Here’s a view of the tools with which I’ve been working.The long metal pry bar weighs in at 16 pounds and can get most of the stones out of the soil…if I can find the edge of the stone. The wood step is 6" high by 27" long. The ground is fill consisting of mostly shale/slate and clay. There are a lot of rocks. Each step rises 6" and the earth/stones must be removed to make the flat surface. Each steps run will be slightly different depending upon the actual slope and any immovable stone.
