I worked in a cemetery our graves were close to 5 feet for a standard grave, I was in Utah and the city I worked for allowed double deep graves so families could stack 2 vaults in one grave it was a cheaper option and those were tough 8 feet deep
Sometimes when buying burial plots people reserve two spaces. Could be husband and wife or close relatives. In order to fit to grave for the same headstone they offset the graves a little bit. You would be suprised how meticulously they mark those graves. If accidents happens, (they do) and you hit a neighboring vault while digging police get involved.
They’re dug as deep as the shovel and a mound or mounds are placed so they may get the straps out from the hole that lower the casket…… Former grave digger.
Bring your digger lunch and I’ll guarantee he’ll leave some dirt behind for you to work with. If he’s good he’ll even leave a mound without getting of the backhoe.
It's a profession you would really have to ponder over. A lot of drama would accompany a person wanting to pursue this kind of career. How do you tell people you're a gravedigger at a cemetery, or an embalmer at a funeral home? Oh well, society needs this, and of course it has to be done.
Apparently more than he has made, because people still come out to the cemetery, Is that 6' deep ? Or, that looks deep. And someone with no clue says, yeah it's 6' deep.
Thank you for doing what you do!
Thank you for the Cross. That is thoughtful.
I worked in a cemetery our graves were close to 5 feet for a standard grave, I was in Utah and the city I worked for allowed double deep graves so families could stack 2 vaults in one grave it was a cheaper option and those were tough 8 feet deep
Double depths are the best ever tried to climb out of a double 10 ft deep no ladder
@@HOIKID a couple guys at the cemetery could climb out me and the boss are big people and couldn't climb out so we used the excavator bucket
I noticed that markers are not always exactly centered
Sometimes when buying burial plots people reserve two spaces. Could be husband and wife or close relatives. In order to fit to grave for the same headstone they offset the graves a little bit. You would be suprised how meticulously they mark those graves. If accidents happens, (they do) and you hit a neighboring vault while digging police get involved.
@@HOIKIDso interesting. Thank you for sharing
Please put a cross on the bottom of my grave.
Our aunt passed away last month..Couldn't help but think of these videos. Thank you for the information..it os helpful.
They’re dug as deep as the shovel and a mound or mounds are placed so they may get the straps out from the hole that lower the casket……
Former grave digger.
He said that in the video
Bring your digger lunch and I’ll guarantee he’ll leave some dirt behind for you to work with. If he’s good he’ll even leave a mound without getting of the backhoe.
Not really a grave - it's a buried vault. I have hand lowered coffins into graves in England UK that were very deep.
A buried vault gets buried in grave. Doesn’t matter the depth it’s still someone’s resting place.
@@HOIKID The term 'burial' goes back long before concrete vaults were used and really refers to a coffin in the earth.
Wooow i didnt know that
to all the grave diggers, thanks for your service😅😅😅😅😅
Well it's definitely not 6 foot deep.
We dig 7’2” in nj double stack
It's a profession you would really have to ponder over. A lot of drama would accompany a person wanting to pursue this kind of career. How do you tell people you're a gravedigger at a cemetery, or an embalmer at a funeral home? Oh well, society needs this, and of course it has to be done.
They were once called "oddfellows."
It’s so your cables don’t snag when you are don’t with the Wilbert device
Very interesting 😢
Not 6’
Superstitions !
Chi chi's christ how many videos do you need to tell us graves no longer need to be 6ft deep anymore??
Apparently more than he has made, because people still come out to the cemetery, Is that 6' deep ? Or, that looks deep. And someone with no clue says, yeah it's 6' deep.