More Granite trenching with Explosives

This job is a long one and there is rock everywhere that is the most part too hard to break with a hydraulic breaker mounted on a huge excavator. Demolition Dave Drilling and Blasting to the rescue.
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[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼……………………………… Wake up and a Demolition Dave video, what a way to start my day!!! LOL Oh, the rant you started and cut short, I think me and you could hang out together and get along just fine! Audio was great btw.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah, you ain't heard nothin yet #77

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Why do you think YT shadow ban my channel and stunt it's growth - because they know who I follow and what I watch. I can tell you that they noticed me on October 15 2018 and slugged my channel with a huge handicap on that day. despite the huge increase in video production quality etc. the growth has been slow - all of the million veiw videos were before this date.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Pinned.

[@asya9493]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast I went back to have a look at that one but KZbin must have canned it, gone. 👎 🧚

[@TrevorDennis100]

Dave, the remote mic is a huge improvement. The sound quality is excellent, and it adds a ton of interest with you being able to describe what you are doing as you do it. I really appreciate you investing in your viewers.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Cool, thanks Trevor. It will be getting a lot more use in the future.

[@alanmoffat4680]

Audio was great. Heard machines in the background but they were not harsh at all. Good combo.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes, I'm quite happy with it so far.

[@apmargozi]

great hearing you chat while prepping the holes. love your vids man!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you like them, thanks for watching. The next video will be a lot more action packed.

[@zawzawaung6789]

"I better be careful what I rave on about..." No, Dave, by all means, rave on. It was good to listen to what you had to say while you were rigging the shot. This was a great video because you can clearly show how much calculation and judgement goes into setting up and laying out a job. You need a couple of apprentices.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Some apprentices would be good but I don't need and competent competitors. My biggest problem is I teach people too well.

[@zawzawaung6789]

Apprentices with conditions, like, "after you're competent, go off to Burma and blast away." In another life I went through a demo school in the Army. But the tools and demo we had and the targets we were expected to take down didn't require much thought and calculation. Thing is, your experience shows that you know how to take a look at a site and know pretty much what will be required...but I'm willing to bet you still do the math to make sure everything is smashed the way you'd like. @@demolitiondavedrillandblast

[@CentralPlainsEnt]

It's always a great morning when I can drink coffee and watch demolition Dave blow things up!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Enjoy CPE, more fun video coming soon.

[@Je.Suis.Flaneur]

Always a fun day, When Demolition Dave Blasts! Away!

[@93Martin]

The new mic is doing a great job. Hardly noticed the excavator. I really enjoyed the format of the first 15 minutes.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching #93

[@Hutch400]

Audio great, another rock turned to dust. And another great operator on the bucket

[@Wairoakid]

Good stuff Dave. As others have said the mic is a vast improvement and love the description while you are loading.

[@davidhandyman7571]

As a person with hearing issues and hearing aids, I love your new microphone. Even with the background noise, I could hear and understand you clearly. Normally, that amount of background noise would prevent me from understanding anything said. Your commentary was excellent, and I love your work.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks David, I will be using a lot more in the future.

[@paulcooper2897]

Shame about the loss of the forestry jobs ... really enjoyed the Uncovered shots!!! Audio sounded excellent! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it, Paul and thanks for watching.

[@kenpool8507]

Awesome video. The audio was great. Sorry to hear about the loss of potential work. Have a great day and I’m looking forward to the next one

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Ken 👍

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

thank you Mr D audio was clear and once again rocks into pebbles - thanks for sharing this with us

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

You're very welcome MLE.

[@leeroberts2134]

Nice to see you Dave, it's a pity that the forestry work has stopped. It was good to see abit of rock flying. Anyway keep up the good work mate 👍 👌

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks, will do Lee.

[@peterweber6963]

fire or China all the forestry roads and trails are needed 🤓🧐 @@demolitiondavedrillandblast

[@cyberhornthedragon]

awesome video dave loving the new microphone very clean clear sound also thank you for walking us a bit more through the processes

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.

[@Goalsplus]

Yes, I'm never going to do it but it's nice to understand the process.

