Rock Blasting on a mountain trail

[@eastunder55]

I like the uncovered blasting in remote areas. The slo-mo shots of huge chunks of rock flying through the air is so impressive. Thanks

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it 55, I had to be a bit conservative with this one to make sure most of the rock was left on the road as they want to use it for erosion control works near by.

[@scruffy6151]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast half of shot number 2 went down the sloop that should help right. L0l

[@TrevorDennis100]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Could you not have directed it to land exactly in the erosion control location Dave? I'm sure they'd have paid you a bonus for doing that. 😉

[@Shadolife]

The Blues Brothers reference at the beginning was cool. Great shots! Thank you.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Brian.

[@patallen5095]

Dave, the shot of that one big chunk cartwheeling towards the camera and then peeling off just yards away....fantastic! Love the uncovered blasts!! 👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Pat.

[@daddynunya9045]

Loved the Blues Brothers reference at the beginning!! I guess you were on a mission from God!?!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

And we're putting the band back together!

[@sharonaerneckeaitchison4500]

It never ceases to amaze me how it's a mere nanosecond from the time you stomp the control til the blast happens! And all the different camera angles are really fun to watch!

[@FishFind3000]

3:10 is that a vacuum system on the drill that’s pulling out the cuttings? Do you collect the cuttings? Are they large enough to use for hole stemming?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The cuttings are pushed out of the hole by the flushing air that travels down the hole in the middle of the drill rod, when they reach the top of the hole the vac system sucks them up. The big bits land in the blue cyclone separator and the very fines in the plastic bag on the bottom of the vac. If you were to sieve the contents of the separator there would be some pieces big enough to use as stemming. Nasty stuff to handle though, best left alone.

[@scotthultin7769]

First 👍's up demolition Dave does it again thank you very much for sharing

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Good work champ!

[@thomasmusso1147]

👍👍👍 .. impressive! Listening to the ripping sound of those dets zipping off .. takes me back to my past career in the South African Gold Mining Industry.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Brrrrp.... Booom!

[@thomasmusso1147]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast 👍Yep 😊.

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼……………………………….Your opening was HILARIOUS , LOL, one of my favorite movies. AND uncovered blasting with rocks FLYING, ANOTHER one of my favorite things!!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it 77 - I was on a "mission from God".

[@art1muz13]

That’s what we like to see! That was a nice one, Dave. Love the shadows, Beautiful shot of the delays at 8:35.. THAT ROCK IS WHAT PUTIN DREAMS ABOUT AT 7:57 IN Slo-MO ON KZbin's 0.25 SLO-SPEED. ONE DAY THAT ROCK WILL BE PUTIN, NOT A THREAT, BUT KARMIC TRUTH.

[@iand8738]

Dave. Sir, You are a Master at your craft. I've been hooked on big bangs since way back in "1974". When I helped my best friend and his Aussie step dad. Lay and set off 150m of high drive to make a ditch just outside of Alexandra. In Central Otago, NZ. Thank you for your great content

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Ian, back in 1974 my young mind was thinking about this kind of stuff - I was only 9 back then.

[@GARDENER42]

Lovely stuff - can't beat uncovered blasting for audiovisual effects. Thanks Dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Nothing quite like it #42

[@warrenrharding]

That mushroom igniter is my Favorite. I don’t need it anymore I’m fully retired. Keep up the good work !

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks AP.

[@TheGingerGenius78]

Absolutely sorted those pesky rocks out ! Fantastic to watch an uncovered blast ! And the sound reverberating round the hills is awesome !

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Dave.

[@TheGingerGenius78]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast most definitely 👍 thanks

[@xuejiaoxu6778]

I got excited at the start when I saw it was a remote site perfect for uncovered blasting 👌. Great video Dave thanks for posting.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

You and me both!

[@garymurt9112]

I got excited too and then when he said they had to add more bang because they went all the way through, that really got me excited

[@edwardwargem1894]

Great work and Awesome video. Top quality videos from multiple views. Keep up the great work.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@kevdimo6459]

Loved it Dave i know how much you like the bush blast’s with no cover. That drone shot was the best Dave! Thanks again mate.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Kev, sadly there was no drone video for the second shot as the SD card was full.

[@ianstradian]

Gotta love any video that starts with a Blues Brothers reference.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Ian, "We were on a mission from God".

[@stephensfamily5699]

Wife: Oooh, one of these without all the dirt on top! The slow mo shots are super satisfying. Thanks.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you like you all like them.

