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Posted: 12/17/2020 3:15:28 AM EDT
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Child labor
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Posted: 12/17/2020 4:31:54 AM EDT
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Jeep with a winch.
We found a couple of boulders in our yard. One part had been part of a creek bed in the past. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 4:41:34 AM EDT
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Paint "absolute proof to keep Trump as POS under here" on the side opposite the direction you want it moved and you'll have guys pushing it around all day.
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Posted: 12/17/2020 5:37:21 AM EDT
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If you get enough cable and snatch blocks, you can move just about anything.
Ever see a guy pull a 12" tree out the ground with a riding lawnmower? You're about to.   Uprooting a tree using a 45 to 1 pulley system |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 5:41:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you get a truck to it? Place a car hood next to the rock. Wrap a chain around the rock and pull it onto the car hood. Drag the hood/rock combo with the truck to where you want it. Might work and the cost of an old car hood would be minimal. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 5:58:05 AM EDT
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 Or maybe det chord or c4. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 5:59:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Might work and the cost of an old car hood would be minimal. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Can you get a truck to it? Place a car hood next to the rock. Wrap a chain around the rock and pull it onto the car hood. Drag the hood/rock combo with the truck to where you want it. Might work and the cost of an old car hood would be minimal. Might hell....I've done it before!
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:02:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All great suggestions. But you bought 40 acres and your biggest concern is moving rocks around? What are your plans for the acreage? Why not get a small tractor with a loader... Are you going to maintain pasture in the summer? What's the plan to handle managing 40 acres in anything other than native growth without some measure of equipment? Meh...I'm on 5 acres and all I have is a push mower. Nature is pretty capable of maintaining itself depending on what the landowner is wanting from it. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:07:13 AM EDT
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Drill bore hole , place charge , tamp opening and make gravel............
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:14:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ask the ancient Egyptians. Jewish slaves |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:17:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:20:39 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:23:49 AM EDT
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Your in MN and it's December....
Drill holes. Fill water. Make a tom sled. Drag out the pieces. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:24:06 AM EDT
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The first step is believing deep down in your soul that can do it because your you and that’s all you really need to be
I’m not sure what the next step is |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:27:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A lever. Sometimes a long lever. I have done this to move larger ones a short distance. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:31:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Your in MN and it's December.... Drill holes. Fill water. Make a tom sled. Drag out the pieces. Well, that's just boring. Fill the holes with Tannerite and begin target practice. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:43:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, that's just boring. Fill the holes with Tannerite and begin target practice. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Your in MN and it's December.... Drill holes. Fill water. Make a tom sled. Drag out the pieces. Well, that's just boring. Fill the holes with Tannerite and begin target practice. 
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:46:47 AM EDT
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Sorry if I'm boring. Lived a good portion of my adult life with no or really bad insurance. Hammer drill rental is waaayyy cheaper than a ER copay. Forget it if your admitted.
But I like boring. I'm flat broke. But nearly debt free. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 6:55:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Heavy equipment. Farmers used to plough around the big boulders until dozers came along. I’ve seen a few glacier dropped boulders the size of sheds and small houses that are still right where God wanted them even in an age where D-11s exist. Unfortunately this OP ^ Save up some cash and attempt to make friends w / some one w/ a decent sized excavator or dozer . Manual efforts are a wasted enterprise . |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:02:56 AM EDT
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Dig hole, roll boulder in.
Trailer with a ramp, winch and a couple slings/ straps around boulders. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:03:57 AM EDT
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You need an excavator and a hammer, do it the right way, you’re looking at tons of weight
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:14:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don’t need ancient aliens, you need illegal aliens. Haven’t you heard that term is racist. They’re undocumented citizens now. Just wait it’s going to get a lot worse |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:15:48 AM EDT
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Test of manhood.
If you can't pick it up and move it, it doesn't get moved. Either that, or do it the smart way and rent/borrow some equipment, unless you have no value for your time or body. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:23:14 AM EDT
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As a side note, boulders can be worth big money to landscapers
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:25:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you get a truck to it? Place a car hood next to the rock. Wrap a chain around the rock and pull it onto the car hood. Drag the hood/rock combo with the truck to where you want it. This actually isn't a bad idea. A bit of snow might help. A winch and a shit ton of cable would also help. But how big are these boulders? I just had some boulders placed on my new property. I would not want to have to move without heavy equipment. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:26:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a side note, boulders can be worth big money to landscapers If FL maybe, they are just rocks here. We did some boulders as a guy's place one time, got a full load for like 300 bucks, then put them where he wanted. He was amazed, because at his place in FL he had to pay hundreds of bucks for a single boulder, which came from out of state. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:35:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:47:02 AM EDT
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Repairs on pickup will be more than renting.
