Very true

That’s that’s pretty awesome I have three German Shepherd‘s and whenever they hear a siren they all are howling at the same time they do the same thing when they hear coyotes at night time. I good to hear from you as always.

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Thanks for your comment and watching. I’ve heard both things shorter videos longer videos. Well the last ones that I’ve posted recently are longer thank you so much! And it seems like they’ve done a lot better with the views.

Thank you so much for watching my channel. I appreciate your comment.

Thanks Eugenio I would love to see some of your work send me your information. I get asked all the time from people in different areas who I could recommend.

@@DaleWHickman The company name is Gene Diaz and son, we have some pictures on Facebook but haven't updated them in a few years. I see that you guys work with everlast seawalls, I been working with them for years you can probably get some references from them but again awesome work

@@eugeniodiaz3018 Nice looking work 👍

@@DaleWHickman Thank you Sir we are a small company, maeby some day I'll be as big as you guys lol keep up the good work Sir God bless

@@eugeniodiaz3018 Thank you sir I’ll receive those blessings for sure likewise to you. Large is not always better a lot more experience being small was quite enjoyable at the time..

Good tip!

Thank you Gary and for watching

Yeah it’s hard doing it without equipment my dad did not believe in equipment and then I worked with him in the 80s the biggest pole Ir stood up by hand was 8”x 35 with a lot of scaffling and blocks and tackles

Thank you so much for watching my channel and your comment! I haven’t thought about the T-shirt thing yet, but that might be a great idea 💡 you get all types of comments on KZfaq. I take it like water off the ducks back as my dad used to say.

Thanks for your comment, we water jet the poles up or use a vibration hammer

Good question Paul yes we do if it’s close to the salt water we retreat the cut timber with copper toxins we try to never really cut that end of the board off.

Trust me, I am the lucky one ❤️✔️

Hey Paul depends on soil conditions it could run anywhere between $10-$15 per foot

Thanks for your comment Eric and watching my videos. Yes it is.

Thank you for watching your comment. I appreciate that we don’t like sharing numbers on the Internet as to given additional information to local competition. 😃

Thanks for your comment! I have a specially Marine contractors.

Hey, thanks for watching in your question we use both and I don’t really see a difference. I do like the pontoon style boat because you have more stability and more room to store stuff.

Thanks for watching my videos but no, we actually run a string line very tight to set our poles and then install the two by eights

Thanks for watching my channel. I have had some issue getting bolt out and I had to resort to a large air compressed driver, which does take some time. We don’t use any electrical tools around the water that is pretty dangerous. My guys like the cobalt from Lowe’s and the Dewalt battery power tools.

@@DaleWHickman thanks for the reply

Thanks for your comment Ivan and watching! I don’t think I could get pilings long enough for here they keep going in the sand and mud. Side friction has quite a bit of holding power. 💪

That’s it I use a grade 8 bolt in the loop be careful though those chains can really tear your pilings up when pulling them back up 👍

Vertical sea walls are actually illegal in Florida. With the installation of lime stone riprap in front of the wall this makes the wall permitable. Lime stone helps break up wave action and any sand that might be traveling with that wave is distributed amongst the riprap which could in some places build up beaches. The only place we don’t have to install the riprap is in canals it is not really necessary in these areas if the wall is built properly you would not need it in the lake either. Thanks for watching 👍

@@DaleWHickman Thanks for quick response, you guys are damn good !

Thanks for watching we appreciate that! Can you get a small two or 3 inch pump back there to help jet the hole out a little deeper to get the Piling in if you could get at least 6 foot it probably be a lot better. Good luck with your project.

@DaleWHickman you're awfully kind to respond, I appreciate that! You mentioned a two or three inch pump. Not real familiar with this equipment is that the size of the hose? And if I can rent one will it cut through rocky soil I was going to put a section of tinhorn in the water close to the shore and evacuate the water out to begin work. Thanks Dale!

I’m in South Carolina if you’d like a quote

We had them made in Panama City in the roughly about 90,000 . I’m sure with everything going on now they’re even more expensive

No resistance here I could drive the pilings all the way down we drive to a bearing load typically about 10 feet does it in the sandy conditions

@@DaleWHickman I guess we do have more of a rock shelf up here than you probably do.

@@zachwiseman6297 The only rock that we hit is the rock that came from Birmingham Alabama that we put in along the shoreline 😂

@@DaleWHickman that is crazy to me because we have to wait at most is an hour and a half to get our rock from the query. How long does it take to get your rock to you?