[@stephencoster9532]

Hiya Dave, Great video, thank you so much. Hurrah for the Red, White and Blew!!! I really love the country road blasts where you don't have to cover up the site but can let the fur fly where it will... Good to see you back in red overalls again, I've missed your signature colour. Wonderful blasts, thank you for the spectacle. Stay safe, Steve...

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Steven, I can see that I really need to find some more red overalls.

[@coop_coop007]

Sunday afternoon, nice pot of tea, a couple of french fancies and Demolition Dave blowing stuff up, perfect. Thanks mate.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sounds like you have it all sorted Coop Coop

[@oso9809]

LMAO Jake and Elwood Blues. One of the funniest and crazy movies ever made. Cheers!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sure is Oso.

[@lotharschiese8559]

ANYONE with the knowledge can drill & blast, but the videography is absolutely spectacular, it makes the whole process come alive. You guys rock the break!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Spectacular... not sure about that, it is 100% unscripted, single take, on the fly stuff. I have put a lot of effort into the slo-mo bit getting the audio right was a bit of a challenge. Thanks for watching.

[@stillwater62]

The Blues Brothers, famous line spoken by Elwood. I see that you are a man of fine taste in movies. It was good to see you back out in the bush doing what Dave does best, blowing up big rocks...raw. This was a true Thanksgiving Holiday treat. Thank you, thank you. I wish you and your family a blessed Thanksgiving and may your path be smooth and level in the coming year. Cheers.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks #62, glad you enjoyed it. A smooth path would be great.

[@Silverhornet81]

...fix the cigarette lighter.

[@blackdog2994]

You're on a mission from God!

[@elanman608]

"Hit it". Blues Brothers one of the all time best movies. Excellent show and in the words of the late lamented Blaster Bates "Watch out for the Bits".

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes... always watching out for the bits!

[@alasdairmunro1953]

Great Dave, hell of a long drive for you. Nice work!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sure was a big drive.

[@billyproctor9714]

Nice layout, well shot. I too was surprised there weren't more flyers. Cheers, Billy in B.C., Canada

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

The first shot was very much as I expected, on the second I had up'd the hole diameter because this softer type of granite tends to soak up the blast energy, really thought that it would have been more violent.

[@suzysheer66]

That was a rock ballet, the slo-mo was great! That is very beautiful countryside, nice one dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it #66

[@paulcooper2897]

Great fun as always! Beautiful scenery too! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Paul.

[@10swatkins]

A man after my own heart! Hit it Elroy!

[@craigsowers8456]

GREAT intro !!! Thought I was on the wrong channel at first ... bit further to Chicago and all ... LOL

[@tda2806]

Impressive skills at 11:53, getting that piece of rock to roll towards the camera to give a moment of jeopardy was excellent 😉

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It was a bit close.

[@peterweber6963]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast just get a new braver 1 😜 in a steal box with padding crow yes 😊😁

[@bottomshot4546]

" Our lady of blessed fragmentation , don't fail me now" Always enjoy the uncovered blasts, lovely slow mo work as well. Cheers from the US.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

"Our lady of blessed fragmentation" - Love it!

[@RangieNZ]

Self-extracting for the win! :) The few hundred metres of 'cable'(?) that goes from your foot to the shot zone, is the "consumed" on a shot, or can that bit be wound up and re-used?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

This shot was fired with signal tube, also called shock tube, very safe and reliable but not reusable. But you can use it in a line trimmer and "101 other house hold uses".

[@steveanderson9290]

Nice! Thanks for bringing us along!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Any time Steve

[@rockman531]

Hi Dave, Awesome video! Uncovered blasts are the best! Beautiful scenery. Hopefully some of those trees will start to regrow soon. Mother Nature is a tough cookie - she'll make it right! Take Care! Stay safe. Jim

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It does grow back but there was a distinct lack of wild life on this job also, that was pretty sad.

[@BooF308]

As an unfortunate who is stuck using hand tools and jackhammers, watching Dave blast rock to kingdom come brings me a lot of joy!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

You need to get yourself a rock drill and some plugs and feathers and some chemical cracking agent Boo

[@alfadoofus]

I always like your videos , they are usually a blast.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

He he he...

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi Dave, nice bangs there mate, , looks like middle of nowhere, is that a new track under construction ? . Good to see you again mate , thanks for the video, stay safe guys, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It's an old track from the last time the area was logged (as you can see by the trees, it was some time ago) that will be re used.

