When we built our house, we back filled by hand, over several months, a little at a time. Even with all that care, we had several areas of failure. Fortunately my dad had run re-rod both vertically and horizontally in the block wall during construction. Had cut grooves in top of blocks to lay rod in, had it welded, for a continuous rod circling walls on several levels. Dropped rods in vertically, backfilled holes with concrete to secure rods. Threaded tops to bolt sills on. Even with all that care, the wall has structural problems from weight of soil pushing in. Fortunately, rods have held, and failure isn't currently an immediate hazard. I would recommend a plastic skirt tapering away from wall and drainage tile being installed to keep water, and moisture from the wall. That might reduce the weight load and soil pressure on the wall. If I ever have to do a basement wall, I'll consider alternatives to concrete block. And far more re-rod than anyone specifies!
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Today's Featured Article - It Can't Be Done! - A Tractor Story - by Neil Campbell. I'll never forget the time back when I was a boy baling hay on our Farm in Big Rapid, Michigan. The most memorable event that took place was a trip up the steepest incline on the farm pulling an old New-Idea baler with a pony-motor for power and a haywagon. I had just talked my Dad into buying an old John Deere B with 6-speeds ahead and I was real proud of it, except it was a little smaller than the Case tractor that we normally
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