My neighbour told me "I wasn't fit" when I told him I'd only gone in a foot deep in stone. Thanks for sharing I feel your pain... now back to digging the mother of all post holes..

Good sir, I think you're awesome, funny, helpful, and an all-around good guy. God bless you. Doug in MA.

@violetfrank581

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent comment. Regards Frank in Australia

My son has to put some post in a mountainside for an Eagle Scout project. This is EXACTLY what he needs to see because the mountain is just rock. Thank you so much as this is going to be extremely helpful for him!

@KevinKalden

6 жыл бұрын

Nativtexan2 thank for watching. I had fun making the video.

you're the only person i've ever seen on youtube who has more difficult digging than my soil. Bless you sir.

@KevinKalden

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. i hope you don't have to dig any holes.

@kitsurubami

6 жыл бұрын

15 post holes, but i'll survive. Hit my main water line to the house today, haha. Thank you too.

@benjamingoulet8059

5 жыл бұрын

I’ll be digging some holes soon

I'm doing a similar thing in hard caliche. My neighbor loaned me his jackhammer but it was easier with a rotohammer. I used a 3/8 x 18" bit to bore holes then a chisel bit to break them up then a shop vac like a previous commenter mentioned to suck up the soil. Worked great.

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. I love my rotary hammer. Please subscribe to my channel.

This is what I'm dealing with on my property, I feel your pain. Got 14 more post to go

Good idea. Never thought of doing it that way. Thanks for sharing. Jay

That is HARD work right there, good on you for taking it on. I only have 23 More posts to do on my property, good luck with yours!

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck with yours. I hope you subscribe to my channel

You remind me of John Goodman. You are a top person

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Funny you should say that. Back in 1994 when the movie The Flintstones was out my sister made doll of me using a Fred Flintstone doll. Guess who stared as Fred Flintstone?

This stuff is tough work. I had to drill through rock just to do my septic. It looks like I will be drilling more for my fence posts. Lol. Great video sir!

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

I hope it helped you out. Please consider subscribing to my channel.

This looks awesome. We have many miles of fencing to maintain and had been using an large auger mounted on the back of the tractor but that gets stuck and breaks the pins all the time because it's so thick. This looks like it works much better and no where near the headache of pulling auger bits out of the ground when they get stuck. Ours is this from an ancient layer of magma from a long extinct volcano my neighbor who is into that kind of stuff tells me. Makes sense, lol.

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

It worked or me. Still labor intensive. Try renting a skid steer with a rock auger. I also think they have one that vibrates as it rotates. Thanks for watching. Please subscribe to my channel.

Awesome post, thank you!!!

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply. I hope that you subscribe to my channel.

It's a good idea to wear both hearing and eyesight protection. Hope your entire project was successful and that you're receiving "attention" from your wife again.

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and I hope you subscribe to my channel and give it a thumbs up

great video, skill learned! Thanks!

@KevinKalden

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and I hope you subscribe to my channel.

Your working like a young fella

You will think Im crazy until you try it. But go buy a big cheap shop vac from walmart with the larger hose (1 1/2 ) I think. I paid like $50. Since you have electricity. Use it to keep all the dirt , dust, and rock chips out of the way. Its so much easier than getting down and digging it out. And the work goes much faster when you can see where you need to drill or chip.

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

That’s is a good idea. I will try it next time. Thanks for watching. I hope you subscribe to my channel and share the video.

I've been using hole spray in the 40oz can. Just spray it where you want the hole.

@KevinKalden

Жыл бұрын

Cool. I am going to experiment with expanding concrete on a few big rocks on my ranch

I use a massive shopvac and the dust/dirt/rock chips it removes makes the job go WAY faster, This way I do not need to pulverize the rocks to dust before I make more progress

Hi kev from Australia

@KevinKalden

5 жыл бұрын

hey back from Texas

get a 2inch or 3inch wide chisel for the drill to break between the holes.it doesnt go down the holes like the small chisel.ive formed a lot of big holes in concrete walls by stitch drilling then chiseling.thats hard work with a crowbar.

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Good idea. I will do that. I hope you consider subscribing to my channel. Thanks.