[@jwdickinson643]

totally awesome, Dave! Cheers from Up Over! 👍👍👊👊

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@timothypirnat3754]

BTW, I've often wondered what happens when you drill through the bottom of the rock. You mentioned drilling through to clay in the bottom of the rock. You said something about filling the bottom of the hole, I'm assuming to keep the explosive within the rock. What do you fill the bottom with? Does the filler keep the explosion from blowing out the bottom or the rock?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes, I use the same material that I would stem (back fill above the explosive). It is largely successful most of the time Tim.

[@repetemyname842]

Back in my younger days I got to play with a lot of tnt, c4 and 40lb shape charges in the army. It was always fun doing the set up then watching your moment of BOOM occur. Nice drone footage and nice slow mo work.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

See the flash and feel the wack moments later... yeahhh..

[@repetemyname842]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast : We got to fire off those LAW rockets, too. Very satisfying.

[@davidholder3207]

Awesome work sir. Your skill showed in the last blast when a chunk of rock landed just short of the camera.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks 👍

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy Demolition Dave, another good video

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hey, thanks Tugboat. Lots more jobs on the radar... If it stops raining for long enough!

[@grstrom1]

Wow! The last slo mo shot was awesome! Also loved the Blues Brothers opening!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Glenn, check in again soon.

[@kennethconnors5316]

always fun watching nice music selection

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Ken, and thanks for watching.

[@ChrisB257]

Always great to see uncovered blasts - but wow, that was a long drive to get there! Sad to see all the effects of wild fires. VERY satisfying blasts Dave - and that last one from last camera angle - phew, the large chunk got awful close! Great job.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It did get close, the camera is a lot closer than it looks, you can see the little camera nearly take a hit from another angle @ 10:18

[@peterparsons7141]

I haven’t watched your vids for awhile. What terrific quality and interesting videos. Really good stuff , different angles and views. Great vid !

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Welcome back Peter! there is about 200 blast videos on the channel now.

[@komitadjie]

Man I love these un-covered shots! Too bad way too many people would be kinda annoyed about multi-hundred-pound hunks of stone flying about in their back yards so you could shoot un-covered more often! I think your camera was wetting itself at the 11:45 mark with that big chunk rolling right toward it. xD

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

My cameras are very brave and battle hardened.

[@komitadjie]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast The weak have been weeded out by hurtling granite by now, I'd imagine! lol

[@garymurt9112]

We shoot our rock at the quarry uncovered and if a hole blows out its really exciting. The resident across the highway was not thrilled at all when the rock ended up in the living room. They do a better job of packing the stemming and the distance from the top of the hole and where the change is placed is farther than before. This makes my job a little harder since we end up with more boulders that don't fit in the crusher and I have to sort them out.

[@accxresearch]

@@garymurt9112 How do you deal with your oversize rock? Shoot it in place with mud capped charges?

[@garymurt9112]

@@accxresearch breaker on an excavator

[@chriscooper654]

Gorgeous country. Any mountains here in California would be happy to have that much snow on them. The precision and force of the charges you set never fails to amaze. It's as if a giant sleeping underground suddenly woke and kicked upward with all his strength. Stay well, Dave.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sounds great, we have got so much water everywhere here just at the moment.

[@ferstuck37]

When you have drilled the rock if you go all the way through! Do you have to partially plug the hole so the force doesn’t go down into the ground. Also do you stagger the blast or does it fire off all at once in the rock.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes, if you drill through and you don't want to waste all of your blast energy you would use some screened crushed rock stemming material to back fill the hole a little way before loading the charge. Best results are obtained when the holes are time spaced by a few milliseconds, this improves the fragmentation a lot and decreases the felt ground vibration.

[@Green_House]

Spectacular ! ! ! Mount Kosciuszko? Nothing Demolition Dave and a few bangers couldn't fix. 😉

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Nah... Too cold for me up there.

[@RogowskiBubba0864]

Great and controlled blasting. Chapeau.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching, please like and subscribe.

[@bobjoncas2814]

LOOKIN' GOOD, NICE JOB, KEEP SAFE AND WELL..

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks, will do Bob.

[@vhostovich]

Been a fan for some time now. Absolutely love the different view points, of the same shot, and in slow motion included. : )

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Vaughn.

[@vudeulash7645]

I think what amazes me the most is how much the dirt actually contains the blast.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It sure does a good job.

