Cutting Steel Through Concrete Backer 

My back hurts just from watching ! Great video as always!

Bearded boys bustin' it. 🙂

Ha! Cuts a perfectly straight line even when it will be buried. Brilliant.

I noted the excavator operator clearing the bucket to make sure nothing was going to fall off on you.

That wasn't too bad. A lot less popping and sputtering than I expected with the concrete. Well done you obviously know what you are doing.

your son learning from you will never be out of a job.

I really appreciate how you put us in the front seat of what you're doing, and you keep the videos clean, no need for nasty language or throwing a fit. Good stuff as always :)

Nice beard Isaac! Hope Mama likes it! I thought that was going to be pretty difficult but it turned out ok. Thank you for sharing!

So much fun cutting through steel and concrete and making your own lava flow. Great job as always.

nice work. alway appreciate a helper. Thanks for sharing this with us. I've done this before, hated when the concrete exploded under the cut.

I installed monopole towers and cellular radio base stations for a few years before I started installing, testing, and integrating long haul fiber optic equipment. Depending on the height of the tower and soil type the reinforced concrete pier that the towers bolts down to can be upwards to 50 feet deep and the collar that Issac is removing can go down upto 30 feet deep. The bottom of the hole for the concrete pier is is belled out and then a rather intricate rebar cage is assembled inside the hole that bored into the ground with a drill rig is all done by some rather diminutive size men with big brass balls that get lowered and raised out of the hole on a bosoms chair. The bell out the bottom of the hole using an entrenching tool and little pick axe. Additionally once the monopole has been installed another diminutive size man is will either repel or be lowered down the inside of the monopole to attach the hard lines that go from near the radio base station to the top of the tower where there is a crows nest that antennas mount to

If I were running a job like that, it would give me a lot of confidence having you guys turn up - nothing is a problem

Good to see you guys missed your videos! 👍

Very interesting. I probably would have tried a plasma or cutting wheel first thinking there would be too much popping concrete to dodge. Didn't seem to be the case. Have to file this away for future reference. Thanks, Isaac.

Great job. Its been interesting to see your son growing up and working with you over the years. Come a long way. Look forward to your next video

Will never stop watching your channel you guys are great, i have learned a lot from watching your channel. This is real life situation and you wont learn this in the class room. 👍🏻

Thank you. I always learn something from your videos.

If I knew what Isaac has forgotten about welding I would be happy with that knowledge 👍

Thank you, love watching you train and pass down your knowledge to your son/helper ?

Great video, definitely interesting to see something like that happen but glad it worked out for you guys. Keep up the good work!!👍👨‍🏭

Yours and your son new looks great, lol, I’m a beard man too.

Working in a hole under an old chicken ranch must have really smelled great. As usual you guys make it look so easy. Have a great Memorial Day weekend.

That was an interesting and different job to what you normally do, repairing broken things. This time you were assisting in breaking something.

You did a phenominaltastic job as always! :D

Another amazing video from the master

The bearded duo always getting it done!

Getting the the job done, nice work young man!

Great work as always Issac.

Love your Videos, most of them seem to be Videos of things that they got the lowest bid for the job and then they have to call in the Professionals in like you to solve a problem that the cheapest bidders had no idea about, i also love the fact that you are passing your knollage on to your Son to carry on your Business, well done. You can not read about Experience, FACT.

Excellent work!! Stay safe. Peace

Awesome, another great job, thank you for sharing, i learn a lot, always a pleasure watch your project 👍👍👍👍

What a job. I began to get uneasy when I thought that piece might spring away right at you when you cut it through. Thankfully, it didn't. Excellent job! Thanks for letting us watch.

as always excellent been missing you all

Nice tip to avoid blowback thank you Cheers from Nova Scotia

Great work guys 🦘

I like that no cussing and by doing that your son learns the same. When you get to the point of cussing you lose your logical thinking and then bad things happen.

Good job as always!

interesting project, thanks for sharing!

Nice job!

In the words of Sir Robin: "That's easy"!!! Cheers, Isaac.

I'm loving the Goatee, Isaac!

Good work!

alway's glad to see your Video Isaac ,when I see a new video in my sub- Box I tell my wife, sorry I have a welding Classe LOL thanks

Now that was different, got er done, short and sweet!

Rocking the beard there Isaac. I was surprised at how easily that cut with the concrete behind it. I was expecting spalling and all sorts of interesting concrete related problems but it didnt seem to affect the concrete at all..nice job I would be looking to hang onto that steel plate, to recycle it into all sorts of useful stuff. It looked like pretty heavy stuff maybe 1/2 inch or so. Definitely learnt something thanks for sharing

nice work

Nice work my friend ❤️🇨🇦🙌

Hi Guys, Good to see Ya doin the interesting off the wall projects. Ye Ole Caterpillar Cowboy

Boy oh boy, you shure do get all the good jobs...👌

The right man for the job!

Almost didn't recognize you and your boy with the beards. Looking cool man. Keep up the good work.

Like the beard Isaac! You wear it well. Makes me think of growing mine back just to see how gray it’s gotten.

That was cool to see how it was constructed

Would have liked to see what the exothermic torch/ lance would have done. Great video and content 👌

Snap crackle pop in the morning. nothing like having some gravy work.

TANYA 4000!!!! Bring the thunder 🌩🌩

You are a positive male role model for the young men that follow you!

Ya está lista!

Easy money! Like the beard... low-stress, no-stress. Would be nice ASMR to see the rest of the demolition.

Nasty job but you got it done! Don’t be away so long!

Thank you team. When I saw that plug I thought about my last wash room disaster.😂😂😂.

