Was it professional? NO.
Was it safe? ALSO NO.
BUT DID IT DO THE JOB? SURE DID.
GOODBYE SMALL BOULDER. THANKS REDDIT.
PS - no one carries dexpan around here, and surprisingly, no dynamite either. But I did find out that the old gent at the local hardware store carries around a vial of nitroglycerin (for health reasons). So thatd kinda cool.
I'm building a fence along the corner of our home, and ran into a rudely placed boulder about 18 inches down. Glove for scale.
This stone menace is too heavy for me to lift out, and it takes a long damn time to drill a hole into it with a hammer drill. I can't shift the position of the hole (theres a window well to the left and the house ends to the right). I tried yelling at it with no clear results.
Anyone ever run into a situation like this? I could try to shape a very custom bracket to secure the pipe to the rock, but Im guessing that would be extremely difficult to weld up.
PLEASE HELP ME DEFEAT THIS DUMB ROCK.
Hey all. I tried finding an answer through a search, but didnt see something addressing my scenario.
I'm digging post holes for a 6 ft tall chain link fence with slats. The holes will all be 8-9 inches in diameter and concrete filled. I have 9 ft poles, of which I'm trying to put 36" in the ground. The frost line here is 30".
However, Im in Utah and the ground is rocky and tough. The auger got me about halfway, and I'm digging out the rest by hand. Most holes are at 30" and I plan to bell them at the bottom.
Would this be sufficient to hold up a slatted fence? Or should I push through and try to get to 36" depth?