Dig To Build Swimming Pool Digging the hardest swimming pool ever jackhammering rock for 20 hours! 

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Yes That's because you install gunite pools these are a prefab to kit.

@@DIRT-BOSS yes we do. I just have never seen a pool built like this definitely different. What does a pool like this go for? Ballpark figure is fine just wondering

@@cntslesfabrication I'm not sure I don't get into that That's the pool company but to guess 45-50k

@@DIRT-BOSS okay I understand that completely

Yup 🤣🤣🤣

And some dynamite

@@gimpy8349 That too for sure.

Mine to

Yes It takes riding a bull all day!

THIS IS NOTHING THEY LUCKY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DRILL AND BLAST

@@alphonsotate2982 yeah i hear ya boss!

Thanks buddy

I hear you I do have a ripper..

Yes definitely! That was some tough ground thanks Dale

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Okay I'll relay the message I'm not the pool installer...

Suction and flex pipe is okay at the levels of vacuum they will be running at. It is rated for the application.

@@TeamStevers wrong! I have been building swimming pools for 33 years and I have seen multiple times where flex pipe is used on a skimmer and mains and it literally was almost closed off!

LOL good luck with the trench!

Put it this way I wish I had a bigger piece of equipment than what I'm using a Hyundai 40 I wish I had like a 1:40

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So true i was

Thanks bud

Nice good luck with that bill 💰

I know crazy they knew the rock was there too

Definitely I hear what you're saying !

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Yes sir its awesome stuff

You got that right Charles I heard that hammer all night !

There's more to it than just blowing it up!

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Yes no maybee.. 👍🏼

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Yes very hard

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Thanks Sandra!

Thanks Andy

Yes sir Rock clause it is!

Sure would.. boom

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Hey Coop! Hope you're enjoying your pool! 🏊

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Agreed 💯

Michelle thanks for the question on a rental basis 3 days is a week so I would at least figure a week..

Sunbelt rentals is the best place to go

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Yes the pits around here sell it It is all different colors becomes good base material also.. thanks man

Yeah it was brutal

Because it needs permits budget Time frame ECT.. we went there to dig a pool and we got a pool dug!!

@@DIRT-BOSS Good old goverment making things more expensive.

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Cost time & budget.. they also have the perfect place to dump it right off and embankment 30 ft away

I hear ya!

Hope you got the price right :D

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Thanks Don!

Yeah it sure did 🙄

It would have but it was faster the way we did it by the time you got someone there to do all that and then it would knock it out of budget..

@@DIRT-BOSS that makes since, thanks for the reply!!!!

Yeah how much? Average?

@@DIRT-BOSS Check out "Demolition Dave Drilling and Blasting" youtube channel. He is in Australia and blows up tons of rocks for swimming pools and other construction projects. Entertaining guy as well. If you haven't seen it I think you will like his videos. Don't know how much it costs in Australia but I got quoted around $130,000 (they said max $150k) for an in ground 20x40 foot pool with 3.5ft shallow end and 12ft deep end, all concrete. That included a small building for all the pump and filter equipment and a safety fence. I checked with 3 pool contractors here in Arkansas and they were all within a few thousand of each other on the cost. I'm just going to do most of it myself. I'm 100% sure I can do it for around $35,000 including paying for the concrete work to be done since I don't want to mess with that. In ground pool prices are absolutely insane. It's a hole in the ground with a vinyl liner or concrete lining and some pipes/hoses running to a pump/filter. There is not a single thing on a swimming pool that is complicated or should be that expensive. Digging a hole is easy, thats maybe 8 hours of work even if you have never run a backhoe before. The plumbing for a pool like that is dead simple, water goes out to the pump/filter, water comes back in from the pump/filter. The hardest thing is concrete and I can get the guys out here to do the concrete work for $1500. The concrete will be expensive (the additives are the most expensive part) but it's nowhere close to being a $130k pool by any stretch of the imagination. It's not a tiny pool but it's a bog standard rectangle in ground pool. People have been building these things since the Roman Empire was around. I've got friends who have done this kind of work and they agree with me on my plan and where I think the costs will be. I'll have an extra $20k just in case things go sideways since no matter what you are doing something is going to go wrong. My biggest problem will be water ingress during construction since the pool will be 15 feet away from a 2 acre pond and if you dig 24 inches down the hole fills with water on any day of the year. I'm glad everyone I've talked to said it's not a big deal and is pretty common in the area. I dug a test hole with my friend who has done pools before and he said it wouldn't take much of a pump to keep the water pumped out since it was filling slowly enough that it didn't make him think it would cause problems with the construction when I decide to do it. Which is the reason for concrete and not a vinyl liner. All the contractors and my friends have said it has to be concrete because the vinyl liner will get water under it and float away from the ground even if the pool is full. Best of luck, glad it was you on that machine and not me. I did that on a Caterpillar 320L with a hammer on it for more than 3 weeks. I ran the machine for a year after but that 3 weeks was just horrible. I went through about 1200 feet of rock down to about 30 inches for an 8 inch water main. It was miserable. Luckily there isn't a single rock anywhere on my property so I can just get a friends backhoe and dig it out in a day.

