HAXMAN Did NOT Prepare Me For This Flagpole Installation!

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  • Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
  • Want to fly Old Glory from your front yard? We got inspired watching ‪@HAXMAN‬ casually stick his in the ground, so today I'll walk you through what I did to replace an old flagpole mount with a new one, and how we overcame the problems we encountered along the way. So. Many. Problems. 🤦‍♂️
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    Contents:
    00:00 - Let's Install!
    02:09 - Concrete Problems
    12:38 - Anchoring Cement
    15:49 - Mounting the Pole
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  • @HAXMAN
    @HAXMAN 2 роки тому +15

    This might be the best DIY video on UA-cam. I could see the enthusiasm leave your body as it progressed. 😂 Loved the ending. I actually stood outside like an idiot for an hour waiting for a breeze for the money shot in my video. 🤔 I gotta say your first mistake was not digging a new hole a foot over though. 😁

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN 2 роки тому +1

      P.S. That’s the most handsome thumbnail you’ve ever done.

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому +3

      I will have you know that that leaf blower is actually unfurling the flag. We couldn’t get it to move because there wasn’t a breeze to be found and then my son came back with a leaf blower. 😂😂😂

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN 2 роки тому +1

      @@SWiFence Brilliant 😁

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому +3

      I will also confirm that my enthusiasm dwindled rapidly as I thought to get the hole in the existing concrete. I think the official point when I was over it was when the hammer drill got stuck. 🤦‍♂️

    • @MrBiasJoe
      @MrBiasJoe Рік тому

      @Haxman Do you have a light on your flagpole?

  • @webcrawler3332
    @webcrawler3332 2 роки тому +15

    You’re a better man than me. I would have moved my circle 4ft over and installed. Covered up old circle and seed. 😂😂. Good job!

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому +4

      You should've been there! Could've saved me all that time! 🤣

    • @webcrawler3332
      @webcrawler3332 2 роки тому +1

      @@SWiFence I know right!😂😂. Hey I’ve done that crap before too man. At the end it looks good and you’re representing America 🇺🇸

  • @TheBasketballstar246
    @TheBasketballstar246 5 місяців тому

    I install Flag poles for a living on Long Island. This video was hilarious. I was alughing the entire time. Especially the removal of the old concrete! haha

  • @jacobbarres5575
    @jacobbarres5575 Місяць тому

    I feel like I was watching myself minus the colorful metaphors. Damn good job!

  • @JamesGoodin-USMC-5963
    @JamesGoodin-USMC-5963 Рік тому +1

    @ 13:00 minutes I thought you were going to loose your mind. I can feel your frustration at this point. If it were me, I would have just dug up all the concrete and lifted it out of the hole. It beats pounding concrete every time for me. Most likely it was about 18" by 20" deep. maybe 150-200 lbs. Welcome to FLA.

  • @Kyle.Hoskins.Official
    @Kyle.Hoskins.Official 2 роки тому +2

    Literally how every project seems to unfold. This is your quintessential DIY video😂👍

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      Wasn't supposed to be, but... yeah... 🙄😂

  • @Dominic.Minischetti
    @Dominic.Minischetti 25 днів тому

    I like that sand trick! I ended buying a sleeve from Amazon that shipped from China. It was a perfect fit! If I knew about the sand, I would have just bought a PVC pipe from Home Depot!

  • @kubotajordan9502
    @kubotajordan9502 Рік тому

    I really enjoyed this video . With the great help you had , good to see your sons helping you . I've got 3 helpers me, myself , & I . Would like to see a fence project with all the family helping lol.

  • @neddegalan735
    @neddegalan735 4 місяці тому

    This was the readers digest version of every project I’ve ever tackled. Fun video! Keep up the great work!

  • @adrianholland6787
    @adrianholland6787 2 роки тому

    Hilarious and educational, will be trying to install a flagpole myself in a couple of weeks, loved the tip about using child labor, I have a couple of minions myself running around the house somewhere, time to put their energy to use. 😃

  • @NoahDevine91
    @NoahDevine91 2 роки тому

    The house and neighborhood looks great 👍

  • @1776_Patriot
    @1776_Patriot Рік тому

    I had the very same problem two years ago. My tool of choice (bad choice) was a shovel. It wasn't fun but it worked.

  • @FreedomIsntFree2023
    @FreedomIsntFree2023 10 місяців тому

    Wow....I'm not the only one that has those kind of days......I'm gonna have to show this to my wife!! 😂

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  10 місяців тому

      Glad I could encourage. 🤣

  • @bustermv
    @bustermv 2 роки тому

    I truly identify with this DYI. Hammer drills can be your friend. We will see the entire tool box out there if the sun doesn’t set first. Liked.

  • @garywilson3183
    @garywilson3183 2 роки тому

    Glad your back

  • @darktoadone5068
    @darktoadone5068 Рік тому

    This happened to me years ago except in a different way. I ended up having to dig all around the concrete and I eventually had enough room around the sides of it that I could wrap my 15,000 lb limit tow rope around it and tie a knot and I slowly pulled it out of the hole with my truck and then I dragged to my back yard and it's been there ever since.

