@@AytwitEngineering yea like pvc pipe or steel pipes jimmy under the boulderand either separate not attached to each other and move piecemeal or attach the pipes together
An addition could be to embed some axels on the device under the stone and above the track. It would have to be a thicker platform, but then bigger stones over longer distances could be completed solo.
Your rollers inspired an idea. You see the 2x4s with holes drilled in them I used in this video. You could apply the same concept to the 2x12s (whatever they are) that you use as your dolley track. Drill a bunch of holes down the middle of them and you could move some absolutely massive boulders. Challenges would be (a) a one-way braking system, so dolley couldn't roll backwards if going slightly uphill (a gravity latch attached to the dolley that falls into the pry holes might work), (b) the carrying capacity of the dolley itself and its wheels, and (c) getting the rock up there in the first place, including balancing the boulder on it, which might mean making a bigger dolley.
@@AytwitEngineering well UA-cam banned me for trying to look at Virginia creeper under a microscope trying to tell me that I was showing people how to make controlled substances and drugs. Real life people are more interesting than UA-cam. Don't sell yourself short.
You could improve the efficiency an$ increase the weight that could b3 moved by adding a pulley at the front of your sled. Run the rope from the bar, through the pulley and back to an anchor that would anchor into your track. It would move the rock more slowly but with less effort.
@@AytwitEngineering Rope, lumber, drills, steel. all today's quality products. I don't intend to diminish your accomplishment but i thought I might be seeing a Roman gropa or Da Vinci catapult at work.
@@roseymalino9855 @roseymalino9855 Ropes, milled lumber, drills, and steel have been used for thousands of years. Unless you mean I should have raided a museum for thousand-year-old equipment...not sure how well it would hold up though. ;) I'll grant you the PVC runners on the sled, which I just noticed. I should have used lead pipes! :)
How heavy would you say that rock was? I want to move 4000 lbs eco blocks and need to find a way to do it. I'm guessing that since you could flip it that it's about 300 -350 lbs?
Good question! Let's say this rock is about 180 pounds per cubic foot. It's about 3 feet by 2 feet by 1 foot, so 6 cubic feet. 6 times 180.equals 1080 pounds. I'll say maybe 700-800 pounds really cause it's more like a wedge shape and I'm rounding up the dimensions. At least 500 pounds though for sure. I've used this sled to move rocks roughly twice as big but on flat or slightly downhill terrain. Did you mean 4 HUNDRED pounds or indeed 4 THOUSAND pounds? If you're talking thousands of pounds then you'll need something more robust but you can still use the basic system, or pull it by car.
See www.reade.com/reade-resources/reference-educational/reade-reference-chart-particle-property-briefings/26-weight-per-cubic-foot-and-specific-gravity-metals-minerals-organics-inorganics-ceraqmics for weight per cubic foot for various types of rock.
Same sled pulled by car, boulder at least twice as heavy as the one in this video, probably three times: ua-cam.com/video/-0H1dcDKHXU/v-deo.html&pbjreload=101
The amount of safety lessons these boys missed out on is incredible, unless you were trying to show these boys how the Egyptian build the pyramids (barefoot and all). PPE
I ain't got no fancy modern book learnin' as far as safety and PPE like you guvnah, but as far as the pyramids, go back to primary sources like Flavius Josephus. The original pyramids were not built by Egyptians as we know them, but by the Sethites. And these people were not barefoot savages like myself, but a highly advanced technolithic culture. We are cavemen in comparison. Later pyramids built by the Egyptians you allude to, were like a cargo cult that tried to copy the original pyramids and failed miserably. Those pyramids (over a hundred of them) are all over Egypt in rubble heaps right now. Maybe because they were barefoot. Maybe the Sethites had steel-toed boots and goggles and masks and ear plugs and PPE courses and that was their secret!
It's an investment. Biggest risk/reward investment you can make. If all goes well you get countless millions out of that $100,000...at least figuratively but also, possibly, monetarily.
