I truly think you’ll never have to worry about your house moving after completion, look like pretty solid ground, great work guys, God Bless you all, your Alaska friend🙏❤️

I haven’t read any comments yet, the first thing that I noticed is that you can easily tie off those string lines without doing the bowline style knot. You only need one fixed loop at the first anchor point. An old carpenter showed me that all I needed to do was to hook my index finger in the string then do eight twists, hook the loop over the pin and pull the lines tight, both the loose end and line tensioned are the still facing back to the first anchor. It reminds me of part of some fishing knots. Once you pull the string taught you simply grab the loose end and quickly pull it back towards the anchor pin. The lines twist and create a lot of tension that resist slipping. To undo, jut pull the loose string along the tensioned string no it will release. This was a fight to type because the spell and word finder was so way off being accurate.

Wow, they are some big mountain size rocks, bless you all, the fight is real to make a home, I pray for you all, because that land is testing you every step of the way, I can't wait till you say we did it and it done😁😁😁😁😁love you all.

Good morning how are you guys doing today hope you guys have a wonderful morning and a wonderful day and keep up the good work one step at a time and God bless you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

That was impressive. I had very little faith that you and your older backhoe had a snowball's chance against the boulders,... you guys rock! Literally. lol

Natalie!!! a bomb shelter? hahahaha, your husband is such a character.

Oh no!!! Of course there’s more boulders!!! Great job getting through it, always thinking, resurfacing another dirt road with the extras!!

Don't need to pour cement, the walls are ROCK

Just a thought about the cement you are going to use for the root cellar. My brother lost his home in the June 22, 2012, Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 340 homes were destroyed. When they rebuilt they made a safe room in the basement out of cement. The same type of cement they use for runways at airports. They put a steel door for the room. He had several gun safes in the house, the fire caused the ammunition stored in the safes to explode and bullets went through the safe. Thanks for allowing us to join you in your journey.

I hope the big rocks stop being so big,keep up the good work.😊❤❤😍🥰😉🫠🙃🙂👍👍🫶🫶🫶🫶💯💢💥💫

It’s starting to come together❤❤❤🎉🎉just get that jackhammer out and put Logan to work😂😂😂😂

Every time you open the earth on your property, I am in complete awe! You are like the Energizer Bunny. You just keep going and going.

How about instead of a Root Cellar, you have a Root Attic? Might be easier! LOL

I wish you could just encorporate that huge boulder into the root cellar but I guess it would just always be in the way. Luke, my youngest son, said to get the dinamite!! I'm sorry you all have to deal with that problem every time you have to dig. I'll be watching for your next plan. From Central Oklahoma

I am so sorry for you guys. I’ve been watching y’all for over a year to sept all the other things you’ve been through I hate to see you run into the huge big rock but I guess., This is why your channel is called the BOLDER LIFE OFF GRID LOL, it sure makes for a great show to watch. We love you all 😢😅

Hello my Favourite rock farmers Look in to get a A company to come out and dynamite the rocks out for you You are doing a great job so far Your old backhoe is a keeper...good old work Horse

You could have a really cool basement / storm-shelter / play-room / wine-cellar / root-cellar / hide-out / etc.

So impressive boulders! Thanks for the video, have a nice week friends!

One Big Assed Rock. Drill some Holes and blow it up with dynamite maybe? Time fuse and do a test of the fuse first for burn time for a foot piece.

Your perseverance is extraordinary, I'd have just gone to the dynamite shop 😂

That is a big rock to break 😮, carve a wall out of it lol joke, and can't wait for more logs, it's soo satisfying watching u guys ❤❤

You might want to think about the drainage around your cellar. Our house sits on clay soil and we have issues with water pooling underneath our basement floor so we have had to put in a sump pump.

A large SDS and some expansive demolition grout will assist in removing those large boulders. It’s good for taking out portions off of what is in the way.

Nothing good in life seems to come easy...good work.

James 1: 2 - 4. Keep on rockin'!

I agree with you. If i could ever afford one i would look for a Case after seeing that one work.

