Wrecking Ball VS concrete swimming pool

I got stung in the ear the other day. >> Oh yeah, >> there's was neess everywhere in here. There >> there's one right there. Just >> I get Yeah, I get the buzz. [Music] Good morning, one and all. We got a brand new project started and a brand new piece of equipment. Look what Timmy bought without me knowing. >> It's my birthday, man. I wanted to splurge on something. >> How much was it? Uh the rental. >> Yeah. How much was it? >> Uh I think uh it's like 27. >> 27 or a day? >> No, for the week. >> For the week. >> I think that's what Alex is the one that called it. So >> So yeah, we didn't we didn't buy it. We're >> take that. Man, that's nice. It's got uh push button start, >> automatic locks. >> What uh >> on a key fob? >> What's the weight on it? Do you know? >> 32,000, I think. >> 32,000. So it's a little bigger than the ones we used to to run pretty much. >> Yeah. How big were that? Those are the 160s. >> Yeah, the Cabelco 160s is what we ran. I think we had five total at one point, but not maybe not all at the same time. None of them had a pushb blade, though. I think the pushb blade is the extra weight >> cuz the machine doesn't look bigger than a Cabelco 160. >> Not much. >> No, it's And if it weighs 32,000, I know we didn't we weren't pushing 32,000 with those Cabelos. I think we were in the 27,000 lb category. The yada yada yada. Oh, and it's this one's got a thumb, too. Ours had a static thumb. This one's got a hydraulic thumb. >> We need a thumb for what we're doing. >> Yeah. What are we doing? >> It's brand spanking new, too. So, >> you want to show me what we're doing? >> Sure. >> That's a nice oak tree. >> Yeah. I'm going to try to pull some of the limbs back. I got I want to hang as close to that as possible. >> Hang as close to the tree as possible. >> Yeah. I don't want to get near the house and then uh >> Problem is this tree is not going to make it. Don't care what anybody says. cuz I don't care what you do. >> Well, I mean, if I stay like 5 ft off of it, >> you compact around those oak trees and they're they're going to have to do some arration, too. >> Look at that nice little nest. >> It's got to be a big one in there. >> Holy holy crap balls. Hey, Timmy, can you come in here and get this camera closer for me? >> I got stung in the ear the other day by reaching. I grabbed some pool hose out of this little shed and I it just wham hit me in the back of the head in the ear. Like, you know, you take off running cuz you don't know what's happening to you, you know. Then I get in there. Yeah. My my ear was like 6 in away from the the beehive right there. >> Did you hear Did you ever hear about the time I got stung in the face? What happened to grandma because of it? All right. So, I was weed whipping and a wasp stung me right in the lip when I'm allergic. So, my lip blew up like a caveman and my wife wasn't home. So she calls her mom in my mother-in-law who's 86 years old and she comes over said, "You you need a shot of epinephrine cuz I was just blowing up and I'm not going to the doctor." So she's trying to do it and she shoots herself in the finger with epinephrine, which is what isn't that >> that's just adrenaline? >> I think it is. >> I don't know. I've never been. >> Oh my. So I ended up taking her to the hospital. >> I did. I took her. Did they give you a shot when you got there? >> No. >> No. >> Calm down. >> I don't know what happened after that. What do we got going on here? >> Um, this concrete pool's coming out. >> Concrete. Concrete is a big difference from concrete to vinyl. Vinyl is beginner level. >> Concrete is advanced level cuz they're built like a bomb shelter. >> Yeah. We'll see how this one goes. Cuz the sheds stay in that retaining wall. That's the deep end. So, >> have to try to >> smash out the bottom half as best we can and start building it up with dirt, you know, and hopefully the sides stay and see if there's sand in here or clay. We don't know yet. >> Are you going to try to keep that side vertical wall underground >> as much? Well, as we're as we're busting out, start with the bottom and then start bringing in dirt and >> Oh, so you're going to bust out as you go up. >> Try to, but it's concrete, so they don't really work so hot that way. If it was a regular vinyl line, that wouldn't be a problem, but this is a little sketchier. I mean, not like the wall is good shape, you know, that thing. >> What wall you talking? You talking about >> Yeah, the retaining wall. >> Whoever Whoever uh amateur hackower decided to build this wall. >> Yeah, you don't stack them vertical like that. I guess you could. >> I mean, you don't. >> That's why >> you don't do it. This is what you don't do on a retaining