Croc Pond - July 1st Edition

We figure we'll build the walls with cinder block. 5 feet high, then greenhouse the top for the Texas "winter". Pond is 2-3 feet deep and is 19 x 13. Perfect.

Cinder block will do us good. Insulation-wise, weight, thickness, ease of stacking, easy to set.

My partner owns a paver company. He loads pallets of pavers on the trailer all day long. This will be a breeze. We'll go by Home Depot, get some block, and set to work. We pay in advance for 6 pallets of 8x8x16.

First pallet, 72 block. 6 course, 12 in a course. No problem. Guy brings a loader with a pallet of block to the back of the trailer. Lifts the pallet, pushes it forward, pulls the forks back, pushes the pallet in, pulls the forks back, uses the forks to push it the rest of the way in. Lock the ramp. We're off.

I split, drop the load at the property, turn around for trip two. My partner starts lining and leveling.




Trip two goes as planned. Almost the same motions from start to finish.

Trip three. Not so much. For some reason, some manager comes out and decides that pulling the forks out and using them to push the pallet forward was taking too long, was too dangerous and was causing customers undo waiting time while they loaded my trailer. So here's his solution:

4 guys, unloading 72 block, by hand, while the loader sits at the base of the ramp.



Here's our day laborer unloading block while I take pictures:


2 pallets stacked:


This will be our doorway and the view from the front:


Here's my partner admiring the work:


Done for the day.


More tomorrow, let's hope.