Hi I.C Thanks for the video, gads you get some very interesting jobs to say the least.

I've seen a bunch of cell towers installed. Never seen anyone pull one out before. Interesting!

Great Vid 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

That was an interesting one for sure. I didn't recognize you there for a minute. You're grown grown a beer or where they call that a goatee looking good. Yeah it was something different for sure. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

A quick and dirty job...pun intended! 😂

NICE 👍

Damn man you are still getting all the good jobs.🤣🤣🤣

Great job and not as much concrete popping as I was expecting. Think of how much of this is going on in Baltimore bridge clean up.

Been there and the smell is really bad from well pump casing in heavy sulfur well water. Great job and STAY SAFE!

You know what it wasn’t the most complicated it wasn’t the most glorious but you know what you’d love to have about 15 of those jobs a week

Freaking monster with that torch. Still amazes me after all these years

👍 Father and son team wins again!

Not surprised your camera overheated. My wife, daughter, and granddaughter all report it's been sweltering hot in Austin the last few days. Here, 1000 miles NW, it's 40 F.

👍🏼🙌🏼 nice beards!

You made that look easy, next time they run onto something like that they will probably waste two days time and destroy 10 tips pluse one torch trying to do it themselves before calling you to to come fix it.

If you have to go back to cut the exposed rebar after they break up the concrete, make sure you post it... Thumbs Up!

Beard looks great!

I didn’t recognize u sir. I said do I got the video right. ✌🏼

Great job you and your son. Beards look good on you boys ( men)

As always Isaac, a great video. I was amazed you didn't get more fragging of the the concrete as you heated it up with the torch. Just curious, why did you torch it out instead of arc gouging? My knowledge of metal working compared to you wouldn't even fit under your little finger nail but I was just curious why you chose the method you used.

About 12 years ago, I had a contract to cut and remove 150+ steel pipes used in the foundation of an old vehicle garage. It was once owned by British Leyland which had been demolished sometime in the late 1990s. It was first built in the 1950s by Land Rover and im told was believed to be one of the first construction buildings to use steel pipes piled directly into the chalky ground. Once inserted, they filled the pipes with liquid concreat. The pipes were of a similar style to the one you just cut up, only mine were 1/3 the size of yours and 20 feet deep. Also, mine had just 1 threaded bolt in each, not 4 like yours.😂 Also, the concreat had way to many pebbles in the mix, which sometimes exploded from the heat of the oxy gas.💥 Instead of water and smelling like a dairy, my pipes were soaked in engine oil and diesel, smoked continually throughout cutting and stunk so bad at times that it made me reach. Gagging while breathing in burnt engine and diesel oil at the same time is not fun and something I would not ever want to experience again. The one good thing I remember is that, it was the middle of winter, and I think it helped. I shudder to think how much worse it could have been if I were working in 90° heat. I would probably die!⚰️🪦 I remember it being hard going at times but you made it look so easy. Well done guys, you make a good team.👍 I see you are supporting a new look, beards. 🧔‍♂️ They suit you. 😁 I've been wearing a beard now for almost 25 years and I can't see myself without one ever again. The Mrs likes to stroke it and my granddaughters like platting it then tying little bows in it making me look like Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. 😂 Having long hair dosen't help especially when i let it down. The girls call me Jesus. Thats me 🧔‍♀️ only, without a fringe.😂 Hope to see another video from you soon, real soon. So chop, chop, get on with it.🤭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚒️

If it's cutting torch work they want. The right man is on the job.

Loving the beard, it looked very hot there down it that pit.

For this type of cutting (non-precision, separation only, and the steel is scrap anyway) when backed with concrete filling, probably the oxygen lance could be the easiest option? A shop made lance (least expensive option... probably) - a mild steel 3/8" or 1/4" plumbing pipe or such, threaded on one end (to fit into a valve), filled with some mild steel thick wire (it's the burning iron that's does the job, mainly) - and yee-haw! ;-) Seriously though, this cuts through concrete too, so why not try? Fork the dirt, no need to clean the casing first, and you can stay at safe distance... perfect idea, innit? ;-)

Tanya 4000 lol that one will last forever

would a thermal lance also work for that or I would think arc gouging would be more effective? looked like the torch cut through it pretty good though I wouldn't have thought with all that concrete behind it like that

Awsome work as usual. You always make it look easy Great videos

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

I love hearing the Spanish! 💪

Wow, I have a 5 inch concrete filled pipe to bore two 1" holes through for bolts. Maybe I can burn the holes first then drill with my roto hammer! Did not know if it would work. Thanks

Nice job i I see you and your son growing beards nice

That's one heck of a sono tube. Surprised the steel came off of that after cutting so easily with that excavator chain pulling it off. Good choice of cut locations so that you had that lifting eyelet in the right place for the pull. If only you could sell those extracted plates at some exotic art auction as abstract art pieces for 25k a piece :) "The Call didn't go through":. Now they will sell the land, and someone will be building their house, and when they go to put the septic tank in .... it's going to be smack dab on top of the rest of that pylon ... the only place that will fit on the lot.

New look is great , very distinguished. How does the wife(boss) like the new spark arrestor and soup strainer??😂 Last time I cut a pipe off of cast 'crete , I had to put a weld blanket over me to prevent hot crete pops from burning me up. Now I know why nobody else volunteered.

isaac, you need a mini sun umbrella for the camera! love the mexican gringo beard 👍

Must be working hard? no time to Shave ? 😉 🇨🇦🤓🤟

As many cell towers that are erected everyday in this country I’m surprised they’re tearing one down.

In all of the years of watching your videos, Isaac, this is the first time I have ever seen you with a beard 🤔

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