wall. This is like like the prime example of how not to build a retaining wall. >> Yep. So, they're falling over, but we're going to and >> and we're going to try to save >> Not only Well, going do the best we can. But, not only did they build it like that, they they put it right on top of the concrete. That's their base. >> So, there's nothing to tow it in. >> Nothing towing it in. You can see the dirt just melting through the bottom. But, yeah. So anyhoo, we're going to try saw cutting along here and give them a strip in front of the wall. >> Why are we even trying to save a wall that's already failed? >> I mean, it's already doing something here. And I guess >> Yeah, but once you grade, you could just just grade with >> could they're keeping the shed, though, so that might change the grade around there. >> Oh, there's there is zero chance that I would try to save that wall. This is a great I would just take that out. I I mean, if it was me, I would just say, "Look, guys, we're going to take the wall out cuz the grade is already lower than the backside of the wall." So, by the time you take that out, everything is going to flesh straight out versus saw cutting. >> The problem is there's a need for it in there with the back of their house. >> Well, that one, but I'm talking about over here, >> like the end of it. Yeah. >> Yeah, it is what it is. Is there a What is going on below? >> I don't know. Let's go take a look. Oh jeez, there's another wasp nest. in in here. You got to take this out, don't you? >> Yep. >> Oh, great. That's why they were buzzing me. >> Oh, yeah. There's wasp nests everywhere in here. Oh, man. Oh, that's nice. It's always nice to poke the beehive, right? >> I poked him with the C. Oh, crap. They're following. Look at that. They can't. They came out searching. Oh, there's like five of them right there. I have not seen this many wasp, nest, and horse. Did you ask these guys to spray before you came? >> I just talked to Molly. I didn't I didn't notice those till today. And Alex, he's allergic, too. So, yeah. No, no. Good question. Looks like there's a fence. Make sure there's no I'm looking now. I'm looking for bees and I'm seeing every little thing. >> Everything's a bee. >> Everything is a bee. All right. Nope. Nothing. >> No. I don't see it. >> Nope. Just a There's nothing there, Timmy. >> Just something. >> Where's your uh >> Where's your magic rock? >> John's picking one up. >> He's buying one. >> Yeah, buying one. He's You're allowing him to buy one for you. John the truck driver is buying you your magic rock. >> I'm not there. I'm out here. So Timmy is very, very picky about his demolition boulder. So to bust up these things, we simply just grab a giant boulder. And he always wants it to be a certain shape and a certain size. And then he drops it. And he the reason why he wants it a certain shape and a certain size because if it he likes to have them I think with at least one slight peak on them so that you can grab it >> and kind of use that to first spider web it and then you like to manipulate it. So then you can get a mass better area so that you can use it in different ways. >> It works. And they got a wrecking ball down there too. So I'm like well if they'll let us rent that or use it cuz I never we never bought a wrecking ball. We should though kind of >> Yeah. We got nature's wrecking. >> We got nature's. But we'll see. >> Freaking they don't have that available. We'll just get a boulder and Yeah. >> Good. If they got a little point on them, something to >> something to work off with. >> Yep. All right. Well, cross your fingers none of you guys get stung, especially Alex. >> Yeah. Know there's one in there. >> There's one right there. Just >> Hey, did you see all the wasp nest? >> Yeah. Did you see all of them? >> I just seen the one. >> Not there's that one in the corner is a big one. >> Yep. >> And then there's another one in the heater. In the water heater in the back. Is that Hey, is that our job right there? >> Yeah, that's another pool demo. >> Oh, >> yeah. Yeah. I got these two right right next door. They signed up together. >> Side by each. >> Yeah. I gave them a bit of a discount. They both signed. So, >> oh, there you go. >> All right. Yeah, inside the pool heater is another one. >> Yep. Don't go grabbing that. >> No, >> that's a huge nest. >> Yeah, with they're covering the softer like that, >> dude. When they when they come out and cover like that, >> that's awesome. >> Johnny, what's up, Johnny? >> What's up, Staniel? >> No, no hugs. >> I like the Amish look, brother. >> I like the chin chin strap. >> I'm getting rid of Yeah, you got the chin strap. I'm getting rid of mine. So, you you got the wrecking ball. >> Oh, it's right back