Blasting and digging to clear restricted water flow

Drilling, blasting and digging on the mountain road to clear spring water from the road.
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00:00 Intro
00:28 Drilling rock
02:25 Charging the rock
05:48 Breaking the rock
06:19 Water flow
07:57 Towing caravan
10:33 Starting up the excavator
12:00 Cleaning clogged ditch
16:03 Pulling up the caravan
17:40 Digging a water pass
20:54 Digging to let the water flow trough
26:34 Excavating out blasted rock
28:00 Quick talk about road
28:23 Drilling a big rock
38:57 Loading the rock
42:58 Detonation of rock
45:04 Detonation aftermath
45:38 Drone outro

[@keithglaysher9201]

What a great life you have! Living and working in the wilderness, machine work, and blowing rocks up, could be a man's dream!

[@SuperHDBob]

How to apply

[@joshuagainey1648]

Yeah this job seems so stimulating I’ll do it for free. I think the job title is irrigation specialist.

[@far_outlook]

Your country has such a large land area. The place where we live is crowded, we don't have a single hill to cultivate

[@oreziopancrazio3685]

Guardiacaccia, better known as Forest Ranger ​@@joshuagainey1648

[@erikjohnson9009]

Don't kid yourself, this isn't work for him! He's having too much fun blowing things up! Love it.

[@andrewcooper8980]

That last slo-mo shot was the best. Very cool video. When you cut a drainage ditch right across the road. That is exactly what I would have done.

[@richardphelan8414]

AGREED THE SLO MO WAS AWESOME

[@mykalmcb]

The man is a combo of Letsdig18 and Andrew Camarata. Excellent slow-motion shots. I really enjoy watching your videos.

[@gurpo650]

thats funny you said that i was thinking the same thing while watching the video

[@jenschristianpedersen]

Maybe some post 10 as-well

[@jurzdevil]

@@jenschristianpedersen Demolition Dave too!

[@cuthbertdingleberry2325]

More like @post10 with a bigger budget. Just need some beavers for him to blow up at the same time.

[@GlasgowCeltic88]

​@@jenschristianpedersen definitely a some Post 10 content going on here.

[@jonesrick1]

Wow! Those detonations were absolutely awesome! You've got more energy than I do in a week. Much respect.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

"Wow! Those detonations were absolutely awesome! You've got more energy than I do in a week. Much respect." I worked as a mechanic for a company decades ago that did seismic work in the oil field industry, and other things. One time they hired out to drill shot-holes in the floor of a rock pit so they could loosen up more rock to excavate. The floor of the pit was 100 feet below grade. I had to go out there and replace the starter on the shot-hole rig so they could get it started and drive it out of the pit. While I was doing that they got all the holes they had drilled packed with explosives and as the shot-hole rig was driven out of the pit they ran the wire that connected all the holes together up to the top out of the pit. So I hung around to watch what happened. When they set off the explosives you really could not hear it but felt it through your feet. I stood there and watched the floor of the pit, about the size of a football field, rise up into the air with part of it going about 300 feet into the air. I quickly rolled under my pickup to avoid being hit by rocks that flew over to where we had stationed ourselves at the rim of the pit. I think they used a little too much ammonia nitrate between the sticks of TNT in the holes.

[@bobbg9041]

Kinda looked like me taking a dump, shit flying everywhere. Thats what happens under pressure.

[@jaykay3080]

I've watched professional blasters use just enough explosive to break the rock into manageable pieces for an excavator (Hi Dave!), but your method is much more fun and there's almost nothing left to clear up 😁

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

HI Jay!

[@laurencedarabia2000]

Dave is very adaptable to situations, when demolishing near structures or people he is careful and uses little explosives. When he's sure he won't do any damage he works like this guy using lots of explosives. Demolishing with dynamite requires adapting to the situation. When you don't have digging machines nearby, the explosive not only breaks the rock but also displaces it

[@TechGorilla1987]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast This made me laugh!

[@thesneakeroutlet]

Post 10 needs dynamite......