[@rodcrozier888]

Great video, love the commentary, audio was super clear

[@robertgeorgewerner]

Agree with others, audio is great and it adds a fun perspective as you are figuring out what you are actually going to blast. Love your thought process.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for your input Robert.

[@briangarland9883]

Great way to start the morning with some rock destruction!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

You got that right... But coffee is pretty good also.

[@briangarland9883]

Yes,had the coffee in hand too!@@demolitiondavedrillandblast

[@gordonormiston3233]

Great audio Dave. Combined with new camera and of course your skilled editing a very polished presentation. I bet doing the deeper holes would shake your fillings loose. Thanks for brightening up our day.🐻

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Many thanks Gordon, the shaking is really not too bad when you have selected the right drill for the job... but I have had a bit of practice I guess.

[@williambryce8527]

Dave great format change! Well done, and the DJI is good.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Everything about DJI is good, and when you bust up a camera, they have all the parts and it is repaired and back in service in just a few days!!! - see what happens when you bust a GoPro.....

[@bobbaer869]

Good Wednesday morning Dave it's 52°f here in PA. Great video

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hey Bob thanks for checking in again.

[@user-wu7sn7ml7v]

Thanks Dave. Man that red drill really flys through granite.😅

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It sure does!

[@andrewjensen7413]

Your new Mic and Camera are working Great. I like how you explain the loading of the Charge size depending on the Rock and depth👍. Totally understandable leaving the deeper Drilling for the Drilling Rig doing them by hand swapping Rod's out has to be a hard Day's Work.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes, drilling the holes by hand is not a job for fairies.

[@Michael_CS615]

Microphone adds a completely new dimension to your presentations.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah, helps a lot. So much stuff I have had to discard in the past just because I can not be heard over other noise on the site.

[@kevdimo6459]

Good onya Dave that was an excellent video mate and I could hear you loud and clear all the way from WA! 👍🏼

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Kevin, thanks for tuning in again.

[@TonyLambregts]

Just discovered your channel last night. I really appreciate the content. The audio from the new mic is great. Thank you.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you like it Tony.

[@jwaterous224]

Audio is enhanced with new wireless mike. Great video selection for various holes made. Appreciate the new narrative as well! Kinda liking the shaded late in the day video shots for a change but I'll bet the traffic is not as nice durring rush hour.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for tuning in again JW, I think there will be a lot more use of this mic system. I really lucky with this job as It is on my side of town, the last Two big jobs like this have been 2 hours drive home.

[@Dcoool77]

Good Long stuff =) Keep it up Dave!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day the new camera and mic sound and look great mate 👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks 👍

[@longlowdog]

Hi Dave, nice video, really well composed and the audio was great. I honestly don't mind a bit of background noise as it adds to the knowledge that you are on a work site and working with/around the needs of others. Here in northern Scotland we have had our first frosts of autumn. Last year we got down to -17°C and lowest we have experienced was -24 during 2010's horrible 6 months of snow winter. Stay safe and warm, regards from Scotland.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I really have no idea how you guys can function in that climate.

[@kasnitch]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Up in N Ontario where I live very common to have -20-25C and cold snaps bring days of -35 sometimes colder . Most of us frigging hate the cold . Cold weather gear like beaver hats and mitts , down parka and warm boots + wool long johns cost $2k+ . We don't function in the cold .. its more like we endure it because we have no where warmer to live . I also have a hard time enduring hotter than 35C ... dunno how you can manage all that hard work and heat stroke . Aus sure got a lot hotter since I lived in Wagga for a year in the early 70's. Be well .

[@RogowskiBubba0864]

Thx for the video Dave. Have a great day, greetings from the Netherlands 😊

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Good morning, thanks for tuning in.

[@williamgamache2882]

Dave, I really like your videos. Hi from St. Louis Missouri, USA !!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you like them William, more coming soon, the next one will have a lot more action.

[@alfadoofus]

Dave I think the new mic is working very well. It's nice to see a tradesman pick up his debris , I've seen jobsites that look like a dump. It's also a shame a man can't speak his mind . In Alaska the temp is about the same as yours , we are just heading into winter. Cheers

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi Chris, thanks for tuning in, living in Alaska, I do not envy you at all.