Congratz on getting started on the BIG job

Impressive that's a awesome machinery and the operator.

That was our guess. We have .43 acres on a little hilltop in Hunt, 17 miles west of St. Johns on 180 that has our RV parked and we are there in the summer off and on. Otherwise we are in Safford down in Graham County.

Gunna be a cool fort. LoL You guys have no Quit in ya. Bravo

Great going. Had a guy do a site inspection today and found the guy I hired lied about what he got done.

I'm wondering if that colossal boulder is going to prove to be genuinely too large to remove and instead you'll have to settle for breaking off enough to give yourself the space you need. If that's the case, maybe you could anchor some lengths of rebar into it with epoxy and have those embedded into your concrete. When I build stuff, I tend to over-build, because I don't want it ever falling apart.

Your backhoe is a great versatile machine! We have a homestead and for the past 8 years or so we have been doing everything (building a house, barn,etc.) with a wheel barrow. We recently bought a 6ton excavator and what a huge help it is. I would have rented a jackhammer for the excavator and/or blasted it if possible. I really like the rock that you get out of there- would make some nice walls, etc.! I wonder if a 20 ton excavator would have just ripped the rocks out?

a gopher who loves rock

For the first couple months that I watched your channel I thought you were in Boulder, Colorado. I’ve only passed through Arizona once 40 yrs ago but I dream of going to the Grand Canyon. I lived in Dallas for 11 yrs & KS for 4 yrs so I have traveled to NM extensively.

WOW more rocks! Love love watching all your progress on getting the house going up!

The only thing is, your wife was off with the size. It needs to be bigger. Lol. Great job..

Dynamite 😉

Nice to see you started on your root cellar, Happy Thanksgiving from Calgary Canada

Thanks for sharing

Your sense of humor is good to have when dealing with so much rock/boulders. I bet when you start the digging and you start hearing the scraping your wondering how big is this one going to be. ❣️OMG it looks like to me you have hit a mother load. I find myself rooting for you when you’re trying to get a stubborn big one.

Know you guys are in Northern AZ, about where? We have a small piece of land near St. Johns on Hwy 180. We have so many rocks it is crazy, we are a few miles from the Petrified Forest and have lots of Petrified wood (rocks) on our place. And 100% clay soil.

Great work!

Love your perseverance!!! Just a thought & don’t know if it would be a possibility, but it would be cool looking to have one wall be solid rock/boulder…? 🤩

You could use the big rock for stairs

Really appreciate how meticulous you are about your measurements. It really paid off on the workshop!😍🇨🇦

My Septic tank is in solid granite. It took all day with a CAT320 and a 6" hammer to make that hole

Well done guys you really cant catch a break with your rocks. Brilliant work guys.

First of, very enjoyable episode again. Second, would you consider incorporating this piece of bed rock as a feature in your root cellar? Thirdly, can you rent a rock crusher, or are these machines too specialised for rental shops? It might provide enough gravel to maintain all your roads. Ki d regards Christiaan

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It could use for shelter or safe room , that s beautiful rocks , great channel ❤

you guys are amazing, wish I was as good on my backhoe as you are

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Great work ! Massive rocks wow. If your cementing the root cellar! and the rock if already there could you just do the corners? Im just wondering because it would be so strong there with the rock already there and could still drill through to make shelves and things?

Awesome as always!!! 👍🏼😁♥️

What do you do with the large amounts of stones? You could sell them well here.

What do you think the composition of the rocks is? It kind of looks like a sedimentary rock. Good name for the channel it turns out.

I’m curious as to what type of rock you’re dealing with?

is that blue rock granite?

You will need an excavator.

Sorry for my ignorance but what is a root cellar?

Do you live in Northern new Mexico, or Arizona? Whats the weather there year round for temperatures?

Hopefully you don't find any prehistoric fossils while digging. Otherwise, you might have a whole crew of paleontologists take over your place for a couple years! Just kidding, but I can't help but think of the parable of the wise man who built his house on the rock (as opposed to the fool who built his house on sand) as I watch this video.