High Explosives - The ultimate solution

[@mrdeadworry]

Always a good day when there is a Demolition Dave video! Thanks Dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you are enjoying the channel!

[@alexdrockhound9497]

Ain’t that the truth!

[@elitearbor]

The wide angle for the first minute and with you all over that boulder, it really gives a great sense of the scale involved!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

You wait until you see the next job.... I will post a short of it today! or look now on Demolition Dave FaceBook

[@2xKTfc]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast I'm starting to suspect that all of Australia is one huge single rock, and all the ones you're dealing with are decoys from nature so you don't get any ideas 😅

[@longlowdog]

Nice to see a rental company putting a bucket with decent armour on the job and an operator who was considerate enough to change buckets. Great job Dave, regards from Scotland.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

yeah, was a nice bucket.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Dave is at it again and I approve.

[@oldbatwit5102]

Smashing result, again.

[@resurgam_b7]

It's always so impressive to me that you put such a tremendous amount of energy into the boulder to smash it, but also so precisely that the covering just gently trembles when the shots go off. Job well done!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks, I have had a bit of practice at this.

[@hank5655]

Great video Dave I know there is a lot of work you put in on these video's We appreciate nothing better watching a pro blow stuff up!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Hank, more coming soon.

[@alfadoofus]

You always have a blast with Dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

"You ain't seen nothing yet"

[@montymc450]

That might have rattled grans teacup. Great show Dave. All the best to you

[@jayh1947]

Great job. Thank You Dave.....................Jay

[@scotthultin7769]

212 👍's up Demolition, dave, the most explosives man on youtube

[@thelamb288]

As always Dave, a cracking job, excellently done. Cheers.

[@tomrogers9467]

6:00 If you play the slo mo blast at .25% speed, you can see the individual shock waves from each charge ripple through the soil cover. Very cool! Explosives are amazing!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Good spotting.

[@rockman531]

Hi Dave, It's always a good day when something goes BOOM! Great little video! Thumbs up! Stay safe. Jim

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Jim, next video will be good... stay tuned!

[@jeanhawken4482]

Looks so good. Brilliant job as always

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@williamlloyd3769]

Another day, another rock be gone event!

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day Dave great video mate

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi Murphy!

[@richwielechowski5191]

Thanks for sharing Dave. Watched your short with the balancing trick rock. Owner should charge admission to show off that wonder of the world!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Shame to bring it down.

[@art1muz13]

Great job. Thank You, Dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching.

[@davidholder3207]

Dave always give a bang for your buck.

[@brianpatrick9480]

Thanks for the video. I always enjoy watching

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Brian

[@qutube100]

Such detail is it a new camera dave? COS IT ROCKS!!!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The time lapse and very slow motion was recorded on my DJI Osmo, time lapse is 4K, slow is 1080@ 240fps. All other video is taken using a Sony ZVE-1, the front/side on view of the blast is 120 fps 4K, the second look at it is expressed at 30fps for a 4:1 slomo. Thanks for watching and contributing.

[@alexdrockhound9497]

At 10:05 it transitions from dave standing on the dirt pile to a bucket in the same place. Almost surprised me, almost looked like the bucket got dave!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh... I'm still here!

[@steenhoffmann4259]

Nice job Dave. Greetings from Misery Bay Northern Denmark

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi! Why do they call it Misery Bay?

[@paulsto6516]

Good show, Dave! 👍👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Paul

[@suzysheer66]

Thats great vidoe! Seeing the shocks propagate through the dirt like that. Thats awesome Dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Suzy.

[@user-th6sb2qv6h]

Dave! You old fart, actually think I'm an older fart, you are a beast. Wish I had a job as fun as yours that kept me in that good of shape.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

You don't need a job like mine, you can go to the gym and the pool, like I do when not working.

[@andrewallason4530]

5:58 gelignite = jelly-sand. Great shots (both kinds) as always. Cheers from Tassie.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for tuning in Andrew.

[@cyndikarp3368]

Thanks for sharing.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching!

[@kevdimo6459]

Good one Dave, i noticed that the grass above the blast hardly even moved, in comparison to the damage done to that rock. Thanks again for your videos. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hey thanks for watching Kevin.

[@sirskidney7998]

You sure made a mess of that one Dave!

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

Ooh marvelous thanks Mr D for sharing this with us much appreciated

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulcooper9135]

Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Paul!

[@LouKodge]

Hi Dave, Upper gully Lou here, always enjoying your vids. Does it shatter better with earth cover, or no difference.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Probably better without cover because a lot of shock wave energy is dissipate into the cover, without cover a lot of the energy is reflected back into the rock as a tension wave.