[@richwielechowski5191]

Awesome audio with the new mic. Enjoy the running commentary.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Rich.

[@richardbrain6725]

Great watch Davros. Best yet hearing your opinions. 👍👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Richard. Deep down I am an activist, trying to keep a lid on it but it is getting more difficult each day.

[@tokencivilian8507]

Nice. Got er done even without the big drill. Those blowed up real good.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The big drill is good!! Thanks for watching TC.

[@jamesstanton1916]

Glad to know there is still reason and common sense down under.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Not much James.

[@myrondarr7964]

4 K video is so sharp it is amazing. You almost look real! LOL

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

😊 thank you

[@williamjacobs236]

Another great video Dave .

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@brianpatrick9480]

Very good audio and video. Thanks!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you liked it Brian.

[@brucet8551]

thanks for another interesting video Dave.the new mic works very well.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Good to hear, thanks for the report Bruce.

[@williambryant5946]

The new mic works really well. Nice video. 👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Good to know, thanks for watching.

[@cosmopezzolla996]

I'm glad Ben is coming...2.4 meter holes = a good time

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Ben has drilled many hundreds of holes for me on this job now.

[@russwideman9623]

Fear not Dave, your summer is on the way, it's getting damn cold up here in Canada!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It is going to be a shocker they tell us Russ....

[@russwideman9623]

I would imagine it will be... it certainly was up here...parts of BC (where I am) and NWT are still burning...@@demolitiondavedrillandblast

[@------country-boy-------]

Great videos mate! Our limestone pond is almost done. Drilling with 3/4 inch dewalt hollow bits and splitting with wedge and feathers. The bits have a vaccum swivel but we are pumping water through instead. Lots of work but it will be worth it!!! If i was rich i would pay you to fly over here and blast the whole dam thing in a few days !!! Watching from Belize 🌴🌴🌴🌄

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sounds like you have got a handle on it, good work.

[@remog38]

Great video Dave thanks I think its good to hear another blokes opinion , and love the russel brand quip .

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it David, Russel is a legend.

[@madmax3864]

Hay Dave nice job 👍 from madmax Melbourne 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺❤️❤️🤪😎

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Max.

[@HighlandSteam]

Audio is very good. I keep the raw audio on the camera as if the mics fail for some reason you still have some fallback audio for the ambiance and then just do a dub where needed. For me it has rescued many hours of video production.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

That is exactly what I have done thus far.

[@ChrisB257]

Mic seems really good Dave - nice to have extra commentary. Seems it'd be pure luck to do trenching with no huge rocks in the way! As usual - large amount of drilling - Nice work. :)

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh... I only get to see the really rocky jobs Chris. You have not seen anything yet, the job jumps to overdrive next week when "Big Drill Ben" arrives. Yes, I will be using the mic a lot more in the future.

[@Je.Suis.Flaneur]

About the Forest Service. A famous American comedian named Groucho Marx said: "The art of politics is: 1. Looking for trouble everywhere. 2 Finding it. 3. Diagnosing the problem incorrectly. and 4. Applying the wrong solutions.

[@no_nuts]

This one felt more like a procedural -- very well done and super interesting. Too bad Ben was elsewhere and you had to slug it out with the rock all manual-like. That was some nice looking cover material.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it! NN, Ben is on the job now and lots of long trench blasting action in the next video.

[@Zendukai]

Looking forward to next week Dave !! another great video cheers. I think we could do with your expertise with our smelter with the buildup in the flues, this crap builds up harder than granite.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh... nothing new about using explosives to descale smelters, one of my subscribers in the USA does it full time.

[@davidholder3207]

Love the compilation Dave. The last blast showed the work site looking like a WW1 battlefield. After the prolonged winters rain here in Victoriastan I'm fearing for the lives of hundreds if not thousands come the next hot summer spell. Like as happened in Hawaii recently.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I hear you David, I live in the fire zone.

[@asya9493]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Is there enough time for controlled burns up there ?