I hope you are still kicking a got those hands back in shape lol. Happy wife, happy Aimless.

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

Still kicking. Thanks for watching. I hope you subscribe to my channel and give it a thumbs up.

Buy you a 2 cycle gas powered post driver on Amazon for about $350. Put you a 7/8 inch drill bit on that bad boy and drill you one 7/8 inch hole for each post. If you are setting in wood posts than do this. With the post driver, drive in a pointed 1 inch length of bar stock in that 7/8 hole till you hit bottom. Make sure you have as much length of bar stock above ground as the longest wood drill bit you can find. Say one foot or so. Drill a one inch hole one foot or so in your fence post from the bottom up. Set that post on your bar stock that’s anchored in the rock and you are done. You may want to use glue or duct tape your rod just to make it a tight fit. If you are using steel pipe and can weld, it’s even easier. Cut your steel pipe the exact length you want above the ground. Cut two steel circles with one inch holes in the centers. One circle can be the roughly the diameter of the outside pipe diameter. A little big or small doesn’t matter. The other circle needs to be slightly smaller so it can fit inside the pipe. Take the length of one inch bar stock you will drive in the ground and weld the smaller diameter disc on the end of it. About a foot down from that, slide the other disc on and weld that. Shove the bar with the two discs into the bottom of your pipe till the bigger disc butts against the bottom of your pipe and weld that sucker down. The goal is to have a steel pipe with a foot of one inch bar stock sticking out of the bottom. The two steel discs a foot apart, one being up inside the post, will ensure the bar stock won’t move around inside your steel post. After that, same thing. Take your gas post driver and drive that sucker in the ground. I did that at my sisters place and it worked like a champ. Her ground is more limestone and not solid rock so I hit soil spots here and there. So I just drive the bar stock in about 4 feet down but I still do a pilot hole first to get me started in the right direction. I hope this helps if I’m not too late.

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

I cemented 2 7/8 pipe into the holes I dug. Pipe cemented into rock ain’t going anywhere. As For T post the 1 3/8 bit I was using allows the T post to drives in tight. Thanks for watching. Please consider subscribing to my channel.

@survivalguyfyi5718

3 жыл бұрын

I just subscribed. If anything, your stamina is inspiring.

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

Perty good for a fat guy.

@SiriusSolar

2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinKalden I put a core bit on the same drill you were using. I could only drill 3 inches at a time and then pop out the core and do another 3 inches. then poured anchoring cement down and slid in the metal pole.

@KevinKalden

2 жыл бұрын

@@SiriusSolar interesting way of doing it.

+1 for calluses, got to keep the significant other happy

@KevinKalden

6 жыл бұрын

I married to a hard ass. Lol

You should get an endoscope and check out what's in the cavern!

looks like junior samples.

Some of the cap rock here is like that. I use a jackhammer and a skid steer rock auger.

@KevinKalden

5 жыл бұрын

we rented a jackhammer but did not have as good of luck as the rotary hammer. Son has a rock drill and it is handy when I can get it over here.

That is a lot of work for a post

This methodology is fine if you're doing a few holes- it's the way I do it. But... 1600 feet (200'ish holes) in that soil/rock? No thanks. Rock auger is the better choice. Expensive... yes, but if this is a paying job your labor charges would be astronomical to do it using a concrete bit not to mention the length of time to complete the job.

@KevinKalden

5 жыл бұрын

Now what fun would that be.

bosch makes a great hammer drill

@KevinKalden

2 жыл бұрын

I bet they do. My Milwaukee has done me good also. I hope you subscribe to my channel and give it a thumbs up

"i dont think its working....im going back to the bar"

@4BoltClevo

4 жыл бұрын

yeah! I think I'd stay at the bar if I had ground like that. Either that or do a Chuckie2009 and fabricate a diamond tipped auger to bolt to my tractor

you sir are my god - Have being trying to get through these fucking shield of rocks.. Though I can't see the rocks as I have constant water pouring in

I'm thinking rock jacks are looking more inviting...

You could have tried to dig around it, may be the rock is not too big and you could have removed it completely.... I have done it on many of my post holes...