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:50:03 AM EDT
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Low brisance explosive. Lots of it. Use a shovel to place it under the rock.
Unless you want to make smaller rocks, then go with a drill and a high brisance explosive, |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:50:11 AM EDT
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Easiest shit is to just leave it be.
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:54:41 AM EDT
[#31]
Tannerite
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Posted: 12/17/2020 7:55:22 AM EDT
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Need to know how big.
3' you can move pretty easily, 4' is harder, but doable. Bigger than 4' is going to take rigging of some sort. A sled with rollers is the best method... still have to get it on the sled. Best bet is to hire it done if they are huge. I moved a bunch this summer with a come-along. If you have land, think about a harbor freight trencher. Worth every penny. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 8:13:13 AM EDT
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Be like the Army, just paint it.
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Posted: 12/17/2020 8:16:23 AM EDT
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Know any Amish people?
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Posted: 12/17/2020 8:21:11 AM EDT
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Whatever you do, be sure you don't post a picture of your 'boulder' or give any clue as to how big the damn thing really is. You might actually get some helpful advice if you did that, so be sure not to do it.
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Posted: 12/17/2020 8:24:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you get enough cable and snatch blocks, you can move just about anything. Ever see a guy pull a 12" tree out the ground with a riding lawnmower? You're about to.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM24klVyxFkThat’s worth it. I’m always amazed what someone who knows their way pullies is capable of doing. He got this to 45:1 and got the tree down. Crazy! |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 8:26:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oxen |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 8:27:11 AM EDT
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Have you heard of Edvard Leedskalnin and his Coral Castle?
It's all about levitation and the earth's magnetism... |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 8:32:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ask the ancient Egyptians. Boom! |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 8:46:20 AM EDT
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Use the Schwartz!
How big are they? |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:25:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ask the ancient Egyptians. Yep. Round up a hundred Jews, declare them all slaves, flog them til the stone location meets approval. (Pure sarcasm. ) |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:27:42 AM EDT
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Dig a hole next to boulder. A big hole. Roll boulder into hole with long lever. Cover with dirt.
Part of the challenge here is how big is the boulder, including the parts that might be buried/below grade. Limestone/granite boulder, figure 175 lbs per cubic foot. Sandstone, less, around 150 lbs per cubic foot. If I was to be dragging around a boulder weighting around half a ton, I would use a rental truck with full insurance coverage for any damages to the vehicle. |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:29:58 AM EDT
[#43]
Jewish slaves....lots and lots of them
yeah, i've read the revisionist "skilled worker" horse shit, so just save it for yourself |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:33:48 AM EDT
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I have an abandoned rock quarry for my shooting range on the back of my property, still shows up by DEQ number on satellite maps. They mined the rip-rap there when they built the dam down the river back in the 50's
I've got some sandstone boulders the size of school buses I'd like to move to strategic locations on my property |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:34:44 AM EDT
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paraphrase of joke badly remembered
no attempt to try to actually tell the joke mafiosi in jail upset about not being able to do his garden tells visitor (obviously being listened to) about the guns and money hidden in the garden cops come and tear up garden looking for stuff that isnt there next visit: visitor says that half the garden has been tilled and the cops will be done with the other half pretty soon and we will be able to plant the tomaoes so....whatcha got hidden under that rock, buddy? |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:39:37 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:45:40 AM EDT
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I am changing my answer from oxen to social worker.
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:58:59 AM EDT
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Quoted: I recently got 40 acres at my place with 8 wooded that's loaded with huge boulders. Without renting equipment or hiring it out do any of you have any genius ideas how to move them? I'm thinking of building a stone boat to use behind my truck. I'm thinking if we get a couple inches of snow the sled with the Boulder may move easier. Looking to get a Boulder down about 200 yards out of the woods and down a gravel driveway. Sorry I'm poor and hate paying others for things I can do even if it takes me 10x longer. One can make a stone boat out of a 4x8' sheet of 3/8" steel with the front curled up like a tobagan with a press brake. Weld loops on the front to attach 1/2" log chain for towing. Stone boats can be found on farm auctions, more common in the retirement or estate type.  Attached FileEdit -- Here's an example of the late 1940s style commonly found that's roughly 3x6'. Check Craigslist...  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/17/2020 9:59:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2020 10:03:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: stone boat can move a stupid amount of weight if the surface you are dragging it across is flat enough. define boulder.... @Orion_Shall_Rise is halfway to the answer. Here is the other half. Lower the boulder onto the stone boat & pull the stone boat with an ATV or tractor.  Tripod rock move third attempt success! |
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