Awesome video. AND convinced me if i am ever in this situation I will simply change project location. Tremendous amount of work on that boulder!

@javariairshad3599

2 жыл бұрын

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There were not enough explosives in this video for my taste.

@Chuck59ish

9 жыл бұрын

Not for me either, but usually the towns and the US Army get pissed off when you use over 10 lb of C4.

@Maxid1

9 жыл бұрын

Charles Damery Why not thermite? just melt that bad boy out of there...

@Maxid1

8 жыл бұрын

Quentin F Thermite reaches 4,000 degrees. Volcanos are around 2000 degrees and melt everything but metamorphic rock which is crystalized by extreme heat. Thermite will indeed melt sedimentary rock and igneous rock..

@17hmr243

7 жыл бұрын

Quentin F lpg weed burner cold water would fracture it in to little shards - chips

@Blox117

6 жыл бұрын

why didnt they just tie the bolder to a car and pulled it out lol

Go get the bah from tha cah so we can split this rock ovah heeyah. That Boston accent....

@RockRocky09

6 жыл бұрын

I thought they had a speech impediment.. lmao glad you told me

@zebmccollum

6 жыл бұрын

Oh no, my khakis got stained, and my car keys got busted up.

@YoungerPrice

6 жыл бұрын

go get the bah from the cah then ill rip ya round tha yad

@boeier6135

6 жыл бұрын

A Boston accent IS a speech impediment.

@rustyshackleford2185

6 жыл бұрын

Talonious X lmfao i was thinking the same thing ....his accent is as thick as chowdah

Did anybody notice at the end when they declared "The rock's gone!!!!" , did you happen to notice that the rock wasn't gone? It takes a keen eye, but if you look closely, you can see that that BIG boulder is still there and all they removed was the tip. And using a little verbal queue's they led their audience to think the rock was gone, when it wasn't. Very good programming.

@cameronellis7210

6 жыл бұрын

TollfreeNumber.ORG damn you got a good eye I didn’t notice It doubt they did either

@xXabdal30Xx

6 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there 😏.

@Dennis-gc9je

6 жыл бұрын

Dang it took me three times to even notice that boulder !! wow 😮

@jpatrick1967

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, junior...if you watched the entire episode from the beginning, they only need to removed the portion that was exposed because it was blocking the area where they were trying to do construction. But nice little story you told anyway....next time get your facts straight.

@rustyshackleford2185

6 жыл бұрын

jpatrick1967 what facts dipshit this video said they were gonna remove a boulder and they stated rocks gone ... whats wrong with calling out the obvious..maybe then they should rename it how to take off the tip of a boulder..

Finally! A video on removing a rock from the landscape! My entire yard has one big rock under it and it is poking through the ground. I want to bring the rock down and plant more grass. This gives me a starting point. Thank you

@javariairshad3599

2 жыл бұрын

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Rock is not gone silly

@smithnameman5588

6 жыл бұрын

He does more damage to the spoken English language than the boulder. "R"! IT'S A LETTER! SAY IT, MUSHMOUTH!

@fernandosalazar730

5 жыл бұрын

@@smithnameman5588 you're probably not familiar with a Boston accent lol

@PastorGooch

5 жыл бұрын

LMAO

It's ok Rocky. You can move when you want.

Personally, I would've rented a bobcat, dug it up and re-purposed it as landscape material, maybe put it in the center of a garden bed with flowers surrounding it.

@thommytwotoestimesthree847

6 жыл бұрын

kman 4443. It's kinda heavy and there may not of been a location for the piece. Bobcats tear up yaads,also.

@chudgo081793

6 жыл бұрын

No. Get a wheel machine, not the track. You can also put plywood in your yard for the machine. also, i had seen bobcats taking even bigger rocks than the one of the video.

@patty109109

5 жыл бұрын

kman 4443 not sure a bobcat would have done it that thing was low and very large

@Overfl00d

5 жыл бұрын

@@patty109109Skit steer, no. Probably a mini excavator.

No respiratory protection? I do love the sound of respiratory irritation and silicosis in the morning.

@robertkelly9772

6 жыл бұрын

....especially as I'm feeling the night stand for my cigarettes.

