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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 175223" data-attributes="member: 389">I picked near 80 tons of the fugging things back in 2003/04 for a project. Beat my F150's bed flat (underneath the plastic liner).&nbsp; Jesus H. Christ if that wasn't a lot of work!&nbsp; I just stopped in the rock piles and fields up NE of Bismarck in the new developments and unplanted fields and helped myself, no landowner ever complained about me stealing their rocks.&nbsp; I suppose I should have asked, but really?About halfway through the project I bought a few tons of black dirt for the garden and the owner of the company swung in to say hi.&nbsp; As he eyeballed my project, I asked what it would cost to haul rocks in for me to complete it.&nbsp; He wanted a ridiculous amount, so I politely declined and said I would continue with scrounging for them.&nbsp; He got huffy and said he &quot;owned&quot; 90% of the rocks within XX miles of Bismarck.To which I replied, I am pretty sure you don't own those in my backyard (I had quite a few of my own on those 3.5 acres).&nbsp; All it did was make me damn sure I wasn't going to buy from him, anything...ever again.So I am going to surmise someone has bought or leased a lot of the sand and gravel rights around the area. Just as long as you don't run into him, nobody else will give a crap. Note, I am also pretty sure he doesn't own the sand and gravel to my current 40 acres, but there are very few rocks here or I'd let you come and help yourself.&nbsp; Go north and east!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 175223, member: 389"] I picked near 80 tons of the fugging things back in 2003/04 for a project. Beat my F150's bed flat (underneath the plastic liner). Jesus H. Christ if that wasn't a lot of work! I just stopped in the rock piles and fields up NE of Bismarck in the new developments and unplanted fields and helped myself, no landowner ever complained about me stealing their rocks. I suppose I should have asked, but really? About halfway through the project I bought a few tons of black dirt for the garden and the owner of the company swung in to say hi. As he eyeballed my project, I asked what it would cost to haul rocks in for me to complete it. He wanted a ridiculous amount, so I politely declined and said I would continue with scrounging for them. He got huffy and said he "owned" 90% of the rocks within XX miles of Bismarck. To which I replied, I am pretty sure you don't own those in my backyard (I had quite a few of my own on those 3.5 acres). All it did was make me damn sure I wasn't going to buy from him, anything...ever again. So I am going to surmise someone has bought or leased a lot of the sand and gravel rights around the area. Just as long as you don't run into him, nobody else will give a crap. Note, I am also pretty sure he doesn't own the sand and gravel to my current 40 acres, but there are very few rocks here or I'd let you come and help yourself. Go north and east! [/QUOTE]

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