[TowerTalk] Moving big rocks

[n9lah at comcast.net]

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 Peditions that weekend. 



Phil 

N9LAH 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Gallo" <charlie at thegallos.com> 
To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk at contesting.com> 
Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2010 11:33:24 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks 

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 mixed with water and go away for eight to twelve hours or so. The goop expands and cracks the rocm 

K7LXC at 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. 
> 
>Cheers, 
>Steve     K7LXC 
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