Came here to say the same, I've never done this, but seen it attempted a couple of times and that concrete popped and flew (at great speed) all over the place....
I really appreciate how you put us in the front seat of what you're doing, and you keep the videos clean, no need for nasty language or throwing a fit. Good stuff as always :)
I installed monopole towers and cellular radio base stations for a few years before I started installing, testing, and integrating long haul fiber optic equipment. Depending on the height of the tower and soil type the reinforced concrete pier that the towers bolts down to can be upwards to 50 feet deep and the collar that Issac is removing can go down upto 30 feet deep. The bottom of the hole for the concrete pier is is belled out and then a rather intricate rebar cage is assembled inside the hole that bored into the ground with a drill rig is all done by some rather diminutive size men with big brass balls that get lowered and raised out of the hole on a bosoms chair. The bell out the bottom of the hole using an entrenching tool and little pick axe. Additionally once the monopole has been installed another diminutive size man is will either repel or be lowered down the inside of the monopole to attach the hard lines that go from near the radio base station to the top of the tower where there is a crows nest that antennas mount to
Will never stop watching your channel you guys are great, i have learned a lot from watching your channel. This is real life situation and you wont learn this in the class room. 👍🏻
Very interesting. I probably would have tried a plasma or cutting wheel first thinking there would be too much popping concrete to dodge. Didn't seem to be the case. Have to file this away for future reference. Thanks, Isaac.
Working in a hole under an old chicken ranch must have really smelled great. As usual you guys make it look so easy. Have a great Memorial Day weekend.
What a job. I began to get uneasy when I thought that piece might spring away right at you when you cut it through. Thankfully, it didn't. Excellent job! Thanks for letting us watch.
Love your Videos, most of them seem to be Videos of things that they got the lowest bid for the job and then they have to call in the Professionals in like you to solve a problem that the cheapest bidders had no idea about, i also love the fact that you are passing your knollage on to your Son to carry on your Business, well done. You can not read about Experience, FACT.
Surprisingly, I was the third person he called. This was a first time customer. He called his buddy who owns a foundation drilling company and he recommended me. The other companies turned this job down.
Rocking the beard there Isaac. I was surprised at how easily that cut with the concrete behind it. I was expecting spalling and all sorts of interesting concrete related problems but it didnt seem to affect the concrete at all..nice job I would be looking to hang onto that steel plate, to recycle it into all sorts of useful stuff. It looked like pretty heavy stuff maybe 1/2 inch or so. Definitely learnt something thanks for sharing
Not surprised your camera overheated. My wife, daughter, and granddaughter all report it's been sweltering hot in Austin the last few days. Here, 1000 miles NW, it's 40 F.
That was an interesting one for sure. I didn't recognize you there for a minute. You're grown grown a beer or where they call that a goatee looking good. Yeah it was something different for sure. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
I like that no cussing and by doing that your son learns the same. When you get to the point of cussing you lose your logical thinking and then bad things happen.
New look is great , very distinguished. How does the wife(boss) like the new spark arrestor and soup strainer??😂 Last time I cut a pipe off of cast 'crete , I had to put a weld blanket over me to prevent hot crete pops from burning me up. Now I know why nobody else volunteered.
You made that look easy, next time they run onto something like that they will probably waste two days time and destroy 10 tips pluse one torch trying to do it themselves before calling you to to come fix it.
As always Isaac, a great video. I was amazed you didn't get more fragging of the the concrete as you heated it up with the torch. Just curious, why did you torch it out instead of arc gouging? My knowledge of metal working compared to you wouldn't even fit under your little finger nail but I was just curious why you chose the method you used.
This is actually not too difficult of a job if you know what to expect...and how to do it. The torch is my go-to for things like this. plus, I didnt want to kneel down and get that stinky mud on me.
That's one heck of a sono tube. Surprised the steel came off of that after cutting so easily with that excavator chain pulling it off. Good choice of cut locations so that you had that lifting eyelet in the right place for the pull. If only you could sell those extracted plates at some exotic art auction as abstract art pieces for 25k a piece :) "The Call didn't go through":. Now they will sell the land, and someone will be building their house, and when they go to put the septic tank in .... it's going to be smack dab on top of the rest of that pylon ... the only place that will fit on the lot.
