Carefully controlled trench Blasting through Granite (4K)

The work at the housing subdivision continues, thankfully I now have "Big Drill Ben" helping. The Atlas Copco T35 drill rig sure hammers those holes down quick. Please join us as we load carefully calculated and tightly managed blasts without upsetting the neighbors.
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[@Je.Suis.Flaneur]

They are Cheering at Ye Olde Mucky Duck, when Demolition Davey cracks the lot. Detritus is his Midas Touch, when the wiz-bang bangs the granite rock and rock 'em sock 'em now they're dust. So it's always the devil-to-pay when Demoliton Dave blasts away!

[@zawzawaung6789]

You have a really great eye for how you film what you're doing. Not everybody can do this.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Do you think? I think I'm a bit of a hack, everything is unscripted single take, seat of the pants production.... but it usually come out OK. Thanks for watching and contributing.

[@zawzawaung6789]

Your video work has a nice flow. There's nothing tedious in what's presented. You don't have to say a lot about what you're doing and quite a bit is left to the viewer to suss out what's being done. Again, not everybody making a video about anything is capable of this. @@demolitiondavedrillandblast

[@lordsnot2268]

I mean ... *the chances of those polaroids being found again* out in the middle of nowhere? Some old dudes be like "hey, you said you buried it real good!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh yeah... just goes to show that you should always destroy things properly.

[@andrewallason4530]

Yup. Where’s the remains of the body to go with them?

[@lordsnot2268]

@@andrewallason4530 LOL. Keep digging? 😅

[@randallmacdonald7602]

I kept thinking, why doesn't Dave wear a tool pouch instead of putting the tape and knife and stuff in his pockets all the time, so inefficient. It's like you heard me thinking about it and talked about fishing stuff out of the blast holes. Too funny. Thanks Dave always entertaining.

[@user-hn2qo4cy8m]

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. A real genius has his original ideas closer together.

[@mumblbeebee6546]

I don’t get tired of watching this channel, it’s oddly soothing - mostly. It is also a good reminder to me (who has been lucky enough to never live near a war) how brutal it must be to be near shells landing… But mostly it is fascinating, and satisfying! Thanks for making such good videos while you work!

[@mumblbeebee6546]

P.S. What with all those ‘great’ leaders of countries who claim to have done multiple hole-in-one shots, I very much respect you 72-hole-in one without as much as a fist-pump 😂

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes, I can not imagine going through the horror of war and the most despicable people on this planet are those that ferment war for profit.

[@odc43054]

I am constantly amazed at the amount of big rock that you deal with. It’s not like it’s one or two big chunks, but everywhere on a lot of those sites.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I only get to see that bad ones Dave.

[@jasethesmiff5683]

These trench blasting ones are really satisfying.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching.

[@user-wu7sn7ml7v]

Thank you Dave. So many perfect shots. Even the roos like a good blast.❤😂😂😂.

[@scotthultin7769]

1.1K+ 👍's up demolition Dave the most explosive man on KZbin Thank you for sharing 🤯

[@TechGorilla1987]

The new mic plus the during-loading commentary is the kind of video I really, really appreciate. I'm a detail guy which is why I ask endless stupid questions.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

No problem, more of this will feature in the future.

[@adrianroze6499]

Was expecting you to uncover a body from the 70's with those pictures under that rock, O well maybe next time.😬 Fantastic video and really like the way you talk us through what your doing.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hey... thanks for tuning in, yeah... you never know what you will find.

[@GARDENER42]

That's a fair old dose on ANFO you had to use. Must've needed a tuck load to do all those holes. Another occasion where a thumb on the excavator would have made the clearing up easier. Those polaroids are an unusual find, as is them not being long turned to mush.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Year, bit of a thumb shortage around here.

[@montymc450]

Pouring cough mixture down the hole. Good video like always

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Did the job! Thanks for watching.

[@cosmopezzolla996]

Great job Dave, you and Ben made quick work of a tremendous amount of rock! Impressed as always. Glad to hear your feeling better!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Cosmo, yes there was a fair bit of rock in this one! Good to have a big drill on the job.

[@rodneymayfield3352]

interesting in the long shots to hear the the skips for the unloaded and loaded holes

[@williamjacobs236]

Another great video Dave .

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks 👍 Glad you enjoyed it William.

[@spikeydapikey1483]

Nice mixed bag of shots there. Enjoyed that! Cheers.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Spikey.

