BIG ROCK PROBLEM????

[Egon]

Drill a few test holes around were the rock will sit but do not move the rock. This should tell you what the soil conditions are and then you go from their.

Done properly you will have the rock on some beams when you slide it back in place. Then jack up, remove beams and lower in place.

[Regal]

How about, after the rock is out of the way, use the hoe to dig entire area down to natural then fill hole with rock, compacting as filled and lining the slope on pond side with rip-rap to reduce smaller rocks from eroding or sliding. Then slide rock back into place. This way you have an entire footing under the rock and should be much less costly than concrete.You could use timbers or steel runners to assist in the slide.
All this, providing there is access getting a load of rock delivered to the site.

[Torrak]

This rock is just like a giant teeter-totter. You can either lift the overhanging side up and try to brace it, or you can dig down behind the other side and push it down to become level.

I think it would be 100 times easier to dig underneath the "earth" side of the rock to bring it level. If you dig down you may have to pull the rock back to make it level.

Either way, it looks like that bank may be susceptible to erosion and eventually it would be come unlevel again unless you remove the rock and build up the foundation.

I think in this case it is 6 in one hand, half dozen in the other and leaving it the way it is looks better and better the more I think about

[dirtworksequip]

Thanks for all the input and suggestions. I'm sure that with using a little bit of everybodys ideas I can eventually get it moved out of the way,build something for it to set on and then get it reset the way I would like it. I'll update the post when I do anything else. Right now its rainy and muddy, so it may be awhile before I am able to go at it again. Thanks again!

[BTDT]

Originally Posted by dirtworksequip

Thanks for all the input and suggestions. I'm sure that with using a little bit of everybodys ideas I can eventually get it moved out of the way,build something for it to set on and then get it reset the way I would like it. I'll update the post when I do anything else. Right now its rainy and muddy, so it may be awhile before I am able to go at it again. Thanks again!

I was wondering if all the rain had caused it to slide off into the water. I don't remember reading where you are located, but in North Texas, we finally got a decent amount of rain this last week.

[dirtworksequip]

BTDT, located in the N. Panhandle of West Virginia it has rained here for 4 days straight.(I sort of wish it had been snow. At least I could play with my tractor) The rock is not going anywhere right now on its own or with a machine. I got it pulled back far enough that its in no danger of slipping into the water. Looks like it will be spring before I tie into it again. I'll post some pics when I get it moving again.