  • @SK-wx4xb
    @SK-wx4xb 3 місяці тому +1

    Why didn’t you just install a new flagpole base a few feet away and decommission the old one by cutting the pipe off and putting a layer of dirt over it? A lot less work. Hope that helps others.

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  3 місяці тому

      Because... because... hmmmmmm. 🤣 You make a great point--I'm just stubborn once I start on something.

  • @dmaxrobful
    @dmaxrobful 2 роки тому

    Which tool exactly is the squiggly saw again?

  • @Flagman223
    @Flagman223 Рік тому

    I have a flagpole too and it’s very very tall and it’s very strong to it’s not a telescoping flagpole it didn’t come with pieces though the flag pole I had it for sale like about two years and I still have it flying beautifully

  • @ClickPro87
    @ClickPro87 23 дні тому

    Any no dig options you would recommend for a flag pole?

  • @Loadedgoods
    @Loadedgoods 2 роки тому

    I'll tell you a secret next time.Try stone wedges and shims after you drill a few holes around like you did. they work great cheap old tech but every useful. I would of just used a core Drill with a hydraulic stand but hey that's just me. Love your videos very entertaining LOL

  • @kejerf69
    @kejerf69 Рік тому

    Funny stuff. Talk about a how-not-to video 😂

  • @catherinemckay8411
    @catherinemckay8411 2 роки тому

    Hey there from down under, I loved watching you trying to get the pvc out, while 1 of ya boys scratching his nuts, & the other 1 watching you struggling, frigging hilarious , The end result bonus laughs watching ya son hold a blower to make the flags move, lmao classic, I think you & HAXMAN should DIY tubing together, because you both are frigging funny.. Peace & Harmony from South Australia Adelaide.. :)

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      We've done a couple together already. Thanks for watching!

  • @Jenna-zv6ve2sx4u
    @Jenna-zv6ve2sx4u 3 місяці тому

    if you were putting in a 3 inch pole and it looks like a 2 inch in the ground, you should have bought a 2 inch adapter so the 3 inch would fit in a 2 inch sleeve.

  • @tuanbdiep
    @tuanbdiep 2 роки тому

    where exactly did you get your flagpole from??? Thanks

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      www.colonialflag.com/flagpoles/

  • @ronmorissette491
    @ronmorissette491 Рік тому

    That was actually pretty good lol

  • @jefferyshall
    @jefferyshall Рік тому

    How about a CRAZY idea, just put the pole NEXT TO where the old one was, is two feet in any given direction around it really going to make a difference? Just cut off that old pvc with a sawzall and bury it and put new grass old one gone!

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  Рік тому

      You uh... you make a good point. But I'm stubborn! 😂

  • @mikemullikin4801
    @mikemullikin4801 6 місяців тому

    Why not just used a few boards and a short chain and jack to jack it out of ground pipe concrete and all in one we take fence post out all time within 10 min by doing that but it’s all good😊

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  6 місяців тому

      There's a number of different things I'd try in hindsight. 😏

  • @sassafrasvalley1939
    @sassafrasvalley1939 2 роки тому +2

    The ultimate Father / Minion bonding experience…. What better way to teach persistence and patriotism than to spend the day putting ONE hole in the ground to raise the flag???
    Not gonna offer any advice except to suggest…. For the next bonding…. Find a job where the minions can show you how it is done…. While you spectate!

  • @bugoutlife4435
    @bugoutlife4435 2 роки тому

    Wyoming strong!

  • @hockeyman8799able
    @hockeyman8799able 12 днів тому

    How many batteries did you go through?

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  12 днів тому +1

      Let's not talk about that. 😆

  • @themanthelegend7048
    @themanthelegend7048 2 роки тому

    I feel like simple cutting the old pvc and filling it with dirt or concrete and moving the pole over like 6 inches would have saved us all time.

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      You're not wrong--but we would have had to move over more than 6 inches, and I wanted it there. 🤣

  • @MrBiasJoe
    @MrBiasJoe Рік тому

    What's the size of the flagpole?

  • @chargermopar
    @chargermopar 2 роки тому

    You are in Florida, but not south Florida. If you were here the coral rock would be waiting for you. Imagine that concrete slab but 30 feet deep or more. Where is your skid steer?

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      Working on that! I'm starting things over from scratch so we've go to get all the building blocks in place.

    • @chargermopar
      @chargermopar 2 роки тому

      @@SWiFence Where in Florida?

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      St. Augustine

  • @chasemiller76
    @chasemiller76 2 роки тому

    glad i'm not the only one that has shit that never works like you think

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      This was a train wreck I never saw coming 🤦‍♂️

  • @kevinmeininger3135
    @kevinmeininger3135 8 місяців тому

    Like your video

  • @thomashemingson2639
    @thomashemingson2639 Рік тому

    Since the bottom didn't fit you could have just turned the flagpole upside down and concrete the top into the plexiglass and then mount the flag.

