Need some one to pound holes in lava

[Larry T]

Need the name of a good man with a pounderin HPP to pound some holes. Also move a little soil.
Larry 982-3273

[Kapohocat]

try Chris - 557-3687

Catherine Dumond
Blue Water Project Management
808 217-7578
http://bluewaterpm.125mb.com/index.html
"We help make building your dream home a reality"

[hpp4me]

Is this "hole pounding" thing something that anyone has done in lieu of bulldozing? We want to plant trees but would rather not bulldoze.

The plan I have in my head, which may be stupid, is to get some holes put in where I want trees, plant them, and then bring in some cinder to make walking easy.

[Kapohocat]

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Is this "hole pounding" thing something that anyone has done in lieu of bulldozing? We want to plant trees but would rather not bulldoze.

The plan I have in my head, which may be stupid, is to get some holes put in where I want trees, plant them, and then bring in some cinder to make walking easy.

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What Chris just did was dig the holes for the fence posts. They would be about the same size for planting I would assume.

Catherine Dumond
Blue Water Project Management
808 217-7578
http://bluewaterpm.125mb.com/index.html
"We help make building your dream home a reality"

[Larry T]

Yes I want to pound holes in the lava to plant. I need drainage and space for soil.18/24" X 24" with drainage.

[loffelkopffl]

go to puna rentals and rent a jack hammer and compressor, $95.00 day

[Larry T]

Thanks to Danial Diamond I found Chip and he is pounding.

[hpp4me]

Does this approach (pounding holes for plants) lead to healthy plants? I wonder about drainage and the ability of the plants to put down a good root system.

Larry, what is the cost per hole?

Others, does the idea of creating plant wholes and using cinder to create a "walkable lot" make sense as an alternative to expensive bulldozing?



Edited by - hpp4me on 09/20/2007 06:51:27

[tmyc]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Instead of bulldozing the lot, I was thinking about bringing in cinder to level the areas I wanted level. Anyone do this before? Is it less costly?

[Larry T]

I wanted to kept the lava, I think the bare lava looks real nice. Chip is $100 per hour, but he can do a lot in a hour. I had some lava what was real hard and some soft. He must have pulled 20 large roots and pounded 15 holes, drilled me a "mail box" hole, moved some soil in 3 1/2 hours. The cost was a lot less than bulldozing the lot.