can boulders be removed? - Chapel Hill, NC

can boulders be removed? - Chapel Hill, NC

Member since 2022 · 48 posts · 10 votes

I have a rental property with a lot of rocks and boulders on it, mainly in the backyard, in Chapel Hill, NC. The backyard is pretty large.  If it wasn't for the boulders, the land would be more usable.  What are options as far as removing them?  Has anyone ever done this before?  What was the cost?  

The rocks/boulders range from small ones of about a foot wide, which I can take care of, to the largest one which is sticking up about 7 feet above the ground and is pretty firmly planted in the ground.  Some are buried more than others.  Pics below.

Thanks.

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  • Mechanicsburg, PA · Member since 2013 · 3k+ posts · 2k+ votes
    8mo

    Some of those rocks could be outcrops where there is a much larger portion below the surface.  The quantity there seems to be overwhelming, its not just a scattered rock or two.  We sold a property where there were some smaller rock outcrops.  The new buyer didn't like that and wanted a grassy front yard so they dynamited the exposed rock, removed the rocks and backfilled with topsoil and planted grass.  I have no idea what that costs but expect it is high. 

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