Honeymoon Lake Rock Wall and Stairs

"After" picture of the rock wall (above), only a partial picture of the wall. There is also a staircase in the middle of the wall to the left of this picture.

BEFORE the rock wall & stairs (above)

Luc transported his excavator, trailer and dump truck to the site. Luc used the excavator to prep the ground for the rocks that eventually made the wall. The excavator was also used to move and place rocks. (ABOVE) finished wall, stairs, and garden beds.
The rock wall makes a nice clean line and gives an organized, natural feel . The stairs provide easy access to the grassy field above.

The sandy mud (above) and the placing of cottage stone for the staircase.

The staircase turns to the left to keep the slope of it gentle enough to easily walk down and to end where it does. Because the staircase was build on a steep lot it needed to turn to the left to slow the downward momentum.

ABOVE: Luc's excavator and the wall-in-progress (unfinished). You can get an idea of the length of the wall in this picture, even though some of it is not included to the left.

Luc's Lively Equipment: Excavators and Dump Trucks

The Excavator
(pictured above and below lifting a log)

Luc's Drive-Around Truck,
(pictured above)
can haul small amounts of stuff

The Big Ford Dump Truck

(pictured above)
The heavy-duty Work truck

The Trailer:
(pictured above)
for moving the excavator

Big jobs often require big equipment. It can actually save a customer money to have their landscaper use an excavator for example. Larger-scale work like clearing, rock retaining walls, tree transplanting, foundations, and blackberry removal can all benefit by using an excavator and dump truck. The excavator clears away a building lot full of blackberries in a day or two, whereas a man, or team of men, will take a week or more. Luc does a lot of jobs with his excavator. Using an excavator also entails moving it from one place to another with a trailer and large truck and having a dump truck to load dirt, land waste, rocks and any other material that he may need to move. Luc's excavator is a medium size one that can fit into tight areas, leave smaller environmental impact and yet it can take good sized trees out, do lite clearing, and lift large rocks for retaining walls.