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy demo Dave

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Howdy doody.

[@porroapp]

Satisfying ❤

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I'm glad!

[@longlat39]

I didn't like explosives when I was in Vietnam, mainly because I was the intended recipient, so why after all of these years later am I always looking to see if you have a new video?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sorry to hear that you have been on the receiving end of such, I can hardly imagine what that is like.

[@longlat39]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Actually the stuff we received couldn't break rocks like yours. II really enjoy seeing the results of your work as the rubble is being cleared away,

[@jwaterous224]

Was that a mudstone boulder?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

No, much harder.

[@littlehills]

on this job is you goal to shatter it all or just "try" to lvl it to right Hight or is every job get it gone goal

[@ChrisB257]

Dave doing what he does best - rock didn't stand a chance :) (Is that stemming just regular fine gravel - assume so.)

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The stemming is 5 or 7mm screened crushed rock.

[@ratermire]

HI DAVE!!! always like your videos and a long time viewer. What happens to the dug out rocks? Crushed or dumped?

[@markmayer2029]

Hey Dave, what did you use for surface delays? Also I would think water injection for dust control would be welcome on a hot summer day.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

19ms and 42ms

[@andrewmaiden3738]

Hi Dave, I watch everything you publish and watch the different Rock Removal tools you use. Watching this one I wondered whether you have drilled for blasting or wedges and tried using the excavator rock hammers into the holes instead? I am guessing that the drilling is the hard and time consuming part and therefore the bigger cost, but I wonder if you have ever tried?

[@markmayer2029]

I have a job doing exactly the same thing as Dave. I have tried it with mixed results. The pecker is generally in the 2 -3" range, Dave's borehole might be 1.5" (38 mm). With the tip of the pecker being blunt, you only get minor surface spalling. Faster with a hole than without, but still pretty slow. There used to be a tool available which was a round tapered driven 1 piece tool. Marginally better than the pecker, needed an additional jack hammer to drive as it is not compatible with a rotating rock drill. Explosives are my #1 go to, 2nd is the hydraulic rock splitter, 3rd Expando, 4th hydraulic breaker.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Drilled with intention of blasting. I have on more than one occasion drilled a shot and then while I'm not on the job, some #%#@&^ operator thinks that now he has a chance and tries to stick the pick down every hole. you guessed the rock did not split and now every hole is ruined.

[@muddlersworkshop]

Question? Is there a reason why you now pick up the shot dets and cord. I remember when I first started watching you it was all left.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes.

[@josephastier7421]

The timing at 5:55

[@markissboi3583]

pop

[@grahamhayden9770]

So what would happen if you didn't put the gravel in the hole's after placing the charge in?

[@markmayer2029]

Old Faithful, the geyser.

[@SJR_Media_Group]

Dave pretty amazing deposits of eroded (rounded) Granite boulders. I see in the cut bank lots of smaller pieces mixed with other strata. Your boulders look like giant dinosaur eggs that got buried and became fossils. If you want to turn that big dinosaur egg into a bunch of smaller eggs... Step 1 - Safety First Step 2 - Drill lots of holes properly spaced and correct depth Step 3 - Load holes with explosives and detonators Step 4 - Connect all detonators Step 5 - Stem and backfill Step 6 - Get way back Step 7 - Warning siren Step 8 - Initiate - push the 'button' Step 9 - Remove backfill Step 10 Remove smaller dinosaur eggs Cheers... 😵‍💫😵🥴

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sounds like you are ready to take over my job soon...

[@keithmoore5306]

not that it needed it but it's bit a strange seeing you load a shot and not add any ANFO Dave!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I did not have any.

[@keithmoore5306]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast well it didn't look like you needed it anyway! just strange seeing it not used!

[@billdoodson4232]

Nice little pop there Dave. One of the few of the sites you have videoed, where they seemed to have an excavator on site that was large enough. Then had a driver who was not 100%

[@TrevorDennis100]

It's always excruciating listening to the digger scrapping up the rock after Dave blows it up. It's like fingernails on a blackboard.

[@markmayer2029]

Mental note to self; do not come back as a rock bucket in my next life.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh.... never thought of it like that.

[@ookalleoo]

👍💪

[@GARDENER42]

Evening upload UK time - much more civilised. 🙃😉😁

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Ha ha ha... thanks for watching.

[@colinratcliffe2454]

Excavator driver not real good.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hire machine.