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I went on a service project where we built tent pads from used ties. I had to cut dozens. There is really only one way to do it and that is with carbide. I used a carbide chain in my saw and one other guy used a carbide demo blade (14") in his gas powered cut-off saw (wicked dangerous). Drilling is ok until you hit something and then you can fight an auger through. We drove the rebars through with sledge hammer.

Make sure you get some geo-fabric if going 5' high and make it safe. I have built a lot of engineered retaining walls and they all specified this.