[@grumpyg9350]

Doesn’t get much better than this.👍👍

[@markjob6354]

Truly, the sheer moving power and overall efficiency of modern explosives is not to be underestimated. With a few pounds of high grade modern explosives, literally days of bulldozing and big shovel work is avoided. You guys are really top notch pro at your job.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching.

[@longlowdog]

Great work. The big chunk cartwheeling towards the camera was a great image. It's very sad to see those huge burnt areas. Too bad that young fuds with PHDs stopped the small seasonal burns the indigenous folk practised for millennia and now their idiocy is being exposed big time with infernos with huge fuel loads. Regards from Scotland.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

This burn destroyed 3.3 Million acres, no animals to be seen anywhere.

[@نايفالعبيدي-ح6ن]

Creativity from the best photography💯

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for dropping by.

[@LivingTheDream21]

6:47 I am wondering what the purpose of the siren is. It doesn't give anyone much time to say stop or find cover.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Legal formality only, there was nobody within a very very long way. Thanks for watching Raymond.

[@michaelcsiti3476]

roflmao love the blues brothers opening, hahaha, nice job!

[@samvittoria9692]

Beauty shots. Very nice

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Sam.

[@gavindonnelly4767]

Gotta love those Easy Dets. Looks like your stemming blew out on the first shot. Fine cuttings for stemming? Not a big deal on a remote location. Nice video.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah, delay #1 was a pair of short holes that I fired together, burden was unknown as this is where the rock disappeared into the ground, depth of stemming was short, but it did the job, glad I chose to fire them together. stemming was 5mm screened sharp hard crushed rock, no fines. Thanks for watching Gavin.

[@gavindonnelly4767]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast I blew a similar sized granite boulder off of a ski area in the mid 90,s. The resort was tired of kids breaking legs from using it as a ski jump. Took me 20 minutes a hole to drill for about 18 holes 6' deep. The boulder was relieved on three sides and unjointed. I went with a .5 powder factor. It shattered like glass. Wish I had taken video. I hate short holes, had to fire a pattern of them on a 3' deep section of limestone cap rock. Glad I fired a test shot first because they all fired down and I had to go shallow for the rest of the pattern. Cheers

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

Great video! Ever find any cool stuff afterwards? Fossils?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yeah! Found something like part of a megalodon tooth once, every body stopped and turned over all of the material on the site but we found nothing else. No gold found either.

[@craigsowers8456]

Great video (all angles covered !!!) ... not an easy job being so remote. Just wish this Cowboy (Texan) could have been there to lend you the stirrups off my Roping Saddle for the manual drilling ... really get your weight on the Drill.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I have fooled around with various stirrups Craig, and did not really get on with the concept as I found it very hard to drill strait holes.

[@craigsowers8456]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast thanks for the reply Dave ... yeah I get that ... 4 decades in Aviation Manufacture and even with "Drill Guides", tough to keep the holes straight (sort of important at 35,000 feet LOL) on much of the Aircrafts compound curved surfaces. Just thought that after the first 5" they might come in handy.

[@the.original.throwback]

Great video. Thanks. Did you use any time delay to help loft the mass toward the downhill side of the road?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Sure did.

[@the.original.throwback]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast It might make an interesting video to explain why and how time delay is used to achieve desired results when blasting. Thanks again for great videos. Jess

[@richwielechowski5191]

Dave, loved the Blues Brothers reference in the intro! Beautiful area.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Rich, "we were on a mission from God".

[@mb9662]

Do you get to keep anything you find under the rock?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

It is usually just more rocks.

[@dennis2376]

The bird shot was very cool, but what a mess you made! :) Thank you and have a wonderful week.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I am a very messy worker Dennis.

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

Mr D -6-1/2 hour drive to turn rocks into pebbles - and film it for us - you certainly graft hard for your beer tokens - much appreciated -please stay safe and well 👏♥️x

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks MLE, it was a bit of an epic job.

[@williambryce8527]

Great video showing the difference between Det Cord and shock tube with time delay! The Det cord is not sparkly but way more impressive!!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

And the Det cord is loud+++

[@craigmacleod8264]

HI dave great videos was looking at buying a CP69 new rock drill, i currently have a Makita AVT drilling to depths of 450mm and the drilll sometimes kicks, i see you standing on yours and wondered if they kick as bad??

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

OK... First up I can highly recommend the CP69, this is a Mans drill. Air drills do not jam and tear your arms of in the same manner as large electric drills, this is rarely an issue, only time it can get a bit tricky is when drilling versicular basalt (lots of big air bubbles in it) and it can jam occasionally. Just buy it, you won't look back. Put a bit of thought into how you will manage the stone dust hazzard please, this stuff can kill you!

