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Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks

To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:04:16 -0700
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K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> Hiya, TowerTalkians --
>  
>     I need to do something about 2 big rocks sitting on  top of a new tower 
> base hole. They're about 5x3x2 - looks like about a cubic  yard each. It's 
> not very possible to get a piece of machinery to move  them so we'll have to 
> do it by hand. Should I drill some holes and then  split the rock or would 
> a jackhammer work? Any other methods to try? Tnx.

Blasting?
(seriously.. if you've got things like this in the area, generally, 
there's probably a blasting contractor who can turn the boulder into 
movable chunks)

But after that.. jackhammer

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