For this type of cutting (non-precision, separation only, and the steel is scrap anyway) when backed with concrete filling, probably the oxygen lance could be the easiest option? A shop made lance (least expensive option... probably) - a mild steel 3/8" or 1/4" plumbing pipe or such, threaded on one end (to fit into a valve), filled with some mild steel thick wire (it's the burning iron that's does the job, mainly) - and yee-haw! ;-) Seriously though, this cuts through concrete too, so why not try? Fork the dirt, no need to clean the casing first, and you can stay at safe distance... perfect idea, innit? ;-)
would a thermal lance also work for that or I would think arc gouging would be more effective? looked like the torch cut through it pretty good though I wouldn't have thought with all that concrete behind it like that
Yeah, back hurts. ? for you... when you are cutting a big piece like that, can you guesstimate any stresses in it that might be released once your cut it? I had this visual of you making the final cut and it springing open - even a little would hurt for sure.
Instead of doing all of that, why don’t they implode that instead of doing all the welding stuff like that are they trying to build something on top of it or the part of the oil rig structure it just seems that more work than necessary than again, it is work which is a good thing, especially when jobs are scarce due to the economy. Keep up the good work! You are wonderful to watch Sincerely! R.S.V.
I would be pushing the slag into the concrete since there is no clearance behind the steel if I was going forward. Leaning the torch backwards and traveling away allows the slag to fill the cut gap, thus no popping and constant stops.
That wasn't too bad. A lot less popping and sputtering than I expected with the concrete. Well done you obviously know what you are doing.
Came here to say the same, I've never done this, but seen it attempted a couple of times and that concrete popped and flew (at great speed) all over the place....
My back hurts just from watching ! Great video as always!
I didn't want to kneel down. That ground was soft and wet. Also didn't want to get that stink on me! it was pretty rough smelling!
So much fun cutting through steel and concrete and making your own lava flow. Great job as always.
nice work. alway appreciate a helper.
Thanks for sharing this with us. I've done this before, hated when the concrete exploded under the cut.
I really appreciate how you put us in the front seat of what you're doing, and you keep the videos clean, no need for nasty language or throwing a fit. Good stuff as always :)
Nice beard Isaac! Hope Mama likes it! I thought that was going to be pretty difficult but it turned out ok. Thank you for sharing!
Great job. Its been interesting to see your son growing up and working with you over the years. Come a long way. Look forward to your next video
Ha! Cuts a perfectly straight line even when it will be buried. Brilliant.
Ikr!? He just can't bring himself to cut it crooked, even when it's being scraped. An absolute master with a torch.
Mark of a tradesman.
Bearded boys bustin' it. 🙂
Good to see you guys missed your videos! 👍
I installed monopole towers and cellular radio base stations for a few years before I started installing, testing, and integrating long haul fiber optic equipment. Depending on the height of the tower and soil type the reinforced concrete pier that the towers bolts down to can be upwards to 50 feet deep and the collar that Issac is removing can go down upto 30 feet deep. The bottom of the hole for the concrete pier is is belled out and then a rather intricate rebar cage is assembled inside the hole that bored into the ground with a drill rig is all done by some rather diminutive size men with big brass balls that get lowered and raised out of the hole on a bosoms chair. The bell out the bottom of the hole using an entrenching tool and little pick axe. Additionally once the monopole has been installed another diminutive size man is will either repel or be lowered down the inside of the monopole to attach the hard lines that go from near the radio base station to the top of the tower where there is a crows nest that antennas mount to
Thank you. I always learn something from your videos.
Thank you, love watching you train and pass down your knowledge to your son/helper ?
Great video, definitely interesting to see something like that happen but glad it worked out for you guys. Keep up the good work!!👍👨🏭
If I were running a job like that, it would give me a lot of confidence having you guys turn up - nothing is a problem
Will never stop watching your channel you guys are great, i have learned a lot from watching your channel. This is real life situation and you wont learn this in the class room. 👍🏻
Very interesting. I probably would have tried a plasma or cutting wheel first thinking there would be too much popping concrete to dodge. Didn't seem to be the case. Have to file this away for future reference. Thanks, Isaac.
your son learning from you will never be out of a job.
