How a Burial Vault is Sealed and Lowered.
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2024
- This is the most important part of the job as a Vault man. Often the lowering of the casket is performed while family is present, if the family does not stay to view the lowering the funeral director and myself seal the vault.
Our goal as vault men is to let the families that we service know that their loved one is being taken care of with care and respect. This is why we have a certain dress code when family is present. Not all vault companies have the same standard of practice at this time, at Kelley Vault Company we view ourselves as an extention of the funeral home.
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The amount of respect and professionalism shown by this gentleman is awe-inspiring. Thank you for your kindness.
I agree. I was just thinking the same thing. Very respectful and reverent.
There are no words to describe what it feels like watching your son and only child be sealed in a box and lowered into the earth. I was as close to dead as I've ever felt that day. The people who did these necessary things for my wife and I will never know how much their compassion gave us comfort. ❤
You can see, this is not a job to this man, it's a compassion of love! Every movement he's so caring, gently wiping to casket, gently moving the flowers, notice he gently placed the flowers on the ground out of the way, DID NOT simply toss them to the ground! This is a wonderful man!
Oh my god how dumb are you?
He’s the last man to ever let you down.
😂
Literally.
I worked at Wilbert burial vault for 10 years. I've buried probably close to 1000 people in my time. You don't understand how heavy that lowering device is and awkward to carry by yourself. And that Butyl tape that seals the cover to to the base is not letting water in that vault. What you don't see is the setup. What the CSRs go through to set a vault. In the rain, freezing cold, blistering heat and everything in between.
Thank you for your 10 years in the industry sir!
Yeah and I can see why funerals are expensive too
@@Illianaheadstonecare1❤
Wondering if the family of this loved one plays this video... offten😮😢
I can attest to everything you said because I worked for a Wilbert franchise for 8 years and the weather was absolutely awful to work in sometimes plus having to carry all that equipment to where the burial site was wasn't always flat and close. But I absolutely loved the job and treated every funeral like it was a member of my own family!
This guy is a professional and treated the dearly departed with so much respect
Yes he is
Yes he did
Well, he is being recorded.
Until the camera is shut off. Then he pissed on the casket.
@@RadioRich100yup!
Im 44 yrs old, I've done this since I was 17 yrs old Highland Park and Covington Cemetery. Even though it was apart of the Job I couldn't do it any more, I've work with people from Wilbert, and many other burial vault companies in Indiana just finally gets to you if not wears you down and out. Mostly kid/baby burials finally got to me.
Thank you, for your service, and giving loved ones a peace of mind.
I was sitting here thinking, babies and kids had to be the hardest. Thank you for your service.
Rest in Peace, The older I get (66) and the closer I get to my last day, the more I realize just how frivolous all of this is. It is a great financial burden on those you leave behind, and for what? Your essence, your soul, has already left your body. All that remains is your lifeless shell which, despise all the expense, will eventually turn to dust. On the Last Day, the Father will raise us all up. Put me in a cheap wood box or just wrap me in a shroud, un-embalmed, and throw dirt on top of me.
That’s exactly how I feel. Funerals are way too expensive, so I’ve opted to be cremated. No matter if we’ve been buried, cremated or buried at sea, God will raise us to His glory! And, no matter how expensive the vault is, it does fill w/ water. My mother worked in the same building as an assistant chief firefighter, who had to be a witness at exhumations. It’s just wasted money. Vaults are meant to keep the ground from sinking.
You can actually have a 'green' burial. You'd have to search for it, but it is out there.
@@sallysmith8081 I know what it is, I have considered it
Amen brother 🙏🏼❤️✝️🕊️
This young man was very caring, respectful and reverent. Very nice demonstration.
And your a dope.
You’re (you are)
Lowering a casket into a vault! This is how you love humanity! I remember this from my father's funeral! Beautiful good bye! It happens to all of us! Thank God for people like this that lays us to rest with respect, and love!
Here in MA. they don't allow you to stay.
They wait until everyone is gone to begin the process.
I have to say that this is a very respectable send off, it’s nice to know that there are still people who care kudos to this gentleman and all of those who help us say goodbye to our loved ones
Oh please
The respect, dignity, and professionalism is palpable. God bless you for your care......
I think this is the saddest part! I am getting sad just watching it getting lowered into the ground and I don’t even know this person 💔
Yeah I agree. Very final.
Same here 😢😮😥
The only thing I don’t miss about working for the cemetery I worked for years at. Mainly is just when the funeral is going on at the cemetery you just stand back and watch or talk with maybe one or two of your work crew guys there. But in the end that’s a heavy mental burden just watching families grieving daily and dealing with death and every single day 2-3 times a day. Great job but after a bit that’ll start getting to yo u a little . And no you also don’t have to crank the casket down into the vault hole which ever form of wording you prefer, the device can lower itself as well.
