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Excavate Soil and Remove Old Timber Wall

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Wall FAILURE about to hit house-Plus we pull a mean one! START to FINISH 4 k Wall build

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What happens here

Using a Bobcat 325 mini excavator, the crew begins excavating the soil adjacent to the existing timber retaining wall. The excavator carefully removes large amounts of dirt to create space for the new wall. A worker is seen manually assisting in the tight space under the porch.

Goal: Create working space and remove the dilapidated timber retaining wall.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat 325 Mini Excavator Bobcat — Excavating soil and removing the old timber wall
  • Shovel — Manual excavation in tight spaces

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so today's project is somewhat of a doozy we've got to build a retaining wall underneath an existing porch there is a rotting timber wall that's there right now and it's falling down and it's about to take the porch with it so we've got to undercut beneath this foundation remove that timber retaining wall and then build a new one and there's just no room to work there's only about four foot of clearance beneath this deck and this three-season porch or four season porch so if you look real close you can see one of my guys crouch down underneath the porch right there that's

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