Blasting a driveway re alignment
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- This week we helped re shape an existing driveway the always had a large hump in it because of immoveable rocks. I received the call from local Earth mover and larger than life personality, Con from King Cons Earthworks and we were able to get strait into it.
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Using the rocks as border walls looks good. Have a great day.
Yeah...what an attractive retaining wall. It would have cost a lot to get rid of all that rock; it also would have also cost a lot to buy such nice rocks for that wall. The owner wins two ways.
Sure does Jerry, thanks for watching
It is certainly a good use for them Jerry.
Really appreciated the educational narrative on this video. Very informative. Thanks Dave!
Glad it was helpful Dan, thanks for watching.
People don't know what talent it takes to make big rocks into little rocks..👍.. Nice shot.
Thanks Roy.
As always Dave, a pleasure to watch your work!
Funny how the siren is at least ten times louder than the blast! 😊
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Ken, low noise = low complaints.
@keith moore
It was meant as a compliment to Dave for the good job he does keeping the noise down. 😊
"Such a messy worker". lol I enjoy watching your videos. Cheers from Southern California.
Glad you like them CD!
How’s Trump going?
A lot of that looks like glacial till. Another nice one Dave. Thank you for taking us along!
You are very welcome Timothy. Could very well be glacial till
Those rocks look great no the side as a driveway thanks to you Dave LOL.. Good Job ..
Thanks 👍
a careful job near houses!no problem for you dave.thanks for sharing it with us.
No worries, thanks for watching Bruce.
lol the siren makes you think its gonna be like, skyscraper demolishing levels of explosion. Then it's just a little dirt fart
That's how I do it.
Sirens only come in two sizes: "What was that noise?" and "Hide the China down the well."
just a little dirt fart X D
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Now that's a clean and quiet job. The gap between the built up expectation and reality left me amused.
On ya, Dave. Enjoyed your video as always. The longer content was interesting, as was your explanation of why different blasting strategy on each section.
Glad you enjoyed it Ted.
I always love how undramatic these shots are , just like how the ground heaves 🙂
what a fabulous job
Thanks Aldo!
Good one , nice cut and crumble on the last shot . Well done Dave.
Thanks for watching Bob.
Another great job Dave! Love hearing that siren!
Glad you enjoyed it Pat
That 'local bolder rock' driveway retaining wall would cost utter moonbeams where i live on account every stone would have to brought in and it looks bloody fantastic feature.
Common as dirt where I work Pete, we just stack them up to save having to take them away, does look good though, here is another - ua-cam.com/video/pEaibkdiYA4/v-deo.html and another - ua-cam.com/video/5CzX1R3vTec/v-deo.html
Rocks, rocks and more rocks! Nice work Dave - 'messy worker' wins the day - as always, great video. ATB.
Rock on Chris.
not even 5 seconds and i knew i liked this dude!! Thanks for sharing
Glad to hear it PMO, welcome aboard, plenty of videos to see here!
Thank you for sharing. Interesting work you do!
Thanks for watching David.
I remember years ago going with my dad to sandstone quarries while he blasted it. I was about ten years old and dad let me push the plunger down to set off the blasts. Great memories for me. This just reminds me of my father who passed away quite a few years ago. Thanks for that! You’ve got my subscription with pleasure. 👍🏻
Thanks for coming on board Kevin, I would have loved to do that as a kid also!
Very enjoyable video to watch 👍👍
Thanks for the visit again Scruffy!!
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast 👍
Thank you for brightening up my day. For some reason, those explosions were the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages.
Plenty more videos on this channel for when you need a laugh.
Again, brilliant !!! You have the precision skills of a heart surgeon
Thanks again, not sure about that, I just break stuff SS
Nothing like a few Pebbles to get out of your way..😄👍
Yeah, big heavy ones.
Concrete.....my favourite. Great vid as always.
I love blasting huge bits of old concrete, it is like drilling cheese compared to this stuff, the steel can be a bit troublesome though.
The forces over time that rounded off those huge stones must be enormous.
... And the time must have been eons++
Good to hear you explain the choice of explosive - it'd be great to see a vid where you explain your strategy and all the components that go into the execution.
I don't want to train the competitors too much Gaf.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Kinda thought that would be covered by some sort of training you had to go through before you could go blow things up for money.
Dave, ya done good again mate.
Thanks Steve.
