I’d take a bulldozer to it and call it a day

Keep one day at a time. It's been 19 years since my husband passed away from a massive heart attack. Miss him every day but he would want me to keep on, which I have. You never get over the pain, it just gets more dull is the only way I have ever been able to explain it. You are doing just fine.

Dozer( Skidsteer) with a root rake then push it into a pile then burn it!

I like the idea of spraying, burning the residue then reclaiming the metal.

In the midst of everything you have gone through. You are remarkable. You continue to amaze the community with your content. It is not an easy road but you still continue to carry on. Thank you for all of your videos and you are always in my prayers.

This episode really shows the talent you have with your equipment. Great job!

Might I suggest investing in a microphone that you can wear on your chest? We miss a lot of what you say unfortunately. I agree that spraying and burning is a wise choice. Maybe ask the fire department to do it? Because their new men can always use training experience.

Agreed…dig down six plus inches with a dozer and build a big pile and walk away…wow, the grandpa was really lazy!

Prayers continue for your loss of Misty. Prayers also for your safety and continuing success. This job has been full of surprises and determination. We certainly enjoyed with bated breath! Great job!

I am an old farmer rancher guy and I can tell you that this kind of crap used to really chap my hide. Old farmers and ranchers were and are notorious for not planning ahead for land development of ANY kind. I dug a HUGE pond for a lady who bought 80 acres, and she had no clue that it would take me an entire month just to dig out the old metal and tractor parts and an old tractor that was buried in the area she wanted to pond. REALLY pissed me off. I almost gave up, but she compensated me for it.

Come on man I know you frustrated but we got to get it done man ASAP got to make that money

Getcha a root rake for your excavator you can’t go wrong for a job like that

It’s coming along great! You are doing an exceptional job. I don’t know what our grandpas were thinking. 🤦🏻‍♀️ You should see all the booby traps my papa left for me, plumbing, electrical, buried trash, etc. etc. etc. The fun never ends. It’s gonna be gorgeous when you’re through! Anxiously awaiting the mulching. Be safe out there. You are loved and appreciated. ❤️

Take deep breaths. Have fun with it. People are unorganized inside their homes as well. After 45 yrs I can tell you stories in the cleaning business. Have fun.

I drive the forklift at work and always make sure my surroundings are safe. I really feel for you with the obstacles

A high powered magnet would get all the iron and steel.

What a nightmare. I bought 35 acres and I ran into something similar. I ended up hiring some day laborers to locate junk and flag it , so the guys with the big equipment would have some kind of a warning. You are a hard working man. This looks like it’s going to be a long long job.

Super A for efforts to separate metal , creosoted wood and logs. Would love to see the mulching too!

There are a lot of us out here that can appreciate what you do. Thank you for all you do sharing your adventures in mulching.

that thick stuff is on logging equipment for chokers. the skidder drags the logs 🪵 sometimes others they use on on logging trailers to strap logs down.

That was shear hell brother. It’s good to see that not all ur work is sunshine and daisy’s like most of it. But damn mate u conquered it and yes I’d burn it all and then maybe bulldoze it. Keep up the good work mate. Great job 🤙😎🇦🇺

Great job!! I'm guessing you are getting paid to do a 'day's work' as opposed to a 'mulching job'. Shouldn't be any complaints except for KZfaq attraction. You are doing a great job doing what you have to do. Look at it as a lifetime job! lol

Grubbin’ and scrappin’.😊 I would think the land owner would expect this to be a time consuming job. Thanks for another great video, Davin.

You asked if anyone has any suggestions as to how to find the metal scrap hidden/partially buried in the brush and dirt. I'd say get a metal detector. The type that's on a 4-5 foot pole. Swing it back and forth until you find some metal. It will beep or make some kind of noise. Then start to hand dig until you find the metal. That's my goofy two cents from New Jersey. Good luck and keep swinging.

Devon , if you knew someone with a dozer with a rack on ( forestry rake root rake ) would be ideal for cleaning up by pushing it up into a pile and would make separating much easier, I've had jobs years ago like that what started as a big pine logging turned into a total cleaning job just to get started logging, it was 12.5 acres , I feel your frustration 💯

be a sad day when scrap yard wont take metal, -- "because it's too rusty"

simple solution - dig a big hole and push all that stuff in it - iron and green stuff - when u r done cover it up and leave!!!