[@alh128]

No I don't think he does lol

[@1bag]

Why, so we all end up with beaver tails and heads raining down on us

[@jmatya]

Lol I just got a post 10 video after this

[@SN0WMAN27]

Hey everyone

[@keithsmith8236]

I don’t care who you are that was funny

[@oby-1607]

Watching you drill and blast the rock brought back memories of when I was a teenager and I would help my Dad to do the same thing. We used an air operated drill run by a gas compressor and would poke a hole in the end of the dynamite and insert the blasting cap. The cap was detonated by a fuse which we would have about 10 feet long. Light it and run. We were doing this to create a dam on a creek and had federal approval. Can't do that anymore. I still remember the sound as it went off. Thanks for bringing back a fond memory.

[@user-se1mh1fe1z]

Не знаю как я попал на этот канал, но я восхищен! То что мы все так любили делать в детсве, чувак теперь делает во взрослой и намного масштабней. Ручь стали больше и взрывы помощьней) что сказать,просто работа мечты!

[@user-zl7vf7xe2s]

Ручейки пускает 😁

[@user-sm7xc8xh6j]

В какой стране такой засранный лес?

[@user-vp6og7pb8x]

Don't you just love this guy, what a fabulous attitude to have he actually loves what he does and laughs at himself when he cocks up come yuotube hands on with him get his site the recognition it deserves. Cheers Buddy loved it again.

[@richardmiels3402]

Unusual, interesting and sometimes remarkable. Your camera work and editing is intelligent. The content is real frontier activity which one doesn't get much chance to see, let alone do anymore. Thanks for this channel; it is now a favourite and I expect the subscriptions will soar. From rural South Australia (limestone and granite country so blasting using nitropril has been frequently used).

[@vows2sweden]

of course he is intelligent - he has got swedish ancestors!

[@K-Fed]

There are literally dozens, if not hundreds of channels documenting the same, or similar things. You don't realize that they exist because you haven't searched for them and are waiting for them to be recommended to you, but they're out there.

[@77SBCR]

1) its a bot 2) those channels buy massive amount of bots 3) this guy is so stupid, why not just dig a small canal next to the rock instead of exploding it? @@K-Fed

[@jonnafry]

Worth the effort of doing that horizontal drill after turning that rock into gravel ! Great video.

[@barthanes1]

Wow, thanks a lot for risking your camera equipment. Those slow-motion shots of the explosion were spectacular.

[@Tedinoz]

Risking his camera? How about risking his lungs? No PPE. Nil.

[@mortemexmachina187]

@@Tedinoz Bro he was at least a hundred feet away, behind a tree, and outside. Any particulates would have settled down before he even managed to get back to the site, and if the explosion itself managed to cause him harm I'm not sure PPE would have been able to do much either.

[@holysirsalad]

@@mortemexmachina187 Pretty sure they're referring to the dust from drilling. There are a few shots where he is wearing a mask but most are without. Hopefully it's just an effect of how the video is set up, silicosis is terrible

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

The entire video was without a doubt, excellent! But that last big blast? Talk about OVER-THE-TOP!! EPIC!!

[@IncredibleCorey]

This was so much fun to watch. If you zigzag the drainage ditch it will slow down the force of the water so less erodes and you won't have as much to keep clearing out

[@jimthayer9837]

From the rock he is digging up,it would require many explosive discharges and be very expensive

[@frankmuschetto3385]

Excellent video and great videography. Very interesting and informative watching you address the issues you're faced with.

[@rosco0567]

Oh... I'll be watching this when I get peace tonight, thank again 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@corypride5096]

That last one 'blowed up good!'

[@Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater]

finally. another man who EDCs a hammer drill and dynamite. I keep mine in an ankle holster just in case.

[@daveharper5655]

Man oh man explosives are too much fun, is there no end to your talents? How did you learn so much at such an early age? I’m capable of the things you do with the exception of explosives, it took me 60 years to learn what you know and you’re better at many things than me. You are a very astute young man and I’m so glad I found your channel. Much respect, be well.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks for the kind words Dave!

[@daveharper5655]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM you deserve it, to be this accomplished at your age your dad must’ve been a great teacher. Please say hello to your family for me. Be blessed.

[@larsmeijerink5471]

Some ppl just got the feeling for it and others don't. Thats with everything, years of experience don't say anything and that the reason we dont say our years of experience here in europ

[@tahinator1327]

Dayymmm this shot is Fire🔥 43:55

[@EricKremer]

That last blast was over done, but it was cool. You made what’s called a counterforce charge. Essentially it’s just explosive waves colliding and multiplying inside a hard target. You could’ve had a slightly better effect on the rock if you did not place a charge in the center. Also if you have detcord or blasting cap at the furthest out point. The wave will travel more effectively through the explosive and into the target.

