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I was just teasing Allen,...no offense intended...it just tickled me the way you said "quiz them regularly" ...gave me a visual of landscapers lamenting "Oh, here comes that guy again, lets run the other way"...[:o)] <br /> <br />Actually, your recommendation for gravel is a good one, that I will probably follow. <br /> <br />The actual end use is, I recently leveled off a portion of my back lot, running along a 4' high, but gradually sloped embankment, leaving an 18" high ridge at the bottom of the slope. Since I have a bunch of spare 1" galvanized steel solid bar, the plan is to lay a course 2 ties high along the entire ridge, and spike them down with 5' lengths of the bar, on 4' centers. Just to stop errosion, and avoid having to level the same area out again, every other year... <br /> <br />Pressure treated landscape timbers are smaller, requiring 3 courses (high) and are individually twice the cost of used ties. <br /> <br />Following your suggestion, it makes sense to throw a barrier of gravel between the ties and the slope...so...thanks! [:)]
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