Demoing 12” thick basement walls after a house fire 🔥 on a very difficult site to access with 210

[@dljones61]

Been a follower of Dirt perfect for a while now you don’t really realize how big the 210 really is until you see it sitting in a basement ripping down 12” walls and flicking the pieces them like pebbles. Then being trucked out single lane private bike paths/ roads. Well done guys well done.

[@dwaynebaker9756]

Aaron & Mike a big thumbs up for the Wall Exavation and for the Insurance company 👍 for not cutting corners on this project 😊😊😊

[@jenniffer9034]

Excellent truck driving skills Mike! That’s sad the house burnt down, very sad to hear they just bought it and was moving in! Glad the family is ok

[@pettyfogger2305]

Mr. Michael, my dad used to say (as he threaded his truck & towed grain elevator) that sometimes it just came down to how accurate you positioned your tongue and how firmly your butt was clamped as to if you were going to get in and out without needing a tow truck or leaving your truck until Spring! Masterful job!

[@richardphelan8414]

What a piece of driving Mike that was awesome that road wasn't much bigger than a golf cart road ,One contractor helping another contractor that's a good thing and Props to mike for doing it

[@jeffmentzer9186]

That 210 is one powerful machine!! Awesome job on getting in and out because those streets are unbelievably narrow!! Thank you for bringing us along on your journey Mike!!!!

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

WOW! Mike, the drive there was one thing, and then driving backwards the last half of the way but OMG, the drive out of there, driving blind, God bless you. So glad Aaron was there to guide you and be your eyes in all that rain, and you made it!. Priceless! WTG!!!

[@kingahmahn7753]

Okay Dirt Perfect you showing off!!!!!!!! on this one great driving skills 👌

[@michaelscott8226]

Mike, you've got some awesome driving skills there, dude. Nice to know people aren't afraid to call on a friend/competitor/colleague to help get them out of a bind. I'm sorry for the family that was moving in, but I can't help thinking they were going to have other problems with that house given how little rebar was in that concrete. Hope the ribs are healing up well from the bus incident.

[@indymark4064]

Volunteer fireman for almost 8yrs, 4yrs in arson investigation, but never had the opportunity to see one demoed before. I still remember the smells/odors.

[@pinwizz69]

Always nice to go and help out a slightly overwelmed friend on a rainy day. You guys got lucky they got cheap on the rebar. Maybe a code inspector got a little loaded handshake 😊 That must have been one heck of a fire. I'm sure the local FD wasn't happy trying to get their trucks up those goat paths. My Dad drove Engine 7 for the city of Flint Michigan and they made communities like that build rebared curbed standard wide streets for just that reason county wide in hilly curved areas. Especially if your in the snow belt. Imagine trying to get a top heavy fire truck in there on those "streets" with them covered in ice and snow. They came up with that after a few firetrucks ended up on their sides on streets exactly like those. Happened to my Dad in the early 60's.

[@marktalbert2939]

As a semi driver. you did an awesome job of getting into that tight place with your truck. Backing out in that rain is tough. Been there done that. Thank God you had Aaron for a second pair of eyes.

[@rons3103]

Mike, I know how the house went up. When Kleemen broke the mirror on the C85 down the road, a tiny piece of glass broke off and fell to ground. The sun and the angle of the glass over the years, burned a hole in the house, causing the fire. Years later, we can still blame Captain. What a crazy sequence of events. Boy the was a lot of small roads to get to the job.

[@davidfeeman6094]

Nailed it!!

[@thebear5454]

The 210 & WB bucket certainly has the power and brute force needed for this "wrecking ball" job. Always good to see competitors working together Mike.

[@billbyrnes9505]

A job, very well done. Thirty eight year veteran of the highway, the last thirteen in construction with a major crane company. All I can say is, WOW! Would we expect anything less from an owner/ operator? That, my friend, was a test, and then the rain. When we make it to Derby, I will by you a Pepsi. Keep the video's coming.

[@digging_in_the_parks2238]

Mr Matt always has some good ones for you. Always great to see you working with him and hunter.

[@leer-winnobbeefarms2131]

It's an absolute shame to see a new home burn, but at least the family wasn't in it when it did. Great video and it's great to see a good working relationship between contractors and competitors. Thanks Mike, Matt & Aaron! Lee PS: The 210 sure has some brute strength.

[@AtomicSneeze1]

Hey Mike. I drove 18 Wheeler's over the road for nearly 35 years and one thing that I found that helps with side windows and mirrors in the rain is believe it or not...Rainx. Didnt work for crap on the windshield but works wonders on the side windows and mirrors. Even in the heaviest of rains (or snow for that matter), it keeps the mirrors clear. I put Rainx on all windows (except windshields) and mirrors on every vehicle I own twice a year and it really is amazing. I know this sounds like an ad, but it really does help.