3👍's up guys thanks again for taking us all along with you for the great show
Our pleasure Scott.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast thanks for making it possible for us all to be with you for the hard work you do
You guys have some very interesting jobs. I like watching you work.
It's always good to watch somebody else do the hard bit!
My Dad would have loved to have you as a guest for a rock that a D6 Cat, a 60HP tractor and several blasts of dynamite took nearly a week to remove. The D6 could have parked in the hole left behind.
Sounds like there should have been a few more holes in it AC.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Nobody there had a clue of what they were doing blasting. No drilling, just stash the dynamite under the rock, back fill, light the fuse and hide behind the Cat. LOL Wash, rinse, repeat.
Great job Dave! 👍
Thanks for the visit
Another great video Dave I really liked the music on video. 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it Bob.
That land grows huge rocks! After all the preparation, the "pop" was a little disappointing, but SAFETY FIRST! Great job. I'm going to subscribe. It is satisfying to watch the work you do.
Thanks for coming on board Jeffry, there was a job last week that was a bit more exciting, if you have not seen it - ua-cam.com/video/Z9N-kRYlOz8/v-deo.html
Lol and send it you did 😂cheers for sharing this with us please stay safe and well sending regards xxxxx
Hasta la vista.
Precision work, slicing and dicing! Good stuff, Dave.
Glad you enjoyed it Mr. LargePig.
Since your now a UA-cam star it's time to get your act together and get a can of tyre black and go over your blast mats to make them nice and shiny for our pleasure.
I'll get the Armorall out when I get them home.
LOL.
No blasting allowed in Austin, TX limits. You have to chip out big rocks if you are putting in a pool.
@@jeffj2495 but thats why he makes it as small as possible
Dave,
That poor mini ex.......
It was all she had on that job.....
The first one of those I worked with I though what the hell do you need two pivot points for????
Now we've got them with one more in the boom......
They sure are handy......
Also, THE SLOW MO🚀⛈⛏🌩🔨🚀
for sure, a bigger machine might have been good but even getting a tip truck to this site was a squeeze down a narrow single lane street.
The old tire mats are very cool mate.
Very heavy too Murphy.
Just found and subscribed to your channel. Watching from across the pond in louisiana!
Welcome aboard Megan.
I believe there's no rocks like that in Louisiana! I live in East Texas very similar
@@henryD9363 I know right I wish though heck I wish we had some of them huge beautiful river stones 😍
That's some pretty rock! BIG money for that job...
Not really, just bread and butter job.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast I've been a contractor for 30 years, I've built houses, additions etc...I've been lucky...NEVER had any rock like that in the way... Lucky I guess...To me; that would be a 15K or more job...
..don't force it, get more explosives...lol...stay well and enjoy the weekend...
Thanks Bob.
We live and learn Dave, I always wondered why you didn’t use something more solid than loose aggregate. Thank you
No you know Colin.
Sure was a lot of work to replace 60 swings of a 16kg sledge. Its like people are afraid to sweat anymore. Excellent cut on the big one. The tree at 15:45 is going to have to be cut down.
You won't be breaking this stuff with a hammer.
Great Stuff As Always Mate...Not seen the old blast mats out for a while...And blowing stuff up next to a Gas Pipe??...Made me chuckle that did ...
What could possibly Go Wrong?🤔...Hahahaha!!😂😂😂👍
Glad you enjoyed Mr DB, The gas pipe was fine, gave it a good check over and re used it.
Great job
Thanks for watching Kelly
Nice job 👌
Thanks 😁
Howdy from Sacramento, Dave! Me and the GF love to watch you blow stuff up. Amazing how rocky the soil is where you are...
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching guys!, There is some really tough ground around these parts, not everywhere just here and there.
Here in Western Texas where there are almost no large rocks there are folks who will pay for scrap concrete bit. So if there were a way to get them here at no cost there would be folks buying your big rocks.
We often have trouble giving them away Robert, thanks for watching.
It’s all about the stemming eh? A guy can’t preach enough.. blast mats being crucial, you let it go a bit more mustardy! Roger? Ask where his diggin bucket is :) Lol another great vid !!!!
Ok watch to the end.. got it!
Nice work out there
Oh for sure Tony, these hole only had about 15 diameters of stemming length, no second chances with short holes like this!
My son is dynamiter-blaster, used to blast entire mountainsides.
Great! get him to post some video!
Those mats look like they are made for blasting. The ones used around here are recycled truck tires. 7 to 8000 pounds each. Much larger but do the same job.