[@AlexJBaldwin]

That 32 shot slow-mo reminded me of the worms from the movie Tremors. Kevin Bacon starred in it.😅

[@GARDENER42]

Explosives was how they did it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqmqm4hma9eqrM0si=HrNfLQPBQg7Fot3h

[@vsvnrg3263]

another enjoyable video. those polaroids at 17:00, because you have a lot of australian viewers, someone might recognise them. that would be nice. i'm surprised they survived that well after a period in the ground.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I'm very surprised also.

[@davec7076]

The new camera and microphone are amazing Dave. I still go back and watch previous videos, but get spoiled pretty quick. Thank you for so much good content, especially the uncovered shots.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you like them Dave

[@mozismobile]

So much easier when you have the big machine drilling your holes!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sure is!

[@jimsvideos7201]

I like the neatly segmented nature of the work; no guess-work, just boom job done.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

That is what the customer wants Jim.

[@eddielittleii8919]

That job was extensive. Glad your feeling better. Those pictures were a blast from the past!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Eddie, I just wonder how long they had been there.

[@richb3307]

I thought that white pudding I had on my breakfast in Sydney tasted a bit odd. The farts after were violent.

[@christopherleubner6633]

Wife asks how was work... Great, I had a blast❤

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah.. that is pretty much how it goes, then she says "oh.. I had such a big day... had to do the shopping, pick the kids up from school" etc.. I say "how many holes did you drill?"

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

Thank you Mr D for your time and effort in filming/editing and sharing this with us- its much appreciated - please stay safe and well x

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thank you kindly MLE.

[@mikeslayer5926]

hope yer feelin better , ive had a half dozen aquaintences from the i-net down with the coronary virus this month stay safe Mike

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

More and more interesting truths about this virus and treatment being disclosed in recent days.

[@paulsto6516]

Always a fun time. Thanks for taking us along!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Our pleasure Paul.

[@jasethesmiff5683]

22.43....that one hole with a little less cover...... fantastic!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

That one shot it's stemming.

[@alfredpedneau9598]

Thanks Mate for the Bang up Videos. Crack on !!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

- Cracken on Alfred, I've been using the hydraulic wedge splitter over the last few days, my be some video of that going up soon.

[@bobbaer869]

Another great video Dave. Hope you are feeling better.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Bob, I recovered very quickly.

[@VistaViews]

11:28 the clevis on that digger is driving me INSANE

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Not just you!

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼……………………………………………………………..I know you have a hard job, but it’s one of the COOLEST too! LOL……………….Those pictures, how and why? Maybe do a google image search or something and maybe find out who they are……………….or were!! I honestly expected y’all to eventually find remains. I’m glad the vid didn’t get you down too bad and I’m glad you are better.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks #77, I would really hate to dig up remains. The very cheap, safe and effective pills did the job for me.

[@williamgamache2882]

Dave, Thanks for the great video !!! I like the Drone shots and the super slow motion... Really good stuff! Your a hard working man so taking time to make these videos is very much appreciated. Keep up the good work and Thank You !!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks 👍

[@dennis2376]

Weird finding those photos, I wonder what the story is? On the 18 hole shot, did you get a hole in one? :) Glad you recover from C. Thank you and have a great day.

[@brucet8551]

a great video Dave.a lot of work even with the drill rig.ive found fresh air and plenty of hard work will cure most things!!.

[@secretsix6]

i was taught to use a half hitch when securing the det in the emulsion powder mind you that was forty years ago and tape was like gold lol

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The half hitch is good with wires but the radius is a bit tight when using signal tube dets, thanks for watching.

[@paranoidandroid7718]

Nice one, as always. Thanks Dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

You're very welcome Marvin.

[@tokencivilian8507]

Nice. Plenty of shattered and bulked up rock. That blowed up real good.

[@Ecka63]

Great audio and video quality Dave!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it #63

[@art1muz13]

I really enjoy these blasting videos, but you know that! I never miss a show. Today's question comes from me; AT 1:25 YOU ARE SHOWING US THE INSTALLING OF THE BLASTING CAPS. HERE'S THE QUERY: COULD YOU SHOW A CLOSE UP OF THE INSTALL?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

They are not training videos.

[@art1muz13]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblastAWWWWWW! I know, they're much more than that !

[@brianpatrick9480]

Impressive video. Thanks Dave"!!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you liked it Brian.

[@markadolphus5094]

Thanks to Sony we don't know how fast that magpie can pissoff ...pretty fast no doubt 😆

[@swishswish386]

Brilliant as always Dave 👍👍👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Swishy, you have been quiet recently.

