Then check and make sure that you didn’t punch through the utility lines that were right underneath there
@Cobracarrera21 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. .
@lilbucko Жыл бұрын
just hit my gas line myself. waiting for the bill. nicked the coating off it. didn't destroy it
@gusnanos6972 Жыл бұрын
Forget about plum and square, you don’t need it straight!
@bradhaenitsch1145 Жыл бұрын
You’d know it
@rickchaidez5711 Жыл бұрын
😂
@danabbott2398 Жыл бұрын
The neighbor's all wondering what happened to their internet.
@gregthebaker829 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@CbrF4i600cc Жыл бұрын
Nice, they run cable underground where u r
@-dystopic- Жыл бұрын
@@CbrF4i600ccthey do here in Australia
@hjkjccdggjhvb11 ай бұрын
he's gonna hit a gas pipe ,
@elmathematico263811 ай бұрын
Jaja
@fuzzythoughts8020 Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial skipping the part where you fixed the angle. Pro tip to people doing this, check with a level every few smacks and correct as you go, it's waaaaay easier to put it in straight the first time rather than trying to pry a 3+ foot metal bar through settled soil. And that's presuming you don't have rocks to deal with.
@ronjones4069 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. You saved me the money to buy one of these. Looked good on paper, but, holy crap....
@fuzzythoughts8020 Жыл бұрын
@@ronjones4069 most of the time these gadgets aren't worth it, and it often just takes a bit of experience to see why. If you want to straighten out a crooked post, you either gotta cut the ground above the bottom, or cut underground using the post depending where the leverage ends up catching (you can never be sure). Unless the ground is soft, doing that is a massive pain in the ass, so you want your posts to go in as close to level on both axis as you can. I've pounded many stakes, pegs, and posts into ground and there's really no cheat code for it other than doing it smart.
@HughWoo Жыл бұрын
If you’re not competent enough to hit it a couple of times whichever way it needs to go for your last few hits, then you should probably be hiring someone else to do your stuff anyways.
@JayBlazingProphecy11 ай бұрын
@@HughWoo😂🎯
@paulmryglod480211 ай бұрын
The angle was the spike grazing the underground lines lol
@ronaldwilliams9600 Жыл бұрын
Sledge hammer = $50 4X4 post holder = $35 Versus: Bag of concrete mix = $7.50
@BoutThatAction11 ай бұрын
Bruh concrete bags free everywhere I live 😂
@LoudenSwain11 ай бұрын
@@BoutThatActionwhat you Jack them lol
@Trpr-dw4wx11 ай бұрын
Not to mention the water you already have at home.
@99zxk11 ай бұрын
Don't forget the price of a shovel.
@billabong921511 ай бұрын
@99zxk dig with your hands... mix with your hands too.
@andrewengland971 Жыл бұрын
Calls a plumber a week later because the sewer is backing up.
@minimonkeyplay11 ай бұрын
Hmm maybe or if he's smart he will call dig rite they will mark any utilities in the area.
@MisterFinny10 ай бұрын
At the very minimum use a probe where you’re going to be putting it and make sure there’s nothing major there
@andrewengland97110 ай бұрын
@@minimonkeyplay markout companies don’t have a way to detect sewer lines. They don’t run tracer wires like they do a plastic water or gas main.
@markwalker8647 Жыл бұрын
Wife backs over it 10 minutes later.
@frankkopyta643 Жыл бұрын
Or neighbor
@freeaudiobooks7469 Жыл бұрын
@@frankkopyta643white night
@RussClarkRocks Жыл бұрын
I'm sure the mailbox would have survived had in been in concrete. Lol
@scotthutch3682 Жыл бұрын
😂
@jski71811 ай бұрын
Hahaha. Next video is how to fix a broken mailbox.
@jontnoneya3404 Жыл бұрын
Swinging that sledge hammer like he had other plans that weekend.
@CreationsVibration11 ай бұрын
He's dropping that hammer like it's gonna jump up and bite him 😂
@smokeyp7565 Жыл бұрын
Bruh it magically got square AF. It was crooked at first.
@JohnCena-yu3vw Жыл бұрын
You can hit it sideways w a hammer and hold a level to it.
@gregtorseth Жыл бұрын
Maybe your eyes are crooked
@RideaKawasaki77 Жыл бұрын
Most definitely was several degrees out of plumb before post
@smokeyp7565 Жыл бұрын
@@RideaKawasaki77 🙏 🙏 🤘✌️
@frankcox748 Жыл бұрын
Yeah definitely wasn't square to the curb top at first. I bet he grabbed the whole box and twisted it after install.
