05-14-2020, 12:01 PM
(05-13-2020, 12:23 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No shit. Handling those flagstones also gets old quickly.
One time I help a friend start a project something like that, but neither one of us were training for a strongman competition. When I came back and saw the finished project he had decided to use a lot more decorative gravel and less dirt.
I started out thinking I'd use gravel, also. Soil is also pretty heavy to move (both are, I'd say). I had to get another 7 pieces of flagstone which weighed in at 450 lbs (not too bad), but when I moved those in the yard cart I realized the soil was at least as heavy per cart (maybe 500-800 yard pulls). Do that for 8 hours and yeah my neighbors can understand why I'm walking a lot slower at the end of the day lol. That or because 40 has caught up to me, I actually take breaks now to drink water.
With anything we get better the 2nd time we do something, I think I'm better than the average person at doing something the 2nd time and worse than the average person at doing something the 1st time lol. I attribute this to I make more mistakes than other people initially and have corrected them already the next time lol.
