Mike McLeod is with Southwest Boulder & Stone in Fallbrook. His company will be removing the giant boulder that came crashing into the garage of a Poway home during last Thursday's rainstorm -- for free.
"Its a routine job for us," said McLeod.
The six foot-wide boulder landed in JeNielle Rose-Gendelman's garage Thursday morning. Rose-Gendelman grew up in the 54-year-old home that her father built, and was concerned her insurance would not cover the boulder's removal.
McLeod's team will remove the boulder Tuesday morning using a specialized crane truck that will swoop down with a giant "hand-like device" and simply pick it up.
The job will take about 20 minutes, he says.
He heard about the boulder on the news and when he learned that Rose-Gendelman's insurance might not cover removal, he figured he'd lend a helping hand.
He'll be doing the job for free, but it would normally cost several thousands of dollars. McLeod says the boulder is granite and estimates its weight at about 6 tons.
So what will he do with the massive rock?
"Whatever [Rose-Gendelman] wants," said McLeod. "If she wants to keep it for a souvenir, we'll just put it wherever she wants."
Photo Credit: Artie Ojeda