These were made from old truck tyres also Steve.
Dave I wish I had your knowledge to be able to break up stone, I could sure solve a lot of problems in Oklahoma for the rocky parts!!
When in doubt, blow it up!
Get yourself some training and get into it Hank!
It has made me interested in the different types of rock and different explosives and their properties. Wikipedia to the rescue (I hope) [EDIT] yep, and it's huge en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive
@keith moore no doubt because it is a publicly editable resource. ANYONE can get a free account and edit the content, doesn't mean they actually know what they are talking about.
@@jaquigreenlees some stuff is locked, and can't be edited by unauthorized people
Well, that's for sure one way to giggle your rocks.
First job I have seen you use mats
You have not used seen this video then - ua-cam.com/video/VCMjaYfUgKQ/v-deo.html Hundreds of mat blasts here.
How do you calculate how much explosives to use? Just eye ball it? Or go off previous blasting and modify the ratios.
As Keith said.
I did really like that vid :o) and the vacuum gear for the drill.
Thanks for watching Teamidris, 180+ videos on my channel to choose from. the vac is a game changer for me.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast I didn’t see how much it did until in one shot it didn’t and there was dust blasting out :o The dust mask is a fair beast as well.
Looking at the rocks in the way of all progress, I would swear this was in Arkansas. Can't bury a fence post here without blasting.
Yes, we have areas just like that Mike.
Ah, dirt and the mats this time! Nice. :)
Yep.
With rock walls on both sides of the driveway, where are they going to push all the snow ? Oh wait... Cheers from Vermont Dave, another great video!
Unlikely to be a problem here Matty, rarely snow below 500m here and they would not be that high. DFiffernt story in Vermont! Thanks for tuning in again.
New subscriber, looks like I’ve got a great back catalogue to catch up on .
Welcome aboard, you sure have Kenneth.
Nice break up Dave and like you it's amazing funny how paranoid the gas guys get when your blasting close to gas lines. Lol
Oh yeah, especially when it is a big gas pipe!
What a let down, bigger bangs on Bonfire night!!
Try this video Chris - ua-cam.com/video/Z9N-kRYlOz8/v-deo.html
I watch all your amazing and very interesting demolitions. But I think I'm like 99% of your viewers in that I'll never do any detonation myself. I have no knowledge or expertise.
So I do have a few simple questions that I can't figure out at all.
What is that red detonation cord? I thought it had high explosive in it and should totally be destroyed during the process. But I see lots of it left over afterwards. It's a complete mystery to me why most of it's gone and some of it is left. Total mystery.
I also imagine it's very expensive, so why are there large loops every time? I understand there's may be a need for delay but it looks like all the loops are the same.
And then there's a yellow cord as well. Same questions. Some of it is still left.
Thank you very much for your channel. You are one hard-working son of a gun!
Hi John, in my videos there are a few different types of products used, there is detonating cord which is an explosive product and is totally consumed and there is the plastic "shock tube" or "signal tube" that remains behind after the blast. The signal tube is part of the non electric detonator assembly, they come in set lengths of 3.6m, 6m etc. Rather than roll it up it could be cut off, however this is generally seen as a bad idea because this can then be a moisture entry point.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast thank you so much for the information. Especially since you're such a busy man. You do mention the witness cord and I had forgotten about that. I now understand about how moisture would destroy the effectiveness.
i've only just found your channel and its occupying a big part of my time. at 2:10 you are talking about the little sharp rocks to stop the explosion shooting out of the hole'. i didn't see you poking a stick to pack it tighter and thought this might be to guarantee no damage to the cords. so how about a grano vibrator? too big? how about taping a 8mm rod to the end of it to fit down the hole? i've done concreting and seen how the concrete seems to come alive when you hit it with the vibrator. and there are things called dynamic track stabilisers used on railways. again, the rocks seem to come alive.
when using sharp screened crushed rock for stemming material you don't really need to tamp it and yes you can damage the shock tube or wires when doing this.
Dont they use the hydraulic fracturing cement down there? Drill some holes pour it in and leave for the day, next morning you gots gravel.
Yes, I use a lot of this stuff Paul, on jobs where we cant use explosives, I would not say that you have gravel in the morning though, that is a bit economical with the truth.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Hyperbole brother. we used it to demo large pump pads next to a bank of generators were susceptible to dust... worked great.
"We're gonna need a bigger shovel."