@Mil7hesco Жыл бұрын
As my grandad once told me “you paid for the whole handle, use it!”
@user-ex6ud3hu1d Жыл бұрын
Hits gas or water service ☠️
@AmericoRivas Жыл бұрын
811 before you derp
@topdawg18211 ай бұрын
It’s up to the utility company to mark where the utility pipes run thru. You can’t just guess where they are
@juanhernandeztorres185811 ай бұрын
@@topdawg182that's why you call 811
@ronlovell537411 ай бұрын
@@KZbinNeoconskeepcensoringmeNot in many places
@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme11 ай бұрын
@ronlovell5374 a very few, Not many!!! Ever hear the term, shit runs down hill??? It may be 4ft at the start and 13 ft at the end
@Dpol85 Жыл бұрын
Make sure you put the spike directly over gas and electric lines.
@briankearns4771 Жыл бұрын
Not sure if my local hardware store sells self squaring posts.
@jaygarza37192 ай бұрын
MY LOCAL ACE HARDWARE DOES
@russgoyer Жыл бұрын
Don't worry about that hissing noise and that rotten egg smell. Or the water bubbling up, it'll be just fine. It'll also give you something to aim at when you're trying to back out of your driveway. Don't worry he'll be doing it again soon
@aoksys31 Жыл бұрын
Where do you live, dude? I don't think that works in the rocky red clay "dirt" here in Georgia...
@ML-fd4ih Жыл бұрын
Same in Connecticut No idea how the settlers made it!
@dominicbenecasa789311 ай бұрын
It don't.
@749Giovanni Жыл бұрын
Did you, by any chance, check to see if there is any underground pipe or wires?
@waltermontoya821211 ай бұрын
Like the first comment said, make sure you didn't hit any utility lines near that sidewalk like water or electric or Fiber Optic for that matter. The only drawback to this method is that at a later time if you need me to remove this metal Spike you would almost have to use those for the cherry picker or tow truck to pull straight up out of the ground. The advantage concrete is that you drill a 10 inch diameter Hole 2 ft deep and put that amount of concrete of 80 lb bag in there as long as the ground around the concrete is pretty strong then when the next car hits that mailbox it'll tear the front bumper off that vehicle if it's a passenger car that is
@dcrooks Жыл бұрын
Now your wife walks out and says it’s in the wrong spot😂
@bevmartin748311 ай бұрын
Construction tip: use a level for 2 adjacent sides before you go very deep. Its way easier to get the post in straight.
@99zxk11 ай бұрын
No. It's easier to splice two different videos together than to do it right.
@timwaldburger3477 Жыл бұрын
Whoops, there goes the water line.
@mitchdenner9743 Жыл бұрын
😂
@hjkjccdggjhvb11 ай бұрын
or gas pipe ...
@ricsoares8169 Жыл бұрын
Warning people: typically there are many shallow public utilities around the area of a mailbox: water, gas, electric, low voltage. At my house my gas line runs inches from my mailbox. CALL BE FORE YOU DIG or disturb the solid that deeply and destructively
@buttersstotch2014 Жыл бұрын
811 guys call 811. Takes about 3 days to get out and marked. That thing is deep enough to hit power. I install irrigation for a living and let me tell you that ya don’t want to be hitting utilities.
@buttersstotch2014 Жыл бұрын
I was adding to video. I forgot to say these things work great btw
@shinygraphix7838 Жыл бұрын
Rolling curb, mailbox directly over it, sure hope that’s somewhere in the south cuz that plow will make quick work of it for sure
@sirob584 Жыл бұрын
My thought exactly. I live on a highway and this post would last a year. 2 tops. Ask me how I know 😂
@AmericanPoliceCams Жыл бұрын
You can only use these if you don't live in a rocky area. And good luck with them when they rust cause you will not get it back out. You're better off to just set a post with concrete.
@DaniMarquez71 Жыл бұрын
Bought one to finish my fence with…haven’t used it yet. An average of 25.00 dollars a piece for that …I need approx 8 to finish….I saw the force you needed to push into the ground and sounds like I want to purchase more. but 4.50 for a bag of quikcrete ( need 3 bags mixed with crushed concrete ( an additional 60 dollars…a post hole digger…still cheaper
@jatco84 Жыл бұрын
That's how my mailbox is installed ....years ago. Same with some fence posts.
@Dpol85 Жыл бұрын
In case you don't know. If you are on a culdesac and you damage the sewer line to the street. The city doesn't have to pay for anything, you do though. And culdesac work is might expensive.
