Filling a Large Washout with Fabric and Soil

big washout on the wall let's go take a look at that next thing we're gonna be doing is we're gonna be filling in this big washout well you can see we got a big old hole here it's about three feet from the top of our wall right here to the bottom it's coming this way to stabilize this area and keep the soil from washing through the face of the boulder Sam lays out some new fabric now Blaine's got a backfill it but he's doing it blind from his vantage point he can't see anything behind that wall so Sam has to be his eyes to speed up the backfilling they decide to try and use the catskill daughter [Music] they can't dump the dirt on top of the fabric and risk having that top edge pull back over so they've got to get this right now we were hoping that the skiddy was going to be able to reach over that wall so that we have to keep taking those scoops with the mini axe but [Applause] [Music] so they go for Plan B which is to strategically place the backfill material so the mini excavator can easily grab it and throw it up in place [Music] all this material has to be removed whether it gets used behind the retaining wall for backfill or not it's all been washed down the hill and deposited here over the years so this excess must be removed [Music] [Applause] just like the first wash out they bucket pack as much as they possibly can but when they can't then they rely on hand tamping