[@swishswish386]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Yeah I have been pretty busy with work and family plus i was a bit crook for some while but all back to normal now

[@scruffy6151]

Smashing good times.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Indeed Scruffy.

[@leeroberts2134]

As always Dave you don't disappoint and the cover gets very air reiterated. But I wish you could do some shots with out cover. Stay safe mate and the family 👍👍👍

[@anthonyjohnson100]

Wish I could get a license to do this here on the big island of Hawaii. It’s all solid rock here and they make us use excavators with hammers that take ages to get the job done and kill the machines.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Just get some training and get a license then Anthony.

[@alfadoofus]

Great video , shame the camera missed the one shot , you certainly made up for it with the length of video and the skippy's making a cameo.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah... not happy about that incident..

[@ChrisB257]

Apart from time needed for drilling, watching you set charges reminds me that that is in itself pretty time consuming - predictably with a trenching job! Nice view down the hole. Presume the pour on top of emulsion was ANFO. How nice if you were able to just add stemming and not have to bother with cover, just to keep the neighbors happy. Great slo-mos again. One heck of a lot of trenching and a PITA when damp in holes! Fascinating find with the polaroids! Another great video Dave, thanks. :)

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Chris, the down side of working with large diameter holes is that they each take 3/4 of a big bucket of crushed rock stemming on top of the charge, and that is hard work. De watering of wet holes really sucks as you always seem to get covered in slop.

[@williambryce8527]

Great video of some spicy sausage with a little white sauce for the win! Stay healthy Dave!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks William.

[@leonmarut7092]

good job mate

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Leon.

[@briangarland9883]

Sorry to hear you were down with the v. Dad used to mix up some liquor and hot tea...worked for most everything! Question on the packaged explosive...if the emulsion gets wet will it still fire or is it totally useless? How would you handle that?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The emulsion is OK in water, only the ANFO that is quickly ruined.

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi Dave ☺ I guess that's an expensive way of trenching, good job you had a drilling rig. Thanks for another interesting video mate, and I hope you've got over the covid bug ok. Best wishes to you and your's, Stuart UK.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

This is the cheapest way of trenching through Granite Stuart, my covid was bad for 1 day only, I recovered very quickly when I got the banned medication.

[@kevdimo6459]

Really enjoyed this video Dave, the change in the condition of the ground is amazing. I’d have thought that you’d either have rock or not, but some of each seems like a pain in the arse for you, and then throw in the water! Glad you didn’t have too much problem with the Covid, just don’t go injecting bleach into yourself. 👍🏼

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Kevin, the wet holes are the biggest problem. The treatment I took won the Nobel prize for medicine in 2015, it has a better safety profile than common over the counter pain killers... the question that everybody needs to ask was why did they prevent it's use?

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

Very interesting with those Polaroid photos. They have me wondering how they got there. Were they under the rock or on top? Maybe they were put there to just to puzzle anyone who found them.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I think that this area had been filled and they were thrown in there to get rid of incriminating evidence, for how long... who knows.

[@RogowskiBubba0864]

Morning Dave 😊 Greetings from the Netherlands 😎

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Morning!

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy demo Dave

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hey... Howdy once more.

[@geoffreyfox60]

It's good to see those shoots on camera. I wish we could have done that when I was in Greenvale you see what went right or wrong. Great show ❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah.... plenty of hard ground in Greenvale.

[@TrikeRoadPoet]

Could you maybe give us a little talk on why patterns and delays and why they are used? Something like a little chalk board thing with maybe some stills from your blasting to explain for us new to the channel types who know nothing but are curious?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I could but there are competitors that I don't want to train.

[@TrikeRoadPoet]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast understood!

[@jamespurssey1393]

Fantastic work again there Dave. I notice you're firing off Lead In Line, not your usual Beathoven method. How's that going?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

the Nonel lead in is good, I'm right alongside 220KV, not taking any chances.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Had to use the nonel as I'm right next to the 220KV power lines.

