Giant Rock

[bigtiller]

Edge it with some landscape timbers, fill the area with mulch and decorate it with yard art.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

I guess i should suggest the obvious since everyone else was so helpful, TNT anyone?

 

[dave1949]

Edge it with some landscape timbers, fill the area with mulch and decorate it with yard art.

Ooh, that's a good idea. Build one of those whirly-gig things that power animated figures. The figure could be a guy swinging a pick on the rock.

 

[MIKE7639]

These 15 Amp, 120 Volt Professional Breaker Hammers from Harbor Freight get mixed reviews. We have used and abused ours breaking sandstone while building our fence. In some spots where it was 100' + of solid rock on the surface we even used it to drill pilot holes for T-Posts. It worked fine and when the spade on the post reaches the surface and you whack the post with a post driver it shears the stone and sets the post firmly. Granted it takes some serious effort to shear the stone but it worked for us. We also use it to break up stones that we would otherwise hit with the brush hog.

 

[medic0648]

This would be another fun option.
http://www.magnumbuster.com/magnum.html

Make a bunch of smaller rocks fast without destroying half the neighborhood.

 

[fordmantpw]

Hello. I am clearing some ground for where I want to put in grass in my yard where it was previously all weeds with my Bobcat. Suddenly I came to a hault and my machine got stuck on a rock. Upon closer inspection, this rock is a big momma. It's about 3 feet in diameter and goes down for what seems like forever. Ledge runs through my property and I would not be surprised if that's what it is. I only need to take off enough of the top to put in soil and grass. I tried a hammer and chisel which actually worked for some of the rock but it's too tedious. The other problem is that part of the rock DOES NOT BREAK UP I have tried a jackhammer that bounced off and the rock simply turns to white powder at the top.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

We have something similar in our yard. I built a box around it with landscape timbers, filled the box with dirt, and put some blackberry and gooseberry bushes in it.

EDIT: Now that I've read the rest of the thread, I see others had a similar idea.

 

[NHbotanut]

You can use a product called Bentonite. I have had several large rocks to split. I used a hammer drill with a 1 1/4" bit. Drilled 4-5 holes, mixed up the bentonite, poured in holes and next day rock is split or sheared depending on what you want to do.
I have used it on granite posts, concrete foundations, and rocks.

 

[orezok]

This is what a giant rock looks like in the desert! :laughing: :laughing:

It's near a town called Landers.

 

[hailofaguy]

You could just ask Chuck Norris to come look at it. It will crumble at the mear sight of him.

 

[crazyal]

Big rocks are ones that are about the size of a car around here. Being on a hill I just dig enough so I roll them down into the woods. I can usually break up the edges of the ledge with the BH. It seams like water freezing takes years and weakens up the ledge.