How to move A 1000 Pound Rock
How to move a large rock by Yourself, Simple
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I was cleaning up around the are just
raking up along this rock wall here and
I found that this four to five hundred
pound rock fell off the Stonewall
clearly I don't want to just leave this
here I want to put it back up on the
Stonewall I don't have the tractor I
don't have any mechanized equipment so
in today's video let's find out if I can
get this four or five hundred pound rock
back on this Stonewall with using common
tools you'd have around the garage so
let's take a look at the tools I have
and let's see if I can make this work so
the first tool that I'm probably gonna
be using the most is a rock bar or a pry
bar this is actually called a New York
roof hook it's actually a fireman school
I made this one myself so this is gonna
be critical also I have a tool chain I'm
not sure if I'm gonna wrap this around
the rock yet but I'm gonna need
something to wrap around the rock to get
it up on this board clearly I have a
board that's what I plan to slide the
rock up on I also have a two thousand
pound two inch wide ratchet strap I'm
planning to use this as my main
mechanical device to pull the rock up
this incline I may have the ratchet on
this some and then work the pry bar to
move the rock up my rent or incline
plane I also have a nylon toe strap
which I may use to wrap around a tree up
the hill there provide a good anchoring
point then also just a sacrificial piece
of this is probably half-inch rope not
really sure what it's rated for what a
mess all right first things first
let me try and get the rock into
position at the base of this ramp and I
also need to get something tied around
the rock
all right so my first challenge is
positioning the rock at the base of this
ramp I've slid a chain underneath the
rock if you plan to attempt anything
like this do not stick your fingers your
hands underneath the rock even if you
have it supported use something like a
clothes hanger or hook to pull the chain
or rope around the rock but yeah so I
need to pull the rock this way but
here's the tricky part I need to keep
the rock in this orientation because
this is how I plan to set it on the wall
if I just pull it over here all
willy-nilly and I get it up there and I
think it's gonna be a lot harder to
reposition while it's on the rock walls
so I want to try and keep it in this
orientation so what I have set up right
now is I have the chain wrapped around
the rock from there I have that 2 inch
ratchet strap and then that's connected
to the nylon toe strap and that's
wrapped around the base of a substantial
tree so let's give a couple cranks on
the ratchet strap and see if we can
shift this rock over no I'm having
another good idea right now I think I'm
gonna take the pry bar and I'm gonna
slide it underneath the rock and just
try and break some of the friction
between the rock and the soft ground
not perfect but pretty close to where I
want to be now comes the tricky part
getting it up this ramp another thought
I'm having is that when I use the chain
to pull this rock up here
I want the pulling point of the chain to
be low because if you have the pulling
point on the chain high the rock is
gonna want to tumble over so you want to
set up your chain so that it's pulling
right at the base down here and yeah I'm
just gonna take this rigging setup shift
it up the hill will start cranking and
see what happens so I feel like I'm
gonna encounter some problems getting
the rock actually up on the ramp also
something you'll see in a second here as
opposed to having my anchoring point low
I've actually raised it kind of high so
when I start ratcheting on this strap
it's going to pull upward slightly which
you know you see it down on all the tow
trucks that just increases upward pull
and reduces the amount of friction on
the ground so if we turn around face up
the hill see the tow strap is higher up
in a tree just if you do this make sure
you tie off to a substantial tree
all right so we're on the ramp just so
you guys understood what just took place
here I was having trouble getting the
rock up over the first part of the ramp
and what I did to correct that is I took
my pry bar and I levered it in between
the rock and the ramp itself and once I
got the pry bar underneath the base of
the rock I pushed down on the pry bar in
turn lifting up the front portion of the
rock but I needed to keep leverage I
needed to keep downward pressure on this
pry bar while I was ratcheting uphill so
what I did I simply tied a clove hitch
with my crappy half-inch rope just keep
that leverage up and then we broke over
so I'm gonna take this pry bar out of
here I'm gonna reset the ratchet strap
and let's keep cranking this
we reached a critical point in this
operation within the next couple inches
the board is gonna want to pick it up
and I'm a little bit nervous about that
because I don't want the rock to kick
out I really want the board to stay
firmly in place where it is right now so
what I need to do I need to put some
weight at the base of the ramp here and
besides a bunch of rocks the closest
thing that I have at my disposal to put
some weight on this ramp it is why I
don't even know what you'd call this I
guess I call this my firewood split and
tires log thing yeah all right
fingers crossed
Wow I think I got lucky and just made it
it's pretty close to the exact position
that I actually want this rock in I
think if I work this ramp out of here
and I work the rock forward a little bit
with the pry bar I think it'll be
perfect you know what I don't even need
the pry bar I think that's pretty close
right there it's not perfect but it's
better than where it was and that just
goes to show you with a little bit of
creativity a basic knowledge of physics
some basic hand tools around your shop
you can achieve some pretty incredible
things when you set your mind to it
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