Removing rocks from soil.

[bigtiller]

oosik, very interesting, thanks.

 

[stuckmotor]

ROCK RAKE
3-Point Rock Rake

DIY ROCK SCREEN

STORE BOUGHT ROCK SCREEN
Ellis Equipment, Inc.

 

[Carl_NH]

I got these debris forks from Titan attachments - they do a great job with debris cleanup and larger rocks. I have reclaimed several acres here over the years with my B21 grinding stumps and picking rocks.

This year we took down trees and rented a real machine 40K Lbs for stumping and boulder removal, then brought in tillings (small 1" rocks/dirt) as a base then added loam to finish it off.

Took a week with excavator, then a day for me to spread loam - vs months or all summer and the B21 cant touch these boulders. So IMO rent a small excavator for a week you can do a lot depending on the size of rocks you have.

 

[FTG-05]

Andrew Camarata's solution:

 

[Williy]

So you bought this place and all the rocks were
free no extra charge???
I have some here and they were free too that you
can add to your collection no extra charge
It seems like you will dig up this little rock and it
turns out to be 50 to 100 lbs + and the hernia is
free also when you pick them up

will

 

[Frankenkubota]

Bigtiller - the rock type - basaltic lava. They are round because they have been caught up in one of the great out washes from Ancient Lake Missoula.

REALLY ancient history. 15,000 to 13,000 years ago. A monstrous big lake formed in northwestern Montana. Held back by a large ice dam. The water would eventually break thru this ice dam and flood across Idaho, WA & OR. It's what created the geography of a lot of these three states. My property is at the northern limits of what is called The Channeled Scablands.

Ancient LK Missoula burst thru this ice dam an estimated 40 times in the 2000 years. The flow was estimated to ten times the flow of all the rivers in the entire world. It has left some most interesting geography in these three states.

It is what definitely carved out my little lake. Five acres of open water - five acres of cattails. 80 feet deep down the center - 45 feet deep where the water meets the basaltic lava cliffs. A view off my front porch. View attachment 700573

There are bunches of boulders in Portland Or they tell me were moved there by the same process.

 

[joea99]

Sadly, front bucket is not quick attach. Looks like a good approach, but I think the sizes shown are too big for this machine. But, it is a 4 in 1 bucket, so I may give some thought to trying to cheap out and build a "grate" I can stick in there with the jaw open. When the heat wave has tamed down a bit.

 

[cqaigy2]

There are bunches of boulders in Portland Or they tell me were moved there by the same process.

You can also find the Huge ones that were left when the glaciers retreated.

 

[ctgoldwing]

When we built our house the local health district rep came over to inspect the proposed septic system. She gave me an education on Glacial Tills. Apparently I'm sitting on one. with all the good n bad that goes with it. Awesome drainage with every size rock included at no extra charge. When I put in 100 4X4's for the dog fence with the post hole digger I used almost 100 shear pins. If it wasn't the tree roots it was the rocks.
This year when I had to use the PHD again for plantings I managed not to shear any. Of course I only went down 2' as the fence was 3'. That probably meant the difference.