@Breennan Жыл бұрын
I like the jump cut where you restarted cause it wasn't square or plumb lol
@deavyhick680311 ай бұрын
I used to love these. As a kid, when we would fix mailboxes with a bat, the whole post would sometime fly out of the ground with the mailbox lol.
@J-unit84 Жыл бұрын
The part they didn't show is the relief hole he had to drill to get that block out. 😂
@timtime9167 Жыл бұрын
How did it get plumb? it was going in crooked.
@Robshamsterteam Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of that one guy that was doing something like this and he hit a gas main those videos are so amazing. There’s two things that I know exactly where they are when I’m digging that’s the gas and the electricity. I can fix a water leak I don’t care about the neighbors Internet and if I had a sewer line probably won’t do anything.
@JaySinghIsImmature11 ай бұрын
Yes! Always check level AFTER pounding the base to the bottom.
@Drewdayz2419 Жыл бұрын
you didn’t call 811 man that’s about the spot we put the gas main to, already know the Watermain’s on that side, just by that hydrant being right there
@jimmysmith380 Жыл бұрын
That's not in Oklahoma, I promise. The sledge would have broken right after the spike!
@juansierrajr11 ай бұрын
He totally punched through some utility pipes
@waltermontoya821211 ай бұрын
Those are very useful when building additions to decks and many other things cuz they are 24 to 30 in deep
@-dystopic- Жыл бұрын
Best hope there are no underground services there!
@DOCTORJAN714 Жыл бұрын
This only works if your ground isn't 80% rocks like mine is. I learned the hard way.
@chewy6942 Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget to mention calling in locates for water, gas, electric and communications!
@brianjmortensen Жыл бұрын
And in what zip code did you find your sledge after hitting the power main ?
@bloodyshothvacr11 ай бұрын
John Henry is shaking his head over this guy horrible hammer swing
@RC-my7oh11 ай бұрын
Sledgehammer accuracy on point
@HandOftehEmpirez Жыл бұрын
Your shoulder was wondering why you didn't get a 10lb sledge.
@antichrist_revealed Жыл бұрын
Post hole digger will do just fine for treated 4x4. Now when the steel rusts, it will have to be replaced.
@JohnDoe-xm9ql Жыл бұрын
Great video I have a neighbor living across the street. Doesn't know how to drive.. I need this
@rc922711 ай бұрын
Legend has it that he still there till this day sledgehammering that in
@chucksclouds Жыл бұрын
His ancestors that worked on the rail road are crying about his form
@VB-bk1lh11 ай бұрын
How about a post hole digger and a pressure treated 4x4? Put it 3 ft in the ground, and its good. Mine has been out front like that for 30 years or more.
@steveg6060 Жыл бұрын
Hit it with your purse!
@joshsanderson8871 Жыл бұрын
Best comment yet
@b-rad254111 ай бұрын
Those spikes work good have one now thats about 15 years old still strong.
@TPG1977 Жыл бұрын
All u need is a bag of concrete pour into hole add a bit of water and done. This is more work pounding that thing into ground and more money and not as stable.
@liamkavanaugh526011 ай бұрын
Always check your utility lines after sending a 3’ spear into the ground right at your apron
@seananderman4668 Жыл бұрын
Then you hit the Main Gas Line 😂
@patrickcallahan9599 Жыл бұрын
Hits gas line ends up on neighbors roof
@turkwendell690411 ай бұрын
Just get a mailbox that you can fill with sand then you don't even need to make a hole. It works great
@blipblop9211 ай бұрын
Legend says he's still hammering til this day
@ryanstrickland57646 ай бұрын
I like how he uses the level AFTER he's done hammering to show us its NOT plumb. Is this Diaz Construction?
@clintfinley4614 Жыл бұрын
It's all fun and games until you're in Missouri, and you have to punch through red clay and every rock in a 45-mile radius.
@jameskemp78611 ай бұрын
No doubt. Def where the water lines are. Looks good but will wobble
@farmer8102 Жыл бұрын
These post holders suck , i went through two of them before I just set my post in concrete. The weld at the top breaks and the post is all wobbly, well not anymore, a 50lb bag of concrete took care of that.
@jaygarza37192 ай бұрын
THIS GUY DRIVES A KIA SOUL
@pjb6282 Жыл бұрын
I prefer concrete. If a cars going to hit my mailbox that mailbox will definitely leave some damage on that car.
@andrewc638511 ай бұрын
Hell of a swing with the sledge but why a torpedo level to plumb a 4x4 post
@therantman87911 ай бұрын
All that sledgehammering looks like way more work than just digging it with some post hole digges and dumping some concrete in there
@mojojojomf Жыл бұрын
No locate called in and no vaseline 👈🏼 you da man
@jim2mckenna22011 ай бұрын
Hits water main… ruins the birthday party !
