I built a 30 foot garden wall two ways, and the difference in speed was crazy

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My back hurts just reading that title, honestly. I did a much smaller stone wall last summer and it took three full weekends, so a 30-foot one sounds like a huge job. I get what @kevin_sullivan is saying about a time machine, because sometimes you finish a step and just wish you could skip ahead. The difference in speed between methods must have been wild to actually see side by side. That kind of project really makes you respect the old ways of building things, even if the new way saves your body from giving out.

kevin_sullivan2mo ago

So did you build one wall with your hands and the other with a time machine?

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spencerw7211d ago

Oh man, I feel you. I once tried to handstack a small retaining wall in my backyard and it took forever. My neighbor insisted on bringing his tractor over to help with the next section, and I swear it felt like cheating. The manual labor really makes you slow down and notice every single rock, but the machine just zips through it. It makes you wonder how anyone back in the day managed to build those huge stone fences without modern tools (probably a lot of sore backs, honestly).