Suburban Plowboy
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I still have two rocks that don't want to move. Wondering if I should drill deep holes in them, epoxy eye bolts in place, connect a come-along to a nearby tree, and pull.
it's easy to split even extremely large boulders. then they are much lighter. a few ideas here. rock splitting - Google SearchI still have two rocks that don't want to move. Wondering if I should drill deep holes in them, epoxy eye bolts in place, connect a come-along to a nearby tree, and pull.
all you need to do is drill a few holes in the boulder, and then hammer in a few special wedges evenly, and the boulder splits. or you could use the special expanding compound..That Google search isn't actually very helpful. It links to sites showing people doing things considerably harder than what I'm already doing, with things like diesel compressors and jackhammers.
pool shock, which is extra strength chlorine works better.. BTDT..I take out a few stumps in the orchard every year. That's what the 3-point backhoe is for.
1) Dig in a # pattern - each side of the stump, move the tractor, repeat. This will reveal which direction the lateral roots go.
2) Park the backhoe in line with principal roots, and a few feet out. Dig a trench straight down the line of each lateral root to uncover it, back to where its thin enough to snap off.
3) Dig down a second pass, close to the taproot to break its adhesion to the soil.
4) Pull the stump over with the backhoe to break it loose, then drag it out.
The reason to get the entire stump out, instead of poisoning or burning it, is to replant an orchard tree at the same grid location. I don't want rotten wood under the new tree. Equally important, I want to disrupt the gopher palace - nesting beds filled with nice soft fine grass and roots - that I often find under a stump.
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How long to wait before replanting there?pool shock, which is extra strength chlorine works better.. BTDT..