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Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks
From: Michael Goins <wmgoins@gmail.com>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:05:53 -0500
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I've used several guys on pry bars to move them in the past - all depends on
if they are truly boulders adn not a part of a rock shelf or whatever.

Michael Goins, k5wmg
Professor, Writing
University of Texas at San Antonio



On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:04 AM, jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net> wrote:

> K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> > Hiya, TowerTalkians --
> >
> >     I need to do something about 2 big rocks sitting on  top of a new
> tower
> > base hole. They're about 5x3x2 - looks like about a cubic  yard each.
> It's
> > not very possible to get a piece of machinery to move  them so we'll have
> to
> > do it by hand. Should I drill some holes and then  split the rock or
> would
> > a jackhammer work? Any other methods to try? Tnx.
>
> Blasting?
> (seriously.. if you've got things like this in the area, generally,
> there's probably a blasting contractor who can turn the boulder into
> movable chunks)
>
> But after that.. jackhammer
>
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