Let's ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

[DiskDoctr]

Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

Oh man...let's rock /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Who's got the biggest, the most, and the largest proportional to machine?

Junkman threw down the gauntlet, so let's see pics of those rocks!

We've dug out quite a few that were larger than midsize car and about twice as high. Not with the CUT, of course..

Also took out 2 that were too large for the Case 580k to lift! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I'll be leaving for a week, but when I get back, I expect to see pictures of the best rocks you all have.

-JC

 

[OkeeDon]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

I think that my Florida friends and I can claim the most, although our friends in Texas may dispute that claim. As far as size is concerned, we'll have to go for the smallest, not the largest. In fact, most of them are hardly bigger than a grain of sand...

 

[SPIKER]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

so far I'm starting my own STONE HEDGE! I got 3 or 4 around my burn pit now, that are in the 1CU yard range, and a PILE down below of them. I would be willing to be there are some people in CO that will take the cake as far as # and Size of rocks, I'll have to take a few photos. some of them my CUT can't budge, so getting them moved I have no clue yet... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Mark M /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[higgy]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

Well after a year of digging on my place and digging test holes we have discovered that we have 8-10 feet of topsoil and have never hit a rock!

So no claim here.

 

[Prefect]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

<font color="blue"> Well after a year of digging on my place and digging test holes we have discovered that we have 8-10 feet of topsoil and have never hit a rock! </font>


I think that if I have 8-10" of topsoil before hitting solid limestone I'll be lucky. It's a bit of an exaggeration (I hope). /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[MicroPilot]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

Started setting a fence post Sunday. Dug about 8" (3" of top soil) and hit a rock. Starting pounding on it and got it to crack some. Finished busting up the rock lastnight, and then dug 4" more and hit another!! Gave up for the night. Glad I only have 20 more holes to dig! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[fishman]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

When I cleared around my home to make a lawn last fall, a breeze kicked up the next day and blew all of the leaves, etc that were covering the rock rubble/bedrock. There was no soil. The "trees" that were left were just growing out of cracks. I mined a bunch of dirt out of a dry pond on the place and now I have a nice bermuda grass lawn. Upside is that there's no way my house slab will ever crack.

So I think I may have the biggest rock. A 10 acre slab of very thick limestone. Best I can do with my 2910 is chip away at it or cover it up in certain places. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[SPIKER]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

boy fishman: I think I would buy a Concrete Cutter, and go into the Limestone block bui8sness and end up with a nice deep & clear quarry lake! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I just did some more trench digging today, ~100 feet around the barn on th euphill side, to lay some drain tile. I have 12~20 " of clay then a gravel/clay mix to about 4' then rest is gravel,gravel and more gravel/clay mix. I plan on making french drains at each end to the water to get down into the gravel/clay layer fast. though by morning I'm sure the end I went to 5' deep will have water pooling in the bottom... When I dug my electrical trench to the barn, I went 4+' down and water would RUN right in and filled it up to about 12" of depth. made keepig the bottom level hard. but after pumping it out 4 or 5 times it quit running in long enough to get the pipe down and the wire in... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif then my brother HELPED me back fill the trench, to 24" to add a water line too, he managed to SNAG and tear out the electrical for me ! arg... (reason I went SO deep with the trench was so I could add the water line below frost level, and the electrical above it.) ended up going other way electrical down deep, and water up closer. as I could get enough speration that way, and I figured it would be easier... dang anyway./.. lol

ANYHOW: going to post for help in regards to laying the tile and plastic & landscape fabric in same forum.)

Mark M

 

[DaveNay]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

I'm gonna dispute Don here and say that sand disqualifies him by common definition of a "rock" /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That means that I have the most. Our property used to be a large cattle operation, and I have about 4 acres of 12" - 18" deep crushed limestone gravel sitting about 2" - 3" below the grass. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

I wore out the cutting teeth on a new PHD in only one season.

Dave

 

[johnk]

Re: Let\'s ROCK..[Where is the rock capital?]

Here's a few pics of the rocks in back of my property. They don't call it Little Rock City for nothing!!!!!!