[@Je.Suis.Flaneur]

For some imaginary reason, I want to believe that Mr. Dave is actually former MI-5 (or the Australian version), and worked in Special Operations for His Majesties' Gov't. LOL

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Pfffft I don't know what to say about that.

[@scotthultin7769]

332 👍's up demolition Dave thank you for sharing 😮🎉

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thank you too.

[@jasonstalder5208]

new mic and cam are great buddy. hope your doing well. cheers mate

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hey, thanks, I'm all good over here.

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

Great sympathy about the forest work! The US is facing some of the same.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Very sad but I think that is only the beginning of the problems.

[@user-wu7sn7ml7v]

I like the thump😂❤. Cold winter day in Canada is 30 or 40 below zero fareinheit. You are having a heat wave.😂😂😂❤. I am cutting firewood like a mad beaver.😂.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I really don't understand how you function outdoors in that climate. Yes it is uncharacteristically warm for this time of years here (not on this morning though).

[@bearfoot100]

Amfo to spice it up a bit, love it.

[@nyc8452]

Audio is good Dave!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks

[@frankrobinson8133]

great stuff

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for tuning in Frank, next video has all of the long trench blasts.

[@paulbrowning8142]

Great as always, have you ever thought of a vid where you do a show and tell about the stuff you use?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah... been hearing that a bit lately Paul...

[@komitadjie]

Aww man, really a bummer about the forestry getting shut down. Lot of folks out of work, and price of building stuff is gonna go up a lot. Plus no more awesome uncovered forest-road blasts.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The thing that escapes most peoples notice is that in Australia the logging industry was very tightly regulated and took into account many environmental issues.... now we just buy wood from third world countries where the forest is plundered.

[@nomerc3608]

Been awesome seeing all of your work in the video’s over the years Dave! ❤❤❤ My body is shaking so bad I can barely type anymore😅😮😢…wailing on my wife to take me to the the Veterans hospital here in the United States…❤😂😢 C ya

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh... I hope that you are feeling better soon nomerc.

[@jasethesmiff5683]

..... 1.7°C. Adorable. At least its above 0!

[@planetbob4709]

I would love to see a vid of all the equipment and supplies you regularly use. I bet you could do a hundred vids and make bank from youtube on them.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Point taken Bob.

[@rockman531]

Hi Dave, Your new camera & mic seemed to do just fine! I hope you show the guys digging up the BIG rocks from the expanding goo! Should be good! Great job! Thumbs up. Stay safe! Jim

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sure did Jim.

[@RolandElliottFirstG]

Looks like you had a good dry weather week.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It has been great, this time last years I was getting dragged out by the excavator every day.

[@scrappydoo7887]

Dave have you ever had any serious mishaps in your career? Or what would be your most serious or the worst you've witnessed?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Errr... falling down a hole when checking a job before sunrise...

[@stephenmead8183]

Beginning to think Aussie is full of rocks.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

No, not at all, only the areas that I get to work.

[@art1muz13]

Your microphone works great. 6:25ISH OR SO YOU SAY 30 GRAMS OF ANFO, (AN/FO, for ammonium nitrate/fuel oil), I WAS CURIOUS WHAT'S THE LARGEST ''BLAST'' YOU'VE CREATED? OH, AND HAVE YOU COME ACROSS A ROCK SO HARD THAT YOU COULDN'T DRILL IT?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks, DJI stuff is good! Largest blast.... hmmmm... by hole count it would be 253 holes. No rock is too hard to drill but Rhyodacite is a lot harder than Granite and wears out my drills very quickly.

[@leonmarut7092]

a nice chin wag dave

[@vhostovich]

New microphone works very well. Really appreciate the commentary. Lot of action in this video huh :) :)?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Excellent, there will be more commentary.

