Video of Kubota BX chipping away shale rock with backhoe

tractorgp · Nov 11, 2014

A relative wanted me to give this a try. It worked ok but next step is to get a jack hammer.

ericher69 · Nov 13, 2014

tractorgp said:
A relative wanted me to give this a try. It worked ok but next step is to get a jack hammer. Video Link: http://youtu.be/nZKMWoBgNXg

Nice resolution...

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dave1949 · Nov 13, 2014

Shale is funny stuff. I have a couple places where a lump of it sticks up out of the ground but it's made up of thin sheets vertically oriented like in your video. It breaks into a million flakes near the surface but it's very tight deeper down where it hasn't weathered.

At my place I can never be sure if it is part of a big rock or ledge running at the surface. Just have to pull on it with the hoe and see if it wants to wiggle at all.

seal oil · Nov 14, 2014

You have some nice videos . I enjoyed watching them all .

tractorgp · Nov 14, 2014

seal oil said:
You have some nice videos . I enjoyed watching them all .

Thanks! Lots of omega 3 in that name of yours

tractorgp · Nov 14, 2014

dave1949 said:
Shale is funny stuff. I have a couple places where a lump of it sticks up out of the ground but it's made up of thin sheets vertically oriented like in your video. It breaks into a million flakes near the surface but it's very tight deeper down where it hasn't weathered.

At my place I can never be sure if it is part of a big rock or ledge running at the surface. Just have to pull on it with the hoe and see if it wants to wiggle at all.

Much the same as the rock shown in the video - that's why we really need a jack hammer to continue with the job.