![]() I found a right angle 1 3/8 6spline to 1" round shaft 1:1 gear box I could drive with a clutched PTO drive shaft. I haven't seen any PTO driven drills either. But after getting this expensive tractor I was hoping to put the 27hp PTO to good use. I thought about air-drilling also, though I am not sure how much paperwork I would have to go through to do blasting (it's probably not permitted for individuals to do that here without extensive training and licensing). My intent would be to cut and split it into more manageable sized pieces to move, while simultaneously putting a nice flat side on both pieces (to be used to make a mortared natural stone retaining wall). Has anyone seen anything like that? It would likely need to use a slip-clutch shaft drive or belt drive, just in case the blade binds. ![]() I am looking for something like that, that could run off the rear ~27HP PTO. I recently was watching a show called Jade-fever and they have a portable saw like that, that appears to run off of a generator, or is direct belt-driven. Though I realize at that thickness, the saw would not be forced around, but suspended above the boulder and allowed to cut down at it's own pace. Those cut like a 2.75in wide cut! I was thinking something like a 1/2" wide cut or even less (like a beefy diamond wet-saw blade). I was wondering if anyone has seen a rock-saw implement that would fit on an LX3310? Thus far I have only really seen the bigger wheel-saws that are mounted to skid-steers or mini-excavators and those all seem to run on high volume hydraulics. ![]() I will be wanting to move some boulders on my property that will be too large to lift and even some that are likely too large for me to drag on a sled. Will post more after the next rock breaking session.Good day all. I am really pleased with the HF rotary hammer's performance and am grateful that I had it. The rotary hammer, which was under $100 after the standard HF 20% off coupon, will definitely drive a 1-1/2" bit through limestone but it can be faster to first drill a 5/8" pilot hole. That HF rotary hammer worked well but it still took some time to get the breaker hammer loose each time. Sometimes you can pulse the hammer a few times while pulling up on it but other times you are plain screwed and have to bust out the rock it is wedged in. The breaker hammer goes through caliche very quickly and resulted in getting the bit wedged between rock. That can happen several ways but in these cases I happened to hit some caliche that was between chunks of sold rock. I don't have pics but it got stuck three times. ![]() I will be using the feathers and wedges and Dexpan at some point and will post pics.Ībout the rotary hammer saving the day. Unfortunately I had to leave it for another day. Most of what is left is bedrock, which you can see toward the bottom of the picture. The rock pile includes some bedrock that I busted up also. Here are pics of the results.Īt the top of this pic is a railroad tie, so you can see that many of these rock chunks are not small. It was not the magic rock busting hell machine that I had hoped, but was FAR quicker than using a sledge hammer. This was my first time using a breaker hammer so it took a while to start getting the hang of it. In its longest dimension it was about 4 ft. Here is a picture of the first big rock I busted up. Unfortunately, the rock is less than a foot deep in places. and I want a slope of at least 1/4" per foot (would prefer 1/2" or more), plus I want the drainage pipe buried at least 12-16", the trench needs to be roughly 20" deep or more. Since the total length of the trench is about 20 ft. On the uphill side I am going to put in a 9" x 9" drainage basin and I want it sunk down 4-5" below grade. The site is a mix of limestone, caliche clay (which is kind of like limestone that has not quite hardened all the way), and some sandy topsoil. It is on a mild slope, but it is enough of a slope that I want to provide drainage. Here is a pic of the site where I am putting the 12ft. The rotary hammer was for use with the feather and wedges and the Dexpan, but it turns out that it saved the day three times when I was using the breaker hammer. The day before I had bought a rotary hammer from Harbor Freight and two bits from Home Depot (a 5/8" bit and a 1-1/2" bit). Since my time was limited to a little over a half day, I went with the breaker hammer for this round. There are three methods of breaking rock that I am going to try-breaker hammer, feather and chisel, and Dexpan. I did some rock busting this past weekend.
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