How To Dig Your Own Underground Sandstone Tunnels!

Sandland is a rural property my friend bought for the purpose of digging crazy underground tunnels! This video shows how we dig passages and rooms in the sandstone bedrock at Sandland! Don't try this one at home! If you want to help dig then contact the crew through the links below!

[AJ-ncvr]

You watch ONE Colin Furze video, and all of a sudden your recommendations is all tunnels!

[wishbone]

Collin a few months ago "Write that down write that down!"

[roanschaffer]

POV: you get this recommended from watching Colin Furze

[kleetus]

that is some amazingly soft sandstone... I've mined the stuff in Pennsylvania and I can assure you they don't just crumble and fall apart... hydraulic splitters are needed to separate the pieces. Being that soft I'm amazed you don't have water problems.

[ruthdoyle]

You could take the tires off the wagons and lay pipes down for tracks. Much easier to move the sand. Also consider digging at a slight incline 1-2 degrees. Easier to get the sand out. Later on you could level it if desired. (After the vast majority is removed)

[SanduTheMountainDweller]

This is so bloody cool! Would you mind telling me a little about how you deal with ventilation ?

[laughingsnake]

A lot of people are missing that as a male there is something inherently calming about digging a hole. Most kids especially boys enjoy digging holes outside. As men most of us never grow out of this calming fascination. If you go to the beach and a child is digging a good hole, there will end up being several grown men watching the hole being dug. We also do this at construction sites. If someone is digging then I am watching. And most of the time want to join in the hole digging. If I had undeveloped land somewhere, I would dig holes as well.

[JW-ogym]

This is so cool! What a fantastic hobby. Shame I'm not in the area otherwise I'd dig for days

[Mr.Neko]

Although it's a lot softer than what it's designed for, try a concrete saw. The only real issue I see is it's usually gas powered, but I imagine there are electric ones out there

[KClO]

here in iceland we dont have any sandstone but we do have palagonite which is basically volcanic sandstone formed from eruptions under ice. mountains are often made of it and i plan to dig a tunnel into one nearby my house. its about the same hardness as sandstone and very easy and fun to work with!

[milesua]

I recognize all those caves in St. Paul some crazy shit under that city

[memejeff]

Very cool. Every time I see sandland sand closeup I think of how tasty it looks. All that sand and your pond make me wonder if a hydroponic vegetable garden is feasible.

[thomascorbett]

Keep the ceilings somewhat arched, and don't go to wide unsupported and it should be safe .

[seanmcguire]

Did you guys make it to the other side of the mountain?

[olfhausen]

woow, thats so cool! if i can ever visit the US i'll make sure to drop by and lend you a hand. looks like really exciting projects! greetings from germany and keep digging folks

[wealthelife]

It looks like pretty soft sandstone. I started digging a shaft for a wine cellar/whatever under my previous Sydney house using a hammer and cold chisel (for a bit a relaxation in the evenings) and our sandstone can be pretty hard (especially when you hit bands of 'ironstone'). Sydney sandstone has compressive strength of 40-70 Mpa. Not sure how this compares to the sandstone at Sandland, but from the video it seems quite soft.

[jimcameron]

Man oh man that winch really tied that haul tunnel together.

[dinamush]

I thought you were gonna say the product of sandland is the empty space inside your heart will be filled T-T

[josephdupont]

I have 40 acres in Hudspeth County and I think you give me an idea to take advantage of this 120' mound that I have of the looks like it's some sedimentary rock

[kevorka]

Now imagine all the work the ancients had to do without power tools :)