Hitching Rock Found At An Old Cemetery

Hitching Rock Found At An Old Cemetery MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 33-5-41 Recently I spotted a "hitching rock" at an old cemetery. They were used to tie up horses and had an I-bolt sunk into the top. There were probably quite a few hitching rocks in a typical 50-acre cemetery, but they're hard to find now. The rock I found had fallen over and was partially sunk into the ground. I thought it would be neat to have one at my place, so I found a 2-ft. high granite rock and used a hammer drill and masonry bit to drill a 1-in. dia. hole into it. Then I inserted a 3/8-in. dia. I-bolt in the hole and poured a mixture of concrete and sand around it. I dug a shallow hole and used a loader bucket to set the rock in it. (Leonard Seltzer, 16040 W. Elmwood, Manhattan, Ill. 60442 ph 815 478-3578)

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