[@jacoblarsen6974]

30 years of truck driving and know hanging a left like that will put hair on your chest. Low-boy work in Oregon makes me appreciate what you just did. Next I unload and reload b-4 another one of those. A tire pops and you're done, like upside down. Nice work...😎😎

[@deanganske1297]

Nice job country roads can be he'll, that's how I got my 1st truck driving job lol backing down a 41/2 mile road with 5 switchbacks to pickup a TD20 PLOW PURE NIGHTMARES

[@TimberTramp]

That thumb/bucket combo is about the best thing going by the looks of it! They really designed that well!

[@georgedavidson1221]

Very good backing up

[@ronneidert]

Mighty fine driving Mike! Getting back out was going to be fun, then the rain took all the fun out of it! It’s really nice to be known around town as the guy that can get it done.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@JayCollins2013]

Like, comment and SUBSCRIBE, don't forget share it with your friends 🎉🎉🎉

[@lois5221]

Awesome job getting that machine in and out, Mike!! I can't even back my little Saab up into my driveway in one try, never mind on a narrow road.......Amazing!! Thanks to Man behind the Scenes for his help!!

[@CCscott]

I guess those weeks at the Swift Driving Academy paid off! Such good skills backing up! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Mike and Aaron great video, I can’t believe there wasn’t any rebar in the walls! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

[@thomream1888]

Wow Mike! Backing is a grossly underappreciated skill and you backed that Big Dog like it was a straight road. You musta been driving for more than a weekend!!! Very nice.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@markpeterson5479]

It is just awesome to watch experienced semi drivers such as yourself maneuver their semis into tight spots, especially moving backwards - just plain amazing!!!!!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@stevepoore2322]

Mike the places you have to go, wow!

[@crkproductions5000]

Now that’s expert driving, and while backing. Nice job.

[@larrysims6358]

Excellent driving!! RainX on the mirrors and back window helps a lot.

[@MyDuckfoot]

Those aren't road there foot paths.

[@joeromanak8797]

It’s like building a sailboat in your basement. The site was wide open during the development stage but once the improvements were in place, they paved the final roads just wide enough for 2 cars to get by each other and made intersections with the minimum allowable radius. 🥸👍✅

[@everestyeti]

A shuck they're nothing, I live in the UK and used to drive 40' sometimes 50' articulated lorries around country roads of Devon, Cornwall, Hampshire and Somerset. Am sure there are plenty of U-tube films out there showing just how borrow they are. But saying that Mike did do extremely well, reversing on the blind side is difficult if you don't do it all the time. 🇬🇧🤗👍

[@qualitydirtmoving]

Mike is a good driver 👍

[@andymack5093]

Just love those time lapses! Kudos to competitors who can work together when push comes to shove (no pun intended! lol) by having each other's backs. Well done.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@lw4609]

What a splendid job my grandson who is seven years of sitting in my lap watching this whole show with you and he just loved it he absolutely loved it he says I’m gonna get me one of those one day and I’m gonna do with that man does thanks a lot guys great job also he was amazed how good you back the truck up all the way down those roads have a good one goodbye

[@johnbulla8708]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL GORGEOUS PHENOMENAL JOB WELL DONE BACKING UP

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@frankcooper6911]

Thanks for Letting me tell my Life Story !!

[@HJA03406]

I am also a retired truckdriver, and had a lot of these situations. Awesome job you did there. Greetings from the Netherlands, Harry

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@michaelmullins1290]

Good driving DP. You used every inch of the space that was available.

[@reedburke7762]

You deserve an A+ and then some for navigating that rig through the subdivision. Great job!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@johnb.2936]

I've always been impressed with your truck driving skills. You proved me right with this video. Almost like a 6th sense you have. 👍

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@stevenr8606]

👍👏 amazing with all that backing, rain & guess-driving, only the rebarless cement was harmed.

[@davidepool5884]

That was a tight squeeze getting in and out of that job. It’s a shame that those people lost their house to a fire before they could even move in but it was a blessing that they only had a few of their items in the house.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job backing your trailer and tractor in the driveway Mr Dirt Perfect

[@280813jb]

Great job on backing up the lowboy, that 210 sure is a powerful machine.

[@tgiacobbi]

Absolutely amazing backup skills! I don't even know what to say, just amazing. Great video Michael.

[@frankcooper6911]

Remember ! White Night !! Working on the Knew Bump Truck !!!

