Blasting 200,000 Yards of Rock | Building Infrastructure For a Commercial Building | Petillo

Aaron and the boys met up with Petillo Companies to check out a 300,000 yard heavy equipment/blasting project (P.S. 200,000 of it was rock!)
The project is a building pad and the surrounding infrastructure for an undisclosed commercial building going in.
Like a lot of commercial sites… Petillo was crushing on site, and the product they needed wasn’t too complicated.
They had a jaw crusher with a screen deck to create two different products. One of the products was a more coarse rock for the base material for the actual building and the roads. Then, a finer material used for the backfill for the retaining walls.
They had 3 drills onsite drilling holes so they could blast the rock. Two different factors that affect how the rock fractures is the pattern, or hole spacing (how far the holes were from one another) and the size of the hole (the diameter of the hole).
To note: A good blast is timed out. You don’t just set them all off at once. There is a very, very small delay so that the holes will go off in rows, allowing the energy to move through properly to help fracture the rock more effectively.
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--VIDEO CHAPTERS-
0:00 - Intro
2:55 - 395 Slinging Dirt
3:45 - Hauling, Dozing, and Dumping
5:46 - Geological Conditions Explained
6:50 - Prepping Explosives
11:35 - Explosion
12:23 - Drainage
14:02 - Outro

[@AaronWitt]

Is blasting rock for commercial projects common where you live/work? If so, what type of projects?

[@maggern12390]

Yep, here in Norway we blast a lot. For roads, houses, ditches etc. But we also have a lot of projects that doesnt require it, all depends on the place and how deep customers pockets are. I personally operate a Cat 326F with an Excadrill drilling application. Awesome video btw, that bulk anfo truck looks handy

[@mikeo.1593]

Yes I’m working on one currently here in kentucky. A new warehouse pad. Our shot is pretty much what you see here. I have about 4 ft in some spots of boulders to pick through before I get to the good shot rock. The issue we had was above the main layer of rock was about 2 ft of dirt then another 2 ft or so of rock. That layer of dirt absorbed most of the blow all the top layer did was break in to massive boulders.

[@wesleyfranzen6675]

Yes, and we mill A LOT of rock here too. South/ Central Texas

[@5Loveland]

Love your enthusiasm. When you ramp up the energy when you talk, it makes your presentation more exciting, professional and less casual. I am an old retired guy who loves your channel so I hope you take my input as constructive, not critical. Your passion for the industry doesn’t always come across when you are so laid back. Your enthusiasm for many of the companies come across loud and clear. Keep it up! I have always been enamored with big equipment. I hope your business keeps growing and benefitting the industry.

[@AaronWitt]

thank you very much for the feedback Bill. I'm working on getting better at presenting! I'm pretty chill so I need to hype things up a bit more because I'm stupidly excited on the inside

[@rollingcoal9500]

Thank you bro. I’m D9 operator on Goshen. You always show the real deal of what we do. Plz don’t stop. And wtf get your store up

[@AaronWitt]

hell yeah!!! Thanks man! We're working on it soon I promise

[@longridgearchery]

Something I think you should do some videos on that has some over lap with your world would be checking out logging sites and logging road building on the west coast I think it would open up a new demographic for you to get your message to people. There’s lots of loggers at retirement age and they are feeling the employment crisis as well.

[@AaronWitt]

I'd love to get up there and check it out. Hopefully sometime soon

[@michaeldelarm1630]

I'm from that area. Neat seeing you guys so close to home! We got sooo many rocks in this area its nuts!

[@tyleramato4526]

Super excited to finally see a video covering drilling and blasting! I’m in my first internship while getting my degree in Construction Management, working for a drilling and blasting company. It’s been a great experience so far, and I can’t wait to see how it continues to go! Great content!! Funny enough, I “met” my now boss through one of your posts, where I had asked for advice on how to enter the dirt world! So, I guess, a huge thank you for that!

[@AaronWitt]

man that's so cool to hear

[@andrewgratton7556]

A great example of a company using GPS to maximize efficiently and quality with minimal machines and workers.

[@simonburns1799]

Aaron, congratulations on the continued quality of your work. Your explanations are first rate.

[@AaronWitt]

thank you Simon!!