@brad74111 ай бұрын
Call your local "call before you dig" authorities before doing this😂 goofs out here encouraging trouble
@DeathByFishing Жыл бұрын
Gas powered auger makes a hole in less time and concrete will hold 10x better.
@davidredfearn6646 ай бұрын
What's that hissing sound? I smell gas! It's 👍 😂.
@akkillist7864 Жыл бұрын
Dial before you drive a spike like that cud be expensive to hit something. Locates for sure before this but yeah seemed perty solid
@michaelotten272411 ай бұрын
Breakin rocks in the hot sun, you fought the law and the law won
@JNeepshow Жыл бұрын
Make sure not to use a level or anything to get it straight into the ground and if you start smelling gas or if your feet start tingling just keep working nature will take care of you soon
@cheeseburgers82 Жыл бұрын
But make sure you cal 811 before hammering a wedge down that far might be lines underneath might be a water main or electrical or fiber optics could be anything under there don't listen to this guy he will learn the hard way
@hmtrimworks7148 Жыл бұрын
Hold the end of the handle with both hands and just windmill it… you’ll have a blister in no time swinging it the way you do.
@chadstewart6570 Жыл бұрын
Oh look a solution to a problem that no one has great job
@jp71006 Жыл бұрын
He is might good with that sledge. The circle imprint made on that 4x4 never got any bigger.
@juanalvarez298711 ай бұрын
Very nice, he’ll be installing another one next year after the wind blows it over! 😅😅😅
@KommyToob Жыл бұрын
My issue is what I just witnessed. They tend to turn while driving them down.
@dogfood2461 Жыл бұрын
Cause you hit a rock
@guygustafson9293 Жыл бұрын
A 5 gallon pail full of rocks with a used 2x4 sticking out of it with a rusty mailbox duct taped on top. May not meet HOA requirements. LOL
@michaelbruijnen11 ай бұрын
I felt backpain watching you using that hammer...
@Flashy7 Жыл бұрын
That mailbox will stand stronger than the house.
@imdeplorable2241 Жыл бұрын
In the event you don't hit a utility line, how long will that last with salty slush piled up against it every winter? Just wondering.
@stuartpickles690711 ай бұрын
Just the spike, it will never stay level. Not adding concrete is just laziness.
@dshobe720 Жыл бұрын
I gotta say if you can't PHD the hole then a spike ain't gonna drive either. Also, how did you get plumb from that chaotic pile drive of a stake? Is there enough slop in the cup for shims?
@gobuildstuff Жыл бұрын
Reset it
@Steve-oj7mt11 ай бұрын
U never know what’s down there until U hit it 🤣🤣
@akarsky Жыл бұрын
I don't know why I watched the whole thing. I actually installed my own mailbox with that same anchor.
@WooWapDaBaM Жыл бұрын
Now you have the most crooked mailbox on the 😂😂😂😂😂😂block
@cguy7297 Жыл бұрын
Um, why bother checking plum after you're done putting in the spike it's a little late to adjust at that point! Plow trucks will help readjust it in the winter anyway!
@chasestout74918 ай бұрын
I was just waiting for a water line to get busted 😂
@paulcondie2520 Жыл бұрын
Swing it like a man! Lol. 1-call? Lol. On another note, great idea. Never new that existed. Pretty cool
@elamonty Жыл бұрын
You called in a locate before you did all that , right? People should always contact the central locating service before doing anything like that, it's free and can save a life.
@samlong300011 ай бұрын
I wonder how long it's going to take for someone to hit the mailbox since you put it so close to the driveway
@ElBarbon8911 ай бұрын
Water mainline has left the chat
@jasoncevallos4073 Жыл бұрын
Water and gas lines are usually marked out with spray paint for everyone clowning this guy
@jmontour593311 ай бұрын
gotta get it in there good , mail is super heavy
@mryony23able11 ай бұрын
Make sure there are no gas lines
@maxvaun Жыл бұрын
"Oops ... gas line ... ! ! ! " 😮 Kerpooley ! ! ! 💥💥🥴💥💥
@JR-kk6ce Жыл бұрын
Never, ever stand in front or back of anyone swinging a sledge hammer like that. The head of those hammers have been known to come off or break off suddenly.
@gdurbina81811 ай бұрын
Stop by with a drill, takes mailbox... 😂
@user-bi7hr6zz9o Жыл бұрын
How many did you video before you got one to go in straight and not miss with the hammer?