Thank you for your love and care and respect you give to each family ❤
I have much respect for the funeral director embalmer and staff and to see this man in a suit doing this may God bless you for being professional and looking the part too
Thank you for sharing this video. It was very educational. That young man was so thoughtful and caring. The company he works for is blessed to have such an asset amongst them. May God Always Bless him and his family 🙏🙏🙏
Oh god how many fools watched this video and thinks its real? Raise your hand.
Life is short...make it count...this was a caring person who did this...the music fit the video perfectly.
It was a bullshit artist trying to get you to spend thousands more on a funeral then you need to.
This profession takes a lot of compassion and respect!
I am glad they had good equipment. Those vaults and caskets are very heavy.
I appreciate you doing this for them with courtesy
The song made it so very special ❤
I’m from New Jersey and I never seen it done this way. So respectful.
Hello 👋...Pretty lady.🌹.How are you doing and the weather conditions like
Thats because it isnt done that way. It was just a dog and pony show.
This man is so caring and shows so much respect.
I love the way this is done by this cemetery, as it is not done like that in our cemetery. we bought a vault for our mother. the vault was put in the ground and her casket was lowered into the vault. then a truck came and lifted the cover and lowered it onto the vault. after seeing this I don't know how they can seal the vault the way they do it in our cemetery, but the way they do it in this video I can see the seal.
Very nicely made video. Thanks for posting this.
The finality of it. . . 😢
You mean the bullshit surrounding it.
This is very educational and done very respectfully. I often wondered how this was done, and your video is very well done. Often some cemeteries do not give this level of compassion like you do.
Dont be stupid its faked. He set it all up.
@@RadioRich100no reason for the use of the word stupid. People are allowed to wonder.
@@Mitch-sk1bn That kind of wondering will cost you thousands of dollars. Hows gullible sound?
@@RadioRich100 It’s not worth arguing over. The intent of the creator was to show to those who might want to know how it’s done. The creator has succeeded.
@@Mitch-sk1bn He succeeded in bullshitting the gullible like you
Love the music... Heartbreaking 💔
Thats how they empty your pockets.
It was definitely a very solemn moment seeing my dad lowered into the ground like this about four years ago from a distance. Job well done in making sure this family member was taken care to rest in eternity.
So depressing... watching them lower my mom... but she was 93 and ready for Heaven!😊
Ca-ching Ca-ching
@@RadioRich100 yea. Make an ASH out of me and go enjoy that waste of $$$... $4k coffin ground in 3 days....
Much appreciated and respect for the kind and caring for the departed.
wow hugs to all who pass away
That was very interesting thank you for showing that video
Thanks for being very professional compassion it when do this! I am sorry for your loss of your family member! Fly high with the angels beautiful person! From ohio
The closing of the value was done in a very professional manner. Thank you. I wish that at our cemetery they were as professional and showed such compassion.
While the camera was running yeah. Do you really think a guy with a suit does that? Its probably some mexican in a sweat shirt that smells like a hoagie shop who hasnt had a bath in 5 days with dirt ground into his pants and alcohol on his breath while hes' scratching his balls.
I respect that he wiped the casket down to look its best before going into the ground. But he also wiped away all his/her family, friends hand prints if they touched them for the last time...
Damn
The guy inside it is still dead.
My the Roman Catholic faith, the priest sprinkles Holy Water on a casket.
@@RadioRich100 we used to respect the dead.
@@briandfallon74 and when everybody leaves the 2 mexicans that bury it pissed on it.
Respect and reverence were on the top of his list. True professional.
No, making you think thats what really happens.
@@RadioRich100 What are you a troll or a hater! How do know that this doesn’t happen?
@@christinalemmo2332 No, im not stupid or gullible like you. If you cant see what goes here then you will be a fool all your life.
@@christinalemmo2332 Guys wearing suits dont bury bodies. Simple deduction.
Sorry you are outnumbered here and your comment doesn’t count.
I worked in a cemetery one summer a long time and although the denominational cemeteries used backhoes, the city cemetery i was at, was pick & shovel, then after digging down about 5’, unless curved liners were used, it’d be about 5 and a half feet. The liners were of heavy black slate, i guess to protect the coffin when it was lowered. This convinced me that when it’s time to shed my mortal coil, i’ll get cremated.
I've wondered how this was done. Thank you for showing us in a professional and respectful manner.
Hello 👋...Pretty lady.🌹.How are you doing and the weather conditions like
I reported you@@ErkanYildirim-ss4ww
My father bought burial plots and vaults in 1975 for approximately $1500 . When my mother died in 2014 the man at the funeral home told me it would cost $ 18000 in 2014 .
