The nights have been pretty mild in the last few weeks, no rain, no wind.. a bit cold but that is okay. Weather can change for the worst at any time. We spend a few hours on certain nights and early mornings getting more work done. And its all adding up, its always nice the next day going outside and seeing what is new after spending a night building.
My foreman staring at the wall waiting for leaks to show up.
During one of our nights we were working out on the farm, I collected some video of what we were up to. At the time the retaining wall was going up and timbers were placed using the skid steer. We also check the soil in the wall for any air pockets and fill in as needed with concrete.
The skid steer has been a valuable addition to the farm and we are thankful to have it just about every day.
Using a car battery, an inverter and some LED work lights we are able to see enough to work outside at night.
Water is used to find any leaks in the wall, we have to fill them up otherwise erosion will occur in those spots and make sinkholes in the wall.
This part honestly takes the longest, its a lot of just pouring water inside the wall and waiting, watching for leaks coming out. We cannot move on until these issues are resolved.
With the moon almost full it adds a little light as well. Cloudy but we can still see it.
A little bit of green is brought out as well for when we take breaks.
These LED lights are really kicking ass! They only use around 50w but provide so much light.
We have some other lights by our buildings but not where we are working at the time. Soon when I finish up the primary solar array we can light up both of my outdoor shop lights. But for now its best to leave them off so they do not consume too much power from my small array.
I recharge the car battery every day so its ready for another night work shift.
Just like working the early mornings, seeing the golden hour outside can be truly amazing. And while it lasts it adds a magical feeling to the air.
I pan to the right to get more of the sunset in the shot. All of these captures are from the video in the link below.
As the sun goes down its replaced by a nearly full moon. With every night we work the moon gets more full and bright.
Getting our tools lines up we have everything we need to keep working on the retaining wall.
Loads of dirt is brought over, we think over 20 tons have been used in the larger wall on the backside.
Finishing up on one of the corners of the wall, we place dirt after any leaks are filled with concrete.
He dumps the dirt, its so orange.. love it.
Switching attachments we use forks to move around the timbers for the wall. They are massive and weigh around 200-300 pounds each.
Building the wall one by one they all go up.
Soon it will be time to add dirt over on this side of the wall as well.
Driving into the darkness to get another timber, its good the skid steer has its own lighting as well.