[@frankcooper6911]

They Didn't FLY on those Little Fancy Plains !! Going to Races and Working With the Woods Brother's and Hendrix Racing !!

[@dieterhinders9237]

5:00 adventures with Dirt Perfect 😄😄

[@terryrogers1025]

Nice job sir, tight getting in, tighter getting out, especially with the weather closing in on you. Thanks for the tag along with ya video.

[@rockyferguson4469]

As a retired truck driver my hat is off to you, a very good job

[@stevetrue1332]

I think DP means Drive Perfect!

[@young11984]

@@usernamesreprise4068 he plainly posted on the screen of the video he couldnt see because of the rain in the mirrors and was guessing where he was

[@usernamesreprise4068]

​@@young11984 Yes I'm perfectly able to read thank you........I can also work out when someone is making a joke too...oddly enough,...or has that been outlawed alongside free speech now ?

[@young11984]

@@usernamesreprise4068 no law against free speech, didnt see a joke so🤷🏻‍♂️

[@usernamesreprise4068]

@@young11984 The over use of "lols" was a bit of a give away, and as for the free speech issue now YOU are having a laugh surely ?

[@Jimmyfisher121]

As an Ex-army truck driver from the UK my hat is off to you the best trailer reversing I ever saw was the show men in the old articulated truck reversing competition for worlds best he was unbelievably the world champion articulated truck driver, you just reminded me how really hard it is to reverse big equipment, and then to have to do it for distance, easy to see how your channel is named, that was perfect, well done Mike and Aaron, good job done all around.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks appreciate that

[@CMDSR]

Hope Matt gets to build them a nice house to replace the one they lost. Nice to once again see the location where a legend was born. Long live Captain Kleeman patron saint of mirror repair shops everywhere.

[@key4us2c]

You've got to try rain x on all you windshield\side glass, and mirrors... I'm not affiliated with them but it works good(for a little while) . Harder it rains the better you can see, and without wipers even. Cool wind patterns too. Just make sure glass is real clean B4 application, and do several coats. I've had good luck using on helmet shields and glasses worn in rain as well. Good luck...

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job getting out of the job site Mr Dirt Perfect

[@stevencroon]

Good morning all have a great Saturday Enjoy😃😃

[@bobbydawson7706]

No signs hit, wall and foundation demoed and no damaged mirrors. Great job 👏 👍

[@natecampbell4708]

Man, when you were leaving, that really narrow road you had to drive up looked like a glorified goat trail, & I'm sure it's only one lane! With those steep banks, I'm also surprised they didn't have a bridge for the creek that runs through it! Anyway, good job to all involved. BTW, give my kudos to Aaron for enduring the soaking he got from the rain at the end!

[@kevinmurray7135]

I new you would make it kinda obvious i was right cool driving Mike you da man 👍😎🇺🇸 5:51pm NY

[@justingulick6747]

I tell you what I delivered modular homes for several years. We put them 80 ft homes in places you wouldn't even think they could fit. So with that being said you did one hell of a job. We had to plank corners with 6xs, cut trees out, remove signs, you name it. But without a doubt you have some very fine skills my friend. Great video and have a blessed day

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@scott9904]

Mike, thanks you for the view backing the trailer into the site. I am always interested to watch how suspension systems handle the task. That walking beam system you run is sure a fun to watch when it flexes.

[@scottharvey9357]

Wow, talk about tight spaces in her places! Excellent job on this one DP the backing in and driving out was probably more stressful and harder than the job itself but as usual another job done dirt perfect

[@anthonymetta2983]

great driving skills ,but i am glad no one was hurt in the fire .

[@joeanonemouse]

Those were some wicked driving skills Mike! Nice sweet short job. Great video. Thank you DP. 👍

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Nice driving Mike. A practice I picked up here in the PNW driving truck was to carry a squeegee in the truck to wipe the windows and mirror down for those moments when rain and mud won't let me use my mirrors or windows. Still do in my F350 dually. Best $5 piece of equipment I have ever purchased. Keep on in every vehicle now. Thanks for sharing.

[@sccolbert]

I'm impressed with the strength of that wall!

[@dansevern3291]

Getting in and out of there made me nervous, and I'm a thousand miles away, and several weeks past that in time! Good job, sir.

[@gatoreye2000]

😀Roads design by someone who has never had their hands dirty.. WELL DONE!😀😀

[@jameswest332]

Today is the 2nd anniversary of My fire and it looks like the fire trucks didn't get there in time ! With My fire ,Five more minutes and it would have been a rebuild like that one. as long as Know one or pets were injured al will be fine. Great video of the 210 working

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great camera job Aaron

[@Vickie-Bligh]

I'll tell ya, if I were a neighbor and found out how little to no rebar was in that concrete, I would be concerned. No wonder the walls were a foot thick. It just might be a blessing for these owners having the fire and having the ins co require the concrete to be demoed. At least it will be built back correctly. Great work getting in, out, and getting the job done.

