I love a challenge................

[TomSeller]

Well, the challenge is over... I sorta won the battle but lost the war.

I rented a jackhammer today and my brother and I went at it for about 6 hours. It was all the two of us could handle in the 80+ temp... and me being 69 and him 67, it took a quite a bit out of these tired old bodies.

We discovered that the rock is granite, and VERY hard. We managed to chip about 8 inches off the top before we called it quits..

It sounds like you did a real good job making that speed bump in your driveway. Reason to slow down as the barn is approached.

 

[pohorsky]

Maybe it was a dust devil! Just wait the dirt compacts, and the fairy might steal another truckload.

 

[square1]

My brother wanted to continue, saying we can do it if we just keep trying...and take enough time. Being 2 years younger than me he hasn't fully grasped the concept of gaining wisdom with age and enough is enough. Oh, to be young again.

We managed to chip about 8 inches off the top before we called it quits... someone must have snuck in over night and stolen about a truckload of dirt as there isn't enough to fill everything back up to the levels it was before.

Don't worry, by next spring the frost will have pushed that rock right back up to where it was before you started

 

[FentonFarmer]

Hello,
I was so hoping this was going to be a Pale Rider type story. A couple of blows and it splits down the middle to reveal a nugget that the Mahindra could barely lift. Oh well its still a success if you can get the drive flat. Well done to you and your brother for having a crack at a task like that. I hope that your bodies pulled up alright after the vibrations. Using a hammer has knocked me around in the past and I am half your agemail.

Well done,
B.R.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

Awe man! I was hoping you would win against that rock! Did you considering drilling holes and actually splitting the rock? Its amazing what a couple wedges and feathers will do! I was pretty concerned that it might be granite and a tough sob! Good story anyways!

 

[DLTTrekkers]

Electric jackhammer to rent ?

 

[oldpilgrim]

electric rental.

I could have probably kept going at it, might have gotten it rolled over into a deeper hole, or busted it with the jackhammer, or drilled and split it. Maybe it would eventually gone away completely, but this old body ain't what it once was. My brother tried to get me to continue but I convinced him we accomplished the mission by getting it all beneath the surface so I can resurface the driveway, and that anything else that we did would really have been just play time, in the hot summer sun and at a heavy expense to our health.

It would have been really great to totally conquer that rock. But we sure gave it a black eye and a pretty good amputation.

 

[EddieWalker]

negative.... RhinoHide Tractor & Mower canopies

well made and tough as ****....oops, make that heck.

I like your canopy too. How do you feel about the size of it? I've been looking at different brands and keep wondering what size to get. Too big and I'm worried it will hit stuff. Too small and it's not going to keep the sun off of me.

Eddie

 

[oldpilgrim]

If I was able to build it myself, I'd make it about 3-4 inches bigger from front to back.. making it stick out further frontward... just my opinion, your mileage may vary.

It's not too large for the woods, and works very well in the sun. It's exceptionally tough, absolutely will not bend, crack or dent, and very easy to assemble in a variety of positions. It's made of the same stuff that the tops of dumpsters are made of....virtually indestructible. I don;t think you'd ever need to buy another. The only thing you could do to damage it would be driving it into something that would bend up the metal frame, and even that is pretty tough...you wouldn't hurt the canopy itself though.

My brother has a Kioti with a Kioti supplied canopy that is made of fiberglass...nice unit, but he's very afraid of busting it in the woods. If it was steel or aluminum, even that could easily get dented or folded up.

I mounted it in front of the ROPS with the top of the canopy even with the top of the rops because if I mounted it over the rops, it wouldn't fit in my buildings. I don't think other brands will allow such variations in mounting positions.

Great price too.

I highly recommend it.

 

[Deere Dude]

We discovered that the rock is granite, and VERY hard. .

Granite? You could have advertised it as granite and someone would have came and got it and made a counter top out of that. :laughing::laughing:
I love a challenge now and then but I would have fizzled out long before you did.