@@zachwiseman6297 😳 5-6 hrs

Thanks for your question. I’m watching my channel. There’s a whole Lotta factors to go into replacing a Piling as far as accessibility water, depth, soil, conditions, and size of Piling. Typically most poles go for about $20-$25 a foot labor to install.

Thanks for your comment and question which typically use the 308 cats

@@DaleWHickman thanks for the reply! That’s a huge excavator! What’s the smallest you could get by with? Would rather use a plate compactor vs jetting sheets by hand with pump.

@@berniemac8413 actually a 50 John Deere is the first one to use and it works just fine. I’ve got a plate compactor on it also and I like the use of both jetting and driving if I can drive without jetting I’m all about that cause I’m a lot quicker getting the lined up. Lots of practice.

@@DaleWHickman haha yea I bet it takes a lot of practice! Do you ever find that driving them with the machine gets the installed sheets out of alignment/plumb? Or does that not happen due to the interlocking ends.

Thanks for your comment. That’s why we level both sides and get a happy medium in the middle.

Thanks for watching my video and your comment. One thing you’re going to start with if you do is a lot of long hours trust me. When meeting with your customers tell them what you were going to do and do what you say you’re going to do and even do a better job. Trust me that will spread like wildfire to other customers. You don’t need all the heavy equipment at first it will be a lot of manual labor but you will build up to it if you do what you say you’re going to do for the customers.

8-10’ 😃

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Thanks for your comment. If you live in this area, please feel free to give us a call at the office will be happy to see the size you are looking up and give you a rough estimate.

Just contact my office set up an appointment with Bill Franklin general manager 850-934-6360. Thanks for the comment we are always looking to hire a good people. And thank you for your service!!!👍

Thank you for the support, the videos, and the reply! I’ll get in contact with Bill when the time comes 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Thanks for your comment. A lot of people or contractors do that to make you think you’re getting a larger Piling. If you put the skinny side in the ground, the first storm surge will pull that right out of the ground you don’t have a bigger circumference at the bottom to give you a drag

Thanks for checking out my page Steve, we are located in Gulfbreeze Florida that is in the south west corner of Florida by Alabama and try to work within 50 miles.

Thank you for watching my channel and your comment. I guess the proper terminology would have been the dock is not parallel with the repairing line. Permit requires us to stay 25 foot off of this line. With the angle of the old dock and extended it out further would’ve crossed over the riparian line and closer than the 25 foot required to stay off. Hopefully this answers the question. 😄

@@DaleWHickman I google searched for "Florida riparian rights". I understand now. Rights to water front extending into water way. I thought riparian meant rights of wildlife like fish, birds and crustaceans. Learned something new today

@@duotronic6451 oh cool, sorry I didn’t explain it better I thought you understood Repair lines. Google is our best friend. 😊

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13 years wow that’s a long time. Good job I hate how long it takes for the guys to let the plum-bob settle. I’d like to get a quick level. We compensate for the tape while we’re leveling checking both sides. On the inside of the seawalls I do like for the Pilings to be level so that both wailers run plumb to each other so my wall does an angle which I know make Pilings leans just a bit. 👍

Thanks for watching. Depends on what you’re calling upside down. The butt end or the largest end of the Piling should be installed in the water on docks. This makes it harder for the Piling to be pulled out with a bigger end in the ground during a storm search. If you put the smaller end in once you break that suction with the storm surge uplift, it’s easy for that pole to come out. Now building a house on Piling’s, you want to put the skinny end down because it is loadbearing of the house.

@@DaleWHickman that makes sense if you're in the north where water freezes and i do agree with the storm surge also i am Chris flint i owned flint marine construction out of Virginia beach i ran 12 crews for 20 years i sold in 2017 and moved to asia enjoyed watching thanks we were the largest marine contractor on east coast where are you what area?

@@DaleWHickman ask bill golden or ken fealty about chris flint and flint marine construction

@@DaleWHickman i was the largest marine contractor on east coat for 20 years we had 12 crews at one point i sold in 2017 and never looking back from asia

Well, thanks Chris. It is nice hearing from you. I grew up in Pungo Virginia Beach, Virginia. Move from there when I was nine years old lol. Sold your company that is interesting.🤔 We are located in Pensacola in Gulf Reese, Florida in Panhandle beautiful sugar Sand here to deal with I don’t ever have to worry about water freezing 😁