[@quietbrianquiet]

Best video opening ever, "This rock is in the way and we will use explosives to move it"! haha. Note to self, 5 sticks is a lot if you ever get around to blasting rocks. Beautiful and Thank You. Your drone shot shows a lot of standing water. It will be a few weeks before you get into the forest for sure. 5th day in the row with thunder storms here in Texas. Lots of water also right now. Farmers grow a lot of cotton around me so I am sure they are very happy. Thanks for the video.

[@SwedishHunter77]

Always your content is fun to watch. On the top of that, you just remind me when I lived in Stockholm/Sweden back in 2007-2011 .Beautiful country with pure nature ❤ Greetings from USA

[@micke3035]

So does anyone else think that Post10 might be just a little bit jealous of this set up? 🤔😉

[@SubculturalMoKa]

another video! honestly, Im really enjoying your work and your personality. great stuff, looking forward to see more!

[@kenerikson4853]

I wish you and Andrew Camarata from NY USA could get together. You are both so much alike and yet your styles are completely different. Your camera work and editing are outstanding. I don't know how you both know so much about so many things. I'm in awe. Again, I hope you have some friends that can share the experiences you go through. Happiness is not real unless its shared.

[@austincurtis636]

Agreed

[@wrecks02]

There's somethjng very satisfying in watching things go boom. Warms the heart of my cockles.

[@JamesHibbert-Hingston]

Always great viewing. Love the camera work and editing, the slow mo & drone footage is cool. Keep up the great work.

[@Tunden]

TB 175! What my machine (TB 135)aspire to become when it grows up! Great video! Og hilsen fra nabolandet 😁

[@SCARFACE69247]

13:57 Wow! That is a lot of rock down both sides of the road.

[@neriksso]

Good job building that road with the TB175! 👍 I suffer from much the same conditions, granite stone everywhere… Come and visit and bring the dynamite 😁

[@donanything6816]

Well, that was fun! Your a hard worker, thanks for the video look at the work that you do. The camera locations and slow motion shots were great. Glad you didn't shoot down the drone! Be careful.

[@astonmartin2727]

If you have a rock crusher you have all the stone you need for the road bed and perfect road. Love your videos. Keep em coming.

[@seeharvester]

Yeah, I think I have one in the garage somewhere.

[@tonnijensen1840]

Damn it looks awesome in slowmotion, when you blastet that big rock - cool! 🙈🙉💥

[@dannmohr5721]

Awesome footage of your blasting especially the last big rock……👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@arisaka9963]

Trying to pull that trailer out of the mud with a quad was funny!

[@gregeconomeier1476]

Great video, It's a man's dream job. Jack hammers, big excavators and dynamite ! ! 🤩

[@joelbakker9033]

Amazing video man, I can’t believe only 30k people have been subscribed while this content is so good too watch, keep it up !

[@JeffreyMota]

Don't know how I fell on this video I love it... dream work

[@PieterBreda]

When in doubt, double the amount. When still in doubt, triple the amount. Great for KZbin content.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

That's the melody!

[@deanedeane4318]

Such fun !!! I think that's a great way to get some stone on to the roadway !!!!! Good job Man..... love the drone footage 😉😎

[@stevenandrews6627]

😀😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍"Awesome post young lad.....just freaking awesome!!!!! "

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks Steven!

[@williamkhatchell620]

Thats some tough digging, good job getting it done.

[@lebotnov66]

Loved all the shots of the final blast!

[@308bushmaster]

Fantastic camera angles on that explosion. I greatly appreciate it

[@annechristiansen941]

Tusen takk for god underholdning. Godt jobba. 👍🤗👍

[@finance_leads]

Work of precision when blasting of those rocks. Great results 💥💥👍

[@ohasis8331]

Not much point in blowing stuff up unless you get to see it a few times - forwards, backwards, slomo . . . and loved the drone shot.

[@rogernation2551]

Man o man, THAT was awesome! I’ve watched many videos on this same subject. This video is, far and away, the best!