@AStanton1966

5 жыл бұрын

Darth Vader.

Back in my day, to break rocks, we used our fists.

@sadladcinn

6 жыл бұрын

Back in your day your fists got broken

@ygk1994

6 жыл бұрын

back in my day, to break our fists, we used rocks

@alicia4558

6 жыл бұрын

Wreck-it-Ralph, is that you?

@jasonhouchins

5 жыл бұрын

Chuck Norris approves.

@Axxetto

5 жыл бұрын

We used to use c3

This guy loves his feathers and wedges

Why did you need to split it three different times and the last set of wedges were a bit over the top the first set were plenty man enough if they were put in the right place

@michaelovitch

6 жыл бұрын

More drama/demonstration...

@ArqitectTV

6 жыл бұрын

Weight reduction. Personally I would have just rented a backhoe or something of that effect.

@johnwayne3085

5 жыл бұрын

Andy ball exactly. Makes for better TV I guess.

@wtfu812omg

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed no need to rent all that heavy equipment but I’m pretty sure that’s part of the advertising the show has to do with certain tools like the air compressor or drill but I’m doing this in yard with just a hammer drill 3 feather and wedges a sledge hammer and pry bar. Yes it’s the slow method but it’s just to remove certain parts of big boulders sticking out in my yard that are way too big n deep to try and fully move. Basically reducing them enough so they are no longer tripping hazards and out of the way

"Alright, the rocks gone!"....lol, yeah right.

@michaelesposito2629

4 жыл бұрын

I’m their defense, 3 years later, they probably needed clearance for something lol

"We got a good crack, right there" lol

@thommytwotoestimesthree847

6 жыл бұрын

Cliff Carlo. Giggity!

Come to southern Wisconsin and try that on the one of a trillion blue granite boulders twice that size here. My technique has always been to just dig a deeper hole next to it and push it in and bury it. Not much else you can do.

@javariairshad3599

2 жыл бұрын

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That's great, wonderful!

Seeing comments about Rogers accent always makes me laugh because he talks normal to me then again I'm from Boston

@advancekashmir9846

3 жыл бұрын

Say car and parked! 🙃

Good video. The guy at the tool rental store suggested I try this approach rather than my original plan to use a hammer drill with a 1 ½" bit and Dexpan. This worked good on my concrete steps but he thought it would take a lot longer on the harder rock and could potentially ruin the $180 bit and drill.

@darrinmc

9 ай бұрын

I broke up a granite boulder much larger than this one using Dexpan and it worked great. To save time I drilled 1-1/4" holes using a rented SDS-Max rotary hammer. Took about 20 minutes per hole. I got the bit off amazon for $65. To get rid of all the granite pieces I put an ad on craigslist and several people picked it up for free.

Looks like fun !!!

Fill it with TNT...

@AK-47ISTHEWAY

3 жыл бұрын

Not next to a bunch of residential houses.

@christophersmallwood3944

3 жыл бұрын

Yea I wamt to see Roger go to his local garden center for some TNT.lol

Father dug out his own basement under the house in the 1930's. He had no practical way to remove a huge boulder he encountered. So he dug a deep pit directly under where a load bearing support was needed in the middle of the room. It took a lot of work to move the boulder into the pit to use it as a support footing. It stuck out of the pit too far and had to be broken down by hand. He finally gave up and poured the floor over the top of the boulder. the floor now had a high spot directly under where the pole was placed. All of this was done with just friends and little money.....The old school way.

Some Rock solid advice

Cool! I have a few large boulders I would like to get rid of.

I Love This Old House

i would have rented an excavator for the same price and have me a nice decorative boulder for my 'gahden'

@marvinmarvin6672

5 жыл бұрын

Same price as what

@michaelesposito2629

4 жыл бұрын

Marvin Marvin as all the equipment rental, and time?

@stevenmarsden2257

3 жыл бұрын

@@marvinmarvin6672 cost of renting a diesel air compressor, jack hammer, and rock drill?

I just don't see how this much time and effort is worth it over hiring a backhoe to show up for ten minutes and just dig it out.

@Chuck59ish

9 жыл бұрын

It 's a rock ledge, it runs out under the street.

