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    I can see where you're coming from but I was planning to build this wall with two sleepers on edge, not laying flat. Uses 1/4 the number of sleepers (given a 200x50 sleeper).

    As it happens, we've decided we might do it in bush rock instead.
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    So now all you have to do is head bush and catch some rocks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC View Post
    I can see where you're coming from but I was planning to build this wall with two sleepers on edge, not laying flat. Uses 1/4 the number of sleepers (given a 200x50 sleeper).
    even with two on edge I'd still be inclined to anchor them to 2 x 1/2 (length) star pickets driven into the ground behind the line of the wall.


    ian

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    Thumbs up

    I used three treated pine sleepers on edge, drilled through and knocked 5/8" reinforcing rod into the ground beneath in three places.No movement after seven years

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    just use sleepers as posts.

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    The weight of the stuff is unbelievable. I have a short length, about a metre and it is beyond me to pick it up. I found it beside the railway line when I was fighting a fire so threw it in the truck and use it as blacksmithing anvil. It doesn't get moved unless absolutely necessary.
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    A bit after the fact, but garden/landscape suppliers should have them.

    Also consider new redgum sleepers - though I've found them to be pretty green and so prone to warping.
    Cheers, Ern

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