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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.
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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.
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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.
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Don I agree with Wayne and Matt, I would get rid of the wall. Other than that everything is looking good !
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I vote for ditching the wall.Just replace it with some large rocks and some greenery.Other than that it looks great.
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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....
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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".
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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.
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I don't suppose you remember my other avatar, it tells the story about the dangers of living here in Arizona without a horse.
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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:
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