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The story.
Back in the 80s I was in a small wrecking yard west of town. They had a hydraulic car press sitting on the ground with these two huge rocks protecting the hydraulic rams and hoses. I commented that I'd like to own them, but the owner wanted the protection.
Some years later the yard sold, and one day the new owner happened in my hardware store. Through the course of the conversation, I mentioned that he had something in the yard I wanted. When I told him it was the rocks, he said they were in his way and to come and get them. I drug my feet (or forgot), and the yard sold again.
Once again, the new owner came into my store, and I mentioned the rocks. I told him they had been given to me, but I never picked them up. He looked around, picked up a used high-budget water trap and regulator off my shelf and told me he'd swap straight across. This time I didn't wait. I tossed in a new Goodyear 50' air hose, hooked up my trailer, and headed over. We loaded them up, and I brought them home.
This one is about 5 feet wide, about 20 inches tall, and weighs 1300+ pounds.
This one is about 42 inches wide, 26 inches tall, and weighs around 900 pounds.
I used to have them in front of the house in planters in the middle of our lawn, but wifey hated them, so I moved them over in front of my office. I've had tons of people try to buy them from me, but I really like them. Then a few years back, I was over in my neighbor's yard and spotted these two:
He's a fencing contractor. He did a job for some people, and they wanted the rocks gone, so he hauled them off and tossed them outside his fenced yard. I gladly took them off his hands.
Our new house is almost done. It sits on a corner, and the driveway is an arc that cuts off the point of the corner. There's a stop sign on the point. Wifey has decided that it's acceptable for me to put the rocks in the corner planter, as long as we can put a few plants in there, too.
They'll finally have a place of honor.
Back in the 80s I was in a small wrecking yard west of town. They had a hydraulic car press sitting on the ground with these two huge rocks protecting the hydraulic rams and hoses. I commented that I'd like to own them, but the owner wanted the protection.
Some years later the yard sold, and one day the new owner happened in my hardware store. Through the course of the conversation, I mentioned that he had something in the yard I wanted. When I told him it was the rocks, he said they were in his way and to come and get them. I drug my feet (or forgot), and the yard sold again.
Once again, the new owner came into my store, and I mentioned the rocks. I told him they had been given to me, but I never picked them up. He looked around, picked up a used high-budget water trap and regulator off my shelf and told me he'd swap straight across. This time I didn't wait. I tossed in a new Goodyear 50' air hose, hooked up my trailer, and headed over. We loaded them up, and I brought them home.
This one is about 5 feet wide, about 20 inches tall, and weighs 1300+ pounds.
This one is about 42 inches wide, 26 inches tall, and weighs around 900 pounds.
I used to have them in front of the house in planters in the middle of our lawn, but wifey hated them, so I moved them over in front of my office. I've had tons of people try to buy them from me, but I really like them. Then a few years back, I was over in my neighbor's yard and spotted these two:
He's a fencing contractor. He did a job for some people, and they wanted the rocks gone, so he hauled them off and tossed them outside his fenced yard. I gladly took them off his hands.
Our new house is almost done. It sits on a corner, and the driveway is an arc that cuts off the point of the corner. There's a stop sign on the point. Wifey has decided that it's acceptable for me to put the rocks in the corner planter, as long as we can put a few plants in there, too.
They'll finally have a place of honor.
Here's the pallet of other rocks that will also be going with us:
