[TowerTalk] Moving big rocks

[hanslg at aol.com]

 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 at earthlink.net>
To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics. <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 12:04 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks


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.

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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