Comments on: The Great Rock Removal

By: john galante

john galante — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:07:56 +0000

there is a technique for drilling small holes next to each other and ‘popping’ or crushing the rock into small pieces—not loud — not expensive—rock that size might take 6 hours to do.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:18:40 +0000

Ok here is what you do instead of renting anything go to some neighborhoods teen boys kids and offer them fireworks,a gun, drugs, porn or even a prostitute to get the rock out of the ground. When your a teen boy you would give almost anything for those items. As the concept of a part time job is still out of there heads and 100 dollars is a the equivalent to 100,000 in our adult money. Especially offering them illegal items is a sure win. So rather then wasting man hours or allot of money in tools give some brats some picks and shovels. After laying down the guide lines about doing the whole job perfectly for their “reward”. Don’t worry about rats as long as there teenage boys no one will snitch to avoid being shunned and called a fag for the rest of their days.

Pros- cheap quick and efficient
Showing youth the value of hard work

Cons- Corrupting young boys.
-Possible getting caught and having awkward moment every time your see your neighbor
-getting arrested but what is jail time c’mon thats only a cool life story

By: jesse

jesse — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:39:16 +0000

move rock and put dirt there.

By: Joe Allen

Joe Allen — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:36:02 +0000

Mr. English,
I think its safe to say that you have options. I also think its safe to say I didn’t have several days to read all the posts (you still seem to draw a crowd you little Casanova). My suggestion would be to get a quart of liquid crystal ethynol and mix it with tepid still water. Let it sit overnight as the ethynol can be a little testy if it doesn’t rest. Chemicals, little premadonnas, anyway, you dig a 6″ moat around your rock. Don’t ask how I know this, but I do. There is only one thing that can make this rock not exist in your world. The previous suggestion was merely to keep your interest. you guys have to move. Problem solved. New yard, no rock (make sure you look for rocks before new purchase of “un”said house. OR you could call me up, I’ll come over with a few cases of beer and we’ll drink until we can’t see. No vision, no rock. No problem.
Cheers.
JA

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:31:41 +0000

there is a very simple and non dangerous way of removing this rock. it is called wedge and feather. you drill holes 5/8″ wide and and about 5 inches deep. you drill the holes about every 4 inches and place 2 feathers and 1 wedge in every hole. then you hammer the wedges in slowly from thinnest part of the rock to thickest repeating this process from side to side untill the rock splits in half. you must wait a few seconds between hammering the wedges to listen for cracking sounds. this is the commercial method of cutting slabs of granite and I personally have seen it work on rocks over 5 feet thick. I recommend that you rent a large hammer drill for 60 dollars at home depot with a 5/8″ drill bit and search around for some 3/4″ wedge and feather kits. they usually come in a set with 1 wedge and 2 feathers and are about 10 dollars a set. I found my sets at a tool rental shop. if you live in a rocky area they will probably be easy to find. this process is suprisingly fast once you get the hang of it. you must dig out the sides of the rock or it will make your crack useless.

By: showard

showard — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:38:57 +0000

There is no rock there. It exists only in your reality. If you truly believe the rock is not there it will be gone

By: Officer Bud Hall

Officer Bud Hall — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:35:48 +0000

Well, explosives are an option, with little to no debris throw a la steam pipe failures. There is an explosive charge available which works as an RPG laden rope, sending high velocity copper jets through whatever you’d like. You’d probably have to either drill some holes to increase the number of fracture points first or use a lot of the stuff. The only problem is that you’d have to wait until I go out to the Yuma Proving Grounds where I know they have it in stock, and also wait until I get out of prison for stealing it, in addition to hoping that it remains with my personal belongings that I’ll pick up on my return to public life.

Or… Use it as the base of your next landscaping project to build a koi pond with a fountain. It will go well in the dog park. This will definitely help you build equity as landscaping almost always returns 100% or more of your investment. Unless you make it look really gay.

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:36:27 +0000

You could buy a metal pet bowl from the store.
Use a chisel and a mallet to make the hole large enough for the bowl to fit in.
set the bowl inside and fill with clean water.

instant outdoor earthy water bowl.

This way you could dump out the icky water and fill it with fresh for the pup!

I love the rock, I think it is beautiful.

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:24:08 +0000

A new option:
Dig all around it and hire a crane truck to come near your fence and swing the boom into your yard and lift it out for you. I did this with a hot tub a couple of times.

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:05:24 +0000

Call up Chuck Norris and have him give the rock a dirty look. It’ll run away.