Dad really made a wise decision to do that .
Respect for all who work so diligently to bury the soul who has gone on.
As someone who took great honor in doing sympathy flowers, I respect your devotion to care and detail. A family only gets to say " good bye,", once.
$20,000 later
I live in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, burials are done differently. All family and friends stays in the cemetery until the burial is done with sealing. We see everything. After sealing, all the floral arrangements are put on top. Then visitors leaves. All burial plots are made of cement with different capacity of people who are buried. My family’s plot has for 6 (2 + 2 for the sides and 2 in the middle which adds to 6). Ones can buy for 1, 2, etc. if it’s a public cemetery, each family has to maintain it. Private cemeteries charges a maintenance fee for them to do. Family members are responsible in keeping all plots clean and painted. Well maintained. As the years goes by if the plot is needed, family members has to go to court to exhume remains. The remains will be moved to a small metal box with the name of deceased and buried together with recent deceased. They were charging $600.00 just to move remains aside from the burial cost of recent deceased. Don’t know now since prices has gone up.
That was perfect thank you very much❤❤❤
Trust me, they don’t dress like that when they lower the casket and do all that and if it’s the Wilbert Way, which this particular video is showing the person that is usually not alone
You talk about, 'Clos phobic,' man! In 1985 I was in Cairo Egypt and went UP into a pyramid! I never knew how one gets up and down! Since then,’ I can't get on amusement park rides that closes one in!’
Thank you for your sevice
No wonder funerals cost $40k!
In the past several decades , it seems like the industry has attempted to steer the suvivors away from this most important process by not completing this step until everyone has slipped away .
I respect people who can work in this field. It must be very difficult and emotionally draining. I think we need to get away from this custom, but that is just my personal opinion. This guy was so respectful and professional.❤
Very professionally done. This gentleman is great at his job & caring so much for the departed. After my father passed away in January 2006, I wanted to stick around after the services to see how it was done. Now I know. Thank you for this video
Get out your check book that will be $20,000 please.
@@RadioRich100 Ever so true. Keeps getting more & more expensive
😢Watchinh your loved one being lowered into the grave is the hardest part of all
😢🕊️
Well done vault man
Wilbert vault is awesome
Very nice choice of theme music. Here I Am To Worship.
Had no idea how involved this process was. He does a respectful, professional job! Wonder why he doesn't use a power drill to turn all those cranks?
Just a guess, if family members are still around or close by, a hand crank is quieter and more professional and respectful than a drill gun or impact. Just a guess, though…
@MarkTEwing
Makes sense, Mark. The hand crank is more traditional and quieter, with an element of sincere respect. The drill motor is so incorporated into modern practices that it seemed curious as to why it wasn't used here. If family is still present, you must convey respect.
Thank you
What happens after the vault is in the ground, do you have to do any other sealing on the vault? Someone in another comment mentioned tape? Also this looks like less than 6ft, do they really go only about 4ft? I would like to just see the rest of the process before the person leaves or like before the grass goes on.
I hope you get payed good money for doing this mate this is incredible work well done 👏 ✔️
He even wiped the dust off the top of the casket, so much respect.
Oh please, you mean he didnt use car wax on it? Its going to be filled with dirt and water gets in. Its only because the camera was on.
When I did this job I never wiped it down (unless it got rained on) and left anything the family placed on it out of respect for them. Fingerprints and flowers were their last memory of their family member and I wanted that to remain for them!
@@RadioRich100 Why are you so cynical? I'm a cynical person. You, my friend, expect the worst out of everyone.
@@TheLordOfNothing Its just a cheap sales pitch. I call it the way I see it.
God bless you.
Pay attention to the hinges on the coffin. I've already caught a few times that they try to bury family members with their heads away from the headstone.... it's called a headstone for a reason!!!
I'm curious how the lid itself seals onto the vault. Is there some kind of seal in between the two that the weight of the lid simply presses on?
First, why make this poor guy do this in a suit? Second, these concrete boxes always fill with water over time and destroy everything inside, casket, body and bones.
Seems like a suit would be awefully hot for all that work. That vault looks well made, but does it keep water out?
This guy was definitely not the vault guy! This man was very professional, however, definitely a polished video..
So I see when you put the vault lid on you didn’t seal it? I would want mine sealed to prevent water from getting in to my casket. Can you request that?
Hello 👋...Pretty lady.🌹.How are you doing and the weather conditions like
Just had this done 4-21-24 our Mother
Ya, late March here for my mother-in-law. They did a great job.
