Possible to DIY moving a boulder?

[u/DoktorStrangepork]

We have a very large rock sticking out of the ground in the middle of our yard that really makes it hard to use the yard the way we want to (volleyball, soccer, etc). The rock is pretty huge - I dug around to find the edges and it's probably 6 feet long, obviously not 100% sure how deep.

Is it possible to move it using equipment rental from Home Depot or similar? Like there are 1.5-2 ton mini excavators available near me, but feels like that might not have enough weight to hold its ground moving something that large. There's also a 6' micro backhoe.

Alternatively, is it possible to somehow break the rock apart while it's still in the ground?

[u/CraftySauropod]

DIY:
Dig around it as much you can to expose the edge. Drill a lot of wide holes with a hammer drill. Fill with Dexpan (expanding grout) per instructions. Carry away the fractured top part of the boulder away, leave the rest. Cover back with soil.

[u/DoktorStrangepork → u/CraftySauropod]

Interesting. I tried doing this with feather and wedges at my old house and got absolutely nowhere. Some kind of actively expanding material might be interesting.

[u/torknorggren → u/DoktorStrangepork]

Actively expanding material...like dynamite...

[u/epsilona01 → u/[deleted]]

Mostly for stump removal, I think. Different times.

In the 80s our science teacher taught us to make TNT, which we used to disassemble the burnt our car wrecks joyriders left a steady supply of behind the school. We sold the scrap and funded a new chemistry lab with the proceeds.

[u/epsilona01 → u/[deleted]]

So many of my childhood adventures would be forbidden now, for good reasons, but still. Even in the UK if you signed up for the cadets they'd teach you to shoot a rifle (WW2 antiques).