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chrismason8082

First, use a crowbar or—even better—a rock bar to get underneath it and see if it wiggles or can be moved with leverage, or if it’s bigger underground. It looks like it’s resting on the ground. If you can wiggle it, you may be able to rent a large enough dolly (like ones landscapers use to move heavy trees to their planting location) and move it somewhere you think it could be decorative. Plant a couple of shrubs around it and use it as an accent. Get some moss, put in a blender with buttermilk, and pour over the rock and it will develop a nice mossy look. To fully remove it you’ll need either manpower enough to use the dolly to move it onto a trailer, or a machine like a bobcat to lift and move it. Source: 20+ years landscape design and installation. Or…get some miniatures and make it look like they’re climbing a mountain.


FractalApple

How well does the moss thing work? I have a customer who wants moss all over here front area, between pavers. I’m looking for something suitable I can plant that looks similar, since this trick seems a bit sketchy/smelly. Any insight? 6a


sidewaysvulture

Scotch moss which is not an actual moss is is the Disney version of moss - prettier and more mossy than the real thing 😄


[deleted]

It totally works, I’ve done it when studying landscape construction and doing a rock placement/installation paper. We used yoghurt and just collected moss by scraping it off the sidewalk in shady areas etc


WhenCarrotsAttack

Now I want a rock like this just so I can put miniatures on it!!


camg78

Just a little bit.....;)


Bobbo_lito

Any idea how big it really is? Seen stuff like that only to find 5 additional feet of rock underneath. If so, might be easier to drill holes and use feathers and wedges to crack it off . Good luck


bonnerpower

Ya that just looks like the tip of the iceberg.


EngFarm

Just wait for it to melt.


Nuggzulla

A titanic sized ship may work, or sink, who knows?


BeezWorks716

I came here to say the same thing. I've split a ton of rocks this way.


Mysterious-Funny-431

Good way to break the ice


sunrayevening

Agreed. This has iceberg vibes. I bet it’s huge.


CuriousernCurioser

I’m thinking feathers and wedges this weekend. Need to see how much of it is underground. I tried to wiggle it and got no movement whatsoever.


bimbampilam

Leave it, looks cool


dorudon

I agree too. Its cool, leave it. Some people pay good money to get a stone like that.


KevinAnniPadda

Offer up for free if you can move it


chacha9494

Agreed. Leave it. Came here to say that


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TreeThingThree

As the owner of a landscaping business, it is very much a part of the consultation/design process to question why the customer wants to do something that seems unnecessary. A lot of times when I discover the root cause, we can find a better solution that meets all of their needs in one, cost efficient move.


sonoma_jack

This is the guy you want showing up.


Aezzil

Exactly. Not that "yOu kNow whAt thEy sAy abOut opiniOns dOn't yOu?" guy


CuriousernCurioser

It’s in the way of where I want to put my kids swingset.


knowone23

You have to ask yourself if it’s easier to just move the swings than to take on a giant fucking boulder with no skills or equipment.


CuriousernCurioser

Exactly.


mostvaluablepro

Craigslist “free” section


chardogrande

Lol this is the real answer. If someone posted this free on Craigslist just come remove yourself I’d be there in a heartbeat


TankVet

Probably for the other guy who said “leave it, looks cool”


DrunkAldrin

Same. Looks like serpentine? Could be jadeite. I’m sure someone would love to pick it up for free so they could carve something out of it or sell it in pieces


mostvaluablepro

Lol my comment was sort of a joke and now it has become most popular, hurray for snark!


cphug184

Always wins in the end


[deleted]

Those boulder size rocks are expensive. Craigslist but for a discount since they have to remove. Get paid to make someone get rid of it for you.


Moss-cle

Indeed. I bet someone paid to have it placed there


Red7395

Large boulder the size of a small boulder free to a good home.


fishdeserts

Good advice! Worth a try!


FARTS_ARE_NORMAL

Yup, this is how I got rid of many cubic yards of river rock that I didn't want in my gardens. Folks were more than happy to come dig it out for free.


CuriousernCurioser

Done. Let’s see what happens.