[@frozenjoe6313]

Big drill Ben ?? Sounds like you are getting your monies worth, and that is really good. The next part of the drilling machine to break might be your back,..and we absolutely cannot have that. Maybe you could mount that man killer drill on lift, the type with a man work basket hydraulicly operated. That type of machine is called a " Zoom Boom,in Idaho and it has hydraulic controls down on the side of the machine chassis. in addition to controls up in the basket, and used but not to worn machines can be found pretty cheap.. You wouldnt even have to be in the basket to operate the zoom boom and the drill., maybe you can get away with using the longer drill steel to start with instead of using short steels to start, and then switch over, from short to long ., install some hydraulics and solenoids and some of those zoom booms have 75 feet of extendable boom. You could possibly mount that drill on the man basket, and reach places to drill you couldn't before, without straining yourself.... I might take a little of that horse paste myself, if needed and find just a little about the size of a pinto bean for 3days works great. . But I would never take anything denied by the medical docs . It might kill my pet tapeworm or something.............

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I do have this drill Joe - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4uxhX1nq96nr5osi=Znx5sWxeVYPGR54p

[@RolandElliottFirstG]

Looklng good, those new Volvos are great, what happened to the blade on it ? Any holes are a magnet for phones and keys etc, was only last year and I dont't often take my phone off its leash but I had to do some calculations, I was standing near a pier hole about 5 metres deep, it had water and mud at the bottom,,, well guess what my 1800 dollar phone decided it was time to slip out of my hand and aim itself right down the hole, I tried to fish it out with wire and other various methods but all failed, so I dropped the auger in and gave it a gentle quarter turn at the bottom, well I was half lucky, the phone came out undamaged and was still working but it soon shut down as it had been under water for too long.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The took it off for some reason.

[@RolandElliottFirstG]

Maybe to fit it on truck or it needed repair. your background music is the same as The Jackson brothers use in their clips. @@demolitiondavedrillandblast

[@davidholder3207]

Boom Boom👍👍👍 Would some of your stronger blasts, like the 25 hole shot one, show up on Melbourne's Seismometer?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

No, it was really nothing

[@Goalsplus]

The force behind real tremors, even small ones, is absolutely incredible.

[@gth042]

I'll bet that little camera overheats. But man, does it do a good job for under $20k. The toning and AF while inspecting boreholes, hand-held, was impressive. I hope you find ways of keeping it cool (white cloth cover, leaving the connector ports open, thin copper tape on the card/heatsink, whatever you have to do). Take care, and thank you :)

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for noticing #42, Some users have complained that it overheats and turns off when doing 4K/120 duty. The user manual says 15 minutes max or something. The real test will be in the summertime when it has been cooking in the car prior to use. Might have to pack it in the insulated box with my lunch. I'm currently using it at 40Mbs maximum bitrate, which is OK until I pan quickly, can do as much as 600Mbs but that introduces new problems.

[@gth042]

If you have it in a cage, a piece of thin plastic and a 1/4-20 bolt makes a nice shade. I don't know that model specifically, but if you're using CFExpress cards, there's usually enough clearance to put thin copper tape on either side and leave it sticking out of the door (works as a pull tab too). Turn off the screen, any unnecessary AF/exposure AI, wifi, bt, etc.... To find the lowest power/heat configuration, I use a USB current meter and start turning things off. Once the battery is topped off, you'll be seeing "only" what the camera needs for that operation/configuration. I wish camera makers would use a heat pipe and a copper pad on the bottom so the tripod can soak up the heat, but oh well. Anyway, I hope some of the rambling gets the ideas flowing. Best of luck, Sir, and I hope you have an enjoyable week..

[@TechGorilla1987]

Demo Dave!! I have recently been introduced to something called "Auto Stem" and I was wondering what you thought of them. Apparently they are not HE, but rather low order stuff. I read that the dets are nitrocellulose. They explode in a lot different manner. There is not a huge overpressure and the dets sound like "THUMPS." They do not require stemming or the like. You simply jam them in the holes. Do you have any thoughts on them?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Auto stem does break rocks and are a useful product in countries where no license is required. Good for making nice strait line splits and breaking oversize with minimal flyrock. very noisy when you use them without stemming. Good where the transport and storage requirements are less restrictive than 1.1D products. Not good in fractured ground, Not good where you require a lot of smashing power, e.g. shots with no free face. Lot of claims about much lower vibration than H.E. that I have not been able to confirm, in my testing I have seen similar vibration measurements for harder to dig out result.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sorry TG, took me a while to get back to this question. Auto Stem is clever in that it self seals - provided that the hole is exactly the right size, they are very noisy however, it has been suggested to me that you are better off adding stemming to get the noise down a bit. These products seem to be most popular with people who have never used real H.E. They do break rocks but not much good in broken or heavily faulted ground.