Well done thy good and faithful servant
My mom, brother and myself had dad buried in casket and it’s been 30 years since he passed and never knew the process it took to put someone in a vault then seal and lower them into the ground such as this kind gentleman has done. Now I know what was done for my father 30 years ago. Thank you for sharing this video 🌹
You think this is what happened? No, 2 mexicans that smell like a hoagie shop with dirt ground into there torn pants and sweatshirts lowered it into the ground with a tractor and chains. While one lowered it the other one smoked weed and scratched his balls.
What is the vault made of? Material?
I had no idea how much work it was to lower the casket.
They use a truck with a crane on it.
He truly cares ;❤❤❤❤
Oh please
Well done. This is what I want.
Funerals aren't for the dead for sure.
Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing it.
How long do those caskets last for.
The deceased is well respected unlike in some other cultures where bodies are roasted like goats. May his soul rest in peace.
Just asking the wheelman but do you say a little prayer for the dead as they cross the threshold of the ground?
As someone not from the US, it is so weird that the coffin is not being lowered into the grave as part of the commital.
Its not usually done that way, this was an expensive sale pitch, no body was in that casket. Do you really think that all that fancy stuff was done with the family not there?
I never knew that the casket is not touching dirt
The modern ones don't but a lot of those 30 years and older were buried directly in the ground. Vaults became a thing out of necessity to not only preserve the body longer, but they are also better on the environment, make it easier to move cemeteries later if needed, and prevent the casket from rising to the surface in a flood, which I have seen first hand down here in Louisiana. It's not a pretty sight...
Impressive with mechanics and equipment engineering one person can do that portion of the job. No more trucks backing up with pulleys and chains. Do you use dry cement sealers when you place the lid. My next thoughts how long will there be space for our deceased. How long until there is an overall change in way we do burials. No burial in SanFrancisco actually removed all the cemetery. Just a thought and thanks for posting.
It is freaky that someday my body will be locked in a box and buried underground for centuries.
Either that or being incinerated to powder in a cremation oven. The thoughts terrify me.
God bless him he's has a heart of gold ❤❤❤️💜🪙🥇
Very interesting
The dignity and total respect these people show is just outstanding.....but the one thing that I have always compared a buriel
To is watching a ship sink.....there is a very absolute
Finality about both of these sad events
Amazing! Respectable care of the body
Empty your pocket book to them.
Do these vaults leak water in ?
I do have a question if you do read this--what would be the point of the vault if the casket is made of what looks like steel--the vault was invented so the grave would not collapse on a decomposing wooden coffin. A steel coffin would not do that.
What’s that crank doohickey called? Never noticed it before
It's called a doohickey😂.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾God Bless
Most of my departed family members have been buried as was their wish. For myself I want to be cremated and ashes taken out to the ocean. As I tell people I take up enough space now!
Well that’s the last guy to ever let you down 😁
I didn’t realize it was a lot of manual work.
RIP 🕊️. Can you explain why you have burial vaults in the USA ❓ I am from the UK and here the deceased is buried in a wooden coffin and just placed six feet in the ground .
It protects the casket from the weight of the earth and heavy maintenance equipment that will pass over the grave. It also helps resist water and preserves the beauty of the cemetery or memorial park by preventing the ground from settling.
Cemeteries want a casket placed in an outer burial container or burial vault to prevent the ground from sinking in above the casket. Without the use of an outer burial container or burial vault, cemeteries would require constant maintenance to keep the ground level.
@@debschwenk3402 Thank you I also wondered about the vaults. We do the same as UK here in South Africa. We do not have moseleums here in South Africa as well.
Figures you tea drinkers would do that. If you dont use one, the ground would cave in as the coffin rots away.
Also there's another way they do this....they lower the casket into the vault that's all the way in the ground ...then when everyone left they bring in the vault truck with crane and they lower the top part of the vault and put the dirt on top of the grave . ....but I do like how this was done. Guy very professional and polite respectful and discreet in how he's doing this❤
Notice the vault was not sealed, so water will get in and after a hard rain the body will be floating in water. Despicable.
It wasnt sealed because it was a dog and pony show.
He gets no help from his buddies.
Interesting, but I like the way it was done more than 100 years ago, usually the family lowering a simple wooden coffin directly into the earth, no concrete vault. I’ll probably go with cremation, but will leave the decision to family.
That was. Try sad and cool at the same time! I was at a funeral a few years back it was for a relative of a close friend of mine the person was 102 when he passed. And I was honored to be at his funeral he was a WWII vet and had full military honors and we stayed until the casket was lowered into the ground and his casket was lowered into a vault that was already in the ground and once the casket was lowered into the vault the lid was lowered on. I noticed in this video that when they put the lid on the vault the lid didn’t look like it was all the way on when he lowered the vault! Why did it look like the lid was not all the way on or was it?
Because it was a dog and pony show, there was no body in that casket. It was just a sales pitch.
I thought this was just all for the service. Then after that, they covered in dirt and call it a day.