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

6:30 Where I live, we absolutely love those massive boulders. They are great for retaining walls, and given just how hilly the city is, we need a lot of them. Its cheaper than concrete and it looks better. Heavy boulders don't move anywhere near as much as your average block wall that just falls over after a decade. We've got a lot of clay, so small light concrete blocks just aren't up to the job.

[@DIESELPOWER-AUSTRIA]

Thank you Aron The 395 is a Beast. Best selling machine in its class? See you at BAUMA? From Austria 🍻👋

[@scaleroadbuilders3449]

Great presentation and explanation on how the process works. Always something to learn from your videos, love the Petillo content

[@AaronWitt]

thanks for checking this one out!!

[@AirsoftKids23]

Get Eric in more shots! He's my old friend from highschool

[@tonyneglia6648]

The quality of your videos keeps getting better, and that says a lot because they have always been great! Keep up the great work

[@AaronWitt]

Thanks Tony! We've got some neat stuff on the way

[@markeetafarmer541]

That mixture is common with blasting rock. Ammonia nitrate agent gives low pressure, high heat which is good for "cutting" rock without having to repair neighboring roofs

[@yippikiyay197]

Really great video. Good storyline, good shots of machinery, and lots of details on what they're doing. 💯!

[@AaronWitt]

thanks for checking it out!

[@justsmallstuff4994]

Another quality upload

[@AaronWitt]

thank you!

[@derrickpettit86]

That is a awesome site project, lots of blasting, an lots of man toys🇺🇲💪🤙

[@johnnymurff4137]

Cool video your explaining is awesome I like it. Keep up the good work. Lots of videos don't have commentary so I like it

[@AaronWitt]

thanks for watching Johnny!

[@jelinektreeservice]

Wild the D9 can push a whole truck load in one pass.

[@jakemoritz3102]

Boutta hit 40k brotha way to keep killing the game on all platforms!

[@AaronWitt]

thank you sir!!

[@tugboat2739]

Cool stuff

[@bmx08897fitbikes]

You should go visit the united project in Sutton,ma lots of blasting crushing big project

[@colingold3821]

Love the video Aaron! I'm from British Columbia Canada and wondering when you'll be coming our way to see some earth moving equipment! Anyway God speed sir love the content

[@AaronWitt]

we are coming out there in the beginning of August

[@colingold3821]

@@AaronWitt oh no way! Well I won't bother to try and get insider information as to were your filming BUT! If your close to Nelson BC and looking for a local young operators opinions on anything would love to connect and share the struggles and benefits to being in the trades of equipment and earthmoving. I have my own excavation company and am well versed in the local area!

[@jimsvideos7201]

That's the first time I've seen drills operating on a slope like that, oddly enough. Seems to work fine though.

[@maggern12390]

Oh yeah, those can go in the worst terrain you can imagine with a seasoned operator

[@AaronWitt]

they can work on some pretty steep slopes it's neat

[@maggern12390]

Wonder why they dont have gps on the drilling rigs. Really common in Norway

[@johnnymurff4137]

I just wonder do you have any projects in Florida, which I kinda doubt because here is a lot of flat land and a lot of lakes. Just wondering

[@AaronWitt]

some of the biggest earthmoving projects in the US are in Florida

[@jacobl11206]

Is that on the US 6 - NY 17M?

[@berishfulop]

Yes

[@solar6414]

how did you get the job you have now? i would love to do what you’re doing but don’t know how to get on that “path” for lack of a better word

[@AaronWitt]

I started bringing a camera to work as I worked in the construction industry and one day started doing it full time

[@solar6414]

@@AaronWitt thank you so much for a reply! i love your videos and i hope i can do something similar one day!!

[@jamescaliendo1030]

Aaron will there be a video of what you guys will be doing in NYC?

[@AaronWitt]

we have a video featuring Posillico in NYC coming soon

[@jamescaliendo1030]

@@AaronWitt lololol posillico huh??? Lolol small world mam. Thanks for the response

[@tecnik999]

62 acres for anyone wondering

[@dozerboy67]

Hey WTH is with the color of those machines? Is that the company color, cuz it sure ain’t Cat yellow! 😂😂 great video again!

[@UncleManuel]

200000 yards of rock? Wow, this is one heck of a long rock! ... Ha ha. How punny! 😁😇🤟

[@georgmagi4403]

ok

[@ripbozo8829]

Yoo first!

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