[@TechGorilla1987]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Oh, heck Dave...you answered me way back then. No worries. I cannot ever read too much information from you though. It fascinates me to no end!

[@lafarms]

Dave, do you mix your own anfo or does it come premixed?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Both.

[@Wilbargosh]

Depends on the price of diesel at the local servo!

[@TrevorDennis100]

I've never noticed the ground heave outside of the covered holes like it does @8:34

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It sure does Trevor.

[@madmax3864]

Hay nice job Dave from madmax Melbourne 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤪🤪🤪🤪🤩🤩🤩😊

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi Max, thanks for dropping in.

[@Dan_Hall]

HI Dave ! 🙂 A few questions. 1. Why did you use a down-the-hole det and surface connector instead of just a single EZ-dets? Is it cuz it's what you had on hand? 2. What timing did you use for the down the hole det and surface connectors? 3. What diameter holes did your friend drill? 4. That is a big ANFO pitcher. What size pitcher is that when full? Thanks!!!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi Dan, it was a case of what my supplier had in stock. Down hole is 400ms and surface is 17 or 25ms. Holes are 76mm and the scoop is 1 liter.

[@beyondmiddleagedman7240]

I can't even comprehend what it must cost to build there!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh yeah... I'll be back when buyers try to start doing site cuts, pools and stuff.

[@secretsix6]

i remember we were doing a road through hard stone an were putting nearly a hundred weight of powder in each round the shot was only 2.4 meters deep an the road was 15 bye 12 ft arches

[@Michael_CS615]

Considering you have a magnet on a string... do you attach a small neodymium magnet (super glue or tape) on those items prone to finding the hole to make them easier to fish out?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I have a neodymium magnet with a hole in it on a string that does the job, don't think I would want one on my keyring.

[@jimsvideos7201]

Fans and air conditioners, heh.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Can't leave anybody out.

[@derKarl_stp]

well the pics at 16:45 seemed to have been "a blast from the past" 🤔😁

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Indeed, you never know what you will find when digging.

[@williambryant5946]

Hope your well now. 👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I am thanks, Millions of other people could also be well now instead of dead if they were allowed to have the very cheap medicine.

[@williambryant5946]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast I took it, my son, and my grandmother took it also. My grandmother is 87 and has COPD and was only sick 4 days with only 1 being slightly bad. We got her started on it very quickly before she was having symptoms and I think that medication and catching very early saved her. I was only sick the first 2 days which I started the medication the first day so I think I was lucky as well. My 19 year old son hardly was sick just like a cold. Glad you're well. 👍

[@celticsoldia]

Thats a beast of a drill rig, is it yours or a contractor?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

This one belongs to my friend Ben, he mainly uses it for drilling anchor holes, doing blast holes is a bit of a novelty for him.

[@celticsoldia]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast ahhh fair enough. That seems like a heck of a machine.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

For $720,000 it would want to be good!

[@celticsoldia]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast oh Jesus yeah ok. I’d hope so.

[@shaunkeating9989]

Is there a market for the broken rock or is left on-site?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes... not often wasted.

[@keithmoore5306]

it gets used for different things filling in after digging for some things some gets took to a crusher to make gravel some could be used in making retaining walls and so on!

[@rockman531]

Hi Dave, Sorry to hear you got the chinese crud! Glad you had some secret potion to make it better!! Hope your family is safe! Love the 30 minute video - lots of boom-booms! Got a good chuckle when I saw you pouring that big plastic cup full of anfo into each hole. Thumbs up! Stay safe! Stay healthy! Jim

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The truth will eventually come out about this virus.

[@keithmoore5306]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblastthe truths out Dave at least up here!! but we're still waiting for the retribution to occur!!

[@AndrewSmith-ir1ui]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast At least the horses are safe. 🤣

[@daneclark3161]

Do you bring in fresh soil for every shot or is it screened and reused?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I prefer to use fresh soil but screened is mostly OK, like to use the best soil for the initial cover and screened soil over the top

[@Jameson4327]

My question is, how how did the polaroid photos get in the hole with the granite?

[@reese8752]

Is it the emulsion that gets ruined or the anfo? Both?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The emulsion is OK in water, only the ANFO that is quickly ruined

[@richwielechowski5191]

Dave, what were the black and white birds that flew away when you touched off the 25 hole shot? Thanks for sharing this round of blasting. I with you on the jail time, but most likely they will fade away with millions stuffing their pockets.