  • @jamesjacobs2754
    @jamesjacobs2754 Рік тому

    They make an adaptor to change from a 2" flagpole to a 3" flagpole.

  • @trentenotte3265
    @trentenotte3265 Рік тому

    That’s legit how they tell you to install a flag pole. Second they make adapters to adapt to smaller sleeve and bigger flag pole

  • @auggy53
    @auggy53 2 роки тому

    why didnt you just move it over 6'' ?

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      I liked that spot. But you do have a point. 😄

  • @rosco8720
    @rosco8720 Рік тому

    Wanna borrow a fence post puller?😊

  • @JT-sl3ui
    @JT-sl3ui 2 роки тому

    No dry stuff in the corners…….of a round bucket. 😳😳🤣🤣

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      😆 Ok wise guy, what would you call the side of the bottom of the bucket? 😏

    • @JT-sl3ui
      @JT-sl3ui 2 роки тому

      @@SWiFence the edge of the bottom of a bucket. Just busting your chops. We’ve all done or said stuff like that.

  • @notsure7874
    @notsure7874 2 роки тому

    "Water, lots of water" - oh and don't feed the diabetic police horse!

  • @zackdepalma6184
    @zackdepalma6184 2 роки тому

    Why didn’t I just make a new hole and start fresh

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      True. 😆 Why didn't I? Because I wanted it there I guess. 🤷‍♂️

  • @58DamagedGoods
    @58DamagedGoods 8 місяців тому

    Don’t you have a shovel?

  • @douglasbaker5949
    @douglasbaker5949 Рік тому

    Bury the old hole and dig a new one 16 inches over.

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  Рік тому +1

      You do have a point. But I'm stubborn. 🤣

  • @chasemiller76
    @chasemiller76 2 роки тому

    do your fencing jobs take this long:)

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      Oh SNAP! 😲 Feel the burrrn.

  • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
    @StoneyRidgeFarmer 2 роки тому +1

    Flag poles gonna be illegal soon ...glad you got yours in lol

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      Especially ones that look like that 🙄

  • @rogerbettencourt9654
    @rogerbettencourt9654 2 роки тому

    That was to much like work. Lol.

  • @robertjerome1889
    @robertjerome1889 2 місяці тому

    MOVE the site over maybe 2 feet.

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 місяці тому

      Yeah, not a bad idea. I'm stubborn though.

  • @AxleBoris
    @AxleBoris 2 роки тому

    sadly disappointed I was honestly expecting you to put fire crackers down the holes and blow it out lol

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      Wish I'd thought of that! 👍🏻👍🏻!!

    • @fencefast4721
      @fencefast4721 2 роки тому

      @@SWiFence no idea if it would have worked but would have been entertaining to have found out LMAO

  • @tomgraham7755
    @tomgraham7755 2 роки тому

    Wouldn't it have been easier to dig a new hole in a different place? Less labor and the minions could have dug the hole.

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  2 роки тому

      You do... you do have a point... But I'm stubborn like that. That's where I wanted it. 🤣🤣

  • @mattclem7
    @mattclem7 4 місяці тому

    Honestly, I would have moved it to another location

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  4 місяці тому

      Not a bad idea. Once I set out to do something though, it's hard to call it quits.

  • @Duke93720
    @Duke93720 2 роки тому

    1st mistake, not putting it in writing that you wanted the original flagpole.

  • @jeffavery351
    @jeffavery351 Рік тому

    My question is if you were planning on digging a hole anyway, why didn't you just move over several feet and dig your new hole. Seems to me you were just wanting to make a comedic video promoting Haxman.

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  Рік тому

      Listen, I could've moved over and kept digging--but I'm stubborn like that. I hate not accomplishing what I set out to do--I'm not saying that's the best trait in the world, but it's how I see the world. You're absolutely right--moving over would've saved us quite a bit of work. 🙄😁

  • @msgajhimelret9496
    @msgajhimelret9496 Рік тому

    After getting the drill backed out, I would have moved to another location and used your plan A....While the old owner is laughing his sides off... Lets hope you're a better business thinker than a DIY'er or it's doomed... Don't do what he did, work smarter not harder...

    • @SWiFence
      @SWiFence  Рік тому

      I generally believe in smarter, not harder. But this day I was feeling pretty stubborn. 😂

  • @kevinbrown8210
    @kevinbrown8210 2 роки тому

    .

  • @Born2RiffRock
    @Born2RiffRock 2 роки тому

    Make sure you leave name of the new construction company ..
    SO WE CAN AVOID IT.
    Just kidding don't panic

  • @edwardmascari4661
    @edwardmascari4661 5 місяців тому

    Definitely not a pro working in flip flops!
    Can’t watch anymore.
    Just move the hole 2’ and stop saying your stubborn!