Hello,
I've got a fair bit of experience with heavy equipment but zero time when it comes to limestone removal.
I've recently purchased a small (20 acre) farm in Kankakee County. Last Saturday, I brought my backhoe over and dug a series of test holes, hitting limestone consistently at a depth of 2.7 feet (based on my grade rod).
The plan that I have is two-fold:
1. I intend to get down to a depth of about 15 feet, so approximately 12' of limestone. This will allow me to have a full basement for my new house.
2. I've also seen a few natural swimming ponds that were incorporated into cut limestone. Perhaps I can leave a shelf of 12 feet between my foundation and the pool.
I thought about using a Cat 963 or 973 to strip the soil down to the top of the limestone.
Once that's accomplished, I am stumped as to the best way to accomplish the two tasks listed above. Ideally, I would like to cut out the limestone in blocks, so that I could use some of it on the house that I will build.
Which equipment or steps would you recommend? Do I need to blast to get started?
Also, the smaller saw setups that I've seen (on YouTube) are run on rails but I don't know if this method is practical.
Btw. Vulcan runs a quarry less than a mile from my farm, so I am sure that there's a lot of limestone going down.
I've got a fair bit of experience with heavy equipment but zero time when it comes to limestone removal.
I've recently purchased a small (20 acre) farm in Kankakee County. Last Saturday, I brought my backhoe over and dug a series of test holes, hitting limestone consistently at a depth of 2.7 feet (based on my grade rod).
The plan that I have is two-fold:
1. I intend to get down to a depth of about 15 feet, so approximately 12' of limestone. This will allow me to have a full basement for my new house.
2. I've also seen a few natural swimming ponds that were incorporated into cut limestone. Perhaps I can leave a shelf of 12 feet between my foundation and the pool.
I thought about using a Cat 963 or 973 to strip the soil down to the top of the limestone.
Once that's accomplished, I am stumped as to the best way to accomplish the two tasks listed above. Ideally, I would like to cut out the limestone in blocks, so that I could use some of it on the house that I will build.
Which equipment or steps would you recommend? Do I need to blast to get started?
Also, the smaller saw setups that I've seen (on YouTube) are run on rails but I don't know if this method is practical.
Btw. Vulcan runs a quarry less than a mile from my farm, so I am sure that there's a lot of limestone going down.
Removing 15' of Limestone
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