[@craigmacleod8264]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast thanks Dave appreciate the feedback, purchased the drill and a second hand compressor the day, got a Kango hammer chucked in also, next is the demolition side, but living on an island its only ever used in quarry's, but i seen no reason to use it for opening house foundations I use water to cool the bit and prevent dust from the rock when using the electric drill.the hose is near but not always water handy in the remoter parts of the job Currently doing a garage and had a 14tonner in with a pecker, pecking for 14 days at a cost £8000, and normally here we dont build on rock unless the hole footprint is on the rock, so we dig down to the hard clay and then compact layer, and build of that! i live on the remote part of the Western Isles of Scotland so the rock is pretty tough!....

[@splatterize]

First time viewer. Nice job! I also enjoyed the Blues Brothers and Twilight Zone references.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Welcome aboard!

[@Gillespie91]

Is there any type of difference with the explosives for focusing the blow outwards or down or anything or are they all the same? That may be a dumb question but I wasnt sure, I'm just a toolmaker/machinest so I don't know anything about what you do but it's really awesome to watch!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi Bradley, all of the explosives used in this type of work are very similar, there is some variation in strength and velocity of detonation that allow tailoring to specific needs. Explosives that focus there energy in one direction are mainly used in steel cutting for structure demolition. Thanks for watching.

[@MrLukealbanese]

Fantastic work Dave, a lovely job 👍👍👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Luke.

[@christophersmith2091]

Nice video. I had a real blast watching it.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad to hear it! 200 more blast videos on this channel.

[@LouKodge]

Hi Dave, Upper gully Lou here again. As usual another aural and visual masterpiece from the man. Looking forward to your next upper gully job.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Lou, I have to go back and do a tiny bit more on the drive way job in UFTG.

[@markfryer9880]

Nice work Dave! Seeing as I am a Blues Brother from the Richmond Valhalla Cinema and then the Westgarth Cinema back in the 80s and the early 90s, your start to the video took me way back much further than it should have. Carrie Fisher would have appreciated your efforts with the rocks as she had this thing about trying to blow up Joliet Jake for leaving her standing at the altar on her wedding day. Some chicks just won't let things go! Mark from Melbourne Australia Did you see my note about the 4x4 shop to check out? Grange Rd Fairfield, and I know you know where Fairfield is!

[@andrewlockwood6102]

"Look at his deft hands". ... "he's not deaf!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Loved the movie Mark and seen it lots of times, never went to the Valhalla though. I had not followed up the shop as I think that this Hilux is really past spending a lot of money on.

[@bigshan5806]

Nice charge up, your sequence looked great on the slow mo. Never did much pre-packaged tube style when I was underground. More flat pack , mind u we did smash boondies like that with airleg drilling n blasting, but we would fill a drive, drill 300 plus holes snot'em n let her rip with a production shot big to small in less than second great work keep it up

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

300 holes is a big underground shot!

[@bigshan5806]

Not really, for boondies. My biggest production shot I was involved with took three days to charge, 24 hrs a day 20 plus tones of snot, and lots of swearing when the spiders didn't hold for the up holes, I do miss making stuff go bang. Thankfully I watch u guys always interesting seeing surface shots covered and uncovered.

[@peterwalker7869]

NICE. You would always have to remember to have your vehicles parked on the homeward side of the blast site. Otherwise you will be there a lot longer than expected, moving all the broken rock.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Learned that the hard way a long time ago Peter.

[@makeupyourmindinator]

When drilling a rock of an undetermined size how do you decide how deep to drill?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I would drill a little way past the desired finished level.

[@LivingTheDream21]

8:48 beauty of life flying through all that destruction. What a contrast. 😊

[@lesmcgann]

How do you sharpen your drill bits after a day of drilling?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Easy - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJibZICChMpoh5o and kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqHHYoaKr512lZI

[@johnnymac6178]

I would have loved to see an "after" picture. What do you do with all that displaced stone? Who pays you to blow stuff up? What was the reason for blowing the rocks up?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Some of the busted up rock from this shot was used to build culvert ends just down the road. The part of the road that goes around the rock is all built on soft fill and as such you cannot drive a truck carrying a 35 Tonne bulldozer on it, When the rock is removed the road will all be on secure ground. This was a forest road upgrade job paid by the government. Thanks for watching Johnny

[@johnnymac6178]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Thank you for the explanation Dave! Love the channel.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks again, please like and subscribe.