[@gragor11]

Hi from Vancouver Island. Nice looking work. The long holes must have been err long ;). I thought I was going to see you drill a cut at first on the sump but then remembered you were looking at boulders not solid rock. I was wondering how you were going to proceed with that but it was not to be. I saw you lining up the rods so it would have been interesting watching how you would go about lining up you cut. That hook looks like it could use a thumb in the opposing direction. Then they could pick and pick at the same time. Do they do that? I'm sure they know best. Nice video. I like watching you work This is the first time I have seen you connect all the components in that blasting system. The mike seems to work good. Thanks for posting Dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching and contributing, The long holes here were only 1.8m, I'm quite happy to do that, I get a bit standoffish when they want me to go beyond 3m with a hand drill, but I do have 4.5m rods - try not to use them very often. I have Ben on the job with his big drill rig and he is punching down big holes for me.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Not many thumbs on machines in Australia for some reason.

[@secretsix6]

i remember when i first started using explosives we were given a jelly substance to use as stemming it came in plastic tubes about 300 mm long it was awful stuff to use stuck to everything

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

That sounds a bit odd.

[@grumpyg9350]

Love this audio. Now you’re going to have to watch your farts and burps. Ha ha .👍👍👏🏻👏🏻😊

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh.... OK.

[@nigelsmith7366]

Can you make a BBBRRRRRRRTTTTT compilation video please

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy demo Dave hope all is well

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah, all good Tugboat, been a bit busy over here of late.

[@matthewrogers94mr]

Is your favorite icecream flavor Rocky road?

[@scruffy6151]

Your microphone works great.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Scruffy.

[@dirttdude]

I still wish that instead of saying "Firing" after the siren, you could say 'Cowabunga, Yahtzee, Show me the money, Geronimo or Banzai' maybe happy independence day, you know something new, fun and exciting

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

How about "Bombs away".

[@dirttdude]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast That would be hilarious but i'm afraid that the youtube algorithm could get hurt feelings from dangerous words and illegal thoughts, the scary 'B' could also trigger a nuclear hissyfit from an over protective soccer mom. All of a sudden i'm scared..... All hail to our glorious chinese overlords!

[@wilfriedklaebe]

"Fire in the hole!"

[@jimsvideos7201]

You obviously enjoy what you're doing and that's admirable. Out of curiosity though, are there other career fields you find interesting?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I do enjoy my work, My previous career is where the real skills are, in a completely different field. My first love was designing and building radio transmitters, that grew into planning, installation, commisioning and maintenance of wide area radio communications networks... And then one day I realised that my job had ruined my hobby and I walked away.

[@jimsvideos7201]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast No kidding? That's intriguing. Do you find that the planning background helps with looking at a blasting job?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Never thought of it from that angle but I do find the work kind of therapeutic, nearly as good as the time that we substituted clay targets for a big box of old alpha-numeric pagers. - I had to repair these things at one stage of my career.

[@jimsvideos7201]

DJI makes mics, huh? I'll have to look at those, they're a professional interest.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

They are real good stuff Jim. www.dji.com/au/mic

[@sjv6598]

It does make me laugh seeing you hanging of the drill 😅

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It's not that funny... is it?

[@DontCallMeGarage]

Dave, where does all the granite go from all your jobs? the crusher? or does it just get used for fill somewhere else?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Various uses, not often that it gets wasted, often gets used on site for wall building or other landscaping works, or it end up at a garden supply place for others to buy and use for similar works. or the crusher.

[@shopshop144]

6:03 "too much---" I think most of your viewers would say, never too much, fill the hole right to the top.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

oh... no... you really don't want to do that.

[@nmopzzz]

Antho is just fertilizer and diesel, correct? Is it that much more powerful than the other stuff? Also,you reminded me of an old Chewing tobacco coimmercal, "just a pinch between the cheek an gums"... I don't think they were talking about antho though... :)

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It is actually not as powerful as the "other stuff" but it is very cost effective and produces a lot of expanding gasses that is very good for heaving the rock

[@nmopzzz]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblastJust like any other complicated trade. Lots and lots of details and experince to make it look easy...

[@billdoodson4232]

1st? I was going to ask if they made shorter lenghts of the various cords and then you answered my question. As you say there always seems to be a lot of waste.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yep! congratulations Bill.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sure is a lot of waste Bill, no doubt a decision to boost consumption of raw materials and increase turn over.

