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| Partial dichotomy |
Because the backyard is fenced, I can't get any heavy equipment back there. That would my preference if I could. I think bendable (and vthoky) may be onto something! "Call los hombres"!  | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
A couple of snatch blocks and a good puller with Amsteel (or other brand) line should pull that, as long as you've got something solid to anchor it to. ________________________________________________________ It is long past time for a Convention of States. The Founding Fathers gave us this tool to fix an out of control government and we need to use it. | |||
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I think I'd pull or flop it over with a come-along or hand winch from the tree with a strap around the top of the rock. Then move the come along to another tree as you'll be too close. Or at that point you'll be able to get behind it to lever it over with a 4x4 and some rocks. No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
After seeing the picture and hearing that the yard is fenced I wonder if you have a gate? If so you can rent one of those stand behind mini skids that will fit between a 36” gate and by using a set of forks instead of a bucket you can raise it a couple of inches and push it with the mini. Something like this… https://www.homedepot.com/c/mini-skid-steer-rental ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Just wondering how far it would roll downhill on it's own Skid Steer, one of the narrow models, driven by a guy that knows how to run one will be cheaper than hernia surgery or an ER visit! | |||
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If you have something sturdy enough to rig to, a lever hoist and a tow strap would drag that wherever you wanted. | |||
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Something to consider. I have read that when pulling with a strap around a tree you should wrap the tree with a very wide strap or add some padding to spread out the contact surface. The strap would basically girdle a tree that has soft or delicate bark. Girdling is striping the bark from around a tree trunk to kill the tree. “That’s what.” - She | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
I would be very surprised if that’s more than 400#. (Is it limestone?) I spent a few years lifting a lot of rock. In any case, levers and pipes as rollers would probably do it. | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
I retract my statement. I guess it could be 3’x3’x3’ | |||
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Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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You could get advice from Sisyphus | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
Despite google over estimating to rock’s weight, I’d bet there’s a YouTube video or two. I believe I could move the rock in the picture with my 6’ pry bar, a log as a fulcrum, and a sheet of plywood. Dig a depression in the location where you want it to wind up to catch it if it starts sliding on its own. Don't get under it, downhill of it, between it and tree, etc. Keep your hands and feet away from pinch points. Something like this: or this, I really like the PVC on the front edge of the plywood: You can make as complicated as you like: This message has been edited. Last edited by: trapper189, | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Use the force! "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I too have a hard time believing 4-5000 lbs. Maybe 1000? Less, if a semi-porous rock like limestone. "The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke | |||
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| I'd rather have luck than skill any day  |
You mean you don't have one of these? | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Incredibly easy to move, have several big ones now in yard as part of landscaping. Relocation tool is a checkbook. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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I think that’s movable with a tow strap & strong ‘come-a-long’. You said not easy to get large equipment back there. With the $$ it takes to hire someone, more than pays for the come a long & strap. After that you have the tools for later use. With DIY no need to be in a hurry. | |||
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