Biggest Boulder I've Ever Moved

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @lastcall8286
    @lastcall8286 Місяць тому +2

    I can't believe I watched a man move a boulder just cause, and I loved it. You got a new subscriber, rock on😅.

  • @XrpAndy
    @XrpAndy 2 роки тому +8

    Dude you are hilarious. I don’t know if you intend to be but your dead pan delivery is awesome and your rock moving is even better.

  • @biffin9039
    @biffin9039 24 дні тому +1

    "I have big goals in life of just moving big rocks." Same bro, same. ✊

  • @ronfox5519
    @ronfox5519 3 роки тому +5

    I dont care what anybody says- irishmen are NOT stubborn. Everybody else just gives up to soon. Good job on the rock.

  • @airjakkerp51m25
    @airjakkerp51m25 2 роки тому +3

    Awesome! and funny because I've doing the exact same method in my backyard for the past week. Being stubborn is key to getting it done. Bravo!

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  2 роки тому

      Stubbornness always wins! One of my favourite quotes: "You're not especially strong, or fast, or bright. Don't think you are. But you'll have the stubbornness to wear down anyone stronger, or faster, or brighter than yourself. And that's more of a danger to you than to anyone else." -Robin Hobb

  • @lesselavie7675
    @lesselavie7675 2 місяці тому +1

    a wonderful spot to sit and converse with the fairies 😎

  • @Citzenkenn
    @Citzenkenn 2 роки тому +3

    It took me ten minutes to find my password, so I could log in, just to comment on your video, dude. Which is great. As mentioned by a few others, your commentary is really funny, and your method of rock moving and the video is both straight-forward and useful. I have a rock, one rock, that I want to turn about 90 degrees. But it's a good ton at least. It's about 3 feet high by 5 feet long and 18 inches wide, on average. You've inspired me to believe I can do it. (Somehow.) I suppose I'll take a few videos in the process. Loved your video, and the concept of the fairy-tale trail.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  2 роки тому

      Wow thank you for such kind words. :) I'm honored that you took the time to find your password, the struggle is real! To spin your big boulder, you can definitely do it with a pry bar like I have. You just need to figure out a cleat/fulcrum you can use. For smaller boulders you just plunge the pry bar into the ground and you're good, but for bigger boulders it might not be enough. You might also need two people each with a pry bar. If you make videos of the process I would love if you commented here and let me know. I would love to see them. Thank you!

  • @schluntzhouseanimals
    @schluntzhouseanimals 11 місяців тому +1

    Love this! I’ve got to roll a 1500lb boulder and appreciate your video!

  • @davidsaylor3582
    @davidsaylor3582 10 місяців тому +1

    I Love this... Got this Job Myself.

  • @geowhjr
    @geowhjr Рік тому +1

    So many trees around! In a situation like that I use ratchet straps or come along. Rarely need a sloped glidepath, just roll 'em.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  Рік тому +2

      Indeed that was what I wanted to do originally! I forget if I mentioned that in the video. It culminated with attempting a flip flop winch. I could generate the force required but the issue I had was establishing a good anchor on the boulder. I eventually started chiseling out a hole for an eye bolt but that was turning into a lot of work as well. So I gave up and muscled it. Thanks for watching. :)

  • @seetheforest
    @seetheforest Рік тому +1

    Wow I cant believe you said doing Gods work. I always say "doing the righteous work" when working on my forest.
    I also recently started collecting rocks and moving them. Now I can see I am doing the righteous work. I just got back from the lumber store with a 2 x 12 x 8' ramp plank to go with my other two five footers.
    Keep up the good work my brother! 😎👍

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  Рік тому +1

      Great channel, keep up the righteous work yourself. :)

    • @seetheforest
      @seetheforest Рік тому

      @@AytwitEngineering I made a little dolly to ride on my new plank and it makes loading and moving the rocks a breeze compared to dragging or walking them. I get them on the dolly and give them a kick and they go to the end of the plank.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  Рік тому +1

      @@seetheforest I saw that! Confirmed case of rock madness. :)

    • @seetheforest
      @seetheforest Рік тому

      @@AytwitEngineering lol not madness.
      OCD maybe.. 😎

  • @pilotrserra
    @pilotrserra Рік тому +1

    You’re hysterical…at times, god wants me to move heavy concrete object by myself …I have no idea why😃

  • @ogk9com
    @ogk9com 2 роки тому +2

    Sometimes I have to do things that some say there's an easier way..I say zip it Nancy, I'm Irish. I do this becuse it's before the rooster crows, and I have to warm up the 8 hrs of pints calling me.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  2 роки тому

      LOL! Nancies don't understand us. We do it BECAUSE it's the hard way.