[@GlobalistJuice]

Last demolition's video was as if it captured an exploding meteor at the time of ejection - the moment hurled debris enters into a collision course adventure in space! Very nice placement of cameras created a great visual of that rock's demolition, well done! You have some interesting videos, I have subscribed to your channel.👍

[@garyduscha2579]

You mean a Space X launch

[@user-qc3mp5lk3h]

Мира и добра. Замечательная работа. Тихо спокойно не спеша и всё сделано. Удачи во всех начинаниях.

[@TheGazmurphy]

Stunning scenery

[@joshandicoechea6770]

Hey my man, you can move that rock with that excavator easy but you just wanna blow it up I know!!! 😂

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

You got a valid point there!

[@denniswinay809]

With the amount of stone you have and your crusher, you could pave that road.

[@LifeOnHoth]

I love watching people dig :). You would've had a lot of fun with a rotortilt for the excavator!

[@joelrice990]

with all your creative skills, you should make an attachment for your drill to your excavator.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Got a lot of drilling ahead so it's on the todo list!

[@markforstrom2436]

Love your stuff!! You are multitalented my man.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks!

[@Vei2aC]

Hey man, have been enjoiying your video's ,watching them alllll the way through, its addictive for me, that boulder at 43:54, just before you touch off the explosive, the boulder looks so solid, to then just kinda melt into SO manny small bits, love the view from the drone, you really see how far it throws them bits of rock into the woods, so cool, it dose such a neet job, you would think its way more messy, really appreciate you and your video's, really love watching stuff like this, the rock crusher vid was the first i seen, really loved that one, didunt miss a minet of it, most people dont talk to, but you make it more intresting by infourming us what you are doing, your plan of acction and all, and just the diffrent camra angles, really enjoiy it, thank you ever so much for shareing it with us all, i will happly keep watching, you have a sub from me.

[@danyarbrough7847]

Awesome!!! Thanks for so many repeat shots of the explosions!

[@Dirk80241]

Explosion seen from the air at 43:21 is truly impressive: the pieces of rock fly really high!

[@jordanschinkel8030]

This has to be one of the best videos I’ve ever seen Omg you’re awesome I will definitely be following your channel ❤❤❤❤❤and your a cutie pie 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Haha thanks Jordan!

[@Gunbudder]

9:26 LOL i love the safety hand. its an upgrade from safety squints. if the cable goes it will only take some fingers instead of your eyes. pretty good trade i think hahaha

[@andrewjones-productions]

I only recently found your channel and am enjoying them very much! It is very interesting seeing you at work and you are a hard worker. The footage of the rock being blown up was absolutely stunning. Perhaps because of my upbringing on a farm in Wales where certain trees and rocks act as landmarks and often from which the name of the field derives, I always feel a sense of sadness or longing when a large tree gets felled or a rock destroyed. Even though I know it has to be done and have helped to do so. I felt it with that rock too, even though I would do exactly the same thing. I wonder if anyone else feels that way. Perhaps it is a Welsh thing as we have a strong sense of 'hiraeth' (longing) even though we Welsh mined coal and slate in huge amounts!

[@arturalmeida9677]

Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho que realiza

[@richardmiller5238]

Ha! Enjoyed the video and the capture from every angle of the rock explosions! 💯👌

[@hollandduck79]

Hello from the Netherlands. thanks for the video. Sincerely Hollandduck

[@michaeltarasenkoop2389]

A burning fuse would definitely be much easier especially in the remote woods as you say running the cord to the remote area is a pain !

[@FutureEon]

👏🎥🔍 This video is top-notch! The videography is outstanding, capturing all the details as you tackle the challenges head-on. It's both intriguing and educational to see how you address the issues and ensure smooth water flow. I'm curious about the techniques and tools you use. Keep up the great work! 💪💦🌊

[@scumbaag]

This was fun. Subbed, ill be diving into your other content when i can. Definitely a very intelligent dude, cant wait to see what you get up to. 🤙

[@hadiFPV]

Lovin' this job already! Go explode some huge rocks, play Mudrunner in Reallife with your Quad in some dirt puddles, getting to pull that caravan outta the mud, getting to use and work with a excavator making new paths for a river while still being in the middle of nature surrounded by trees and whatsoever. I don't know, but the thought of this being a Job is kinda satisfying. Sweden is awesome!

