Introduction to Retaining Wall Blocks and Versa-Lok

all right I'm here with Jim fry take from versalock and what we're going to be talking about today is different retaining wall blocks how they go together where you would use them and when you'd want to choose between the different styles of blocks so what we have right here is come on in a little closer let's say hi to Jim first Jim's a Jim what do you do with versalock e Donuts yeah I'm there Midwest sales manager for versalock working here for 12 years now um verilock is not only a you know Midwest company but we're also National and international so we should have block kind of all around the country wherever you guys are looking but uh I know Stan's been a good customer of ours for years and like he said we just wanted to show you folks what uh choices you have with block and and some ins and outs of the block that we're going to be doing so so we're going to focus on Versa loock today why because it's personally my favorite block it will be my go-to block on almost every project I have used ankor I have used Keystone I have used all of the other block Brands but when a customer ask me which one that I recommend these are the ones that I usually go to so let's let's uh let's let's come in a little bit and I want to show you what why I personally prefer verse block and Jim you probably know the functionality of each one of these blocks actually better than I do because my specialty isn't high-end complic licated retaining wall projects what I like to do is I like to get in and bust out 1,000 5,000 10,000 square ft Long Tall engineered where a lot of guys like to do columns and seat walls and yes I've done those because that my special team know but I can do them so let's talk about what the difference is between blocks so you guys can do it come on in a little bit more it might be a little difficult to hear so what we