Rock is too big

RedDirt · Jul 16, 2008

I saw that Micro-Blaster article in this month's Pop Mech's. They said the kit is $700 to $1700! Rob's (3RRL) magic powder at $100 looks like a bargin.

RadarTech · Jul 17, 2008

RedDirt said:
I saw that Micro-Blaster article in this month's Pop Mech's. They said the kit is $700 to $1700! Rob's (3RRL) magic powder at $100 looks like a bargin.

Magic powder?
Where might I buy this cheap stuff?

I have a rock I would love to break!

thanks,
Jim

pitt_md · Jul 17, 2008

As far as moving a big rock like that I think the best way is to have someone else pay you for the rock and come and get it...I ran into a couple a rocks that my MX5000 was no match for (half the size of the tractor). I could drag it a little but that was it. A friend told me that rocks like that were worth a lot of money and people would actually pay for them. A landscaping company bought the rock and many others not quite so big and took them away.

pat32rf · Jul 17, 2008

I must be sitting on a fortune!!! Trouble is, so are all my neighbours within 60 miles. If anyone wants to send a truck I'll trade rock for sand, pound for pound.....or clay, topsoil, crushed seashells.....

rcrcomputing · Jul 17, 2008

A rock to big to pick up with the loader is a sign from God!

Time for a new tractor. Tell the "better half", it would not be wise to ignore that sort of sign!

Rara Avis · Jul 18, 2008

RadarTech said:
Magic powder?
Where might I buy this cheap stuff?

I have a rock I would love to break!

thanks,
Jim

Fertilizer...diesel fuel...et cetera...et cetera...

3RRL · Jul 18, 2008

RadarTech said:
Magic powder?
Where might I buy this cheap stuff?

I have a rock I would love to break!

thanks,
Jim

Here are a couple links to something similar that I used.
Bustar
Bristar
And I think this is the stuff that I have...

Brustar by CRAS Demolition

You will have to search to see which one you can get in your area.
The stuff I got was from asking around the local hardware store which lead me to a rental yard that carried this stuff. It's made in Spain but does the same thing as the others.
Did you see the thread about using it? I works!
Bustin' Up Boulders