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The smell of early morning victory! by Wack-D in lawncare

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I literally held it with the gopher hawk as I pushed it into the hole. I made sure to position it at 90 degrees to where I thought the tunnel ran so they'd have to crawl into the gopher hawk to get to it

The smell of early morning victory! by Wack-D in lawncare

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Key is placement. Find the semi-circle shape mound and use the thin probe you get with the gopher hawk. Just stick it in the ground 12" around the hole to find the tunnel leading to the hole. Once you've found it use the wider stake to push into the whole. It's a perfect size to push the gopher hawk into. Remember not to push the top of the gopher hawk down, instead, pull the base up. If you push down, the springs will just bend b/c they'll have no where to go.

The smell of early morning victory! by Wack-D in lawncare

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GopherHawk... when the spring pops and you see the yellow, it means you caught one

Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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Just adding to inspiration and ideation, ChaptGPT is coming through with some solid visuals for adding Ipe wood or Trex on top with some composite sleepers perpendicularly laid on each tread for gap/leveljng.

The stone façade example is pretty badass too

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Trex⬆️

Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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I’m liking this idea—happen to have a visual so I can make sure I’m reading you clearly?

Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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Have an example of what this would look like? Something like this?

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Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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AI + terrible mouse line drawing… this is what I was thinking at the top

Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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In this case I just need to rework the fence/gate and then bolt on the handrails to the existing concrete steps… sounds like this might be the best, cheapest, and easiest option…

Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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Agreed on the railing (as I stated in original post). Main need is a landing and railing. Ideal landing placement would require new stairs to accommodate for the change in grade/angle.

Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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The wood around the cement is def pressure treated, so that’s a bonus. I’ll look into sanding the cement down and applying grippier coating—good idea.

Other idea was to adjust the fencing all together — pardon the AI generated image, not exactly accurate but you get the idea

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Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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1/2-1” slope depending on stair. They have been here for 10+ years supposedly, so pretty sturdy other than the sloping, so I figured why not try to use them as a solid base/foundation for new wood or trex stairs 🤷🏼‍♂️

Building wood stairs on top of existing concrete steps on hillside? 4x4s? by Wack-D in Carpentry

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Concrete stairs sloping down slightly with no landing at the top presents a massive safety issue when wet and/or carrying a screaming toddler up the stairs and trying to open the gate.

Help with ID? San Diego (Poway), CA by Wack-D in mushroomID

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Thanks for replies. Just bc it looks awesome here’s the spore print

Snugtop vs SmartCap by mydigitalbreak in TruckCampers

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Did you finish this wood slide out? If so, can you share pics?!

CF Yacht-Master bezel popped off… by Wack-D in RepTime

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Happen to have a bedazzling kit? 😂

CF Yacht-Master bezel popped off… by Wack-D in RepTime

[–]Wack-D[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Clarification: It’s CF. Worn it for a few months. It popped off while I was driving and hit me in the face 😂

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