  • @dustinbrandel59
    @dustinbrandel59 Рік тому +1

    I want to hollow out a stone mountain. Honeycombed on the inside into a bunch of houses and structures!

  • @williamkilcullen9726
    @williamkilcullen9726 3 роки тому +2

    wow.. lots of patience for this guy.. how long that it made you just to transfer that boulder..

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому

      The hard part was thinking for years how to move it, some clever way that would save me time and energy. And I ended up wasting so much time when I should have just gone out and done this from the start! Ah but the thinking was worth it too, learned a lot of techniques I would not have otherwise learned. Your very effort is always worth it!

  • @411KJB
    @411KJB 8 місяців тому +1

    Enjoyed this very much. Great job‼️👀

  • @Ubberwun
    @Ubberwun 3 роки тому +1

    What are the 3 clips on the bar and what are they used for?

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому

      Thanks for the question, see this video: ua-cam.com/video/0u09F0mk3aQ/v-deo.html

  • @paulbriggs3072
    @paulbriggs3072 10 місяців тому +2

    That is granite. I would not want you to be igneous of this.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  10 місяців тому

      Lol. Did I claim it was Basalt in the video? I forget. If so it's because this on top of a trap rock Basalt ridge a little back into the woods. I like to imagine ancient civilizations using precision mortarless tongue and groove cast granite blocks here and getting wiped out in a cataclysm, with their blocks slowly eroding away over thousands of years into these boulders everywhere. But then again probably just Basalt!

  • @reversefulfillment9189
    @reversefulfillment9189 3 роки тому +1

    I'm a rock and boulder guy too. I don't go to the gym, I move rocks and boulders. I have a 10 foot deep 15 feet wide excavation deep in the back yard that just keeps getting bigger. Really nice gravel sand and ancient river boulders that get turned into fountains and rockeries. It's become an obsession. It will eventually be an underground sweat lodge. Peace

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому

      Wow! That's crazy! What kind of tools/equipment are you using to dig it out? What will be the roof to the sweat lodge?

    • @reversefulfillment9189
      @reversefulfillment9189 3 роки тому

      @@AytwitEngineering pretty much just shovels and a mattock. And 5 gallon buckets I carry up the entry. Right now i have big trampoline over top. I might just use the sand and gravel to make concrete walls and a roof. We'll see. The cool thing is all the stuff I take out creates new features around the property, like fountains and cairns retaining walls.

  • @Name-ot3xw
    @Name-ot3xw 3 місяці тому +1

    For your next trick, put another couple ton rock on top of the first. Rinse & repeat.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 місяці тому +1

      A boulder snowman...now it must be done!

    • @Name-ot3xw
      @Name-ot3xw 3 місяці тому +1

      @@AytwitEngineering Next thing you know you'll be putting together your own megalith

  • @johnmcdougall7623
    @johnmcdougall7623 3 місяці тому +1

    Fun stuff, nice job, strangely rewarding. Might be a touch easier to use longer wooden levers (poles!) and child labor (free) to safely wedge the gains you make with other wooden wedges. Thanks for video, I love moving big rocks for little reasons too!

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 місяці тому

      See my other videos, where I do at least use child labor. It's usually not less work that way, but at least they learn something, and I practice my patience. :)

  • @jedidiah5131
    @jedidiah5131 3 роки тому +2

    Maybe try a 4x4 post instead of wedging so many rocks, I've moved many large boulders but with a pulley system and wedging. I just purchased a portable battery powered winch, 2000lbs I'll be giving it a try. I never realised there were so many vids on moving rocks! Thanks for the video.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому

      Thanks for the suggestion, and for watching! Indeed UA-cam has a crazy amount of videos on moving rocks. Saturated market!

  • @buzoff4642
    @buzoff4642 5 місяців тому +1

    Been there, done that, wish to god I had the ability to fast forward too.

