Bildo - Big Rock/River story

I posted this on another thread for Bildo and thought I'd start a new thread so I wasn't a Thread jacker

quote: Originally posted by bildo792:
im a little curious as to why you need so much big rock. being that i worked for a dredging and many other things company i saw them fill big holes with big rocks. Do you have big holes CC? icon_biggrin.gif

By big rocks i mean 8 to 10 rocks in each dump truck and they were over filled.



I had a portion of river bank wash out -
75 feet wide 350 feet long and about 12 feet deep.
The reason for the big rocks is I am on the inside bend in the river.
The preasure when the water flows high/fast is amazing so i am using the big rocks to push the water away from the house.
When I say big _ I mean BIG!
I get 2 rocks in the dump truck.
They put a few smaller rocks in the truck bed to protect it,
but really I am talking 2 car size rocks.
I am looking into flat bedding in some GIANTS!
having a crane put them where the water force is the hardest.

I added a picture below - the river used to be 75 feet away fromt the house. We are getting ready to dig a pond in our back feild to replace the ground we lost - the river bank will be lined with stone.
(I figured why not end up with a pond for all my work?)

I'll look for a picture of what it used to look like!

This is from the other side (looking east instead of west)
the picture above looks the other way (west instead of East)

[edited to remove oversized image until member resizes and reposts it]

Here is what it should be like!

malone said:

Castlecrest:
Can you dig on your own property without a permit. In Maryland you have to have a permit from sediment control?
If you can dig without a permit- rent a 1 1/2 excavator and in one day you can divert the stream/river away from the house.A hugh money savings- that's how we do it on the East Coast. Should last 5 years depending on storm conditions.
malone

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I did all that once already.
This started with Hurricane Ivan and I did what you said and
put 20K in stone (long story) but nor BIG BIG BIG stone.
R7 - what the state gave me permits to use.
Well this last storm came and tore that shit apart
and left me worse than I was.
Without the big stone to hold it - it is just a waste of time.
This river can get high!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The water is low in th picture, but was 3 feet up the side of the house during storm week.
I am going to dig the pond and fill it in,
but also lining the bank with big stone at the same tme.
The river bank I am replacing is 350 feet long & 15 feet deep
Lots of rock!