Now more than ever. Tradesmen will be paid like doctors in another decade or two. No young people are getting into it but the demand is only climbing.
If I knew what Isaac has forgotten about welding I would be happy with that knowledge 👍
Working in a hole under an old chicken ranch must have really smelled great. As usual you guys make it look so easy. Have a great Memorial Day weekend.
What a job. I began to get uneasy when I thought that piece might spring away right at you when you cut it through. Thankfully, it didn't. Excellent job! Thanks for letting us watch.
That was an interesting and different job to what you normally do, repairing broken things. This time you were assisting in breaking something.
I noted the excavator operator clearing the bucket to make sure nothing was going to fall off on you.
In the words of Sir Robin: "That's easy"!!! Cheers, Isaac.
Nice tip to avoid blowback thank you
Cheers from Nova Scotia
Another amazing video from the master
Snap crackle pop in the morning. nothing like having some gravy work.
Getting the the job done, nice work young man!
You did a phenominaltastic job as always! :D
Love your Videos, most of them seem to be Videos of things that they got the lowest bid for the job and then they have to call in the Professionals in like you to solve a problem that the cheapest bidders had no idea about, i also love the fact that you are passing your knollage on to your Son to carry on your Business, well done.
You can not read about Experience, FACT.
Surprisingly, I was the third person he called. This was a first time customer. He called his buddy who owns a foundation drilling company and he recommended me. The other companies turned this job down.
Awesome, another great job, thank you for sharing, i learn a lot, always a pleasure watch your project 👍👍👍👍
I'm loving the Goatee, Isaac!
Hi Guys, Good to see Ya doin the interesting off the wall projects.
Ye Ole Caterpillar Cowboy
Excellent work!! Stay safe. Peace
The right man for the job!
Yours and your son new looks great, lol, I’m a beard man too.
Now that was different, got er done, short and sweet!
as always excellent been missing you all
The bearded duo always getting it done!
Might have to change the name one day to ZZ Weld.
Great work as always Issac.
Would have liked to see what the exothermic torch/ lance would have done. Great video and content 👌
alway's glad to see your Video Isaac ,when I see a new video in my sub- Box I tell my wife, sorry I have a welding Classe LOL thanks
Easy money! Like the beard... low-stress, no-stress. Would be nice ASMR to see the rest of the demolition.
interesting project, thanks for sharing!
That was cool to see how it was constructed
👍 Father and son team wins again!
Whoo Another video from IC Weld !!
Boy oh boy, you shure do get all the good jobs...👌
Like the beard Isaac! You wear it well. Makes me think of growing mine back just to see how gray it’s gotten.
Freaking monster with that torch. Still amazes me after all these years
Good job to have the helper on 👍🏻
Great work guys 🦘
Rocking the beard there Isaac. I was surprised at how easily that cut with the concrete behind it. I was expecting spalling and all sorts of interesting concrete related problems but it didnt seem to affect the concrete at all..nice job
I would be looking to hang onto that steel plate, to recycle it into all sorts of useful stuff. It looked like pretty heavy stuff maybe 1/2 inch or so.
Definitely learnt something
thanks for sharing
You are a positive male role model for the young men that follow you!
If it's cutting torch work they want. The right man is on the job.
Good job as always!
TANYA 4000!!!! Bring the thunder 🌩🌩
Nasty job but you got it done! Don’t be away so long!
Almost didn't recognize you and your boy with the beards. Looking cool man. Keep up the good work.
I've seen a bunch of cell towers installed. Never seen anyone pull one out before. Interesting!
I think the property was sold to a developer. Yay, more neighborhoods.😕😕😕
Nice work my friend ❤️🇨🇦🙌
Thank you team. When I saw that plug I thought about my last wash room disaster.😂😂😂.
Nice job!
nice work
If you have to go back to cut the exposed rebar after they break up the concrete, make sure you post it... Thumbs Up!
Been there and the smell is really bad from well pump casing in heavy sulfur well water. Great job and STAY SAFE!
Not surprised your camera overheated. My wife, daughter, and granddaughter all report it's been sweltering hot in Austin the last few days. Here, 1000 miles NW, it's 40 F.
Awsome work as usual. You always make it look easy Great videos
Great job and not as much concrete popping as I was expecting. Think of how much of this is going on in Baltimore bridge clean up.