[@johnnymac6178]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Yes sir, already subscribed! 👍🏻

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Fantastic job as always Dave thanks for sharing 🦘👍

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Glad you enjoyed it Kerry.

[@DIGGER19860]

Lol more like10,600 miles. Does that ute have cop tire cop brakes and a cop suspension?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

..."And it's the last model before catalytic converters".

[@steveciarico9824]

Is it possible to blow a 30' diameter hole in a solid rock cliff wall without damaging the surrounding rock?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Short answer no. Depending on how deep you need to go there are people that could diamond core drill you a perfect 30' hole.

[@steveciarico9824]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast yeah that's what I kind of thought. I have some property that has a 1 billion year old lava flow on it. It's 60 feet thick, about 2 miles wide and roughly a 100 miles long. I own 40 acres of it. I want to hollow out part of it, about 5000 square feet for a home.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

You could Stitch drill the perimeter of the circle kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKOXiX6mdraKipI and blast out the remaining center, provided you have a reasonably flat face to work with.

[@steveciarico9824]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast ok thanks for the info. I'm going to buy the equipment and do it myself. I've been in construction 35 years so no worries. Happy New Year!!

[@guestuser6168]

I love the opening line, a movie classic for sure.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

One of my favorite movies.

[@Drew_TheRoadLessTraveled]

3D jigsaw puzzle making at its best. Job well done... Safety first.... Then BIG bang.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for watching Drew.

[@mattym8]

Chemistry at work. The drone shots were nice!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks Matt, plenty more drone blast video on this channel.

[@westvirginiaridgewalker]

Love the views and the booms! Smashing video!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks.

[@Dan_Hall]

when you have such a long distance to a job (6.5 hrs) do you charge a travel fee? If so, do you charge by the hour or by the mile? Thanks!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Heck yeah Dan, 6 Hours to get to our works camp and then an hour and a half on the dirt to get to the job. Charged by the hour.

[@Dan_Hall]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast I typically charge $100/HR (plus cost of supplies) US to drill and fill---As I am just getting started in my area and trying to get jobs. Without getting too personal... what have you found to be "acceptable" for a travel fee and still get the job? Thanks!

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Hi Dan, I charge them at the same rate.

[@Afro408]

At 09:04, was that a little bird that flew past the camera and into the dust cloud?? 😅🧐 Brave! 🤣

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I think that was a very confused butterfly Tony.

[@Afro408]

@@demolitiondavedrillandblast Yeah. I watched it twice and still couldn’t decide. 😅 I don’t think butterflies have an auditory sense, so it just sailed on through. 🤷‍♂️

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

Is the road being built to harvest the dead trees?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

I believe so Tom.

[@frozenjoe6313]

Perfecct. Famous quote from the " Blues Brothers"........

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

- "We were on a mission from God"

[@jasethesmiff5683]

You love working in the snow.... BETTER THAN FLIPPIN MUD N RAIN

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

We have worked in the snow - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqOsmI1smtRkesk

[@outsider2222]

Isn't November summer down there? Snow ?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Correct, yesterday we had the coldest Summer day on record. this time of year the water trucks on construction sites are starting to get busy keeping the dust down... at the moment getting bogged is an ongoing nuisance.

[@8180634]

What is the reason for the charges going off sequentially with a small delay in-between, as opposed to all at the same time? Does it just make less mess, or does it actually help break the rock better?

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Good question Matt. The small delay in-between gives much better fragmentation for the same size hole spacing and charge mass, when all the holes fire together as when fired using det cord you get big blocky pieces. If the big rock with the deep holes was configured this way the yield would have had a lot of oversize and considering that they wanted to use some of the stone this method was not desirable. Thanks for watching.

[@Token_Civilian]

8 out of 10 on TC patented "that blowed up real good" scale. (And for those not in the know, one must use....uhh..special material and implosion, to break the 8 point barrier). Extra style points for the excellent shatter and throw, not to mention the bonus where you all but paved that forest road with the rubble. Loved those slo-mo shots - that last one, I though we were going to see a Go Pro getting knocked over, but that big chunk turned last minute. The ripping sound on that shot....oh yeah. Extra humor points for the wonderful intro homage to the Blues Brothers.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Thanks for your patronage TC.

[@wesgudgeon3247]

Nice work,you don’t see flying rock outside of mine sites and the drone footage was great