As an estimator, this gives me nightmares... I do electrical work but there is a lot of electrical in the dirt and the contractors will try to get you to deal with rock blasting for free saying that you should have covered it in your estimate.
Yes, that really is a nightmare that you should not have to shoulder, there should always be a rock clause that stipulates that all blasting work is a variation.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast oh we do. We always exclude blasting, road work, dewatering, etc. In our scope when we bid projects but they will still try and get us to do it sometimes. Some General Contractors in the US are downright scumbags and crooks. They will try anything they can to do the project for less money as long as they can pass the local inspections.
Nice!!!
Thanks for the visit
Well Dave, as usual another interesting, and this time more informative video. Would be interesting if you sat down and explained what was used for how you set up a blast. For instance, the difference between blasting cord and dit cord @ 12:18 How amounts are determined. I never knew why you use aggregate until this video. Most of your jobs are big commercial, leaving you have very little time to talk to your viewing audience about your job. Be interesting I think to see the way things really work. Think about it. Thanks.
Thanks Richard, the blasts that use the detonators with the pink tube fire sequentially and are really good for limiting the vibration and millisecond delay sequential blasting gives superior fragmentation, Det Cord is a bit cheaper and very simple to use bu7t you have to keep a very close eye on the total number of holes as they all fire together and make a huge jolt - this type of blasting is the most frequent cause of complaint and structure damage. The small aggregate is not only better at staying put in the hole as compared to hard packed dirt, but it is very easy to safely remove should you ever need to, using a garden hose. Often on a job there is little time to make any video as you say.
Wow no shortage of rocks where was this Dave thanks for sharing 👀🇦🇺👍
You bet Kerry, no shortage around this area!
Great job, good video.
Why do you use dust collection outside, is it just to keep it out of the hole?
Do you ever look for fossils on the fresh breaks?
Thanks
The dust from drilling hard rock is very dangerous to get in your lungs, if you treat it like asbestos you will live a long time.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Wow I never heard that, I don't see drilling holes in hard rock in my future, but if I do I'll be sure not to breath in the dust.
Thank you.
G'day Dave great video mate. Is it warming up down there yet it is warming up here already.
Howdy Murphy.
@@scruffy6151 G'day Scruffy mate
Lovely day here today Murphy!
Anyone can blow the entire place up - takes a real pro to do it with this precision.
Thank you, you are too kind, I don't build anything, I just break stuff.
Have you ever use the shotgun shell and water to do nusicesse rock. I forget the formal name but you drill the hole fill it with water and install a shot like a shower gun shell. In us I had some of my folks use it. Didn’t need a Blaster license or permit
Sure have, it is called the "Bolder Buster Tool".
Seems kinda weird to have a vacuum to pull away the drilling-dust, and at the same time a full face gas/dust mask, yet not a single earmuff in sight.
Oh, no, always using internal ear plugs.
How do you know how deep to drill and would drilling out the bottom of the rock have any adverse effects?
good question, i saw in a video where he was doing a drainage ditch? where several of the holes blew out the bottom and didn't shatter the rock (note he puts the fill in on top of the blast media so as to plug the hole and thus put all the energy into shattering the rock).
in that video he was lucky because it split the rock across several holes, so the excavator was able to remove them,
Good question, when you drill right through it is disappointing as if you want to use this hole you need to back fill it a bit so that you don't loose all of the energy out the bottom. You look at the rock and give it your best guess.
When im gonna blast a bigger
loose rock, i allways drill abit more then half of the rocks size. So the dynamite is around the middle of the rock. So when you blast it, it falls apart like a nice orange or how to describe it.
So the 3 hole shot to shear only a portion of the bigger structure used simultaneous det cord because det cord is more linear in its path than the 1/4 stick on delays?
By using cord and having all holes go together it forces the break to be along the axis of the holes, if the holes were fired sequentially the fragmentation would have been random.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Cheers mate, I assumed that the two different techniques was for a specific reason. Always learning.
Blaster Bates Lives!
Out of curiosity have you ever lost or had some explosive pinched (as you say) ? I doubt it but wanted to ask . What would you do ? Contact the police ?
Awesome a new video
Thanks Matt.
"On today's episode of Dave's Domestic Violence, we have a Weak Sauce Case mini, and MORE MATS!!!"
Just though that I would throw the mats in so I don't get 20 people asking me why I don't use them.