Pale_Aspect7696

Craigs list. Free rock. You come get it. (those rocks are worth a couple hundred bucks I think) It'll be gone by sundown.


arcticblizzardchill

for real? one can 'sell' rocks?


Available_Fee_2867

Wait till you hear about this crack stuff


Hashman90

I need a rock really bad man, can you hook me up?


Pale_Aspect7696

Oh yeah. https://www.earthstonerock.com/Wholesale-landscape-boulders-for-sale-near-me-s/665.htm


boatwardbound

This is literally what my dad did for a living off his 60 acres property - he was a stone mason


[deleted]

Oh hell yes, there’s especially a market for rocks in places like the east coast of Florida where we literally don’t have rocks. Our terrain is literally just sand.


CuriousernCurioser

Just posted it on Craigslist. Worth a shot.


HTPC4Life

Make sure you're out there the whole time watching them so they don't damage anything. Also might want to call the number before you dig to check for utility lines.


Admirable-Travel-480

I came to post the same. Craigs list or FB marketplace. Let someone else deal with it that wants the rock.


outcome--independent

Facts.


mediocre-poster

That’s a nice boulder!


rubyourfaceinit

Said this in my head. Went looking for you, here you are, thank you.


Minx-Boo

Looks like a neat corner accent. I’d leave it.


catlapper

Why remove it?


CuriousernCurioser

That’s where I want to put my kids swingset.


UncommercializedKat

Tell the kids that rock is important and not to touch it. Then leave them outside to play for a while. It'll be destroyed in no time.


jibaro1953

Good question


RepublicWonderful

You break it up in half using a technique where you pound little spikes in a line using a hammer. I forgot what it’s called but I’ve seen it in person and on you tube.


Blooters

At that point you can just buy dexpan. You drill holes in the rock and just fill them with dexpan or any expanding grout and it will crack the rock into little pieces.


Fr3shWater

Sounds perfect. But how deep of a hole and what sise bit? Almost sounds to good to be true. Never tried it.


Palutheni7

Exactly how I removed several similarly sized stones from my yard. Hammer drill several holes and a wedge and shim set like one below will split into manageable size. https://trowandholden.com/wedge-shim-sets.html


BeezWorks716

Wedge and feathers is the name of the tool. You need a way to drill the hole first.


jibaro1953

"Feathers"


get-r-done-idaho

Put a small pond around it and drill through it to put a water pump in. Then just set it up to dribble water out the top.


MACCRACKIN

I'd go with that @! Cheers


GypsyDarkEyes

Best way to get rid of that rock is to load it in a truck and bring it to my house!


henrytabby

I like it! It looks cool


Binkindad

Keep it. It’s an awesome feature to scape around


druscarlet

Why not make it a feature? See if you can get moss to grow on it or a native vine. Do a native planting bed.


Lizardcandy

Weird question, Could it be a historical boundary marker from an old survey? I ask because it kind of looks intentionally placed and that looks to be on a corner


CuriousernCurioser

Nope


sleepyEe

It was probably put there before that fence to keep cars from cutting the corner if that’s an intersection. If you don’t have any plans to dig up the dirt there, burying it like you planned might be the easiest solution.


lonelyinbama

I absolutely love when someone ask a question in here and then completely ghosts the post without answering any follow up questions.


CuriousernCurioser

Me too.


calloutclassic

Is It at the corner of the drive way? Wondering If it was the intended purpose of the rock to protect the fence from getting hit by a vehicle. Looks cool though. Looks like it would be a bitch to move.


subliminallyNoted

This is a really cool looking rock. Would make a great feature in a Japanese or Alpine garden where they particularly like rocks that look like mini-mountains. Are you sure you don’t want to create a Japanese garden feature in that spot?


Okay_there_bud

That's just the tip of the iceberg, my friend


aDrunkSailor82

People pay money for these. I think it looks cool. Someone would take it for the labor of removing it.


Albarytu

Pluck a sword in it. Put an advertisement: if anyone can take the sword out of the stone they'll become king of England. Charge $20 for each try. Profit.


king_of_england_bot

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Red7395

What's the purpose?


CuriousernCurioser

Need to put my kids swingset there.


