I need to remove a rock without equipment 1

[StevieRock]

I need to find a way to remove a rock about 3 cubic feet in size and was wondering if anyone knew how to remove it.

 

[PEinc]

Rent a rock splitter from the local contractor's rental center. Drill a hole and use the splitter to crack it into smaller pieces.

or

Dig a hole and bury it.

or

Rent an electric paving breaker at the local rental center and break it up.

or

Landscape around it in a garden.

or

Buy a masonry blade (diamond, carborundum, etc.) for a large circular saw or, preferably, a cut-off saw and make some cuts into the boulder which you can then use with the proper steel wedge and proper hammer.

Wear gloves, a dust mask, and eye protection as a minimum.

 

[BigH]

Also - advertise it. Someone might want it for decoration in front of his/her house!

 

[StevieRock]

the problem is that i cant use loud equipment so what would be the quietest.

 

[ChrisMcLean]

Why can't you use loud equipment?

 

[StephenA]

If you can drill it, you could use expansive cement to split it up. The drilling would be the noisiest.

If no expense is to be spared you could a diamond coring machine to drill the holes before using the expansive cement.

The diamond coring machine is electric and uses water for lubricant.

Otherwise you could use a diamond wire cutter to cut the rock into any number of pieces. It is a bit like a wire cheese cutter and would be quite quiet. The russian submarine the Kursk was cut up with one although on a slightly larger scale!

StephenA

 

[PEinc]

Hand-digging a hole and burying the rock is the quietest.

 

[StephenA]

Except for the swearing and cursing when the rock falls on your toes!

StephenA

 

[StephenA]

3 cubic feet is around 220 kg (at 2600 kg/m3 density).

Could you lift it by either getting a rope under the corners or drilling in a anchor bolt.

A tripod and chain hoist could then lift it.

StephenA

 

[PEinc]

You could also use (rent?) a hand truck to wheel it away. The rock weighs about as much as a large refrigerator. Hand trucks are used to move refrigerators all the time. Wheel it to a pickup truck and get 3 friends to help you muscle it into the back of the truck. Or dig a hole and bury it. Three cubic feet is not a very large hole.

 

[StevieRock]

the thing is that the rock is half buried. Where can I get this expanding concrete and at what cost? I also want to know if i can use a normal hammer drill to make the holes for the concrete.

 

[StephenA]

It is an expanding cement.

This web site answer describes three makes of expanding cement.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=354284

The one I was thinking of was Bristar, but not knowing where you are I do not know if it is available.

If the rock is half buried, how do you know that it is only 3cu ft and not bedrock?

A normal hammer drill (DIY type?) would drill holes but probably too small for the cement.

StephenA