Building a retaining wall the easy way

[Hendrik]

Spend the last few days building a retaining wall out the back of our place.
Took a few pics to show, since I know you all love pictures.
I didn't take any pictures of drilling the holes but you get the idea.
First picture is of the dingo with it's new cement mixer attachment, which makes mixing concrete easy, as I can shovel the concrete mix straight from the wheel barrow into the mixer without having to bend over.
Second picture shows how the dingo mixer tips the concrete into the hole, a bit tricky in a 300mm hole. You can also see the string line to keep the wall straight.
Third picture is a close up of how the mixer attaches to the auger head. Note I made up a couple of plates to keep the auger head from swinging sideways.

[Hendrik]

First picture is of the finished posts, straight enough.
Second pic shows how I unloaded the 85kg concrete sleepers off the back off the truck. All up about 5.5 tonnes of sleepers went into the wall, which is 26 meters long and 1 meter high.
Third picture is the sleepers arriving at the top of my place on the back of the motor barrow, 4 at a time up a pretty steep slope. You can also see the Hilti laser level which came in very handy to keep things at the right height.
The white things sticking out of the sleepers are foam packaging to keep the decorative face from scrubbing.

[Hendrik]

Last set.
First one is of the dingo using the 4in1 bucket to place the sleepers. Because the bucket could not be lowered all the way to the ground I used blocks of wood to place the sleeper onto and then manually lower them by hand.
Second is a close up of the old hydraulic hose I used to protect the sleepers from the bucket jaws.
Last one is the concrete clean up area, my kids have grown out of that toy. So I use it to clean the concreting tools. Wait a couple of days for everything to settle and then tip the clean water off the top, leaving behind the concrete waste, which once it is dry goes in the bin.

[cps]

Boy that little dingo looks like a handy tool! i want one! am i right in saying that the mixer is attached to the auger drive?

[Hendrik]

Boy that little dingo looks like a handy tool! i want one! am i right in saying that the mixer is attached to the auger drive?

Yeah, that's right, Dingo sell a mixer attachment for 600 Oz beans
http://www.dingo.com.au/attachments/...mixer/overview
Mine cost a lot less.

[joispoi]

That wall looks great! When I saw those I beams lined up I was thinking the finished product would look more....functional. That wall looks solid and it's good looking! Nice work!

[hammerman]

Good job friend,I like,easy and very useful.