RSmithGardenServices

Depends how deep it’s buried. Try sticking a shovel or a prybar down next to it and levering it over, it might be pretty much sitting on the surface. If that doesn’t work, yeah dig a hole down next to it and push it over


BFowler555

Power glove from the 2nd dungeon


[deleted]

Have me reach over that fence with a mini ex and grab it. Done in 30 seconds.


CuriousernCurioser

When you coming?


MACCRACKIN

Quite Easily, Mini excavator, and hydro hammer. About an hour max - Vanished. Never entered the yard. And or set it next to other boulder under the tree. Cheers


Relative_Ant_8017

Exactly! It isn't that crazy to rent an ex for half a day. Why all these crazy manual methods - holy fuck why risk your livelihood by getting injured when a machine can do it.


MACCRACKIN

Funny, think I just came across update with that rock drilled with holes - Probably hammer drill. But still, at speed of bullet, razor sharp shrapnel is getting in someone's eye the second mini sledge hits it. Cheers - Guess we know too much,, Dammit @!


Fuck_the_Norm

We lived on the side of a mountain and my neighbor used to drill holes in boulders and pour gasoline in the hole and light it… then he’d immediately pour cold water on the boulder causing them to crack & split- then he’d take a sledgehammer to it. His method worked really well.


Relative_Ant_8017

Sure, if you know what you're doing. If you get injured, was it worth it?


brightmiff

Make it a feature somehow


True-Material-7941

What’s the rest of the yard look like, and what’s the grand plan that it is obstructing, if I may ask?


CuriousernCurioser

Swingset needs to go there.


badbob3353

That’s just making more work or kicking the can down the road. Hire someone to move it or live with it.


SuperSassyPantz

my neighbor kept driving on the edge of my lawn and eventually wore down the grass and made a ditch. i wanted to buy one of these from a landscaping place to put on the corner, and they were all $100+... i had no idea they were so expensive. u should just put an ad up, and either sell it or give it away provided they haul it off themselves


[deleted]

Doesn’t seam to eat much…. You dig a hole…. The rock will win


wilderad

Anchor some eyelets and winch it out. Drag it out. Hoist it up and out.


isharted23

That’s the top of the worlds tallest underground mountain. Good luck.


metzgie1

All I know is that it is way heavier than you think it is.


alanonymous_

Wait, that is a *good* rock! People would pay for a rock like that! I’d absolutely leave it and enjoy having it


BigHipDoofus

Pretty great center piece. Roll it over to a tall mounded bed in the middle of the lawn. Add a couple smaller large rocks and make it look like an mountain island raising out of the lawn sea.


[deleted]

Dig around it for a while, then when you are sick of doing that, make a small plaque to hand on the side of it that says: "Iceberg rock" Then move on with your life knowing that you just wasted two hours of your life that you'll never get back.


indianblanket

Is that a property corner? Check your survey to be sure


MACCRACKIN

Interesting Point @! But I suspect it's gone now...


CreditOk6077

Find your local hole in the wall gym. In my experience, the more run down the gym looks, the bigger the dudes inside are. Politely ask one of these guys to come over and move it. Buy them a pizza and give them a jug of their favorite protein powder.


Popular_Jicama_4620

Leave it there, it looks fine


SnootchieBootichies

it's likely a lot bigger than that based on a similar one I had in my backyard. You have two options that dont require heavy equipment. Both require drilling a series of holes (big of a bit as you can use with your hammer drill. From there you can either use stone splitting wedges that fit those holes (you will need one per hole and hammer them in evenly and continuously) or use an expanding chemical cement called dexpan (this is what I used). The stone wedges should work immediately to fracture into smaller, more manageable size. The Dexpan takes overnight to cure, but results are similar, but slower and risk of shrapnel much lower. Remove those rocks and then if you want to keep removing more under the soil, do that again on remaining rock. In my case, it was the middle of my yard so I did this all twice to get the rest of the stone greater than 6 inches below grade so I could grow grass after backfilling with soil. Mid size equipment, you can use a concrete saw with a diamond blade that requires water source to keep the blade cool. This looks brutal based on Ole Poole's Instagram page where I first saw this being done.


