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  1. thclimer

    Stone Walls

    I’ve always been impressed with look of a hand stacked stonewall, especially since so many of these walls in New England were made in the past using manual labor, maybe a horse, mule or Ox, nothing diesel or hydraulic powered back then. On our property we have a few, none of them are impressive...
  2. JasperFrank

    What did I do wrong with my flag stone path install?

    I dug down 7 inches, put in a base of 6 inches 3/4 minus, then 1 inch of sharp sand and then compacted with a vibration compactor. Then laid out the flag stones. And ran the compactor again with cardboard to protect the stone. But these there not very thick. At best, 2 inches thick, but...
  3. E

    5' Blecavator (Stone Burier) - right application?

    Anyone have experience with a Blecavator? My buddy is building a home on a large lot and we're looking into options for dealing with the existing rocky topsoil. The topsoil has a decent amount of rocks the size of potato's and the odd watermelon-sized boulder. What size rocks can a Blecavator...
  4. G

    Crowning a stone driveway

    Hello. I've got 600 feet of stone driveway that raises 50 feet in elevation. Construction last fall created more washboarding. I've owned this place for three years and never had to do anything to the driveway before. I don't know how it was built/base, but it's not in bad shape. I'm...
  5. N

    How to Prevent Amazon, UPS, Fedex 3 point turn ruts?

    Other than ordering less stuff, how can we minimize the 3 point turn ruts in our crusher run driveway from deliveries. The drive is 700' so backing out is not a reasonable ask. When they crank their tires from one side to the other in one spot it makes a little depression, when it rains, the...
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