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1. [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:57:24 EDT; 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 piec; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00007.html (7,962 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:04:16 -0700; 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 ________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00008.html (8,385 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: "Ken Kinyon" <w7ts@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:05:38 -0600; When big boulders get on the highway, the Colorado DOT drills them and then blows them apart with explosives. It looks like a lot of fun. ;<) 73, Ken W7TS Hiya, TowerTalkians -- I need to do somethin; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00009.html (8,980 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: Michael Goins <wmgoins@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:05:53 -0500; 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; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00010.html (9,427 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: Jack Brindle <jackbrindle@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:19:21 -0700; Steve, of all people, you already know the answer. Paint them red. Then you get to solve the answer to the riddle: "What's big, red and eats rocks???" And what is today? Jack B, ex-WN4WXF On Apr 1, 2; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00011.html (9,065 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: "Kurt Cathcart, KR2C" <Kurt@KuhlRoad.net>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 12:37:26 -0400; While diggin a hole in my back yard I uncovered a big rock. I was unable to pry it out an I also could not pull it out with my 25 HP v-twin lawn tractor and chain. I ended up digging the whol a littl; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00012.html (9,200 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:42:07 -0700; Steve, Several alternatives as these are about 1+ tons. For smooth boulders the following have worked for me; If you can get a tractor/dozer nearby with a winch it is easiest to skid them along with; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00013.html (9,763 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 12:59:52 EDT; Should I drill some holes and then split the rock or would a jackhammer work? Any other methods to try? Tnx. Depends on the type of rock. If they're sandstone you can probably jackhammer them or some; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00014.html (8,502 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: Charles Gallo <charlie@thegallos.com>; Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:33:24 -0400; Can't remember the exact name of the stuffm but there is a powder that is sold that can be used when you can' blast. You drill the rock where you want it to break fill the holes with this powder mixe; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00015.html (9,540 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: n9lah@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 17:11:16 +0000 (UTC); You might look to see if there is an archive on the "This Old House" website. I seem to remember them using a similar type of powder on "Ask This Old House". There must not have been any big DX Pedit; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00016.html (10,548 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: "Randy" <hamradio@oz.net>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:44:06 -0700; Here it is: http://www.crowdersupply.com/betonamit.htm Randy, W7HR Port Orchard, WA ** Can't remember the exact name of the stuffm but there is a powder that is sold that can be used when you can' bl; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00017.html (8,919 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: "Dave - AB7E" <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:47:31 -0700; Hi, Steve. Depending upon the composition of the rock, you're probably looking at roughly 3,500 to 4,000 pounds for each rock. That's going to take a lot of rock splitting to reduce them to chunks mo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00018.html (10,340 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: "Ed Gilliland" <w5tm@ecewb.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 12:57:13 -0500; The following items will be necessary. A lawn chair, table, scotch, ice, two Mexicans and a jackhammer. Instruct the Mexicans BEFORE drinking the scotch. Are you guys coming to Dayton this year? K5PX; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00019.html (10,105 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: kurt@kuhlroad.net; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:08:25 +0000; Wow! Now there's some racial stereotyping for ya. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry The following items will be necessary. A lawn chair, table, scotch, ice, two Mexicans and a jackhammer. Inst; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00020.html (11,024 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] Moving Big Rocks (score: 1): Author: "Ed Gilliland" <w5tm@ecewb.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:43:37 -0500; Sorry if I offended you or anyone else Kurt. If you've lived in the southwest you know that the day laborers gather each morning looking for work. My intent was to have Steve relax, supervise and get; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00021.html (8,151 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:48:34 -0400; Dynamite is certainly the fun way, but now days they require a "powder permit, or license". I've dug holes through hard pan and within feet of windows without breaking anything, but it takes a little; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00022.html (10,897 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: "D Calder" <towertalk@n4zkf.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:00:06 -0400; It's a southern thing. In Florida it's Cubans. Wow! Now there's some racial stereotyping for ya. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry The following items will be necessary. A lawn chair, table, s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00023.html (11,739 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: Mike <mikestahoe@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:16:12 -0700; Have you looked into Botanomite-not sure on the spelling? Obviously follow the directions, basically drill several holes in the rock insert the mix, it expands, in about 24 hrs the rock is fractured; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00026.html (10,235 bytes)
19. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: hanslg@aol.com; Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:27:16 -0400; I remember some years ago how a guy use to drill a hole in the rock and then put a soldering iron (yes). The heat from the iron make cracks in the rocks, cracks big enough to take the rock apart. I n; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00042.html (9,833 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1): Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:12:33 +0100; For several thousand years man has cracked rock by fire setting. There is a copper mine here where man was working at -100 feet and carbon dating shows circa -4000 years. The technique was to dig dow; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00044.html (10,112 bytes)

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