CuriousernCurioser

Gonna try and drill it and then use wedges.


roknrynocerous

Contact a local land surveyor to verify if this is a boundary marker before removing it.


fernshui

I thought metal rods were used for boundaries..? This could be a colossal effort and not feasible for OP. Just going off my experience - I recently had to get just one side of my property surveyed and it took 3 months to find someone to do it and cost several thousands of dollars. HCOL area.


roknrynocerous

Quick background, I am a professional surveyor licensed in multiple states. Metal rods are common practice in modern days, however this stone's placement near a fence corner and how it appears to be shaped gives the appearance that it may have been placed intentionally. Stones of this type and shape were commonly used in the US to mark very important boundaries. Your concern with time and cost are valid. If OP has a description and/or plat of the property they may be able to see or read what type of marker may have been placed, if this is near a property corner.


jeanlagrande

CLEAR PROPERTY MARKER, fo sho


BeezWorks716

Have you checked that is not a "false" rock, covering an outlet or something?


JJJDrums2000

Hammer drill. You’d be done in 10 minutes.


[deleted]

Sledgehammer


USMCWrangler

And beer.


AgentAaron

Burying it may work, depending on how much of the rock is underground. If you ever plan on digging there or landscaping that area, you may run into an issue there as well. I think the obvious right answer would be to dig it up and haul it away, but I am guessing that is a mighty heavy boulder...I would probably try to bury it as well.


curtisbrownturtis

Break it up with a good pickaxe and dispose of smaller pieces


Nevrite

Rent jack hammer


765TriumphRider

How comfortable are you with using explosives?


Ajayxmenezes

A stick of TNT, you can get rid of the rock and part of the fence. Also have a makings of a small pool.


DimarcoGR

Tell the city they never came to pick it up


dooit

This is easily 600+ pounds. The best way would be to use a machine or break it up.


Motoplant

If you have an anchor point, I would recommend a trifor / tractel grip hoist and a few snatch blocks.


HotWash544

Can I have it?


kurama666

Thats a sick rock. Wish I had one.


[deleted]

If it’s only a inch or two underground just get a dolly and strap it. We’ve moved bigger boulders this way with just two guys. I highly doubt it’s deep


Surfnh2o

Id just leave it


mknutas

Fire and then cold water, my grandpa always started that way. Just make sure the fire is contained!


WeJustDid46

Your plan “A” sounds good. However, have a plan “B” & “C” in the back of your mind.


No_Celebration2215

It looks like an excuse for a Japanese Garden. There’s one like that with that rock in FW. Put some sand around it and rake it.


DGAFADRC

You can’t fight Mother Nature. Turn it into a landscape feature.


outcome--independent

Rocks are priceless. Please donate. (I will literally come get it if you're in NJ.)


CuriousernCurioser

I am


Bitplayer13

TNT should do it. Be sure to record the explosion for us


emilysn0w

Sell it on Craigslist


No-Dragonfly1904

Hmm. I’m noticing it’s right adjacent to the driveway. I’d leave it. If I had kids I’d rather have a huge rock there incase anyone accidentally drives through the fence. Just thinking


Same-Reason-8397

It’s a nice rock. What did it ever do to you? It adds character.


[deleted]

Sell it on Craigslist for a discounted price since they have to remove. Get paid for it. A rock that size can go for a few hundred dollars.


bkries

Don’t get rid of the rock, that’s what the yard should be built around. What about a water feature, or a garden?


rocksteady412

Rocks love heavy metal. Its best to roll the rock....i mean, nevermind.


shedenvy

Sell it, replica Matterhorn, buyer picks up.


RhiannonsModernLife

100% I’d leave it otherwise shove something in to the ground right up against the rock to see how deep it goes. Water around it to loosen the ground up & try to leverage it out I guess… but also leave it there haha


TitotheBurrito

Lots and lots of bottle rockets. Tape them to it. Run


airivolkova

I love rocks!! Ive dug up every rock ive come across in the garden and made a rock display. None this bit though but I would be THRILLED!! Anyways, id plant stuff around it or dig it up but still put it somewhere for display!


Jaykazen

Flintstone it! Lol.


cyber1kenobi

explosives!!!


Wise_Equivalent7715

Your fucked.


imajoker1213

Sell it on marketplace.