there. It's a big big one. >> That's a good one. >> Is it an is it an actual wrecking ball or did you buy a boulder for >> loop on it anymore? But it's it's it's it's intimidating. >> Oh, yeah. They let you borrow it, huh? >> Oh, yeah. >> A case of beer. >> Oh, yeah. >> For a case of beer. >> Case of beer. >> Good. Good to have friends. Well, we've been doing it a long while and we've always tried treat people pretty decent. So, yeah. That's awesome. All right, I'm going to pull I just let me get my stuff loaded up and then we'll get out of here. I don't know if this video is going to come out in time, but we also got the next giveaway coming out. We're getting ready for that one, which honestly I think is going to blow this giveaway out of the water and this giveaway is the best giveaway we've ever done. >> Yep. >> Go check out the Dirt Monkey Shop right now. I don't care what time of the year you're seeing it. dirt monkeyshop.com. We probably got something really cool going even if it's a year later cuz this has been our life mission for a long time and we got the whole team here. So, >> Dirt Monkey Shop is great. >> What do you say? >> Dirt Monkey Shop is great. >> You got some good shirts off, but Heat. Heat. N. [Applause] [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] How much you think this ball weighs, man? weighs a lot because when he put it in the back of the truck, I felt it go down. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. [Music] Uh-oh. I turn around and there's like two of them flying right at you. >> Red makes them mad. I don't know. There's no truth to it. >> Red makes them mad. >> Go after red more. >> Come out of there. That's got a big >> Who's running this one? >> I am. >> Oh, you're doing this one. >> Yeah, I'll be out here. Alex got a got other stuff to do. So, >> and we got one we got one going on right down the street there. Our Cabelco or K Cabota's right over there. >> What? >> Yep. But it's too wet out there to do anything. So, and we only got so much time with this thing. >> Yeah, you're renting it. So, you got to go. [Music] All right, getting a little start on everything here. Trying to build a ramp to get into the pool. But check out these steps, man. Back in the 70s, they used a lot of concrete. Try to get down in here. You can't really see us. Barely move those. That's one giant chunk of concrete all rebarred together. When we do a pool demolition job like this, we remove 100% of everything. We don't like to leave anything behind or leave anything buried at all. And there's a very specific reason because if we took that debris and we started to bury it on top of each other, we're limiting exactly what you can do with that yard from that point forward. You can't bury debris like this and ever expect to put another pool there. You can't bury debris like this and ever expect to put a shed there, have a garden there, or anything like that. But here's a fact. In some cities, it's perfectly fine to bury the debris and leave it behind. And I don't recommend that at all. So, if you're looking at buying a house, one of the things I do tell people is try to find out if you've ever had a swimming pool on that property at any time. And if they have, see what kind of permits they've pulled because you don't want to end up getting somebody else's liability. You want to just go inside. What's wrong with you, guys? This is Rocket. And Rocket wants to go in. Go night. Go night. Heat. [Music] You see, every time he drops the wrecking ball, little bits shatter and fly off. And that's something that we're used to as demolition contractors. That's also why you may have noticed Tim pushed very specifically that big chunk of concrete down into the bottom of the swimming pool to isolate how much damage gets done around the swimming pool. We're just worried about the customer's house, the customer's windows, the customer's property basically. And although it's not foolproof, we have yet to damage anybody's property doing it. >> It's going to be a while. So, you want to flatten this out as much as you can when you're dropping this on here because we got windows and neighbors and explodes when you hit it. But, it won't let me move it right now. [Music] Heat. hey, hey. [Music] heat. [Music] hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] There's a huge difference between removing a concrete swimming pool and removing a vinyl line swimming pool. Although both of them are swimming pools, that's where the commonality absolutely stops. A concrete swimming pool like this requires a certain process and a certain amount of skill. For one, as you're watching this video, you're probably noticing that we're removing everything. We're not leaving anything