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Salvage and Prepare Retaining Wall Blocks

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TOUGH Wall Job & unexpected delays

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What happens here

The mini excavator is used to carefully remove the existing retaining wall blocks. Only the structurally sound blocks from the top layers of the old wall are selected. These blocks are then scraped clean of any adhering dirt or debris and stacked onto pallets using the skid steer loader. This cleaned and stacked block material will be reused as a base for the new retaining wall, positioned in front of the remaining old wall structure.

Goal: Repurpose suitable old retaining wall blocks for the new wall's base.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat 325 Mini Excavator Bobcat — Removing old retaining wall blocks
  • Pallets — Stacking cleaned retaining wall blocks
  • Shovel — Cleaning dirt from blocks
  • Skid Steer Loader Cat — Transporting and stacking salvaged blocks
  • Old Retaining Wall Blocks — Reused as base material for the new wall

What they say

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[Music] the next step on this job is to get all of the rock that's surrounding the pool to go away [Music] but you'll actually see that we're leaving a good share of the old retaining wall in place [Music] we're gonna actually be building a new retaining wall in front of the old retaining wall and so the block that we peeled off from the top of the old retaining wall got scraped clean and can be reused as base for the next retaining wall and the reason it's only going to be used as base is because it will be covered up that way if there's any defects in the face of the block or the aesthetics no one will ever be able to see it but if the block has been structurally compromised it's already been thrown away the blocks you see us using have all been cleaned stacked and hand selected as base material

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