On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 07:03:53 -0500, DIMwit wrote:
why can't you just pour boiling water on the ground so soften it up? It's
easier to heat up a big pot of water on a barbeque outside the barn, and the
water will work quickly working its way down, I think.

No problem, but it gets expensive heating 100 gallons of boiling water at
a time and nothing less will have any effect.