining wall your competitors are going to be using the least expensive block possible and often times it's going to be a hollow cord block the reason the blocks themselves are less expensive is because there's less material there's no Concrete in these in these voids right here but that what you're forgetting and you're missing as a contractor is your then responsible to fill these voids okay that's a big thing it's a averag is about 200 lb per square foot to fill voids and to put drainage aggregate in on walls like this but when you're going dollar for Dollar Head to Head Toe to Toe against your competitors you may have to go with a block like this now these are still good blocks they're still equivalent to whatever else is on the market but you can't stack I want to show you this now Jim you can tell me if I'm wrong here but when you got these cores let's zoom in on this core you got to stack one block and then you have to core fill it okay um where on a first lock standard unit you can stack up to three blocks high before you got to back fill that giving you the ability to go high faster with less lifts which means you're installing it quicker okay but still head to-head Tot To Toe this may be the block you have to go to this is also a pinned unit do we have a couple extra pins so on this unit you line up the pin hole which you can see here with the slot and the unit below it you just make sure you're lined up and they slip right in do you have another pin Jim yeah we got it right here but that's important too stand like you said you know you want to make sure when you're selling a job if if you're going up against a competitor or if you're selling the hollow core block you know they're designed to have the gravel in each course you don't want to cut Corners here because that's how it was designed you know how that's how it's engineered the weight of the block is really important so if you're cutting Corners you're not filling block you're not doing it right you know a lot of it too is with the with…