Wow, Davin, what a fiasco!!! It's a shame that people don't realize, when they throw stuff all over the place, that eventually someone (like you) will eventually have to find all of it, sort it out, and dispose of it. You're a good man for tackling such a diaster. I hope the owner appreciates all you've accomplished.

Spray it - fire. Repeat as necessary. Agree with other comments ... trash your own property and pay someone else to clean it up. This is the kind of work that you don't want a reputation for.

Thank you for sharing your life. J.Au-en

Thanks for the video Idigit4 that's a messy lot not good at all. Take care of yourself and be Blessed ❤️❤️👍.

that day was a pretty penny. i was thinkin that maybe that was a metal shop from way back when. you magic fingers were so precise in the picking. i use to work at a power plant and i used one of those . m native american, thank you for not killing that snake. our belief is that they help bring rain for our plants and we can have big harvest. such big properties over there, nice and green. video was great.

Such painstaking work - examining every shovel full! But you did a terrific job & I appreciate your having moved the little snake to safe ground.

He could make a pretty penny on that red oak as well !- Sell it.

need one them big magnet things like at the crap yard to attach to your machine, that be pretty cool :) but the killing and burning is sounding good..

Not sure I would not have walked away from this project,

You took on a tough job & got it done. Metal detector still useful? Use caution as you clear, might be some metal left.

That’s a cotton mouth water rattler. 🤣🤣✌️

My dad had his own lumberjack business. We used a tractor to skid the logs out to the logging truck. Then used a winch on his caterpillar to hoist the logs up in the air and on the truck bed. That winch line cable was 1 inch thick steel cable. The cable you keep digging up reminds me exactly of that winch cable line.

Frustration frustration frustration we ain't like Bennett it is what it is let's get it done

Thanks for showing how bad it is sometimes for you. I believe you did a great job

This project is coming along well,at least you're walking it through and it's growing together nicely..here's to the next video, thanks 👍👍👍👍👍👍

You did the best that you could. The only way to clear that area as far as I can think of is to pull all the vegetation the best you can then rake the area with the teeth on the bucket. Pretty much what you were doing.

I think you require a bulldozer to carry this job. It is a very challenging task.

It is looking so much better. I know the customer appreciates it. Thank you for sharing. You are still in my prayers. Have a Blessed Day.

Bless you Man, take care. Mysti is real proud of you.

What a nightmare that was. But it's going to be a gorgeous property when all is said and done. Take care my friend and have a blessed day.

Maybe try a drone to map out where the piles are. With all the vegetation growing up through all of the metal,etc some of those steel pipes and rebar look like sticks.

Ya need to run a dozer over it and take up a foot of it and push it in a pile then run the bucket through it and put it back after it’s been gone threw or have him bring in fill to cover it up and then push it over it all to make a nice back yard simple fix but I know he is on a limit for income like me and ied be scared of the coast

Good video brother. I would talk him into burning all of it down and then try to get all of the metal out. A dozer with a root rake would be another option

Absolutely. Keep going forward each day.

Son you need an Electro-Magnet on the mini😂

Wow!! You saved your equipment from some potentially business halting damage. I am curious after watching this, what was the worst thing you ever got tangled up in that was hiding in thick vegetation? Sending a hug for you and a snuggle and belly rub for your pup.

Burn it. I would not risk my machine. They can’t be paying you enough for the risk. You make that machine look easy. Lots of hours to make it like using your arms and hands. Great job. You can tell you enjoy your job and like to do the best you can.

Doing a good job man we know you going to get the job done

Sending up prayers for you brother.

Maybe a root rake?

First of all thank you for putting your gloves on. Tetanus will kill you. Second I would bulldoze everything from the illegal dump site into a huge pile and show the homeowner and tell them if they want you to remove it they will have to pay you extra for your time and dump fees

That's not just 'old' people, that's irresponsible people.

My Pawpaw would saw never take a knife to a gunfight! A dozer or a loader, push it all up onto a couple of piles and let it dry. then next rainy day burn. When it goes out ! Load metal in dumpster, and push ash in ground. 2 days maximum!

A dozer with a root rake

I’m glad the day ended better, but it’s still a good night for leftovers or carry out and an adult libation!🍺🍷 Davin, I know about the quiet home. What worked for me was to leave a radio on low so when I came home it wasn’t quiet, then if I got tired of that I would change the station or opt for the TV. Going to bed I would turn a fan on low and aim it accordingly. 😊 🙏🏻

I would say that, as long as you are getting paid for your time, do what you have to do to get the job done. That is the price that the grandfather passed on to the family.