[@user-rv6cc1qt5b]

Magpies

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Magpies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie

[@LouKodge]

G'day Dave, Upper gully Lou here. I would like locations annouced at beginning of videos if thats ok

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi Lou, I could do that but for ongoing jobs it encourages people to come looking for me.

[@johnnymac1580]

Run out of rock, kind of good ⚡️

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Just have to move on to another part of the job now.

[@paulsharpe3794]

Hi there that puff of dust at 18:35 was that a light cover bang

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

That puff was from a hole that did not get loaded (because there was no rock there). The unloaded hole was just letting pressure escape.

[@paulsharpe3794]

@demolitiondavedrillandblast Hi that makes sense as that's the path of least resistance for the pressure wave from the detection at the bottom of the nearest medicine

[@AzaTht]

Are thumbs on excavators uncommon in Australia? I don't think I've never seen one...

[@mrcamelpmw]

very rare, our operators are pretty skilled. Thumbs are like training wheels on bikes, you don't need them.

[@GARDENER42]

@@mrcamelpmw They make handling rock significantly faster & it takes skill to use them well.

[@LesNewell]

It's the same in the UK. Thumbs are almost unheard of here for some strange reason. The only one I know of is one I helped design for a friend who runs a groundworks business. It saves him a huge amount of time when moving large and awkward items.

[@GARDENER42]

@@LesNewell I've only ever seen one up here in Cumbria.

[@andrewallason4530]

I’ve got one on my hydraulic teaspoon here in Tasmania. I’m NOT a professional operator, but just use it for general farm tasks like managing our constant issues with dead/dying trees, dropped branches etc (eucalypts are always dropping branches), burying dead livestock or roadkill from nearby roads, etc. The thumb makes some jobs possible that would otherwise not be, and significantly speeds up other jobs, especially on a smaller machine.

[@robertperren1684]

Looks like a pipeline tranche going through

[@Monkeysic]

So what happens if you do find unexploded charges?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thankfully this is not a common occurrence, if it should happen all other works nearby stop and the focus shifts to making the site safe. A careful search must be made and all explosives must be recovered or made safe by re priming and firing in location. That is the short story, usually means a lot of spade work.

[@GigaTeslaFan]

Dave it's been a month hope all is well!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah, all good, busy time of year, long work days, tired, not much time for video editing etc....

[@TalRohan]

I like the use of what look like kids traffic cones for funnels and the fact that all the bits of rubbish go down the hole, Is the white powder you pour down on top of the knockwurst on a string more anfo? Apart from obvious flying material does the covering of earth improve the blast?, I feel like it holds it down and forces it back into the rock a bit? Also I can't help wondering what it would be like to sit on top of that lot on a plywood board....I have a feeling it would break bones and do all sorts of damage to internal organs ....so probably the dumbest idea ever but you know sometimes the thought just kinda .....well knowledge is knowledge right

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah the little Blue cones are sold to schools for athletic events, cheap alternative to Red traffic cones (which seem to go missing too often). The White powder is ANFO.

[@TalRohan]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast cool thanks presumably you only use the extra powder when its really dry

[@ralphdeemie4916]

Are you ok now ???

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah... all good, I had my own supply of that medicine that they really did not want anybody to take, felt crappy for 1 day!

[@fathershellnut2108]

why dont you use rubber mats over the holes? isnt it more annoying to keep filling over the holes then having you digg it avay?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I have a heap of light weight blast mats, but I need to bring them to the job on a truck which costs money, the soil is already there and I can do much bigger shots than I would if I only used blast mats. The soil also gives a higher level of protection and cuts the noise down drastically where the mats do little for the noise. The blast noise brings complaints and spectators that I don't need. Another bonus of using soil is that I no longer spend my weekends repairing blast mats.

[@chrisoverman7551]

What happens to the rock that gets extracted?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The rock has various destinies, sometimes used on site for landscaping or retaining walls, sometimes sold to garden supply places so the others can use it, sometimes goes to a crusher.

[@ronmccabe7164]

I'm not sayin' it's aliens, but ...

[@darrelleaf]

They might be missing person there Dave?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

That is something that we would rather not find.

[@ericmartin5720]

I would make it to my first job, when deciding on how much boom, my answer would be “all of it”….

[@cyberhornthedragon]

what an odd find on the rock

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah, sure is. You never know what you will find digging.

[@user990077]

9:46 No thumb on the excavator?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

No... not very common in Aus.

[@shopshop144]

So, not virgin rock?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Not anymore!