Rock Breaking?

[freem 25]

Guys, if you are digging and you come across a layer of rock - 6 foot road bar bounces off it and you have no edge to chip away at.... what do you do? And no, holemaster is not an option!

Edited March 11, 2013 by freem

[higgins 75]

wait and pray

[freem 25]

Thanks higgins but I'm not much use at either - brute force and ignorance all the way

[higgins 75]

do you have a dog trapped or is it just a question ? if the dog still in then you ve got to try anything and everything,waiting and praying is also neccesary sometimes a terrier can find it s way back out,hope you get dog back,good luck.

[freem 25]

Wish it was just a question - bitch ran to an earth in a woods the other day when out for a run , I am down 9 foot but the bottom of the dig is solid rock and bitch is another 3 foot further still

[lilpip1234 62]

try and widen till you find an edge or just keep chipping away

[dymented 2,220]

lump hammer and chisel if necessary

[GOBSHITE 107]

Hire a breaker

[THE GENERAL 1,975]

Stihl saw and lump hammer and chisel will break it in no time

[Blaise 2,253]

Try to break the rock directly with a big sledge hammer but you have to be careful it may be dangerous if you are on the dog. Try to work behind the dog.
We did the job during a hunt this year.

 

[Blaise 2,253]

Another hunt, we used a bar and a lump hammer. I hold the crowbar, not a nice place. In this case, it had been a success : we took the dog and after the badger (legally because in France).

 

 

I have few experiences of terriers under rock or concrete.

[fagaen 282]

Same problem last weekend just would not break lump hammer chisels and a couple of power lifters always helps

[Blaise 2,253]

Same problem last weekend just would not break lump hammer chisels and a couple of power lifters always helps

Without powerlifters, dog must be patient.

[liamdelaney 2,585]

Any word on the rescue?we dug thru foundations of a house with kango's to get to a dog one time.

[UcanRUNbutUcantHIDE 190]

Had same problem Saturday had to make the hole bout 4 foot wider until we found the edge of [BANNED TEXT] we thought was a stone, turned out to be 2 stones side by side so we slowly dug around them and removed them, we only had 2 round mouths no graft or bars but our dig was only 6 foot deep so I can imagine your troubles. Stones were removed and sure enough my frinds pup was 2 foot away singing at his quarry, dog removed quarry humanely dipatched then off to then next dig. Hope all went well with your dog mate keep us posted how you get on pls, atb ucrbuch