Post by NM Stone Supply on Mar 31, 2012 9:49:22 GMT -5
A well known stone sculptor from Taos gave me a call a few weeks ago offering me his entire stone collection. After several trips from Belen to Taos 340+ miles round trip, I have gotten all that I wanted from him. He still has 20 ton's of stone but it is mostly the Onyx mined here in Belen so I didnt take any of that. I got a lot of Picasso Marble.. A few tons of it. I also got Honey Calcite, Ricolite, Rhodinite, serpintines and other marbles. It is a great collection. The Picasso was the largest challange.
This is a huge block of picasso. 6' x 3.5' x 3' at 180 pounds per cubic foot it's over 5 tons of stone.
It was a jackhammer for $200 or a crain, semi and saw fees for $2,000. I picked the jackhammer because I need small pieces. This is a 90 pound jackhammer and it took 3 hours to break this stone up... Whew it beat the life out of me.
A lot of the prime pick's went into my truck. I think it has about 1500+ pounds there. It felt pretty overloaded.
I did not get pictures of the big trailer with the bulk of the picasso yet.
This is the trailer I hauled down the last weekend.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Jason
This is a huge block of picasso. 6' x 3.5' x 3' at 180 pounds per cubic foot it's over 5 tons of stone.
It was a jackhammer for $200 or a crain, semi and saw fees for $2,000. I picked the jackhammer because I need small pieces. This is a 90 pound jackhammer and it took 3 hours to break this stone up... Whew it beat the life out of me.
A lot of the prime pick's went into my truck. I think it has about 1500+ pounds there. It felt pretty overloaded.
I did not get pictures of the big trailer with the bulk of the picasso yet.
This is the trailer I hauled down the last weekend.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Jason
