Dixie Chicks

[vehve]

Raz, I hope everything turns out for the best.

Well, my greenhouse project will continue tomorrow. I've decided that I'll use the spot I planned on using initially, but I'm going to get those humongous rocks out of the way. I'm guessing they're about 200-300 lbs, so it'll be a bit of a interesting task, but my cable puller should be able to drag them out of the way. Or then I'll just split them.

 

[Austinspoultry]

Just hit a quarter of 10,000 pages! at least on my computer

 

[vehve]

Just hit a quarter of 10,000 pages! at least on my computer

Yup, closing in on 25k posts. That's quite a lot.

Our pumpkins and whatnots are growing like crazy. It's starting to look like I'm going to have to re-pot only a week after planting, these things are crazy.

 

[Alaskan]

Raz, I hope everything turns out for the best.

Well, my greenhouse project will continue tomorrow. I've decided that I'll use the spot I planned on using initially, but I'm going to get those humongous rocks out of the way. I'm guessing they're about 200-300 lbs, so it'll be a bit of a interesting task, but my cable puller should be able to drag them out of the way. Or then I'll just split them.

Use dynamite! Wahahahaha!!!!!!

 

[vehve]

Al, slightly less dramatic: The neighbor just brought me his drill, I'm going to just split those with set of what my web dictionary wants to call "plug and feathers". But basically, drill holes into the rocks, drive metal wedges into the holes, give TLC with a sledgehammer, and then you should have smaller rocks.

 

[Beer can]

Al, slightly less dramatic: The neighbor just brought me his drill, I'm going to just split those with set of what my web dictionary wants to call "plug and feathers". But basically, drill holes into the rocks, drive metal wedges into the holes, give TLC with a sledgehammer, and then you should have smaller rocks.

Being a former bluestone quarrymen, seventh generation, I'm quite familiar with plugs and feathers. Not used in regular natural cleft quarries, but rock quarries where they take out big chunks and saw them into slabs and either polish or flame thermal them to make them look natural. We would drill six foot holes in a row put in the plugs and feathers and beat them down the line until it popped. A lot of $ per cubic foot, but it eats a bed up quick. Prefer natural cleft quarries.
They don't use plug and feathers any more, either computer operated track diamond studded chainsaws or wire saws. And dynamite,and dynashear I think they call it, more of a controlled bang. Back when my grandfather was cutting stone everyone had dynamite and blackpowder for taking off rough streaks in a quarry, cheaper and easier then ancient bulldozers. Now days you can't even buy fertilizer in quantity without being investigated, Lol!

 

[vehve]

Well, I'm not looking to make all that pretty cuts, I just want to get the chunks into manageable pieces. I took a 4 foot metal rod, extended it by another 2-3 feet with a pipe, and using that as a lever I managed to lift one of the rocks about 2-3 inches. I'd need to get it almost a foot in the air to get it to budge out of it's hole, so splitting it will make things so much easier. I'm thinking 2-3 pieces should do it.

 

[Beer can]

Be careful @vehve

 

[vehve]

Haha Beer, yeah, I prefer to roll stones, not smack myself in the face with them.

 

[Alaskan]

That looks so bad!