What a pain of a job dude... Definitely earned the money on this one

poor snake is like- " If only i had LEGS, I'd get away from you!

Almost like an archaeological dig…. 🙏👍🌻

You need a small dozer. flatten top layer.

I'm looking forward to fire. Gotta use something that can pull that stuff up. Who knows how deep it's buried too.

Agree that the best choice is burn it off and clean up after. Second choice cut a pit, push all the scrub in and burn it there. But pull it out, no thanks. What a nightmare for you. The customer is asking a lot.

Probably the easiest way to expose all the metal is a medium dozer with either a blade with a root rake or a ripper on the back.

Man picking that metal out of there is going to take forever. PS: I could see letsdigit18 using a bulldozer with a rake going through there.

Great job, proud of you, way to stick it out and finish moving metal out

Yep rent a small dozer with a root rayck pile it up dig a hole and push it all in and fill it in and call it a day 😊

I was just wondering if you could use a huge magnet, like the ones they use in junk yards, to go over the area and get the metal out? If you can't do something like that and you have to get it out by hand- think of it as job security. ;) You do a great job. You handle that thing like a human hand. Venomous snakes have triangular-shaped heads, pupils with slits like a cat's, and thick bodies.

Well at least you are not running into abandoned gas station tanks like a developer did in So Miami while building apt complex on 72nd and 48st in south miami,Miami, in 9the eighties. The previous property had been a rock pit that became a junk yard then covered by fill to disguise it was a filled in junk yard. It was said at one point that two acres was filled with car parts as well as frames and large industrial garbage used to be fill. Then across the street at location I worked at while it was being built a pile driver hit something that bounced the pile out of the ground each time it was hit. On further exploration and a digging project a cement mixer frame was found with springs and shocks were found . They then built a work center for Bell South on this site . After more history was searched this plot was found as another rock pit ,where in the forties or fifties this was a site for an animal zoo,as people would walk down into the pit where wild animals were on display.

Nice job I went through the exact same experience but on only a half acre, it was completely overgrown with heavy brush ground cover trees vines all sorts of junk that became fused and entangled with the vegetation😮 at first I tried to contract a lawn service to do the property cleanup for me and several came out and they all turned it down. Mainly because it was too much work for their business model as most of these companies are just there to maintain something that’s already in decent shape,plus they didn’twant their tools wrecked which I totally get that. But using hand tools I cut everything down myself carefully picked up all of the trash and debris and took several truckloads to the landfill and got it done thankfully

All poisonous snake have a diamond shaped head

talk the owner into renting a magnet crain

One foot in front of the other...👍

good job brother, glad to see people still willing to work!

great video. I have tons of comments "all positive" but tons of comments and questions. thanks again for another great video. as a scraper myself I would love to know how much he got for that load. it takes time brother so just take it one day at a time and keep positive.

You should get the blu tooth microphone. You can talk to is from inside your tractors you don’t have to be near the cameras. Just clip it to your hat bill or collar.

You hate it, thats my favorite kinda job lol.

It's crazy what you have to deal with. Definitely set it on 🔥

Spray, kill it, burn, bulldoze

May as well be clearing a mine field. Stick with it!

You had quite a challenge right there. I'm glad it'll be a month before you have to revisit it again. Thank you for sharing

Wow. That also a lot of work. But hopefully will be worth it to get all that garbage out of there.

Country hoarders horde metal. "Where's my copper!"

Need a sizeable magnet to help find the metal. 😊

If grandpa grew up during the depression nothing got thrown away.

Farmers would bury all their junk, and sometimes leave some on top of the ground you have two choices. Run and never go back. Or dig a bigger hole and deeper and bury it all.

As always, great video! You may want to consider a pair of chainsaw chaps, they can be a life saver They are a must for me and my crew when we are sawing.

It's a mess but it has to get done and your the man it will take some time but I am sure you will get it done thanks great video

For crap like that a root rake works real good.

Great video. Challenging and rewarding job. Hang in there.💕

Should have brush burned everything 1st then did the scrapping

Wow I haven’t had one of these yet. I have eaten a cattle panel and back seat out of an old impala but nothing like this.

That was some work there D 😅 Love my Husqvarna 550xp!

Sometimes, fire is your friend. 😈