[@reedburke7762]

That's also what I think. I've been in the construction business for more than 50 years, and no matter how thick the concrete wall was, I've never seen a load-bearing concrete wall with such an absence of reinforcing bars.

[@joejohnson7097]

Great truck driving been doing that for a while takes a lot of behind the wheel to do that thanks for the video

[@andrewruble7706]

Nice driving Mike. Good thing your friend had a friend huh? That machine is a workhorse.

[@daver6828]

I thought I was good at backing up a semi but your the king . I used to have to bend and twist my truck into some very tight places in factories and other such places but you got me beat good job keeping the shiny side up even in the rain .

[@thomasdesmond2248]

The 210 said put me in. I got this. The Mack yeah but I have to haul his big butt around. LoL God bless

[@shannonbrewer871]

Heck of a job mike

[@jerrypage4327]

210 Al's a Bad motor scooter....That was some thick concrete !

[@tbix1963]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, adventures and videos. That was a great example of seriously skilled driving. Wishing you and your family the best.

[@kirk467]

Good driving Mike, those radios are awesome! Thanks

[@MatthewJRedmond]

Funny how many people think excavators don't like working in the rain because they don't want to get wet not realizing how much it messes with visibility among other other things. Nicely done DP, no doubt helpful as can be to have MBTS helping spot. Keep up the great work ol boys 😁 👍

[@leonardbartley5670]

Awesome driving Mike , That was the best part of the whole video.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Mr Dirt Perfect and Aaron

[@richied6319]

I remember having "tight" fits when I was driving! Good Job!

[@scott9904]

Watching those front trailer tires scrub on that tight turn in the subdivision made me think back to a job I had where we ran a 6 axle trailer and the front 3 axles would scrub so hard on 1 particular turn we would destroy the tires after 2 runs. When you do upto 3 runs a day it adds up quickly. One of those expenses that have to be accounted for that most customers don't think of. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@edgundlach2811]

Great job backing up Mike! God bless your family Mike Ed from Chicago 🙂

[@kirk467]

Good job Mike Aaron and Matt, thanks for sharing Dirt Perfect! Kirk from Louisiana and I’m always praying for y’all and your families my friends! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@maxobara1496]

The work was driving in and out for sure!! Great job and those C&C Equipment flaps are making a statement!!💪🇺🇸

[@waynekeeler1442]

You backed into that like you was going forward nice job

[@trickstothetrades1801]

Amazing job getting that truck in but getting it out in the rain thats just spectacular. I’m watching this video right now because I decided not to transport my excavator today because it started raining pretty bad.

[@rickbell3402]

Great driving skills, Mike!

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job running the excavator Mr Dirt Perfect

[@doritleis2773]

The Transportation from the Excavator, You a very good Driver with the Wide Loader. Then the to tear of a congretr Construction. And to last the Drive to Home with the Wide Load trogh narrow Roads 💪👍👌

[@georgiepeorgie4723]

Excellent backing especially with wet pavement and max weight. I owned a three axles single wheel and a ten foot spread tandem wheel axle. They all have a unique method to back up and road crown and dips can make you crazy. All and all great job!

[@roberttharpe8324]

Heck of truck driving and excavator skills DP. Another banger video, keep them coming

[@michaelhuhn90]

Wowww, That was one well poured basement, all it lacked was a little more rebar and it would have been a good survival shelter. The insurance company was right that burn smell will never give up, it will follow the concrete and any dirt that leaves the site. Good job with the 210 Mike it earned it's pay on those walls. Dam good driving getting in and out of there. Keep up the good work Sir.

[@mikeembrey9176]

Great job getting in and out of the subdivision and the demolition 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@klsc8510]

I am a bit surprised you didn't break a tooth or three on the 210 banging away on the concrete! Tough teeth! Fun to watch the 210 slide on the concrete as you were pulling on the wall. Great job fitting your truck and trailer on those narrow roads. My view is roads that narrow should be illegal. But then again that is Indiana. For the future, you charge at least 5 times the milage for backing on roads like that! I am glad backing up with KLS&C 85 was so much easier. The cars just followed the rail!

[@travisrulason3863]

Menards makes a little green and white squeegee that works great for mirrors and side glass. Works great, fits perfect in door pouch.

[@kirk467]

There you go Aaron, that’s a better view brother! Thanks!

[@steveleverett2644]

Great driving. ❤