@KevinKalden

5 жыл бұрын

Are you familiar with cap rock? Just about the entire top of the hill is rock. Where the soil has washed away it looks like a slab of concrete.

I live in Canada & building codes in my locale require 4 foot depth post holes for backyard deck. Very much struggling with a huge bolder I hit at 30". Same as you I'll need to hammer drill and chisel. Wheres the dynamite?

@DisabilityPCTech

5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't help that I've got heart disease too!

@KevinKalden

5 жыл бұрын

4 feet? Thank god I live in texas. The only thing the government regulates out side of the city limit is septics. Be careful and don’t kill yourself over a hole.

@johangervais1288

5 жыл бұрын

@@KevinKalden I thought that looked like Texas Hill Country. About how far from Wimberley?

Is there a machine that can do this faster? Like an attachment for a mini excavator or Bobcat?

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Rent a Bobcat with a rock auger. They even make them that vibrate to drill faster. I hope you liked my video. Please consider subscribing to my channel and sharing the video.

I'm trying to get a few footers in but my ground is solid rock and in level.

@josephpantalion8904

4 жыл бұрын

Unlevel

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Pantalion try a jack hammer. The good thing, building on rock is stable. I hope you subscribe to my channel. Thanks.

What a character! The only thing funny about post holes in rock is this video

@KevinKalden

5 жыл бұрын

hum

Wondering if you are done with this project yet? I figured its a few years project

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

Finished it the next day....yea right. I took a couple more weeks but it is done. Thanks for watching.

That’s fucked how hard that Rock is dig the top soil of weld big plate to steel post and four anchors straight into it

are you using electric or air

@KevinKalden

2 жыл бұрын

I am using electric. Thanks for watching the video and I hope you subscribe to my channel

This started as a KZread instructional video and wound up being art.

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure if that was good or bad. Thanks for watching.

@paddy6358

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. Very auteur.

What’s that thing called

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

What thing? Thanks for watching the video and I hope you subscribe to my channel and give it a thumbs up

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a Milwaukee rotary hammer and it’s a 1 3/8 bit..

I belive in future we have help with a liquid chemical product

@KevinKalden

2 жыл бұрын

I know there is a cement that will expand and bust up rocks. I hope you subscribe to my channel.

Dynamite might work faster.

@diachilders3271

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Cause that makes alot of sense and is readily available.

Scrape top soil off dyna bolt plate then plum post weld that shit I’m a fitter welder buy trade do that my friend

Big plate on steel post dyna bolt that shit

I'm in the Texas Hill Country, you know, the place where rocks come from. It's about 2" - 3" of cliche soil on top of solid rock. I had to hire a guy with a big tractor and a rock drill to install t-posts for an enclosure for the dogs. Very expensive little job. The holes cost about twice as much as the T-posts and the cattle panels!

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

I am in Stephenville Texas knowns as the top of the hill country. Thanks for watching. Please consider subscribing to my channel and sharing my video.

@troyharrell622

4 жыл бұрын

I'm screwed in Hamilton county and want to set a 20 ft post for netted bird avary.

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Troy Harrell I am not too far from you.

John Wayne digging a post ?

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Boy that is stretching things. Maybe Junior Samples. Lol. I hope you enjoyed the video, please subscribe to my channel.

And here I am bitching and moaning about having to sink a single post for a mailbox, in fairly clear (if frozen) soil. Think I need to turn in my 'man card'. LOL

@sloan1919

5 жыл бұрын

John Jones you never had one if you complain about a mailbox post

That is the worst I seen for rock for fencing

Jack hammer

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

Bit likes to get stuck. Thanks for watching. Please consider subscribing to my channel.

Allahu rock bar

Move over 2 feet...

@KevinKalden

4 жыл бұрын

What direction?

Fu#/ that

damned ads,,,,

@KevinKalden

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. They put in more adds and I make less money. If I was a smart businessman I would realize that $10 per year for a video it took 20 hours to produce is not profitable but hey I like making videos. Did they play the add of the girl claiming a little square fan was an air conditioner? If I had my say they would not let snake oil salesmen advertise on my channel. Thanks for watching the video and I hope you subscribe to my channel and give it a thumbs up.