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Building a Mini-Excavator Access Ramp

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What happens here

To access the upper terrace of a retaining wall and finish the dry creek bed, a ramp is constructed. A Bobcat mini-excavator is used to move soil, effectively bridging the gap over the existing rock retaining wall. The mini-excavator is chosen over a larger skid-steer for its maneuverability in the tight, sloped terrain.

Goal: Create an access ramp to the upper terrace.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat Mini-Excavator — Moving soil to construct the ramp
  • Soil On-site material — Building the ramp structure

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they've got to gain access to that upper terrace of the retaining wall to finish the dry creek bed and also to correct the grades from all of the years of washout so we have two options we could pull the wall apart and then build the bridge or we could bridge over the wall about five plus inches of soil has been deposited between these two terraces over the years and what this is doing is pushing all of the water towards the house so this has to all get taken down but before it gets hauled out it's going to be used to build a ramp

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