@@demolitiondavedrillandblast ya, it looked like you may have had a dearth of cover dirt there that wasn't in the form of large chunks of granite... Lol
Me, not having a clue, was expecting something spectacular. Turns out I’ve had indigestion that is more dramatic.
Try this one Shawn - ua-cam.com/video/Z9N-kRYlOz8/v-deo.html
A well-planned explosion should be boring. A not-boring explosion is a VERY BAD THING.
Noticed where you were getting rid of the rock pieces - thinking outside the box[blast area?]. That wall will last for a few years I suspect. . . what ya think?
That wall should last forever EB.
Cool.
Thanks
This is the first time that I've seen the blast mats used. What prompted the need to use the mats? I've seen you blast in proximity to buildings before without mats.
I threw these in so I did not have to answer all of the folk that ask "why do you cover it with dirt and not just use blast mats like we do?"
Did anyone else laugh?! 5:25 I couldn't stop!
Might be time to get a thumb on the mini..👍🏻
Not very common in Australia for some reason Robert
Is there ever a time to drill right through and put anfo under the rock to lift it out?
You can do that if you really want to launch it Bruce, quite inefficient tough.
Demolition Dave Drilling and Blasting
Ahh. Ok.
I was wondering if lifting and moving was easier than breaking and digging
Now they just have to go take care of that track.
Con will have that sorted in no time.
maybe the demolition Bob Ross
Sledge hammer it ole boy
That won't help.
In my younger days I provided a stump removing service. Customers assumed we were digging but no. If you use the right explosive for the job with low brilliance and strategically placed and sandbagged it works as a great tool to save time money and backs. We did about 50 over one summer and no one knew we used explosives. In today's world I do not recommend. Your approach is the professional others with large debris plums are just wasting material. ANFO was available but mixing ratios were less precise and frequently did not detonate. The world is moving away from dynamites to binary with boosters. This provides more safety during transport. The detcord you are using is PETN based or RDX? I enjoy watching your videos on multi shots would like to see more on delays and sequence.
Hey, thanks for tuning in KM, I usually try to discourage people that ask for back yard stump blasting, but as you say, I've done two huge ones in my backyard with out any complaints, one of them weighed in at 840Kg. It boggles me how some people tip AN down a hole and then pour a bit of fuel on top and expect a good result. The cord is PETN. Did you see my tree stump blasting videos???
The rock is very hard like bastinite some gold content? but a very heat resistant rock good for undols
No Gold found in this type of rock Louis.
If I could I'd hit the like button 100X
You can! You would just have to open 100 new accounts first.
The question is not “did we break it”, it’s how much did we break it? Did we break it enough for a small excavator to get it out of here? I was wondering when you are in a residential area do you attract people to the site to witness the explosion, I know when we had a race car in the shop and the doors were open, if we started that car every kid in the neighborhood was there on their bike instantly.
Basically everything that you touch you break, except for hand tools. LOL.
Generally we don't attract spectators and they are not wanted, The gas guy stopped to watch in this case, I would have been one of those kids on bikes. Tools do break.
Demolition Dave Drilling and Blasting
My business is industrial supplies, tools and hydraulics. I count on people breaking things, the steel mills are really good at that. Ooopps we bumped it. If we could stop all of this stupid damage and theft, my business would probably be off 30%. Even with advice on how to treat certain things, they don’t listen and they don’t care.
Like a surgeon ! 😄
2 big lik with a sledgehammer....
Good luck with that.
Please make sure you keep all explosives in your non dominant hand pointed away from your pinky finger as far away as posable; I realize that can be difficult at times, but the details, and you did hold the demo in your left hand while walking around at a few times. Please even when you drop your demo, use your left unless that is not your dominant hand towards your pinky fingers. Not trolling and you are very professional, i am just a exe Army combat engineer wanting you to keep your fingers, and livelihood in the event of a accidental discharge.
Thanks for the input Lance, I'm not actually using electric dets here (largest hazard in the job) The down holes are signal tube dets, and I'm firing electrically in a novel way that does not use a standard electric det, but something a lot safer.
Beautiful shots Dave! You ever thought of making a Stirrup for your hammer?
Yeah, one of the many things tried, there is a variation of this drill available with foot pegs, might try one of those one day.
Another awesome video Dave! What kind of mask and filters are you using please?
The mask is a Sundstrom SR200 with an organic vapours (A1) and a P3 particle filter. The organic vapours filter is to catch the oil in the drill exhaust. Highly recommended, quite comfortable, I could sleep in it if I had to.
Thank you sir!