Let's Blow Some Stuff Up....

[Detn8er]

This shot has 31,858 lbs. of explosives and generates 48,195 tons of rock....... Powder factor is 1.51lbs. of explosives per ton of rock.
All holes are 105' deep and 5.75" dia.
Each hole has 3 separate decks of 25' of powder.
The shot has a total of 192 electronics detonators. 2 per deck.
It took me almost 2 hours just to program the friggin caps.....  
If you watch closely you can see the separate decks shoot.
Also note in the video how close it is to the houses in the back ground....
That's the reason for the decks....Higher pounds per delay usually result in higher ground vibrations.

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The results....  



The Mother of all Pre Split walls..... A lot of very hard manual labor is involved in making this happen.

[thumper]

What's the objective?  Is this a mine and you're removing taking the spoil?  Is this part of a construction project?

[tank_post142]

i think he's putting a swimmin' hole!

[musclehead]

you have one of the coolest jobs IMHO 

[Jess from VA]

I've got a few derelict homes in my neighborhood I could use some help with.  

[BigAl]

More fun than Fracking for Natural Gas anyday.

[hubcapsc]

I can't see the separate decks go off as well as I'd like, can't you stand closer
while you're filming?

-Mike

[old2soon]

More fun than Fracking for Natural Gas anyday.

   I used to drive a pneumatic trailer and we hauled the resin sand leased to Haliburton. Lot of Texas New Mexico oil patch and up to Michigan once in awhile. And a lot of catalyst out of Florida to the oil refineries. RIDE SAFE.

[Thunderbolt]

Mike you crack me up.

[hotglue #43]

Now... that's cool!!!! ...

[Hedgehog]

Nicely done.
 I've been involved with this in the UK (as a regulator for local government).

Once we controlled one of these right next to houses AND a hospital. So cleverly designed that Vibration from a truck on the road was greater than the blast.

These guys are real professionals all right.

Off Hats!

[Detn8er]

What's the objective?  Is this a mine and you're removing taking the spoil?  Is this part of a construction project?

Crushed stone of many various sizes.......A kazillion and one uses......Every road you ride every bridge you cross every building you walk into every sidewalk you see every driveway you drive.Etc,Etc.....
Think of it this way, Every thing you use that you can not grow came from a mine of some type.And more than likely the process started with explosives.   

[Detn8er]

I can't see the separate decks go off as well as I'd like, can't you stand closer
while you're filming?

-Mike

Yes, I can stand closer. However I choose not to. 

[YoungPUP]

I know you've posted a few other vids of other exploding things in other places. Do you work for/at a quarry, or is this a have explosives will travel kind of deal.

[Detn8er]

I know you've posted a few other vids of other exploding things in other places. Do you work for/at a quarry, or is this a have explosives will travel kind of deal.

I work for a world wide company....We contract out to several different rock quarries and do lots of construction/road way Blasting.
If you took the driving out of my job it would be the bestest job in the world. I average 4800 miles of staring through a windshield each month. I AM SICK OF DRIVING!!!!!!!!!!!