[@jonathankeith2547]

Ive been following your channel for the last 4 years. Is there a drill that you prefer, you are able to drill a lot of holes without to much apparent fatigue. I have a couple of old Holman Drills, and a Chicago CP32. The CP32 is by far the fastest machine, but is ferocious to use, especially with short drill steels. The old Holman are much gentler, but take a lot longer. I believe their weight has a lot to bare on how comfortable they are. I drill hard granite, mostly down to about 1.8 metres in central Vic north of Beaufort. I recall you mentioning in a previous video about lowering the air pressure to 90 PSI; is this the secret to using the CP32?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi, thanks for tuning in and contributing. The CP32 is a good drill but a bit light, the big Red drill that I recently got is a CP69 (lot heavier that the 32) and this is excellent to use on 90 PSI, very similar in feel to my old Holman Silver Bullet - both about the same size and weight. What Holman drills do you have? I have a SL9G, Silver 3, Silver 70 and Silver Bullet.

[@jonathankeith2547]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast I have a Holman Silver 3, and a Holman SL8

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I find my Silver 3, being a short stroke, high frequency drill... a shocker of a drill to use.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I also have another huge Holman drill that nobody has been ably to identify, a big one @ 35Kg!

[@jwdickinson643]

Dave, does the government there mandate a license/permit to purchase the ampho and require a log of your usage & inventory?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Oh yeah.... It never ends.

[@ookalleoo]

👍

[@Beanbag109]

Why do you put gravel on top of the boom goo in the hole?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

So that the boom does not boom strait out the top of the hole.

[@assassinlexx1993]

You scored on the mic 10 - 10 Here on in B.C. Canada. Those green are causing so much trouble. The forest roads are removed. Yes to to point . You can't even walk where the road was. So no chance of fire fighters to get to the fire. The government couldn't find it's ass even if you pointed at it. Stupid goes very deep here.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes. I have a feeling we are looking down the barrel of a bad fire season here this year and all of the loggers are no longer working... there goes all of the local bush knowledge and heavy machinery that usually helped the fire fighting effort.

[@LouKodge]

And the people in those govt depts cant understand why they have so many wildfires in summer, we have similar people in govt here in victoria aust. We are in for a hot dry summer with El nino and little to no cold weather burns to reduce fuel load.

[@kenore4003]

Those dozers for fire work are specifically built to operate in the fire zone . Hydraulics and electrical leads are covered with heat resistant covers and forestry cages are special built. Once these units are gone there isn't any more so burn baby burn.

[@assassinlexx1993]

@@kenore4003 So true The forest removes C02 The green nut cases talk about smoke pollution. Wood is renewable but oh no let the forest burn. Greens protesters should turned into speed bumps 🤔

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

It would be best if governments and industries could provide steady work so companies can stay in business but many companies fold in the lean times and it takes a long time to get enough equipment and workers built up to previous levels when they are needed again.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Tell me about it, I have spent many summers training guys and as soon as the work thins out in the winter they move on, even my own Son Kevin.

[@aquilaaudax6033]

✋🏼🇦🇺👍🏼

[@frozenjoe6313]

No more forestry jobs ?? Thats bad news.............

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah, sure is Joe!

[@frozenjoe6313]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Well, is there such a thing as the telephone book, of the yellow pagre where you are, listing all buisnesses, or maybe the area of Victoria and surrounding areas havelists of all buisnesses and farms........ Then go down to a favorite pub frequented by lawyers, and have a good salesman with you.. It seems like more buisnesss gets conducted at golf courses and bars than one would expect. In the United States there are organizations like " Veterans of Foreign Wars" or the Vetrerans Administration " It seems like old soldiers like to blow things up in a constructive way, and You have great beer there dont you??

[@bulwynkl]

Amazing how much mining and forestry has been interupted in the greens strongholds of ... checks notes - Richmond, Brunswich and Melbourne...

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah, pure filth.

[@jimlloyd129]

Go thr atf

[@GARDENER42]

Joined up thinking isn't an attribute seen in any great measure amongst 'greens'...

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah... Red Greens.