DIGGING A SECRET TUNNEL UNEDITED 

So does it look hard or easy, faster or slower than you imagined. Also if I do another video like this give me some subjects to talk about, don’t have to be related to tunnelling, anything.

Colin you are going to be the strongest man in the UK after this...

I spent two years hand digging a basement under my 1917 farmhouse. I then learned concrete work, framing, electrical, and plumbing. Now the basement has a theater, my company's office, my son's bedroom, laundry room, workshop, and a secret passage. I matched the trimwork to that of the original house. It took years, but it was something better to do with my time than watch TV, that is for sure!

That hydraulic piston is the MVP of this tunnel, 100%. I'd say you ought frame it up and display it after this, but the thing's too bloody useful for that, innit?

The thing that surprised me the most was how quiet it is down there. I had imagined more digging noises and the sounds of hard, heavy work. Using hydraulics certainly keeps the noise down, which should keep the neighbours happy.👍😁

He should do a two hour live stream. He could answer questions, interact, have a wee bit of fun.

Okay WOW. The patience and mental fortitude it takes to build these tunnels is on another level.

Quick questions Colin:- 1] Where does all the rubble go? Have you thought of a rockery rock side business? 2] Have you or your crew had and minor or major injuries? Do you have steel toe caps? 3] Have you noticed your self getting more muscular?

The most amazing part of this series has been the fact that Colin never invented a tunnel boring machine.

Editing makes work look so much easier and faster paced than reality. Keep up the good work Colin!

I used to be a plumber, so I have spent a lot of quality time with shovels, picks, pinch bars and the like. That hydraulic gadget was amazing! Something I have never done. I was expecting hammer drills and all that, but the tool you have seems to be effective, and a lot easier and quieter than a hammer drill. Very satisfying to watch!

actually this is bridging on the ASMR territory for me... the sounds of the rocks and chunkies falling is kinda nice! that and Colin just having fun doing this just has some good vibes to it

The length of tunnel you’ve dug with this method is astounding

Video Highlights: 1:00 Let the digging begin! 1:21 The Bucket Flip Fiasco 1:36 The "Colin should probably wear a hard hat" moment. 6:26 A nice big chunk. 7:20 The changing of the 1st buckets 7:30 The Great Glove Goofup 10:40 Like smooooth butter! 12:23 Try to get it all in one go 16:47 Maybe the prybar will get it? 19:00 Changing the 2nd buckets. 19:23 An overabundance of angles. 21:00 Colin struggles to stay quiet. 23:27 Troubles with Tripods, and the advantages of gopro's 24:32 Edited exception period 25:09 Unedited resumes. 25:24 WOOOOOOO YEAH BABY!! That's what we've been waiting for! That's what it's all about! 27:00 Editing sneaks back in.

I love how he talks in himself to all the materials and tools around him. My father does the exact same whenever he fixes smth

I wonder if it would be easier to put down a heavy duty tarp with cables attached to the corners (like 2 large handles) so you wouldn't have to shovel up the debris at the bottom..? Merry Christmas 😉

this is what we love to see. pure, raw, real, unadulterated, unfiltered, clean, honest, rightous, 100 percent, solid, sterling digging work

I literally only found out about this project last night and I am now absolutely obsessed with it. Like, this has got to be somebody else‘s childhood fantasy, too.

Since the digging of the tunnel is supposed to be relatively low-profile, I was wondering how you dispose of or move all that displace earth?

It's surprisingly quiet. I imagine it makes good think time! Simply fantastic work with this whole project, by the way!

I just watched a man dig a tunnel for 27 minutes, and it was very much all entertaining. Thank you for posting this, it really highlights how much work the editing cuts out and how hard you actually work.

Dear Colin, I think I can speak for a lot of viewers when I say: Some of us keep pestering you about videos, not to accuse you of slackery, but just because we enjoy your content so bloody much! We know this is hard work, keep it up, keep working cleanly, we're looking forward to any updates 😘

Your dedication to keep this project as quiet as possible is unreal. In fact your dedication to the project in general is also unreal. Unreal and very inspiring.

ITS BEEN 2 MONTHS COLIN!!! WE NEED A NEW TUNNEL VIDEO!!!

I'd love to see a livestream of digging where you can chat and answer questions. Really amazing to vicariously dig a tunnel through my yard!

this would be the perfect set for a livestream. just do some digging and answer questions inbetween.

this unedited video feels like colin is really really working hard… i mean the regular ones feels like he’s just fooling around but this is legit hardwork!

Thank you for uploading this. I'm sure it really helped the impatient people understand why it takes you so long to upload a tunnel video. I always knew it would be so slow and backbreaking, which is why I was always so surprised at how energetic and fast paced your videos seemed 😅 atleast everyone can now finally understand that this is not a quick and easy job.

Shifting the 'spoil'/debris is a pain, the digging bit is relatively easier. When we do any 'tunneling'/earthworks we clear the ground where we'll stand and where the spoil will fall, then put down a large board (8x4, 6x3, 4x4 etc), next we carve out the base of the face 300-500mm (depending on the material) shovel that spoil off the board, ram the board forward and collapse the face onto the board by hacking the base and letting gravity do its bit, clear/shovel off the board; then repeat - 1) carve out the base, 2) clear the board and ram it forward, 3) collapse the face, 4) clear the board. It's WAY easier to shovel off a board than shovel into broken ground; it's WAY easier to collapse a face than hack it out.

I'd love to hear a breakdown of the cost/m of the tunnel (materials, labour, tool replacements etc). Also a discussion around the most interesting challenges you enjoyed solving for.

Slide a cone on the hydraulick pick, so it will lift the earth way faster,without needing to go that deep at each penetration. You need a second pump to create just volume,with a pressure relief valve ,the first one making pressure ,so there is help by the second pump to move the rod faster with no load. you will go way quicker at digging. put planks on the ground,and screw two buckets on a cart,so they don't flip when they fill up.

I wonder how many "secret" tunnels have been inspired since you started this series? It's something that I have always wanted to do but living so close to the water table is isn't possible without major engineering or perhaps a pump running 24/7 to keep the water out while the concrete cures...

Watching this really puts into perspective how much work this project has been and just how hard this would be to do. It's actually so damn crazy. lol

I wonder how many times while tunneling a falling rock hit an arm, hand, head, or foot. I keep worrying Colin will bend over to put a chunk in a bucket and something will fall and hit him. Stay safe Colin! This is suck a cool project. The hydraulics are definitely easier on the ears than a hammer drill, rotary hammer, Jack hammer, and spade.

So much work and so much time! Love this series and am enjoying the journey!

for all who suggest that Colin use a bigger end: didn't you watch prior videos? Some considerations: bigger end causes more force, and bending loads on the ram, and require a bigger ram, bigger 'foot on the opposite end, and be too heavy to manuver with ease. also it may push off bigger rocks that would need breaking. Also would require bigger pump, bigger motor, bigger wires, bigger circuit breaker, bigger electric supply..., ... His small tunnel only allows one person on the working face. Looks like he makes fair progress, and strikes a good balance between equipment and speed. if he had several more projects (as a business) it may justify bigger capital expenses., for a one-off personal project, his system looks close to ideal.

I just watched a man dig part of a tunnel for nearly 30 minutes, no regrets at all. Keep up the awesome work!!

You're fortunate to have this type of rock to work with; it seems to be very cooperative and you know just how to coax it out of its hiding places. Continued good progress and safe digging to you, Sir!

This man doesn’t enjoy the fruits of his labor. His fruits are his labor. I love that. I wish I had that motivation.

It’s satisfying to watch how u dig please make more of these videos!

Seriously, this is relaxing to watch and listen to. The slight humming of the pump, the crackle of the stone and it falling down. I didn't expect to be saying this, but I really enjoyed this!

I'm curious as to the total hours spent on just digging. 🤔 A breakdown of the hours on the different aspects of this project would be interesting to see, but probably a nightmare to compile. 👀😯

2:24 Thanks for the real time! In TL, the ground seems so much harder. Now I see it's very clay-like. Excellent videos! Been subscribed for quite a while now. Keep em' coming.

Seeing that thing pushing the soil into multiple dense blocks is so satisfying.

I am amazed at how well those tubs have held up. Soft enough not to really get in the way, but strong enough for all that digging is awesome.

As someone who will jump into random projects that may be exceedingly difficult, I can appreciate this very much. While requiring significant effort, it also has a calming, cathartic side to it, doesn't it? I might like to be deep down in a hole watching rocks fall with all of the craziness of the world right now.

Appreciate you doing a video like this. All too often the magic of editing makes things seem very easy when in reality a lot of work and effort goes into things that most don’t see. Same with film making, the hours of effort go unnoticed because the finished project is all most care about (although the LOTR DVD extras on the extended versions have helped dispel some myths and mystery surrounding film making)! 😂

There’s something so soothing about listening to this. Imagine if there was voice acting like this in video games where the NPC goes through like this dialog and make progress i.e. digging a tunnel

When you get comfortable in a situation that's when accidents happen, need to watch your head when adjusting those bucket. Actually really enjoyed this video really relaxing to watch, cant imagine doing it though my arms could never lol

The most tenacious person I've ever seen. To me, moving at a snail's pace, which allows you more precision and time to constantly evaluate your work. Unbelievable patience.

i like that there's a little bump at 11:00 for when he looks at the camera and smiles. i guess a lot of people just wanted to see him smile that's pretty wholesome!

With all the crazy vehicles Colin's made over the years, I'm surprised he hasn't made some sort of tunneling machine or robot, especially seeing how tedious and arduous this is. Perhaps some sort of mini hydraulic digger that he's constructed down their or in pieces. It could have a couple of different ends that work simultaneously. The chisel he already has and perhaps an inverted pincer that cleaves rocks apart after entering the gaps. I'm picturing something which is a cross between Sir Killalot from Robot Wars and a ride-on tracked loader. It can be ride-on or remote controlled. It can have a scoop at the bottom which can catch a lot of the rocks and funnel them into buckets or into custom carts. The carts can have casters on them and if he chucks some plywood down, he can just push them along. Perhaps more capacity than the buckets and less energy to carry. Considering how much tunnelling he's done, It could save quite a bit of time and make for loads of cool videos in the process. P.S. maybe he can design himself a funky hard hat in the meantime too.

My geologist dad blew my mind when I was a kid by pointing out that after I broke a piece of sandstone off a rock face, I had exposed those grains of sand to light for the first time in millions of years. I always think about that now whenever I dig something or break a rock.

Looking at you digging I couldn't help thinking 2 things: 1. Maybe a hardhat would be a good idea 2. You must have a pretty amazing rock garden by now.

You know what I love most about this video? is the smile on your face the pure enjoyment each time you'd get a big chunk to fall.

This is really satisfying to watch the rocks slowly come loose. What an amazing project!

I gotta say, I'm very impressed by how strong those plastic buckets are.

Those who kept pestering Colin to release the next videos must feel bad now. The amount of time and energy Colin spends to show us such great content, nothing but Love, Gratitude and Respect for Colin. You are a Gem to the RU-vid community.

You have made this process as pain free as possible, it's all about working smarter... not harder , well done 👏 👍 👌 🙌

And here we see a wild Colin burrowing under the ground. In this heat, it's quite difficult to maintain manual digging speeds, so to speed up the process he thrusts his missive rod deep into the stone. Back and forth moving deeper into the stone each time. Eventually, the stone gives way and collapses to the ground where it is collected and sold off to stone collectors.

here's a thought: keep a constant live stream of the tunnel always on YT and accept donos!

Honestly wouldn’t mind a whole day of watching this streamed on twitch while i’m at work.. with a personality like that and a banger of a project, that stream would be great!

As someone who lives about 2” above sea level, this whole series just makes me envious

This is amazing. Very satisfying to see the chunks of rock and dirt come loose!

Only Colin could make me sit here and watch him dig rocks for half an hour lmao

I think you should live stream and have your wife work the camera (you need a microphone too). She can read you the questions, like: - How did you get started (RU-vid)? - How did you get started (Tunnel)? What inspired the idea? - What does your wife and kids think about this? - What does your wife tell her family/friends? (About her husband digging underground tunnels in the yard!) - What keeps you motivated to dig the tunnel? - Do you ever get noticed when you are out? (fame) - Are you Shawshank redemption'ing the dirt? Where are you putting it all? I imagine all of your neighbors suspiciously have more dirt in their gardens that they can't explain

2:42 I love the random noises Colin makes!

what an effort the while project is-seeing it in real time gives an idea of how much work you had with digging the tunnel

I'd honestly watch more of these types of videos Colin. I know your videos are themed around you being wacky or crazy but just this in itself is awesome. I get to see more of the action from all the hard work you've put in. I'm fully dedicated to this series.

I'm worried a large rock will dislodge and hit you in the head when you're bending down to pick up rocks and throw them in the bucket 😲 but I trust you have it under control. Keep tunneling 💪

Here I am, watching this video a year later and it's still one of my favourites on RU-vid. I hope you do another like it someday, Colin. Maybe an even longer one?

Absolutely brilliant, knew it was hard work and this vid proves it. Thank you for the excellent contents 👌🏽

After watching this I'm more concerned for Colin being injured than any other of his crazy stunts on his contraptions. This looks extremely dangerous. Props to you for chipping away at it for so long and not giving up Colin it's a fucking masterpiece.

just wanna say thank you colin for putting this content out here for us, we love it and we respect the hard work you have put out for us too.

Wow it's slow going in that rock. I'm so glad I only have it a floor level at the moment. Killing it Colin.

Not gonna lie... that was really satisfying to watch. Zoned off and didn't move for 27 min... love it!

I can't believe how strong the buckets are, especially the handles when you hoisted them up and out.

Perfect ASMR tunnel digging video!

I'm honestly falling asleep but in the best way possible. Really relaxing thank u

He just show us, how hard and slow the digging process. That's why he upload got slow the new progress video. It's so satisfied to watch.

There's nothing about digging a tunnel underground that should be fast. But, the amount of progress made is still kick ass and I love that I'm alive during the time that this is occurring in and it's a time where I can watch it happen.

The smirk you give to the camera at 11:01 just shows the pure joy and passion you have for this series. Thank you so much for sharing the journey! Enjoying every minute edited or not!

This is my favorite Colin Furze video yet, even with the unnecessary time compression near the end. You should upload all of your tunneling videos like this as a separate Slow TV series.

Colin Furze makes ASMR video and turns the internet down to “sleepy”. Now I’ve seen everything. But I loved it. Nodded right off. 🙂

This would be the perfect time for a livestream and just chat with viewers while digging a tunnel.

This was actually amazingly entertaining. i'd actually really love to see this livestreamed

Loved watching this and i never thought it was easy bud, keep up the good work and how you can know what its like for use openreach guys down in dark wet dirty holes lol, cant wait to see more and as i said keep up the good work and stay safe

I have never understood why it is so interesting to watch you build this tunnel but I love it and I love the content that you make

Mr Furze, Colin, if I may, you indeed are a patient man and it's very apparent why it has taken you so long to get any progress done that's worth putting into video for content! Bloody well done so far and I can honestly say I speak for everyone that follows you we are always eager to see the next episode, no matter what the time between is!

I’ve got a couple of questions for you, Colin. Is it taking longer than you expected to get this far, and, are you bored of digging yet? 🙂

Colin, this is a great series, well done. I've got a suggestion, when you get to front of garden maybe don't just do the car lift but also a small underground garage for your drift trikes etc.

Absolutely amazing if u think the time involved

Collin have you considered doing a secret tunnel live stream? you could get Rick to read out questions as your working.... just an idea

Dude the time it takes makes it mentally tough. Like washing dishes isn’t “hard” but washing 30,000 dishes is maddening. God bless you Colin. Send me and the fam a ticket from the US to the UK and we’ll come and help.

It's pretty satisfying how it just kinda crumbles away

Great stuff Colin, keep up the awesome work mate! It definitely looks way more time consuming than I thought. I can’t wait for the next video. 👍✅

I'm impressed by the strength of these plastic buckets and the strength of the hydraulic fittings he's using as handles and that are constantly being pelted with rocks.

This just puts into perspective how much work your doing. I appreciate your authenticity and work ethic.

Filling the buckets must be a puzzle game of your life haha. Great work, thank you for the raw content and keep digging! And gotta say.. stay safe when you bend down for the rocks.. some may fall on your back!

I subscribed I love how hard you work. I recognize how hard it is to do. you gotta be proper Mad when taking this on. I'm glad it's you doing it. your laugh when things a bullocks is so true to the work. all the best mate. smashing work. cheers.