Wish I could be there!
That was an interesting one for sure. I didn't recognize you there for a minute. You're grown grown a beer or where they call that a goatee looking good. Yeah it was something different for sure. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
Beard looks great!
I like that no cussing and by doing that your son learns the same.
When you get to the point of cussing you lose your logical thinking and then bad things happen.
Good comment. Thanks.
Agree! Hear way too much at work!
A quick and dirty job...pun intended! 😂
New look is great , very distinguished. How does the wife(boss) like the new spark arrestor and soup strainer??😂
Last time I cut a pipe off of cast 'crete , I had to put a weld blanket over me to prevent hot crete pops from burning me up. Now I know why nobody else volunteered.
Great job you and your son. Beards look good on you boys ( men)
Damn man you are still getting all the good jobs.🤣🤣🤣
I love hearing the Spanish! 💪
Ya está lista!
You made that look easy, next time they run onto something like that they will probably waste two days time and destroy 10 tips pluse one torch trying to do it themselves before calling you to to come fix it.
As always Isaac, a great video. I was amazed you didn't get more fragging of the the concrete as you heated it up with the torch. Just curious, why did you torch it out instead of arc gouging? My knowledge of metal working compared to you wouldn't even fit under your little finger nail but I was just curious why you chose the method you used.
This is actually not too difficult of a job if you know what to expect...and how to do it. The torch is my go-to for things like this. plus, I didnt want to kneel down and get that stinky mud on me.
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Feed the algorithm, Isaac and his son deserve it!
I didn’t recognize u sir. I said do I got the video right. ✌🏼
👍🏼🙌🏼 nice beards!
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Every project has to have a few cuss words!🤭
Hi I.C Thanks for the video, gads you get some very interesting jobs to say the least.
Good old days crusty concrete
Plasma cutter work’s well too 😉
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
That's one heck of a sono tube. Surprised the steel came off of that after cutting so easily with that excavator chain pulling it off. Good choice of cut locations so that you had that lifting eyelet in the right place for the pull. If only you could sell those extracted plates at some exotic art auction as abstract art pieces for 25k a piece :) "The Call didn't go through":. Now they will sell the land, and someone will be building their house, and when they go to put the septic tank in .... it's going to be smack dab on top of the rest of that pylon ... the only place that will fit on the lot.
yuuup. The land was most likely sold off like you say.
isaac, you need a mini sun umbrella for the camera! love the mexican gringo beard 👍
Loving the beard, it looked very hot there down it that pit.
Nice job i I see you and your son growing beards nice
For this type of cutting (non-precision, separation only, and the steel is scrap anyway) when backed with concrete filling, probably the oxygen lance could be the easiest option? A shop made lance (least expensive option... probably) - a mild steel 3/8" or 1/4" plumbing pipe or such, threaded on one end (to fit into a valve), filled with some mild steel thick wire (it's the burning iron that's does the job, mainly) - and yee-haw! ;-)
Seriously though, this cuts through concrete too, so why not try? Fork the dirt, no need to clean the casing first, and you can stay at safe distance... perfect idea, innit? ;-)
Well done Isaac, good job you had the Tania 4000😂
He gets me every time with the Tonya, lol
would a thermal lance also work for that or I would think arc gouging would be more effective? looked like the torch cut through it pretty good though I wouldn't have thought with all that concrete behind it like that
Tanya 4000 lol that one will last forever
Yeah, back hurts. ? for you... when you are cutting a big piece like that, can you guesstimate any stresses in it that might be released once your cut it? I had this visual of you making the final cut and it springing open - even a little would hurt for sure.
Instead of doing all of that, why don’t they implode that instead of doing all the welding stuff like that are they trying to build something on top of it or the part of the oil rig structure it just seems that more work than necessary than again, it is work which is a good thing, especially when jobs are scarce due to the economy.
Keep up the good work!
You are wonderful to watch
Sincerely!
R.S.V.
I always like your videos but why cut up, I figured cutting down would wash more material out, but evidently your good enough it doesn't matter
I would be pushing the slag into the concrete since there is no clearance behind the steel if I was going forward. Leaning the torch backwards and traveling away allows the slag to fill the cut gap, thus no popping and constant stops.