@vlogerhood

9 жыл бұрын

If that is the case, why does the title of this video use the word "boulder"?

@liskaerik

6 жыл бұрын

To add on to Charles' comment.... In the full episode they mentioned that the rock ledge was really close to the natural gas main for the the house.

@fieldy409

6 жыл бұрын

Do we have to worry about damaging the house when its that close? Otherwise you could just drop some weak explosive in it.

We live along the columbia river gorge. We have alot of large rocks in the yard and my friend has bolders in his yard and basement. Back whne the Missoula glacier melted thousands of years ago rocks the size of volkswagens tore through the gorge like pebbles

After all these years, I thought that I'm the only guy in the world that runs into this type of stuff when I'm digging?

@javariairshad3599

2 жыл бұрын

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That's a nice Boulder

Now imagine you are Gutzon Borglum suspended hundreds of feet in the air doing this for a couple decades to shape Mt Rushmore. Art appreciation!

The landscaping guy is the "Fredo" of This Old House

why dont you use dynimite

In other words, hire someone/company that has the equipment!

Take a shot every time he says "feathers and a wedge"

That's a lot of nice looking stone.

Rock: am I a joke to you

What about the pioneer's ?

I need to go to Bahston to get a hamah and a bah.

A sierra blaster have it done in 1/2 hour

How i find these steel things you put in the holes ? I have a huge rock in my yard 3feet tall

@bushna2007

7 жыл бұрын

kx1988 order them online

@raulruiz1922

7 жыл бұрын

kiriakos1988 just use a mini ex and take it out

No need to mess around with those wedges. Just hire out a hydraulic breaker

Am i the only one who hears Elmer Fudd every time this dude is saying "Wedges and feathers" ?

Aye it's me, Mr construction guy. Imma hit this rock with a hamma

Yeah! I have all those things just lying around the house.

Masonry* as opposed to masonary

For the price of that diesel compressor and all the tools you can rent an excavator with a grapple for cheaper and faster

Now that was some information I can use thank you ...

Wait a minute, wait a minute....get me the BAAAH

We just make a good fire on the rock, and when it is utterly hot we pour cold water on it. That's pretty enough to get it entirely cracked.

@gaminggamest5837

6 жыл бұрын

Lula França use a pickaxes and throw it off the roof lol

“When life puts you in touchy situations, don’t say “Why Me?” Just say “Try Me.”” - The Rock

that was a bit overkill for such a small rock

In those tough guy movies they sometimes say "you ain't got the stones..." show them that rock

why didn't they just use a jackhammer in the first place.

@lexluther8370

7 жыл бұрын

+ chris firpo - it's an instructional TV show. They show different ways to accomplish the same task since not everyone has the same budget.

@dennis12879

7 жыл бұрын

maybe to show the people that dont have access to a jack hammer

@dennis12879

7 жыл бұрын

lex luther lol rote my comment then see u rote more or less the same thing oh and i preffer clark

@Chainspike101

5 жыл бұрын

I think to show you how to do it if you don't have the 10,000$ jack hammer and 20,000 diesel powered air compressor

Can you list all the tools you used?

C4.. instant Boulder removal!

Expanding clay method is probably easier and more efficient but not as fun. ;)

If i am renting that compressor and jack hamer why would i use feathers and wedges?

very cool, but they poorly edited the footage of the woman running the jackhammer. We should have seen a really good slo-mo view of that

Silica. Enough said

hamma

Haha i have had bigger boulders than that and me and my dad have just broke them up with hammers, coal chisels, sledges and pry bars :D

@thommytwotoestimesthree847

6 жыл бұрын

SgtAMYNTAS. We all aren't that lucky to have sandstone where we live.

@jackgray3267

6 жыл бұрын

Aren't they called 'cold' chisels?

@jesseschoenfelder6455

6 жыл бұрын

Slow clap

@MoSportsUSA

6 жыл бұрын

....in a year.

Rent a backhoe or bobcat from home depot $250 a day and use a chain or strap to move it once youve dug around it

I wouldve just used a skid Steer.. works everytime

dynamite spirngs to mind, also wouldent it of been much cheaper, couldent you of used a truck and a strap round the rock, use a pressure washer to under mine it and pull?

