Great work, and great video!👌 I have used L elements several times in the past, they truly support great stability to the ground behind when mounted properly and back filled right!🙂 Efficient, smooth and simple way of building a retaining wall! Well done!!🙋♂️🤙 New sub here, quality work and videos as you present, deserves support from the masses!🍾🎉
@@Olliegunns your videos are just joyful to watch, the angles and perspectives you present wakes curiosity and interest!🙂 Wow, thank you for your support, that was kind of you, really appreciate it!🙏 Well, size doesn’t actually matter when it comes to creating something interesting! I have a true passion for why I do, and do my best to make my results glow through my childhood dreams!😋 I can see that you passionate about what you preform and produce, it is that glow and enthusiasm that catches me among others!🤗 I did start out as a landscaper back in 1998, and worked as an apprentice in that line of work for about 3 years, until I made the decision to work with machines on daily basis!🙂 I started out with operating a Volvo EC 30, about the same size as you work with! Had a lot of great projects as a independent operator, truck driver and landscaper at the same time for over a year, before I decided to climb up in size of the machines!😄 Worked with 15-30 ton machines until 2008, when I was offered a Volvo 360(40 ton)! Since then, I have been loading and participating large scale road, rail or industrial projects!🤩 Got my 390 back in ‘18, and have been operating that one ever since, besides some side gigs when the machine has been moved between projects!🙂 I really love what I do, but I do also take on some small jobs now and then with other machines! My brother has a company with our father, so I’m helping them out with some random gigs now and then!😋 If you search my videos, you will find some videos both with Volvo EX180c, ECR145E, ECR88D and a ECR25D!🤙 Fun to add some variations in life, and I do also bring my kids when I have the possibility! Grew up on my fathers lap in a backhoe myself, and just love to give my own kids the same input in their childhood!🤗
I was hired in to do the bulk digging and get the wall sections up on this job. So I didn't get to stay around and see the finished driveway unfortunately. The landscaper I was working for said it went well though and in a years time, when the plants have grown up you wont know the wall is made of panels at all.
We put a pipe in through the footing which will lead to a soakaway. Behind the wall will be a land drain installed at the bottom of the L shape which connects to the pipe through the footing. That way there is no need for weep holes as the client wanted a seamless look as possible. They plan to install lights in the lifting holes near the top to hide those.
Great video. Trying to get my head round a mess of split levels I have. Client has a great idea. Nothing worse than weep holes on an exposed front and marking down the wall of the drive especially. Are there more video on the continuation of this project? Subscribed and like. 😊
Yes you can, and in fact on this project there were several heights of panel that we installed to suit the stepped footings. The top was a constant height, but the bottoms stepped down to follow the ground level
@@Olliegunns Thank you very much for the reply . I have a plan for stepping home fence on a slope so I was considering these for the purpose of the foundation and retaining wall at same time.
Yes, we poured a reinforced foundation which these were then bolted down into. I've seen smaller ones just set on stone and the backfill keeps them upright. But the engineer wanted these on concrete.
Great work, and great video!👌 I have used L elements several times in the past, they truly support great stability to the ground behind when mounted properly and back filled right!🙂 Efficient, smooth and simple way of building a retaining wall! Well done!!🙋♂️🤙
New sub here, quality work and videos as you present, deserves support from the masses!🍾🎉
Thanks, I try to make videos I would want to watch. I've subscribed to you too - I have never driven a machine as big as the one you operate!
@@Olliegunns your videos are just joyful to watch, the angles and perspectives you present wakes curiosity and interest!🙂
Wow, thank you for your support, that was kind of you, really appreciate it!🙏
Well, size doesn’t actually matter when it comes to creating something interesting! I have a true passion for why I do, and do my best to make my results glow through my childhood dreams!😋 I can see that you passionate about what you preform and produce, it is that glow and enthusiasm that catches me among others!🤗
I did start out as a landscaper back in 1998, and worked as an apprentice in that line of work for about 3 years, until I made the decision to work with machines on daily basis!🙂 I started out with operating a Volvo EC 30, about the same size as you work with! Had a lot of great projects as a independent operator, truck driver and landscaper at the same time for over a year, before I decided to climb up in size of the machines!😄 Worked with 15-30 ton machines until 2008, when I was offered a Volvo 360(40 ton)! Since then, I have been loading and participating large scale road, rail or industrial projects!🤩 Got my 390 back in ‘18, and have been operating that one ever since, besides some side gigs when the machine has been moved between projects!🙂
I really love what I do, but I do also take on some small jobs now and then with other machines! My brother has a company with our father, so I’m helping them out with some random gigs now and then!😋 If you search my videos, you will find some videos both with Volvo EX180c, ECR145E, ECR88D and a ECR25D!🤙 Fun to add some variations in life, and I do also bring my kids when I have the possibility! Grew up on my fathers lap in a backhoe myself, and just love to give my own kids the same input in their childhood!🤗
Very interesting, nicely done.
Nice one Ollie Interesting job Thanks
Thanks, thought I would mix it up with some of the work I do outside of the digger
Nice job
Thanks!
Thanks for posting. Would you be able to do a follow up on the finished product.
I was hired in to do the bulk digging and get the wall sections up on this job. So I didn't get to stay around and see the finished driveway unfortunately. The landscaper I was working for said it went well though and in a years time, when the plants have grown up you wont know the wall is made of panels at all.
nice vid!
Nice one - I wonder how they manage drainage once back filled?- I assume there are weep holes.
We put a pipe in through the footing which will lead to a soakaway. Behind the wall will be a land drain installed at the bottom of the L shape which connects to the pipe through the footing. That way there is no need for weep holes as the client wanted a seamless look as possible. They plan to install lights in the lifting holes near the top to hide those.
Great video. Trying to get my head round a mess of split levels I have. Client has a great idea. Nothing worse than weep holes on an exposed front and marking down the wall of the drive especially. Are there more video on the continuation of this project? Subscribed and like. 😊
Could you use this on a sloping terrain which would require stepped footing?
Yes you can, and in fact on this project there were several heights of panel that we installed to suit the stepped footings. The top was a constant height, but the bottoms stepped down to follow the ground level
@@Olliegunns Thank you very much for the reply . I have a plan for stepping home fence on a slope so I was considering these for the purpose of the foundation and retaining wall at same time.
Were you setting them on concrete?
Yes, we poured a reinforced foundation which these were then bolted down into. I've seen smaller ones just set on stone and the backfill keeps them upright. But the engineer wanted these on concrete.