Thank you sir

Yeah It makes it stressful

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I hear that

I hear you it's one of those situations run what you brung..

@@DIRT-BOSS yeah fair enough.

I hear ya 👍🏼

Dirt Boss Masonry & Excavating where you digging at

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Yes I agree 100%. He got an earful from me!.. not only that is it unsafe it scares the operator..

Sure that's a good hypothesis.. thanks!

Yes definitely better be safe than sorry! We knew the The rock was here and planned accordingly.

Yeah im still feeling it! Haha

Yeah i hear ya thats how we demo concrete also.. was trying to but you only can dig in certain areas when digging a pool cant dig big holes.

On something like that you want less pulling area so all the energy is in one spot. Thanks

No i do not 🤔💰

Dirt Boss Masonry & Excavating can u

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Very carefully! No we always have a rock clause in place..

Thanks Teak! Yeah kobelco 💪🏼

The cheapest way is to do your due diligence & ask permission to dig test holes for septic.. then dig down And the story will tell!

Kings’ Outdoor Life the other thing that goes along with rock is Caves! Especially in the southern Appalachians, where theres shale(and our 5 acres is 1/2 shale lengthwise- had to use a tractor auger to get my trees and perennials planted) theres caves.

Thanks so much Ken!

Thanks Jeff! You too!

Yeah I hear you we try to be as safe as possible I get on those guys about getting too close!

Yes it is Thanks Stan!

Lol yup

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Oh yeah it's rush rush rush concrete on its way!!!

Yes I haven't used it on shale but everyone's suggesting.. The problem is the Kobelco is not a quick connect.

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Agreed!

LOL yup

That would probably blow the budget out the window

That's what I said draw some water and coy in there and you got a hell of a pond!

Yes if you go to my channel you will see my videos are pretty much in order

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Lol yup Thanks for watching

Yes it is thanks bud!

Maybe

Yes it does Ted! I said I wasn't going to get in the excavator for a week after that one! But unfortunately I'm already jonesing to get back in.. hahaha

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Oh yeah! 😁

Well all I could say to that is now you have!

Definitely the way I was brought up we were to used sledgehammers and pickaxes!

Hell yeah That's always the way my brain thinks too!

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Boom!

Yes very solid.. this type of rock is very common around here

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@@DIRT-BOSS anytime 'Rock' Boss.

Yes

Yes sir 💪🏼

Thanks yeah the rock is tough.. I will mention it to them about the flex pipe.

Thats why when you rent rock breaker you rent a machine as well aint no point on your own gear

Yes sir we have a rock clause.. always an extra when there's rock!

Dirt Boss Masonry & Excavating that’s good! Nothing like banging your head on the ledge trying to make depth haha. Good work as always Mike!

I have a big one.. I use it for stumps without a quick connect on the Kobelco it's a pain in the butt to change..

Dale like I said to others there's 31 million other RU-vid channels out there you'll find something you like eventually! Good luck!