Like the build, I always found auger drill bits made easy work of thick wood

Lowkey mad this didn't occur to me. It's cheap and ingenious!

y’all really need a new blade for that sawzall

You stand on the skate to get up

nice

That's so cool that such a rudimentary water tool can provide such boring action.

Did this work well after training ?

That's the easy one. I would like to see you remove the one above it, where you can't push in with your hand but thanks for the video anyway.

just wondering...why would someone with waterfront property and a jetty (with boat I presume) bother with DIY piling?

Awesome video Thank you for sharing

What is the going rate for this?

My house water hose has higher volume than that. Water will shoot out on 1/2" pipe 8 feet. We have 1" pex and 120 psi coming to the house

When cutting thick wood with a Sawzall move the entire blade in and out all the way. The gullets quickly get filled with chips and cannot touch the wood. Sliding the blade out allows the chips to clear out. If the wood is wet or sticky you need to manually clear the gullets .

This is a great idea Now I just have to build a lake next to my house so I can try this one . LoL 😂

Use a self - feeding auger bit using a Milwaukee Hole Hawk the Plumber uses, it’s much easier. Great video! Thanks.

Never cut a point on a post holding weight. Doing such won't allow it to have a "base".

Really great video guys

Appreciate this video man. I’ve got a buddy that wants to try and I was having a hard time explaining to him how I get up on one, and I’ve never understood the “conventional” method of getting up. I never got “taught” how to do it, I just thought they looked cool, bought one and figured if you can get up on one tow-sport, the rest are all basically the same. This just seemed like the obvious way to me after skiing and wakeboarding for years.

What do you sound like Minnie Mouse

That sawsall is trash

Stick that sh-t in a hot fire first and it will bend like licorice

You could do that with a chain saw in 20 seconds bro

I build docks in Jacksonville, Florida and we use a Milwaukee battery powered hammer drill with a 5/8 bit for 1/2" stainless steel all thread through-bolts. nothing corded it takes too long. And we are drilling through 12-15" piles. I do like the fact you got em down that far though clay without a jet pump.

Hate to see you dropping all of that chemically treated sawdust into the lake. I’m sure the fish appreciate it

Get yourself an auger bit instead of that “spade” paddle bit.

This was A LOT of work. And it’s supposed to be the easy way, right ? I wonder how ancient people did this without electricity or power tools.

Simple yet affective. Now I gotta pee after hearing this..

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Better idea...saw a section of thin wall 3" pvc sewer pipe lengthwise, use it for support...and it will slide into the square bumper with hose, I have 2 ...8'ers & 2 ...4'ers. That I carry all the time, depending on what's needed...

Hello Fix it Wise, can you share some specs on your irrigation/sprinkler pump... what are the ratings for pressure (psi), flowrate (gpm) and/or power (hp)? I will be doing some jetting where it's not easy to get a trash pump in place, but I have electricity so a sprinkler pump might do the trick. Thanks in advance.

Good video and ideas, however, there's better equipment and easier ways to do this. First, a pressure washer with a long extension is MUCH more effective, and the garden hose won't touch hard pack. Better yet rent a high pressure muck pump from Home Depot and make up some reducing fittings from a 3" line to a 2" line and that will make the garden hose seem like a joke. Also, get a REAL wood bit for those bolts, more expensive, but MUCH better. Just finished a similar project and have one more to go.

Instead of a 6x6 piling, use an 8x8 made up from four 4x4's cut a half inch from the corner of each beam lengthwise. Turn them so the cuts face inward and glue & bolt them together. Bang a fitting on top to connect the hose. Having the outflow centered exactly where you want it will increase your efficiency. Tightbond, after giving it time to dry/ cure will be watertight at least long enough to jet the pilings into the bed.

This is so beautiful. You both did an excellent job.

When drilling the post for the bolts we need more information regarding the puckering of the lips while drilling. How does the lip puckering change the dynamics of drilling a bolt hole? 😂

Since you knew the depth you wanted to go down could you have predrilled the post ?

a few things that made me think i shouldnt trust this video are: 1. when jacking the deck up you attached to a bolt. that bolt could easily have split that board. should have reinforced the bolt entry/exit of the wood significantly first. and 2. when drilling the hole you dont need a special drill, and a spade bit can easily change directions and create a worm hole that is not straight. making it impossible to get the threaded rod through without boroughing out the hold wider in some areas. just seems non-pro. but looks like it gets the job done. I understand a proper bit would have cost $50 but i own a dozen of them for going through 8-36" of lumber with one rod. I would really like the best way to sink a beam in the water and im looking for the best way, not the spade bit way. i'll keep looking.

What are the environmental impacts of using pressure treated lumber in lakes, its been found to be very detrimental in gardens so I would think its also going to cause a lot of issues with lake ecology?

What kind of water pump do I need to get from a rental place? My dock has old 4x4 pressure treated beams. Would be nice to replace the corner post with 6x6. They are all outside post's. nothing in the middle. No special made nozzle jet tip as I have seen others use. South florida sand should be very simple to jet down into on the shore line. Best video I've seen. Thanks. I love the flat head lag bolts. Great idea.

An auger bit works best don’t listen to this guy

You should have notched the 6x6. Those two bolts are carrying the load.

might as well put as much chemical sawdust as possible into the water

help me out. i have a pond that i want to put up some shoreline post and hold back dirt from yard. the post i put in will only hold back a 3 foot tall shoreline of dirt. how far do you think i should be post into bottom of pond which is only one foot deep at the shoreline?? should i try to pour concrete in it or will the post be sufficient?? i just want a clean looking shoreline as the pond is close to my house. i plan on using a auger from home depot to drill the hole?? what do you think?? thanks turner

Why wouldn’t you cut a notch in the piling and let the frame rest on top of the piling instead of having all that weight on 2 bolts?

Smash the end of the pipe flat for more pressure.

Auger drill bit would have made short work of drilling timber ?

Built duck blinds and docks/piers on Assateague Island using a gas pressure washer years ago. The poles just slide down into the mud, amazingly simple.

i have the same circ saw! nice

I have done quite of bit of electrical for docks but I was never really sure how they got the post sunk on the non free floating rigs, thanks for the video this was awesome

But first he was making a point!

Had to help run some wires at in-laws. Oak beams that were very close and I could not get my drills in. Bought Irwin self self driven bits and tried my 3/8 desalt Impact to get in space. Worked so well I went and bought a 3 pack with a few extensions. They eat thru wood. I retired my1/2 dewalt except for paint stirring.