[@elisak9163]

As many has already said, it was very interesting to watch. Great work :)

[@albertgalan2483]

Love Your videos, and love Sweden too, home of my late wife.

[@TheIvalen]

You hiring? Middle of nowhere, working alone, working the land.... my kind of job.

[@ariaanjonker]

✅. ………. everything shows that you invented gunpowder‼️ Nevertheless, greetings from the Netherlands Stay safe, be humble and be blessed

[@sevenproxies]

Your mic cover for the headset is just the cutest ever.

[@mangeshcmate]

Excellent shooting

[@actionman862]

When you started to drill horizontal, I yelled at the screen, 'You will be sorry!'

[@kjstutzman7692]

Thanks! More blasting please! This video was awesome! Do you have plans to up your video output (say once a week?) Also many of your earlier videos, you say you will finish some items later … but have not so far! Like your water well Like your rock crusher Like road work Love the work, please more videos!

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Wow, thanks! As it is right now, there is no way i can do that. But hopefully more often than now in the future. The problem with the bigger projects is that they get really expensive, and i need bigger machinery to handle it. So i'm saving up to get it. But the crusher and the road is somethings i'm going to work with this summer.

[@DanKoning777]

I noticed others have asked the same question before, and I was thinking the same. After seeing just a few videos I wondered why there's only 54k subs when the content/editing, and Bjoernstroem are all great. The videos wouldn't need to be as long, or as finely tuned re: the editing, making it easier to produce more videos which would be more profitable for him. He should have 500k to 750k subs easy, but that's jmo.

[@comebackcs]

I love it! Imagine this thing flying into you at 44:00 😄

[@lumotroph]

Beautiful slow motion shots!

[@AndersMagrioteli]

My condolences to the camera man. 😉 But he did a good job. Joking aside, as some folks already written: your camera is excellent and brings a lot to the videos.

[@johnprice3443]

it was nice to see your pfopertywithout snow on it

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

The thing that strikes me first, is how little planning went into the making of this road.

[@jean-claudefrancoisbaroudd730]

Who is this man living our collective dream ?

[@lizwilson5814]

Fascinating and very satisfying.

[@sergiogustavo13]

Minute 37:51 man enjoying his work 🤠

[@janosliszkai1614]

....and inside was the last T-rex egg..... thank you...😅🤣

[@jerrellkull5347]

Awesome job bud. Take care.

[@markj.7557]

I'm wondering why you're cleaning in the direction of the flow. As you'll risk creating flooding downstream if there are obstructions and when you're releasing "large" amounts of water, also you're building a dam on the downwards side of the road which will make flooding more severe if it happened as the road is on the upwards side of the dam that it creates.

[@ltanthrax8435]

The last blast was epic

[@timd1833]

"Sometimes there's just too many rocks!"

[@GoldOreOunce]

First time seeing your videos! Really fun stuff, you are living many mans dream to be honest :D :D. Enjoy it and keep yourself safe man! See you on the next one

[@E_L12]

What's the purpose/goal of building these forest roads and your rock crushing etc.? Is this private property or public land?

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

It's a mix of hobby and logging, and the property is private.

[@E_L12]

@M.BJOERNSTROEM nice! It looks like fun!

[@CliffordRainwater]

Thanks for the nice camera work.

[@clxudzYT]

Very good timestamps, probably the best timestamp-titles I've seen, ever!:)

[@MrPhotodoc]

Blowed 'em up real good.

[@antonkvarmo1]

Gillar dina videos, intressanta och bra gjorda😃

[@brettadams417]

Not seeing the whole picture, however looks like it could have been done intentionally as a check dam which helps slow the water preventing erosion and acts as a sediment trap. I install these regularly for storm water prevention plans and from the angle at the 3 min mark it seemed like that could be exactly what this was. Anyways like I said can’t see the bigger picture to be sure…best wishes

[@Max_Marz]

Would love to see that wheeled excavator with big mean aggressive tires on it, yknow ditch the dualies and make your own hub adapters to put something awesome/ridiculous on it. Really love that machine and your philosophy around how you use your fleet.

[@larsmeijerink5471]

He is probably never going to do that bc it it used for work and not for fun