behind. Not everybody does that. That's the unfortunate truth. We're leaving a very we we take everything out of the bottom first and foremost because that gives us the ability to crawl down into our work to then grab the sidewalls, peel them down, and haul them away. As you watch this video, it may not be very apparent because we're probably making it look somewhat easy, but Tim is sorting through all of this concrete, making sure that what we're leaving behind is clean, structural, compactable fill soil. And that means that this homeowner is going to get a yard that they can do absolutely anything they want to with it when we're done. They could put a shed on it. They could put a garden in it. They could put a patio back there. And if we know ahead of time exactly what they want to do, we'll actually engineer the area specifically for that. We've removed one swimming pool just to put another one in place. We've removed one swimming pool to allow them to put a shed in place. But if we know ahead of time, we're going to do special things. But when we don't know ahead of time, we're going to assume that it's going to be green grass. And so the process for that means we're still going to do almost everything identical except for the very top layer, the top 6 in to 1 foot. We're going to slow down our process because we've known if we've overcompact that soil, it may make it impossible for the homeowner to grow a nice thick green lawn down the road. So, we have to actually modify our principle to make sure that they can grow grass because what we do, you can make dirt so hard it's no different than concrete. All right, here's where we're at so far. Got some rain coming here in a couple hours, but I think I'm going to tear this out. I think we're high enough to save the shed now. And we got this retaining wall up here, but [Music] Thank you. down. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Hey! Hey! [Music] Heat. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] All right, this is the last little bit left right here. Able to save the retaining wall behind you there. And there's a shed. I don't know if you can see it off in the corner there, but last little bit. So, >> we're going to go real time for you here because what we do in these videos makes the work look really easy, almost like anybody can do it. And in reality, there's a lot of small intricacies to these jobs that is a lot more difficult than how they usually look in these videos, especially when we speed things up and we jump cut and we edit and we do everything else and we do things to help you guys keep your attention on the video when in reality it's long days, tedious, and it's somewhat stressful work. And there's a lot of little nuances about the job that only comes through experience or firsthand teaching. Having someone that's done it walk you through how to do it, what to look for in all parts of the job. So demolishing a concrete swimming pool like this, although these videos make them look fun and easy, they're far from it. A great example is right above Tim death. I know I'm being a little bit overexaggerating, but you see those high lines, those power lines right above him. If he hits one of those, that that electricity, that force could go right through his machine. There's no rubber separating him from the electric electricity in those power lines above him. So, as he's operating, he's very conscious about which way he's spinning his machine, about which way he's turning, where his boom is at. So, there's a lot that goes into these that can take it out of the realm of being something an average person can do to making sure that you get a very, very qualified, experienced person in that seat. It's a detail that's easy to overlook, but as we speed things up, you'll see which way he always spins. Because if he spins his excavator the wrong way, his boom will hit hook hits or hook or both those highowered electric lines right above his head. It's kind of a tongue twister. Maybe that's why I screwed up saying it. Another detail that's easy to miss is you don't see him hammering on these big chunks of concrete with the excavator. Even though we rented it, so we should be driving it like it's stolen, right? I mean, that's what people do. We're not going to. We're going to be conscientious of the hydraulics on that excavator. And these machines aren't meant to be built-in hammers. So, we're not going to be smashing this thing with the bucket over and over again trying to get these chunks of concrete to break up because we know every time we hit this with the excavator, we're putting a lot of pressure on the seals of this machine. Whether it's our machine or not, we're still going to be respectful of the people…