Harvesting Rocks to Reinforce My Pond Island



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26 thoughts on “Harvesting Rocks to Reinforce My Pond Island”

  1. Howdy Brock! Really like the idea of using the materials you have on the property. I think I was on team 'use your own rocks' when the subject came up before. Placing the rocks wasn't something I had considered though lol. But sounds like you have an idea how to get it done. Also think you won't regret building a trail or road to get easier access to the rest of the property. Well done and thanks for sharing 🤠

    PS: Carson – ya need to paint some eyes on the ripper so it looks like a T-rex lol

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  2. Hello Brock. The mini-ex, with the ripper and thumb, did a great job of picking stones.
    You mentioned that the rocks are sandstone. Scupltors might be interested in buying rocks for projects.
    Sandstone can be shaped so the rocks could be used for a stone house.
    If you had a small barge, could you load a few rocks, float to the island, and then roll rocks over the side?
    Good luck with the island project. Jim

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  3. Brock, use the smaller roks as well they could be wheel barrowed out and dropped in and they work better than the bigger ones. The bigger ones would be used where you really big waves, which you don’tin your pond.

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  4. Not a winter project, but you could float rocks out from the shore to the island on a large truck inner tube with a board on top. Total cost would be under $50. It'd be slow, but you could place the rocks precisely and at your own pace without being constrained by equipment rental time.

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  5. I've run heavy equipment for quite a few years mainly excavators and In order to reach where you want to yes definitely an 8 ton machine is needed but if it was me I'd get a 15 ton if you could justify it and I think you'd have plenty of reach to put rocks where you want them. It is a little hard to tell on video how far it actually is but if it was me I'd go for a 15 ton

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  6. I would be using my brush grapple to sift out the smaller rocks and move the larger rocks. I’ve already tackled one project where I used the grapple to remove a stone foundation and load them on my trailer. I later used the grapple to move my pile of rocks over to my new wall project.

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