Rocks in your yard?

I've got some huge rocks buried in my yard that I cannot dig out and don't want to pay to have removed. One in particular is about 3 feet across, and is level with the ground.

I want to break them up enough so that I can get about 4-6 inches of dirt on top of them and grow grass over them.

Any ideas on how to break them up? A sledge hammer, by itself, isn't doing the job. I need to somehow crack the rock.

How about drilling holes in them with a masonry drill bit? That would weaken the surface and maybe give the sledgehammer a chance at cracking the stone.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

Yah...rent a jackhammer.

One thing tho, do you know how deep the rock is? You may be wasting your time with anything besides a bobcat/backhoe if it's too deep in there to split. I know you've got those large rocks down in Atlanta (stone mtn.).

 

I'll look into jackhammer rentals. Didn't know you could rent one.

Most of the rocks wouldn't be a problem. The one in particular that I mentioned (3' across) is probably at least 3-4 feet in diameter, depending on its shape below the surface. I don't need to completely split it, though, so I could probably work from the edges and take off just enough of the surface so that I could bury it with a good layer of soil.

 

Check HomeDepot, they have plenty of items for rental

 

old Yankee method for granite: drill deep, about every foot or so, and wide enough so that water will collect. Winter freezes (eventually) crack the rock and enable removal.

They had it down to such an art up there that they actually crafted stone fenceposts that way.

You surely want quicker results, but given the number of quarries in the area....and if you're going to be here a long time...

The rocks here are something else, aren't they?

 

He's in Atlanta.

 

Yes, I am now in Atlanta.

I had no issues with rocks in Ashburn -- it was the clay that was the problem.

No clay here, but brim's right -- the rocks are huge!