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 never tried it but believe it may
work. Worth a try.
73 de,
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics. <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 12:04 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks
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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