  • @deltonpeele1927
    @deltonpeele1927 3 роки тому +4

    I get it .
    Iv suffered the same un-understandable obsession.
    It's cool to see I'm not the only one,and the techniques and thought process .ROCK ON BROTHER!
    Also my favorite thing is digging
    So my newest thing is
    Digging up rocks and using them in the landscaping..
    Ya my front yard I found an old riverbed about 6 feet down .
    Not a single stone till that 6 foot mark .
    Now I got a hole about 17 feet deep .... .ya anyway .don't f-up your back.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому +1

      Awesome! You have any pics or videos? How did you find an old riverbed 6 feet down? By chance when digging for something else? I love digging too I wish I could dig and move rocks all day. :) Some day!

  • @Officialshayne
    @Officialshayne Рік тому +1

    The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles

  • @madis6989
    @madis6989 3 роки тому +5

    It takes some real stones to move a boulder like that :-)

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому +1

      Stones are stubborn, gotta be just as stubborn :) Thanks for watching :)

  • @mansjohnson4502
    @mansjohnson4502 Рік тому +1

    Awsome. ❤

  • @pixie99
    @pixie99 Рік тому +1

    Go you!!! Thanks 🙂

  • @dmiroy
    @dmiroy 6 місяців тому

    You are awesome. Thanks. 🍻🍺

  • @meandnature6452
    @meandnature6452 3 роки тому +1

    if its 2x bigger than that you can split it first ;)

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому

      I was thinking about splitting it. I don't have the tools and have never done it before. It's on my list of things to try. Thanks for watching!

    • @meandnature6452
      @meandnature6452 3 роки тому

      @@AytwitEngineering Same here!

  • @bettycramer2709
    @bettycramer2709 2 місяці тому

    it was calling you

  • @spidennis
    @spidennis 2 роки тому +1

    What is the difference between a rock and a boulder? I can move a rock.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  2 роки тому +1

      You use boulder when you want it to sound more impressive. :)

  • @isaiahwertz
    @isaiahwertz 2 роки тому +1

    Epic

  • @james660660
    @james660660 3 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed your narration. Hilarious… I can relate, been there done that. Very satisfying to challenge yourself and get it done! Nice job fella👍

  • @jackiebiskan4748
    @jackiebiskan4748 3 роки тому

    hope you keep moving big rocks coral castle was made by one man you dont need help just more people makes it ez

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks yea I'm a few hours away from Coral Castle and have been thinking of visiting. SUPPOSEDLY just one man, or at least one man with secret knowledge that I don't have. Still some major self work to do before I'm capable of Coral Castle but I want to go even bigger!

    • @jackiebiskan4748
      @jackiebiskan4748 3 роки тому

      @@AytwitEngineering it wasnt that hard to cut and more the rocks i think disney has some video of him moving the rocks
      he used a good bit of power tools to do it
      this guy told it well
      you can find video of him moving it on youtube
      ua-cam.com/video/nOoCuDnmtyM/v-deo.html

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому

      @@jackiebiskan4748 Thank you for the video! Watching it now. So much to learn!

    • @jackiebiskan4748
      @jackiebiskan4748 3 роки тому

      @@AytwitEngineering i think both this video ua-cam.com/video/_2SmmSD0afg/v-deo.html
      and the last one i dont think that they fully know but its close

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому

      @@jackiebiskan4748 Yes close but for one man to do it there is still some mystery there, at least a mystery of how someone can be so obsessed :) Thanks for the videos.

  • @chrisp9538
    @chrisp9538 6 місяців тому

    Get a second Iron bar and more wood. 2 by 4 are great. Get a tractor. lol

  • @cloudsuck
    @cloudsuck 3 роки тому +1

    It looked better where it was, but thanks for sharing the method.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому +2

      You mean better to leave the boulders lying as they naturally were? I can see that. But the bigger boulder wanted a divorce. It kept asking me.

  • @commonsensejoe382
    @commonsensejoe382 3 роки тому +1

    Nothing else better to do? Guess not.

    • @AytwitEngineering
      @AytwitEngineering  3 роки тому +1

      What else you got in mind?

    • @garygonz13
      @garygonz13 3 роки тому +2

      he had better things to do for 2 years, it was time for that boulder to moved. he said that in the video several times. listen "Common sense Joe" lol

  • @trappinout18
    @trappinout18 26 днів тому

    God's plan.... Hahaha

  • @nikolasao
    @nikolasao 5 місяців тому

    You're weird haha

  • @DanielSmith-ez9ox
    @DanielSmith-ez9ox Місяць тому +1

    You can also hire Egyptians to move your heavy rocks.