This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares his secrets for busting up big boulders. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Remove a Boulder:
- a big rock that's in the way
Tools for How to Remove a Boulder:
- pointed shovel [], used to dig around rock
- electric rotary hammer [] and 1/2-inch-diameter masonry bit [], used to drive screws and drill screw holes
- bulb-type syringe [], for blowing dust out of holes
- feathers and wedges [], used to split the rock
- 3-pound sledgehammer [], for pounding in the wedges
- long-handled pry bar [], used to break off split pieces of rock
- diesel-powered air compressor [] and rotary rock hammer [], for drilling and splitting large rocks
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