How much more does a crotch weigh??

[flyingsquirrel25]

Sorry to say but someone seriously screwed up! Move the stones. cut out the root flares and pull into the lay. Simple and easy to move stones and protect the graves/ inground/ground.
Wow seriously if you are doing cemetary work, save them some coin and move the stones.

When stones get to a certain age it is not cost effective to move them. Anything earlier than 1900, in our experience, is way to brittle to pick and move. It’s no something you want to break and need to replace. “Sorry Mrs Shwarts we broke your beloved husbands stone, we will replace it with a bright shiny new one though”. Not to mention the PR headaches.

 

[treehumper]

Sorry to say but someone seriously screwed up! Move the stones. cut out the root flares and pull into the lay. Simple and easy to move stones and protect the graves/ inground/ground.
Wow seriously if you are doing cemetary work, save them some coin and move the stones.

Did I mention it’s a 300 yr old cemetery? Stones couldn’t be moved as per the church.

 

[treehumper]

What? 10K for a concrete cut? Dude I'm in...

Not what we charged but what it cost the furniture
It was wood, concrete and 1” hardened steel rod.

 

[treehumper]

Holy, you got an inventory of what was used??

For the whole job or the cut?

 

[Gorman]

For the whole job or the cut?

That cut

 

[RopeShield]

They will move the stones, all kinds, old new etc. You don't touch them.
If they won't thats their dollars to burn.

 

[treehumper]

That cut

He told me at the time but I’d have to ask him again. The final cut was a hacksaw blade attached to a pole to cut the vertical steel bar ( looks like an orange circle on the left portion). It was the only think left holding the pieces together. A 20 minute cut.

 

[treehumper]

They will move the stones, all kinds, old new etc. You don't touch them.
If they won't thats their dollars to burn.

Yeah they really didn’t want to move anything. We just made sure everything went straight up.