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It’s nearly impossible to accomplish anything significant by moving a cubic yard of anything. Except gold bullion or Plutonium.
Even diverting a small stream for awhile would require very thoughtful application of something pretty durable (concrete?).
Not impossible, but very improbable.
Which is probably why they set such a small limit. That’s literally ‘dude with a shovel and an hour’ territory.
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It’s nearly impossible to accomplish anything significant by moving a cubic yard of anything. Except gold bullion or Plutonium.
Even diverting a small stream for awhile would require very thoughtful application of something pretty durable (concrete?).
Not impossible, but very improbable.
Which is probably why they set such a small limit. That’s literally ‘dude with a shovel and an hour’ territory.