Strapping and Moving Large Pond Boulders

[@michaelhammer3863]

Only Ed could make strapping a rock sound exciting. Great video!

[@edbeaulieu5916]

Michael Hammer Thanks!

[@cepontzsons]

ED = 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@edbeaulieu5916]

C.E. Pontz Nice......

[@tinah4717]

This is all information that I will never personally need to use, yet I absolutely Love to watch and learn because of the joy involved in your teaching, Ed. The tone of the whole vid, the smiles expressed between all the workers, the care and consideration in every move, it’s easy to become fascinated with when there’s real joy in doing what you do. As always, thank you for sharing! (And I hope the chipmunk fam finds a safe new place to nest! 🖤)

[@pocatellocowboy1077]

This was wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to post it. I just had two dump truckloads of boulders laid out in the front of my property in two huge piles, and your video will be invaluable to how this project goes.

[@millgod1]

Great vid!! I have an old backhoe and was having a hard time with the large rocks I believe your instructions are going to greatly help my project. Can you tell me the length of the 2 inch strap the rocks I have to move are similar in size.

[@Rel1369]

It's amazing! The whole ethos of Aquascape is not only to achieve a beautiful product but to do so with love, care and safety. It not only says alot about everyone involved in Aquascape, it also says so much about Greg that started it all. You all deserve a huge congratulations for all you to do make so many people's life so much better through your business. This shows you can have a very successful business by treating customers and staff very well.

[@edbeaulieu5916]

Rel1369 Thank you!

[@donnamorgan144]

Thanks Ed

[@edbeaulieu5916]

Donna Morgan Thanks for watching!

[@TheReviewPigeon]

awesome video ed, have a feature going in next weekend and this helped since im inexperienced with excavators and large boulders

[@justinweist3633]

Love the video's Team Aquascape!

[@awmwaterfeatures878]

Great video!

[@naturebuildaustralia]

Great video Ed 👌

[@edbeaulieu5916]

NatureBuild Australia Thanks!

[@devontrigg517]

How did you find the damage to know which rocks to remove?

[@pondkingprojectshowcasesin4124]

Awesome advise as usual!

[@backtobasics4500]

A company I used to work for used microphone headsets. The operator and 1 guy would have them to talk to each other so you won't have to take your hands off the the rock. This will work great for you guys with some of those big stones that you have been setting. Plus you can't alway see the operator

[@johnhildebrand8740]

Great Video Ed. Is there a brand on that pry bar that you like and lasts?

[@donniebeck6112]

I always have a takeaway from the team Aquascape videos but this one is one of the top videos for me. Ed what was the reasoning/purpose of using the concrete cloth inside the pond over a plain rock pad or underlayment? Love those rock lifting bars where do you get those? Great Job Ed!

[@craignewbold9289]

I am looking to move a 20,000 pound boulder. I think a crane is required, but are there straps sufficient for this task?

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks for the vid!

[@russberry3240]

Thanks

[@noface6538]

Thank you !!!!

[@hollamby75]

Great content

[@edbeaulieu5916]

hollamby75 Thanks!

[@lawrencemckeon6802]

Interesting video. Thanks.

[@johnhildebrand8740]

Ed - second question. How deep do chipmunks or ground squirrels dig? Really the question is how deep do I need to go on a waterfall with the concrete cloth? I know we have a healthy population of ground squirrels where we are building the new pond. Thanks for your help and happy thanksgiving!

[@redtiger546]

Hey ed why not drop the bucket off and use a d shackle to attach the strap to the digger arm...give a greater lifting capacity and no straps get sliced off

[@redtiger546]

thats how we do it anyway, takes a fraction longer but no straps get wrecked

[@edbeaulieu5916]

In certain situations we will and we probably could have done that for this project. On our typical projects we’re using the excavator to dig prior to setting the stones and we use the bucket for backfilling behind the boulders with soil or gravel depending on the requirements.

[@redtiger546]

Ed Beaulieu mates sence mate

[@jmstrsn5148]

good video !!