Where are those large feathers and wedges sold?

Did sat Hammer oh hamma ??

If only the pyramid building slaves in Giza has access to these diesel powered compressed air driven tools. The pyramids would have been twice as big.

Well we finally found out what Mahk does when he’s not making Chevy Commercials

@michaelesposito2629

4 жыл бұрын

Oh god lol

Jack hammer?

He makes it seam like the first set of feather and wedges wouldnt have split that sized boulder. But, I've seen 3rd world videos of people people splitting car sized boulders with hand driven feathers and wedges.

Anyone know what happened to his finger?

BRO I'LL SPILT THAT STONE WITH SPIT!!! ⛏

we'll get a baar!

Homeowner: "Hey Roger, what are those wedges made of?" Roger: "Well, haha... been ah dahh finna wa, is canna binna mah. Simma mah fingah?"

Would probably use firecrackers to blow cracks in the stones after making holes

I would rented a chain lift and heavy steel lift frame and lifted it out in two pieces

No masks or eye protection...seriously?

@garrettmesser3977

6 жыл бұрын

Aloha Miller he had the eye protection on top of his head

@chadbrennan8771

6 жыл бұрын

Who gives a crap about that stuff you pansy

@anthonyjh02

6 жыл бұрын

CHADE Who cares? The people who care will still have their eyes when they're older.

@SvartWinterr

6 жыл бұрын

That's the Merican way!

@danietkissenle

6 жыл бұрын

safty kills

Just put a *baaah* in *heeyah*

hmm, a diesel powered ear compressor??

@Engineer9736

6 жыл бұрын

Calle 'Regino' Esping ear or air compressor?

@callee85

6 жыл бұрын

Richard van Pukkem haha :)

We’re gonna break this rock into lots of tiny pieces and get no where

"Boy, if i were back on the chain gang...we'd shoa 'em."

Still rock left needed to dig sole away then get rid of the rock

wtf, I feel like I watched a this old house parody.

masonry, not masonary.

How to talk three days to dig out a rock should be the name of this

Me: """see's boulder""" Boulder: haha muda fuka Me: *get the explosives*

Feathers & Wedges sounds like a indie folk-rock band name

Takes one inch oh wow

I had to remove a boulder in my front yard. I rented an electric jack hammer and turned the boulder into rocks. No drill, no wedges just chip away.

I hate when I can't find my baaaaaa

@robertkelly9772

6 жыл бұрын

It's not baaaaaa! It's baaah! What do you think Roger is.....a sheep?

Where is the rock come from?

@thommytwotoestimesthree847

6 жыл бұрын

You should ask God that one.

@michaelesposito2629

4 жыл бұрын

Space

There is a way to do everything

Dynamite

go get dah bah

@nufcedkidyup8627

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

They just needed to use an efficiency V diamond pick axe and the rock would be busted in no time

Next week, Roger shows homeowners how to keep pesky water from flooding a mineshaft.

Thick New England Accent!

Tony this you?

I called my ex-wife and told her I found gold in the backyard but it's under a rock. She had it out in under a hour, but boy was she...next I'm going to say there's diamonds.

Wasted a very nice landscape boulder. Wasted time and energy too. With just that jackhammer alone I could have had that rock busted up in less time than it took to drill those holes. Or I would have used a circular saw to cut across it using a diamond blade a couple times, then bust it off with the bar. Lastly, use water when drilling. The dust is harmful to the lungs and saves wear on the bits.

@RyanLeeWaldron

6 жыл бұрын

That boulder would have cost THOUSANDS of dollars down here. Seeing it get destroyed is killing me.

@68camarorsss33

6 жыл бұрын

Ryan Lee Waldron come to my construction yard I literally have 750,000+ rocks just like that I crush on a weekly basis

@fieldy409

6 жыл бұрын

Not worth anything if you can't move it, store it and sell it. The first two are hard because its bloody heavy and I don't have any contacts to sell it. So a guy like you might be able to make money off that rock but how would a layman?

@rydillo

6 жыл бұрын

where are you from because id be a millionaire if i could sell boulders like that for thousands...

@chudgo081793

6 жыл бұрын

Why not just rent a bobcat and take the rock out?