JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached

GaryInWA · 05-24-2007, 11:40 AM

I am currently clearing a site for my garage and encountered a rather large boulder. I have moved some pretty good sized rocks with my JCB 1400B but this was the biggest yet. I had to remove it as it was in the way of the concrete slab, I was able to build a ramp and pull it out with the backhoe, boy am I glad I own a fullsize backhoe

I attached some pictures of me attacking the boulder and getting it out of the way.

PS: The rear tire of my backhoe is 4 feet tall and my backhoe bucket is 24" wide to add some perspective

sr160009 · 05-24-2007, 12:07 PM

Looks like th JBC won!!!!!

whodat90 · 05-24-2007, 01:05 PM

Heck man, if you had the thumb on you could have just picked it up!

MarkV · 05-24-2007, 03:55 PM

That’s a rock alright! Not sure my little Kubota would have made that happen.

MarkV

Richard · 05-24-2007, 04:27 PM

Horsepower sure is fun huh?

I've got a 1550-B

Nat · 05-24-2007, 05:46 PM

Yeah, a thumb and 5 others hoes. I bet that rock weighs 20,000 lbs. Once you get under it they don't move too bad but it sure is a lot of work to get under it in the 1st place. Nice job of removing it. later, Nat

6sunset6 · 05-24-2007, 06:04 PM

For sure it's nice to have a full size hoe. I have one also. When I was a kid my father and I used to move rocks , probably not that big but pretty big ,with pinch bars and smaller rocks and it took days when we had nothing else to do. Sort of miss those days.

diyDave · 05-24-2007, 09:23 PM

That'd be a good one to put your mailbox on to keep the vandals away!

john_bud · 05-25-2007, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nat

Yeah, a thumb and 5 others hoes. I bet that rock weighs 20,000 lbs. Once you get under it they don't move too bad but it sure is a lot of work to get under it in the 1st place. Nice job of removing it. later, Nat

Nat, I read your reply and thought -- Nawwww. Then started thinking. It's about cube 5' on a side. That makes it 125 cu ft of volume. Granite is about 125#/cu ft, so the rough estimate is 15,625#. Hey, that's a BIG rock! And a good estimate by you!

jb

EddieWalker · 05-25-2007, 01:00 AM

Congrats on a getting it out. Now what do you do with it?

I've had stumps in that size range, but never anything as heavy as that boulder. Those stumps are almost as hard to get to the burn pile as getting them out. I don't even want to think what it took to move that thing around.

Thanks for the pics, they are allot of fun.

Eddie

05-24-2007, 12:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
sr160009 Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Collinsville, Tx Posts: 161	Re: JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached Looks like th JBC won!!!!!

05-24-2007, 01:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
whodat90 Silver Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Purcellville, Va Posts: 228	Re: JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached Heck man, if you had the thumb on you could have just picked it up! __________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me.

05-24-2007, 03:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
MarkV Elite Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Cedartown, Ga and N. Ga mountains Posts: 2,954	Re: JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached That’s a rock alright! Not sure my little Kubota would have made that happen. MarkV

05-24-2007, 04:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Richard Elite Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 2,563	Re: JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached Horsepower sure is fun huh? I've got a 1550-B

05-24-2007, 05:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nat Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Central NC Posts: 491	Re: JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached Yeah, a thumb and 5 others hoes. I bet that rock weighs 20,000 lbs. Once you get under it they don't move too bad but it sure is a lot of work to get under it in the 1st place. Nice job of removing it. later, Nat

05-24-2007, 06:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
6sunset6 Gold Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SE NY Posts: 382	Re: JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached For sure it's nice to have a full size hoe. I have one also. When I was a kid my father and I used to move rocks , probably not that big but pretty big ,with pinch bars and smaller rocks and it took days when we had nothing else to do. Sort of miss those days. __________________ Bob H NH 2007 TC34DA MF30E Hoe

05-24-2007, 09:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
diyDave Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 319	Re: JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached That'd be a good one to put your mailbox on to keep the vandals away!

05-25-2007, 01:00 AM	#10 (permalink)
EddieWalker Super Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 8,302	Re: JCB vs Boulder...pictures attached Congrats on a getting it out. Now what do you do with it? I've had stumps in that size range, but never anything as heavy as that boulder. Those stumps are almost as hard to get to the burn pile as getting them out. I don't even want to think what it took to move that thing around. Thanks for the pics, they are allot of fun. Eddie __________________ My Goals for 2008 1. Fishing and Hunting with my kids. 2. Build my storage Shed. 3. Put my outside access bathroom together. 4. Fence in a quarter acre for Turkeys. 5. Build my gazebo for my front pasture. 6. Finish back pasture and plant it in Bermuda. 7. Start my food plots. 8. Build a comfortable deer stand for two. 9. Build a wood burning fireplace in my home. 10. New flooring in my home. 11. Build a pasture sprayer. 12. Get my old jeep running.

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