chim
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Dig a sloped trench to the hole and roll it out.
How do I get this boulder out of this hole?
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fatjay
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Dig a path down so you can drive down to the rock, then drag the rock up the hill.
I've done this when working by hand and shovel only.
Roll it as far to one side as you can. Fill in under it.
Roll it to the other side as far as you can. Fill under it.
Repeat until it is out of the hole.
Bruce
Roll it as far to one side as you can. Fill in under it.
Roll it to the other side as far as you can. Fill under it.
Repeat until it is out of the hole.
Bruce
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This is what I did digging out a similar rock with a old Ford loader/hoe. Once the ramp was dug, I rolled the rock onto a '58 Chrysler hood (heavy metal) and slid the rock on its sled. It still took 2 tractors in tandem to drag the sled. If I had that rock today, I would get my friend with his Deere 460D to easily get it moved.
anomad
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Do you still have the CAT on site?
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I've lifted a couple of good sized stones out of the ground this way. Long levers snd chain slings to gain an inch with each tilt. It took a few days of steady work before one of the stones was up on level ground and "dragable", using small diameter logs for skids.
CH4Ohio
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Move the house over to the rock.
rontaki
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Long live Rock 'N Roll!
Since you have an excavator this seems to me a workable solution. You may have to winch it with a double or triple line pull using the excavator as an anchor.
Once out of the hole how do you plan or relocating it?
I managed to ramp mine onto the bed of my pickup once home my wife showed me where to put it. I tied it to a tree and when driving out from under it it broke both hangers on the tail gate, and that is where it sits today, not exactly where it was supposed to be but close enough.