Large Rock !

[Beavis]

My friend had three large sandstone rocks sitting on his property that he wanted to get rid of so I thought I take my trailer out and have him load them up. Well, after loading two of the three, I felt that my trailer was loaded with as much as it could safetly handle. He loaded them with his large Ford 4wd tractor and now I'm just wondering if my little JD3320 will be able to lift it off? Be watching for more photos

 

[MrJimi]

If your JD won't just wrap a chain around it and slowly roll it off and you may want to lay some plywood on the back edge of your trailer so it won't get damaged.
How much to bring that to Florida? we don't have any rocks here

 

[Beavis]

I'll check with UPS and Fed Ex

My friend owns pature land on the south side of Kanopolis Lake, and it is covered with rock.

 

[MrJimi]

Thats pretty out there, see attachment
Jim

 

[SkunkWerX]

That would make a great marker rock!

Like if you want to mark the corner of a property, out in the woods.
Dig a 3 foot hole, and place tip end of that rock into the hole, back fill and tamp.

It's not going anywhere!


If you had a dozen of them you could carve heads on them, like Easter Island.

 

[rtdiggr]

obviously hard to tell with a pic, but a guess of the weight of the rock is probably between 2000-2500lbs.

Shane

 

[Beavis]

Well the bad news is my JD 3320 didn't even act like it was going to lift the rocks; the good news is nobody or nothing got hurt while unloading them. I ended up just hooking a chain to them and dragging them off the back of the trailer. With the dove tail and the weight of the rock; it worked pretty good.

 

[john_bud]

We've moved and removed some large stuff by chaining it to a tree and driving the trailer forward. Works good, especially if you have a drag under it when it lands! Much different when you forget the drag.

jb

 

[Bigk56]

Beavis, I can't believe you actually thought a John Deere might lift something that a Ford lifted.

 

[Beavis]

No matter what brand we like; SIZE MATTERS

ford photo:

 

[SLOBuds]

No matter what brand we like; SIZE MATTERS

ford photo:

Luckily your supervisor was tucked away in the house with a big hot cup of coffee in her hands, making sure the job was done right!

 

[3RRL]

Those are pretty big rocks.
Your friend not only has a nice strong tractor, but a nice home too. Is that a log home package he has?
Did you ever figure out how much those rocks weigh? What is the lifting capacity of your JD?

 

[Defective]

No matter what brand we like; SIZE MATTERS

ford photo:

Wow...he's got a beagle trained to operate the FEL...Cool!

 

[Perdido]

We have alot of them in Alabama, but we called them Iron rocks. Great for flower beds and landscaping.

 

[BTDT]

Great looking rocks. Just a note, might want to remember where you unloaded them. Next spring, that will be a killer when you hit it with your brush hog while mowing and thinking, "I know them rocks are out here somewhere".

 

[dirtworksequip]

beavis, you can roughly figure the weight of the rocks by measuring them to figure an estimate on the cubic feet in each rock. Sandstone weighs approximately 145 lbs. per cubic foot.

Sincerely, Dirt

 

[Beavis]

Thanks, I'll have to get a rough measurement and let you know.

 

[Beavis]

I'm figuring about 1,700 lbs. minimum