@@AytwitEngineering Investment?/? If you invest $500 per month in stocks or real estate at 10% return then you will have $288,198 dollars or a paid off house after 18 years. If you pay child support for 18 years then you will have zero dollars afer 18 years. It's better to have a paid off house than to pay child support for 18 years. Don't date or don't fork or con, d0m
A+ on being a Dad, well rounded with a big loving dose of patients. Great job! You can see it in those very happy boys, and good helpers.
You might've just solved an ancient mystery that doesn't involve aliens. This is great!
He learned this FROM the aliens 👽. Duh. 🙄
you can also maneuver pvc pipe under the rock a few of them and combine with your boy scout ratchet pole method
Like rollers you mean?
@@AytwitEngineering yea like pvc pipe or steel pipes jimmy under the boulderand either separate not attached to each other and move piecemeal or attach the pipes together
Nice work. Amazing what some ingenuity and elbow grease and get done. My father would have insisted on steel toed boots but, hey, they're you're feet!
Your father didn't teach you the iron foot technique?! ;) Thanks for watching and the compliment.
A+ on being a Dad, well rounded with a big loving dose of patients. Good kids too !
Love seeing this. Good job dad.
Thanks. :)
Great Work. I'm going to do the same. From Brazil.
A+ on your Dad skills. Well rounded, with a big dose of patients and love. And good rock move!
Thank you so much. As for my patience...gotta fake it til you make it. ;)
An addition could be to embed some axels on the device under the stone and above the track. It would have to be a thicker platform, but then bigger stones over longer distances could be completed solo.
Good idea. Maybe just some rollers too, though it would be a bit more tedious swapping them out as it rolls along.
Love the idea! Gonna give it a try myself with some pvc rollers between rock sled and track. Appreciate you posting this!
Thank you for watching. :) Let me know how it goes!
Hello Doug, you are real hard worker!!! Thanks a lot for sharing your ideas and experience. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦!
Thank you for watching!
Very smart and seemingly effecient system! Thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching. :)
How thick is the wood you use for the sled?
Im looking to increase my load capacity again. This looks hard but that is a pretty big rock. I might try a 6 roller sled.
Your rollers inspired an idea. You see the 2x4s with holes drilled in them I used in this video. You could apply the same concept to the 2x12s (whatever they are) that you use as your dolley track. Drill a bunch of holes down the middle of them and you could move some absolutely massive boulders. Challenges would be (a) a one-way braking system, so dolley couldn't roll backwards if going slightly uphill (a gravity latch attached to the dolley that falls into the pry holes might work), (b) the carrying capacity of the dolley itself and its wheels, and (c) getting the rock up there in the first place, including balancing the boulder on it, which might mean making a bigger dolley.
Great idea,and works well.
These kids are comedy gold.
Get past the adorable kids and you end up seeing an engineering rickstar. Killer job man.
Thanks the compliment. :)
Nothing like using a massive metal prybar with bare feet...hooligans the lotaya!
:-P
Maybe put on some boots to help with Traction! Kids are cute and funny. Thanks for the great idea !
Hey sometimes feet get better traction! Sometimes not though. :) Thanks for watching.
Where do you get a pry bar like that?
Should be in most hardware stores, whether the store is big or small.
Your such a cool guy 😊
Ha thanks but I'm incredibly boring in person. I'm only UA-cam cool at most.
@@AytwitEngineering well UA-cam banned me for trying to look at Virginia creeper under a microscope trying to tell me that I was showing people how to make controlled substances and drugs.
Real life people are more interesting than UA-cam. Don't sell yourself short.
Excellent, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
So that’s how the pyramids were built - where did they buy the radiator hose clamps
Oh they had much better technology than sleds and hose clamps :)
You could improve the efficiency an$ increase the weight that could b3 moved by adding a pulley at the front of your sled. Run the rope from the bar, through the pulley and back to an anchor that would anchor into your track. It would move the rock more slowly but with less effort.
