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Old 10-29-2020, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom52 View Post
Large boulders may make drivers a bit more careful but sure won't guarantee no damage. Where I used to work we often had semi tractor trailers cutting the corner and damaging lawn and sprinklers. We laid a very large granite boulder, think several tons in weight and approx. 3 foot by 4 foot in size, placed on the corner in hopes of stopping the damage. One day we came to work and their was huge damage to the lawn and the boulder was gone. A semi jumped the curb and the boulder and drug the boulder about a quarter of a mile down the road. We had to fetch back our boulder with a large fork truck.
Sounds like you needed a bigger boulder.