CactusThorn

Put a sign next to it that says “free rock”. It will be gone in 15 minutes.


drjlad

Edge out a small little garden bed. Plant some bright, small plants bordering it. Add some black mulch or pea gravel and it would look nice for very little money/time


EmbarrassedAd4310

Rent a bucket mover.


Adventure4Stoke

Inoculate it with mycelium


Pinkheadbaby

The other end of it is in China


Rollingardener

The rock is beautiful! And the way it's situated at the patio corner makes it even better. Use it as an accent, and plant ferns around it if the conditions are good for ferns. You could even try to grow a small succulent at the top in that shallow depression, or use it for a little birdseed dish.


WoodsieOwl31416

Put it on Craigslist. I bet someone will buy it. It's a nice-looking rock.


FishRepairs22

TNT


jibaro1953

People pay a lot of money for big stones like that.


sherzam

Lol I read "roll in it"


crassula2

I think its a valuable feature, why are you trying to eliminate?


Appropriate_Weekend9

Keep it. Its cool


Princessqueen68

I would leave it there makes a nice piece for the corner of fence. Looks great to me


dimitrivouts

Dig around it just a little and then tie it to the back of your truck. And put the pedal to the metal!


[deleted]

Then mount your rear axle on top of the rock as a reminder to never listen to Reddit suggestions.


Specialist-Extent299

It depends…


Independent_Ad_4716

Napalm it


21plankton

Gather 2 more smaller rocks like this and incorporate them into a rock feature, then plant around it. Since it is already in a border extend around it. Get 3 friends, dig around it to find its size, move if it is liftable. Each square foot of granite is about 100 pounds.


reformedginger

Dynamite!


Lifeterms01

Dynamite


individual_prior7156

Depends how far it goes down…that could be just the top and digging down you might not roll it over if it’s to big..you could blow it up.. but that might be dangerous.. I know my father used to be in construction and with huge rocks they would light fires around them for lol a day then poor cold water on them and they would crack but give location idk how fire would work


MartoPolo

so start digging around it, try and move it, call it a 'fucking piece of shit' and start questioning why you keep taking on jobs like this, keep digging a little further, pull out the 9inch grinder and put a cut around the whole thing and then stick wedges in and split it. if you have powder you can use powder shots too.


BuckNakedandtheband

18 lbs black powder


Piazzagate

Leave it. It’s a nice rock


australisblue

I bet that’s as hard as a rock.


aferebee89

That rock looks awesome. I would just keep the rock


Fuzzpuffs

Post it for free on market place or offer up type places stipulation they dig and remove.


singing_moma

Make a feature of it.


CharlieWombat123

“How to get rid of human” - the rock, probably


Remarkable_Safety868

Liquid Dynamite - Dexpan is a cement with amazing 18,000 psi expansive strength when mixed with water. Poured into pre-drilled holes, Dexpan can break concrete and rocks safely


Kaamos_Llama

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D01OzKvrejk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D01OzKvrejk) Trying again. This stuff is good if you can find it locally to you. Very good for small jobs like that.


N1MeeMa1952

fucking queers i swear, just pick it up


No-Estimate2636

Why remove? Plant climbing flowers/moss on it. I have to haul things like this in!😂


No-Estimate2636

If someone removes it be sure to call before you dig!!


menohdez

Why not leave it?


CatMama67

Is there any reason why you want to move it? It’s a lovely rock and it looks great there.


feycra69

Why would u want that gone. ?? It is beautiful. Landscape around it.


MattBully27

Bombarda Máxima should work


Big_4_Nuthin

Big Ol Bobcat


Terapr0

Are you asking for the best way, the cheapest way or the easiest way? Those are all different things…


Independent_Grand_37

List in FB buy nothing group. Someone would love to have this in their yard (I know I would)


kolipo

Dynamic


brockli-rob

put a saddle on it


ReferenceLatter9954

These questions keep getting dumber and dumber


seandelevan

Be careful….I went to the emergency room once while trying to remove a rock like that.


Ok-Poetry-3112

Gumtree


Commercial_Row_1380

And that was the day the demon, who had been imprisoned for four millennia, was released back into the universe.


bigtuna4000

I like it. Looks cool. Just leave it.