True good idea!
True good idea!
Very entertaining and well done on innovation and execution. But your 'no modern equipment' tag should more appropriately say 'no heavy machinery'.
What did I use in this video that is modern equipment? I may have missed something. Thanks for watching!
@@AytwitEngineering Rope, lumber, drills, steel. all today's quality products. I don't intend to diminish your accomplishment but i thought I might be seeing a Roman gropa or Da Vinci catapult at work.
@@roseymalino9855 @roseymalino9855 Ropes, milled lumber, drills, and steel have been used for thousands of years. Unless you mean I should have raided a museum for thousand-year-old equipment...not sure how well it would hold up though. ;) I'll grant you the PVC runners on the sled, which I just noticed. I should have used lead pipes! :)
why slide when you can roll em?
How heavy would you say that rock was? I want to move 4000 lbs eco blocks and need to find a way to do it. I'm guessing that since you could flip it that it's about 300 -350 lbs?
Good question! Let's say this rock is about 180 pounds per cubic foot. It's about 3 feet by 2 feet by 1 foot, so 6 cubic feet. 6 times 180.equals 1080 pounds. I'll say maybe 700-800 pounds really cause it's more like a wedge shape and I'm rounding up the dimensions. At least 500 pounds though for sure. I've used this sled to move rocks roughly twice as big but on flat or slightly downhill terrain. Did you mean 4 HUNDRED pounds or indeed 4 THOUSAND pounds? If you're talking thousands of pounds then you'll need something more robust but you can still use the basic system, or pull it by car.
See www.reade.com/reade-resources/reference-educational/reade-reference-chart-particle-property-briefings/26-weight-per-cubic-foot-and-specific-gravity-metals-minerals-organics-inorganics-ceraqmics for weight per cubic foot for various types of rock.
Same sled pulled by car, boulder at least twice as heavy as the one in this video, probably three times: ua-cam.com/video/-0H1dcDKHXU/v-deo.html&pbjreload=101
Good father!
Seems to be riddled with safety issues but nice concept..
Thanks for watching!
Good idea but get some boots and a chain. Kids are funny.
Chain yes I should have used...boots never! :) Thanks for watching!
Thanks.
I would keep childeren well away from possible failure of the system. Otherwise quite fascinating.
It’s safe. The ground is quite flat, he rock will not rolling down to hurt people.
The amount of safety lessons these boys missed out on is incredible, unless you were trying to show these boys how the Egyptian build the pyramids (barefoot and all). PPE
I ain't got no fancy modern book learnin' as far as safety and PPE like you guvnah, but as far as the pyramids, go back to primary sources like Flavius Josephus. The original pyramids were not built by Egyptians as we know them, but by the Sethites. And these people were not barefoot savages like myself, but a highly advanced technolithic culture. We are cavemen in comparison. Later pyramids built by the Egyptians you allude to, were like a cargo cult that tried to copy the original pyramids and failed miserably. Those pyramids (over a hundred of them) are all over Egypt in rubble heaps right now. Maybe because they were barefoot. Maybe the Sethites had steel-toed boots and goggles and masks and ear plugs and PPE courses and that was their secret!
👏👏👏👏
Bare feet🤣
Don’t make a kid because it costs like $100,000 dollars from 0 to 18 years
It's an investment. Biggest risk/reward investment you can make. If all goes well you get countless millions out of that $100,000...at least figuratively but also, possibly, monetarily.
@@AytwitEngineering Investment?/?
If you invest $500 per month in stocks or real estate at 10% return then you will have $288,198 dollars or a paid off house after 18 years.
If you pay child support for 18 years then you will have zero dollars afer 18 years.
It's better to have a paid off house than to pay child support for 18 years.
Don't date or don't fork or con, d0m
100 K. Hmmm feels more like 500 K now he turned 18.😂
Bare feet. I cringed.
Hey my feet aren't that ugly...