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splitting a rock

lozina

lozina

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I need to split a rock in our yard so we can take it out, it's way too big to move as of now. What is the best way to do this? I have a hammer drill and was planning on drilling a line of holes along one plane, and then ramming a chiesel down select holes until the rock splits. Does that sound like it oughta work or what? Any method to calculate the best plane to choose to split on? Or should I be drilling/chieseling perpendicular to rock or at an angle? I need a geologist here!
 
1. Tie rope around rock
2. Tie rope to bump or tow hook on car truck
3. Enter vehicle
4. Shift into "Drive"
5. Press gas pedal
6. Move rock to desired location.
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
1. Tie rope around rock
2. Tie rope to bump or tow hook on car truck
3. Enter vehicle
4. Shift into "Drive"
5. Press gas pedal
6. Move rock to desired location.
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Getting a truck in my backyard would be a bigger challenge than splitting the rock 🙂
 
Wait until this winter, and you can get water to do the job for you. Drill holes in the rock, fill them with water, wait for water to freeze and expand. Melt the ice, water fills the cracks, expands, widens cracks. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

What type of rock are you talking about here?

Ryan
 
Depends on the type of rock....

Drilling and chiseling will take you awhile.

You can also drill some holes and insert some wood spikes then soak the spikes with water.

amish
 
Originally posted by: Nyical
How big is this rock you talking about?
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I wish I knew... we dug down around it about 3 feet down and it's only going deeper. The exposed rock so far is maybe 27 cu. feet.
 
Originally posted by: dabuddha
Originally posted by: lozina
Originally posted by: Nyical
How big is this rock you talking about?
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I wish I knew... we dug down around it about 3 feet down and it's only going deeper. The exposed rock so far is maybe 27 cu. feet.
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dang
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Dude, that's not a rock; that's a small mountain. You may have to hire a company to do that.

I was going to suggest an electril jackhammer; I've used one a few times to dig thru some limestone...but depending on what type of rock it is, a jackhammer might be innefectual.
 
Originally posted by: rgwalt
Wait until this winter, and you can get water to do the job for you. Drill holes in the rock, fill them with water, wait for water to freeze and expand. Melt the ice, water fills the cracks, expands, widens cracks. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

What type of rock are you talking about here?

Ryan
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Well it's definitely not granite... so there's some hope. My geology skills are primitive, but maybe I can shear a piece off to calculate it's density. Think that will be a good way to identify it's type?

 
Originally posted by: lozina
Originally posted by: rgwalt
Wait until this winter, and you can get water to do the job for you. Drill holes in the rock, fill them with water, wait for water to freeze and expand. Melt the ice, water fills the cracks, expands, widens cracks. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

What type of rock are you talking about here?

Ryan
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Well it's definitely not granite... so there's some hope. My geology skills are primitive, but maybe I can shear a piece off to calculate it's density. Think that will be a good way to identify it's type?
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Visual or hardness is probably better.

amish
 
Well if you plan on doing this the old fashion way I recommend you getting either a 8lb or 10lb single edge rock hammer and carbide chisel
and a 1/2 inch drill and at least a 10 to 20 inch tungsten carbide bit.
 
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: lozina
Originally posted by: rgwalt
Wait until this winter, and you can get water to do the job for you. Drill holes in the rock, fill them with water, wait for water to freeze and expand. Melt the ice, water fills the cracks, expands, widens cracks. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

What type of rock are you talking about here?

Ryan
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Well it's definitely not granite... so there's some hope. My geology skills are primitive, but maybe I can shear a piece off to calculate it's density. Think that will be a good way to identify it's type?
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Visual or hardness is probably better.

amish
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"Calculate it's density?" You some kind of scientist dude? If you're that smart, how come you can't figure out how to move the rock? 😀
 
"Calculate it's density?" You some kind of scientist dude? If you're that smart, how come you can't figure out how to move the rock?
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It's really not that difficult...


Originally posted by: Fausto1
Why not just leave it and incorporate some landscaping around it?
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That's what I'd do.
 
Originally posted by: cjchaps
Dig a bigger hole next to it, then start digging under it, and bury it.
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*police sirens/flashing lights in background*


[/quote]........and just as enough dirt was moved, allowing the rock to shift under it's own tremendous weight, lozina was crushed to death and buried by the very rock he was trying to bury. Nature, it seems, is not without a sense of humor....back to you, John.[/quote]
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
1. Tie rope around rock
2. Tie rope to bump or tow hook on car truck
3. Enter vehicle
4. Shift into "Drive"
5. Press gas pedal
6. Move rock to desired location.
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lol...dynamite also works. (or a few M-80's)
 
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