[@troothhertz6297]

Thank u 😊 learnt something

[@wizard5213]

Where do you guys purchase those straps? I need some for a project

[@stevenunversaw503]

Always learn something new from you guys! Where can I buy those straps at?

[@edbeaulieu5916]

Steven Unversaw Wiscolift, they have a good selection with great prices and they can custom make the straps according to your specifications.

[@samrichards8251]

Any idea how heavy that biggest rock would be?

[@falconeaterf15]

Nigel, I think it’s time to rearrange the boulders again. Don’t you agree? Of course I agree cupcake! I shall phone for the labourers and make it so.

[@mortsdans]

I can just picture the strapping slipping off the rock and wrapping around this guys arm at 4:50

[@AnthonysOutdoors]

Lesson for the day.... If you have a pond, keep it filled with water!

[@edbeaulieu5916]

Anthony's Outdoors Yes!!!

[@blackhouse7646]

My pool builder left my rock in the pallet away from the pool edge. Where can i get those straps? Can i lift that with car engine lifter?

[@brianadams5424]

Where are located?

[@blackhouse7646]

@@brianadams5424 memphis.

[@barnacleburrito3728]

nice!

[@rainierr9356]

How do you ensure large boulders dont shift later? Esp when somebody stands on one??

[@sanhess854]

Love it, would it be to hard to talk about scouting for big rock?

[@edbeaulieu5916]

San Hess Scouting in nature or at stone yards?

[@sdowning533]

Would really be nice if you put the actual products in the comment section so we aren't guessing the name and where to purchase!

[@CallDerek]

Strap-on brother, strap-on.

[@rollinlowford]

Cool what you guys do... but please take a rigging course... lol

[@gbbgbla]

*_THE PIONEERS USED TO RIDE THOSE BABYS FOR MILES_*

[@vicferrari9380]

With a Berk bar you can move the world.

[@markmorgan5892]

I would’ve just picked those rocks up with the bucket and thumb they had on that machine!! 4 times faster and no body has to be around those huge rocks!! Would it may have put scratch marks on the rocks, yes possibly but those will buff out and plus it takes half the time and time is money!

[@moavic5087]

That’s not how it works.... just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

[@moavic5087]

They’re trying to preserve the way the rock was set and also not destroy any of the under rubber layer.

[@markmorgan5892]

Moa Vic yeah but a good operator could pic that rock and set it back Exactly where it was picked from and not harm a single thing. But there are also prob 3-4 other ways that u could do it. I just seen that machine had a thumb on it. Absolutely love the work these guys do though!!!

[@edbeaulieu5916]

Mark Morgan The thumb is an incredible tool!!! We use it all the time but for specific rock placement nothing beats a strap. I’ve had thumbs fail and rocks fall out of the jaws which is not a good situation...... We definitely use both and a great observation on your part. Thanks for your support!

[@markmorgan5892]

Ed Beaulieu your welcome, and yeah I agree with you there, sometimes they do give out. My dad owns a demolition company and so I’ve been using thumbs on machines for 15 years or more and yeah there isn’t nothing like holding a 7,000lb piece of concrete and the hose break or something like that and it drops out of the thumb and bucket! Also just wanted to tell you guys that my favorite one I’ve seen so far is the one you guys did down in Columbia I think it was, for that big mall down there. UNREAL man, LOVED IT!!!!

[@RM-rc1wr]

Ed, you're French background. Your name is pronounced "Bow-lee-o". Sounds better than "Buh-loo", just saying. Good video. 👍

[@red9942]

Yeaa everything you did is wrong. We used your video in our rigging class as an example of what not to do.

[@jeffk464]

How to move large boulders $$$$$$$$$$

[@stevealexander6397]

The music is quite annoying.

[@michaelpearson4896]

Why are you playing crappy looney tunes music noise over your voice ?. Just don't do that please. Completely unnecessary and spoils the demonstration.

[@smithereens11]

wear a helmet please.