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Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - ezdays - 02-03-2013
Sumpter250 Wrote:
Time to moor it in it's place, and let the foliage grow over it.
Yeah, I took the cue from what I saw in the "Aircraft Boneyard" just south of us in Tucson. I think they have a few of them mothballed down there, they're just not saying. I have no idea where they got tarps that big to cover them though.
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - ezdays - 02-06-2013
One small step for mankind, or for my challenge. I've painted the rocks that were exposed by the cut, put the dirt in and added some grass and a few plants around the edges where the ground might show around some of the trees. I put it in place just to get an idea of how it's shaping up, but I'm still doing all of the work on it in the garage. It sure is a lot easier than reaching over a couple of feet, and it keeps me from messing up the layout
hock: hock: ..... well, any worse than it is already. 
I added a retaining wall to hold back the rocks on the hill, but it kind of looks tacked on, so I think I'm going to change it for a bigger and taller one. The way I have it now just doesn't look right.
The big thing is that I'm actually making progress, even if it isn't all in the right direction...
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - doctorwayne - 02-06-2013
Yeah, that retaining wall doesn't work there, but your rock work looks really nice.
I'm not even sure that a retaining wall would be necessary, as the rocks don't look like they'll be sliding anywhere.Wayne
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - sailormatlac - 02-06-2013
I agree with Wayne, your rock cut looks pretty solid to me. No need for a retaining wall there. They are habitually used where there isn't any rock to retain the soil.
Matt
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - ezdays - 02-07-2013
Yeah, I agree, the way the rock pile turned out isn't the way I intended. I'm going to try to rework the rocks a bit to add some rubble, since I'm kind of committed now to putting in a retaining wall there. Yeah, I cut out the rock formation to put the wall in flat and repairing it is not going to be easy.
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - Tyson Rayles - 02-07-2013
Don I agree with Wayne and Matt, I would get rid of the wall. Other than that everything is looking good !
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - Catt - 02-07-2013
I vote for ditching the wall.Just replace it with some large rocks and some greenery.Other than that it looks great.
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - ezdays - 02-11-2013
Against the advice of some well respected members,
I'm making one more attempt at putting in a retaining wall. Somehow, I just feel that something belongs there and I knew that first wall just wasn't right. 
My argument is that there is more loose rocks there than it looked like at first glance.
Secondly, there is a drainage problem at that location and the railroad was concerned that if they didn't control the flow, there could be a mud and rock slide onto the tracks, and we all know the consequences of that. So, as a precaution, the railroad added a 75' poured-in-place concrete wall embedded into the rock and topped by an 8' high expanded metal fence. There are four concrete drainage pipes install to handle runoff. 8-) Now, if it still doesn't look right, I'll go ahead and put cut rock back without question or hesitation....
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - Tyson Rayles - 02-11-2013
Don I think the reason a retaining wall doesn't look right there is that the hill isn't big/tall/steep enough to warrant one. Or to totally butcher an old saying "your all wall and no hill".
The old saying I had in mind (being where you live) was " All hat and no cows".
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - ezdays - 02-11-2013
Tyson Rayles Wrote:Don I think the reason a retaining wall doesn't look right there is that the hill isn't big/tall/steep enough to warrant one. Or to totally butcher an old saying "your all wall and no hill".
The old saying I had in mind (being where you live) was " All hat and no cows".
Good point, it would have been a lot easier to just put rocks back in there, but, as another old saying goes, I wanted to give it that old college try.....
Being in the southwest, you could say, "all hat and no horse"....
Lot's of them there folk around here.
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - Sumpter250 - 02-11-2013
ezdays Wrote:Being in the southwest, you could say, "all hat and no horse"....
Hay !! ( yes I meant to spell it that way ), Be nice. I have Grandsons out there !
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - ezdays - 02-11-2013
Sumpter250 Wrote:ezdays Wrote:Being in the southwest, you could say, "all hat and no horse"....
Hay !! ( yes I meant to spell it that way ), Be nice. I have Grandsons out there !
Yeah, but how many horses do they have?
You didn't see any horses behind my house when you where there, but I do have a hat, a pair of boots and even an Indian friend or two. Put that in your pipe and smoke it kemosabe 
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - Sumpter250 - 02-11-2013
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - ezdays - 02-11-2013
I don't suppose you remember my other avatar, it tells the story about the dangers of living here in Arizona without a horse.
Re: Ez's 2013 duff challenge - ezdays - 02-16-2013
Remember that meteor that hit Russia yesterday? Well, it had a profound affect on my project. It seems as i a stray particle hit my hill, right where the wall and fence were. You can see the results: