Maximus Blockstacker 

He had me at the thumbnail. "Man Builds wall." Exciting stuff!

Love watching you work. When my parents were first married my Dad built them a small, rough, cinder block house. He worked on it after he got home, in the dark, and never realized the boards he stood upon had sagged until the next week and it was too late. Forty years later he drove me by it and it was still standing, with a very obvious bulge in that wall. He was not that sort of workman at all, but he was wryly satisfied it was still in use.

Love seeing your mum showing the ladies how it is done and how sweet was the shot of you making sure she is properly protected. Sign of a good man. Great video once again

Lovely to see your Mam and gramps doing some smelting! Like the new shelter too, BTW useful tip is to use febmix (mortar plasticizer), just a drop, in the compo it makes it sooo much easier to work with :) Cheers

Mate, I am skint, live in a caravan in a field but I've sent you a beer anyway - least I can do. You give hope and food for thought to us all. Many thanks. Dave

What a lovely family video 👍

No words required.

I was engrossed. This is a truly great little movie, Max 👍

I like the way you have stacks of "old gear", but you have it all maintained so well that 20,30,40... years on, the equipment is still doing a good job of work.

Your mum and granddad must be so proud of you - a jack of all trades mate! Thank you for sharing - this video actually had a very calming effect on me. Cheers!👍

I love the old dumper, a true work horse

Great job.Thanks.

Brilliant max 😁👍👏👏👏

Some seriously hard work there....a good job well done...

I could watch you for hours building and making life as you want it.......I'm so jealous, I'd love to live as you do

I have watched your videos for about a year now. You inspired me into delving deeper into the blacksmithing and welding hobby. Just wanted to say thank you. Wish I could get a small plot of land one day...We can but dream....but thanks mate and you always come across as such a humble man..A very rare quality these days.👍

Another Max-nificent episode. Nice touch with the special guests!

Brilliant job mate, another well built project, I bet your Grandad is so proud of you, and your mum of course.

Learnt to drive on a dumper like that. Straight into third gear and off we went in a cloud of black smoke :-)

I love the sound of those old dumpers

melting beer cans with one's mother should be a common family activity.

Looks easy to those that have not built a block wall on their own. I have no doubt that wall is straight, true and level and would have taken many days of very hard work. The foundation concrete base will mean that in 100 years time your wall will still be standing. Built 'big' because of the massive wall of steep sided dirt behind it that will over time keep subsiding. I reckon that's a bona-fide NATO certified nuclear shelter. I always over-engineer my projects, build once to make sure you don't have to re-do in 5 years. Great job!

Great video thanks

I admire your effort. Not everyone would go so far to justify drinking a few cans of beer!

I remember 40 years ago cranking the dumper truck, starting it and leaving the handle on. You would have been amazed at the speed some of the old timers moved to get out of the way when it flew off like a 6lb flying missile.

Love your vids, no end to your talents

Lovely video 👍.

50 shades of cement and surprises,I could watch you forever.

What a smashing use of the space ... and better built than most modern housing!

Good video nice to see your past generations getting involved 😀👍👍👍👍👍

Is there anything this man can't do? your mum and dad will be so proud. Brilliant video!

Great video. Its been said, very therapeutic. Better than anything on tv tonight. I don't watch the tv, but other do.

I wish my son will take care of us in our old age like that guy.

Great job 💪🏻 love the block laying with bucket trowel and sledgehammer 😊 and the old school dumper 😎

Yes another great video. For years, I've been considering going off grid; and it's video's like yours that make me want for it even more. People don't see it the same way I do and wonder why I would want to live off grid; I wonder why people wouldn't. :)

Awesome mate. Great to see the family with you. The old girl having a crack, loved that.

Maximus Fantasticus, your work is great, and you just make life more enjoyable. All the best!

Awesome

So lovely to see your mum and granddad taking part in your life of all things metal, wood and stone! Have you ever had any critters take up residency in the furnace? :)

Bloody brilliant! I must admit i love watching someone else work, you definitely gave me some ideas. Thanks for filming it.

This was so relaxing to watch, and seeing three generations of you guys at the end was pretty darn cool 😊

A need a bit of forestry land or somthing! A watch all your video’s. Am like you only am younger and scottish 💪😂 A face every job it needs doing myself. “No problems only solutions” A live my life way at simple quote. And learn new trades all the time love it.

You´re never to old for help from mam.

You did well on the block work... Nice to see mum and grandad .

A chip off the old block! Talking of blocks. Look pretty good for a first attempt. Well done, Max.

Love the little dumper v handy, nice tidy work!

Really do love the sound of a Petter engine

Excellent video Spend lots of time with your grandad, I spent lots of time with mine before he passed, he had lots of story's to tell.

Stirling job! Thanks for sharing!

Like the post apocalyptic style foundry. I have 8 years bronze casting, welding and chasing. Good skills but quite niche. After eight years of welding all manner of small to quite large sculptural work i should be a highly employable coded welder by bow. But they weren't required in foundry fabrication. Its a shame because I live next to a well paying ship yard that only uses coded welders, of course. Felt to share that for some reason. Great channel Max. Keep em coming. Thanks.

Hi there. I am watching your videos and the way You live. What I can see is a free and happy man and you make me jealous. Complements from Polish electrician.

Outstanding! Helluva family.

Awesome dual purpose shelter. Great use of stuff. I always get inspired by your projects. Hi mom & granddad!... now, please cover your ears... and Mrowr.

All the gear and all the ideas, I love it.

Well, you’re a damn sight better at pointing than I ever was. Proper job, well done.

Still watching this in 2019

Featuring at the end - Maximus's mum .... aka MaxiMUM Ironthumper making jam using a traditional family recipe :))

excellent work, mate. love your vids. nice to see the special guests too.

Maximus Blockstacker - that made me laugh! What great adventures you have

Impressive! Extremely well done, Sir. Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to you and your family.

Well done. My mum was a muck in sort of lady too! You take good care of her.

Grannies and 1200 plus degree molten aluminum. Hey, sounds like a winning combo to me !! LOL. Great build. Looks like it is going to serve its intended purpose for many years to come.

Top job 👍 make it look so simple.

HUGE thumbs up my friend!

Nice wall man

What a nice little build. Lot's of hardwork and a great family ending. Just tell me you pulled your rio of the bottom of your foundation!

Brilliant!

Great job max👌

Nice little project, Max, and great to see the support of your family....well done! BTW, great job seaming those days of work together for the quality vid! atb

cracking stuff!!

Dumper cart would be a great bit of kit to have, but I have been in construction for 20 plus years and never seen one on a job site in the US. I find it interesting the block Max is using we would use as caps on a hollow block wall Love the shot with your folks

I've been watching your videos long enough to warrant buying you a few beers. Thanks.

You're a well prepared man.

Max me old mucker, you mind yer swede on that metal roof edge. Rain stopped play with my own wall building today, note to self, must finish before the foul weather arrives.

Well done max👏👏👏😁👍

Nice chunky wall. That ain't going nowhere! 😎

Great vid mate...👍👍👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Nice

Great video , spent enough time being a go for on the sites to know how hard It is to do

Love the video title! no pretentiousness.

Catching up on your videos and although I am aware my opinion may not count for much you proved what a lovely guy you are protecting your mum in that manner. I think all ladies 90 and under just fell in love with you after watching that 😀

What did you cast for Gradndad at the end?

Cant deny that incredible thumbnail clickbait

You have a little crank engined dumper truck?! I really want one now. Damn

Hi Mum and Grandad.

Proper job 😄

More videos please!!!

👍👍👍

Love it getting your Mum on the smelting, now theirs an idea hmm all best Will😂🍻

Very neat block work especially as you didn't even use a piece of string to get it all level!

Reminds me of old kids TV, Playschool or Vision On

Remodeling the Shire with Max Hobbitthumper 😛

Great work; however I wouldn't have shown my mother all them empty wife beater cans 8-( ha.

As always a very relaxing video, just very jealous of your lifestyle.

So jealous lol I want that life 👍

Am concerned about potential abdominal adhesion ruptures with all that lifting above waist hieght, maybe make some sort of adapration of some kind to take the stress off the abdominals, i talk from experience as i have caused trauma this weekend to myself whilst over doing it.... i forgot to put my waist support band on.. but nice to sit here on the sofa watching "a man build a wall 🌞💓🌍💓🌞

Did you ever think of contacting Norris McWhirter and asking him to verify a Guinness World Record for the shortest book ?, which might be entitled 'Things that Maximus Ironthumper cannot do'...

Great job in the video but next could we have narration as your such a good speaker ..💡😉👍cheers mate

I wish I could get my hands on one of those old dumpers!

That's an old wrist breaker that dumper. .atb from Glasgow Scotland