Casket - Science of Death

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Why make caskets that last for hundreds if not thousands of years?

Would you really want your body to lay in the ground that long?

Not me.

George Vreeland Hill

[ZX2ManDave]

You mean they havent outsourced the manufacture of these to Mexico yet?

Seriously though, i would love working in a place like that. I love working with steel, with modern CNC machinery and welding. I'd rather do that than sit in back of a desk. Sadly those kind of jobs are just so hard to find these days. Thats life though. Err, in this case death.

[The391956]

cremated to ashes, then what happens to the ashes?

[cplai]

@The391956 The ashes are collected in an urn and the urn can be placed in the family room or inside a niche or tomb in a cemetery. In California, the disposal of the ashes or the placement of the containing urn must be registered with the county office.

[RSBSTEADICAM]

What a waste of materials, manpower, energy and effort.

[mutlipass]

Thank god I'm not american!

[12342321]

worm buffet...

[bluecollarboiler]

Batesville Casket is owned by the same company that makes the best hospital beds and equipment in the world; Hil-Rom

[expostfactum]

1000 caskets a day @ probably $ 1200 - $2000 wholesale....that is alot of jack.

[ChrisSuperstar]

What a terrible waste! 200 dollars of materials, and then the undertaker will charge you 4K for it. It makes much more sense to choose cremation, or to build a simple wooden coffin and bury the body directly in the Earth, without pumping it full of poisonous embalming fluid to pollute the groundwater. Nature intended our bodies to decay, and you can have a respectful funeral, using a plain wooden box, for much less and without undergoing the hideous process of embalming.

[zekonja24]

What a waste of metals !!!

[iToasterman]

Easyer idea for rust issues: Aluminum

[plasmanuts]

why am i watching this?

[IstvanN1961]

How do they seal the joint between the upper and lower portions of the lid?

[hpcwsd]

Just put me out in the trash in a Hefty 3 Ply ... don't get skimpy and use one ply... I don't want the rodents eating my parts !

[PCTips1234]

why is there a screamer in the Related Videos Area?

[jamesstrebel]

just throw me in a dumpster ...cheap and done

[fiendishfeline]

It's stupid and selfish to be buried in a casket that won't rot. People are selfish and stupid!

[fiendishfeline]

I think that caskets that are not wood and don't rot should be outlawed. I also think that we need to find another way to keep the body from rotting before the funeral other than embalming with formaldehyde. It's bad for the environment and we are bad enough for the environment when we are alive and it's selfish to do this after you are dead! Why not just throw them in the ground and cover it with dirt, let the maggots do the rest?

[g35crazy]

@fiendishfeline are you kidding me?

[Baldgol4]

A thirty year guarantee that it will not leak. If you found that it leaked before that time they will give you a new body.

[Baldgol4]

I have a thirty year guarantee on my father casket. If it leaks within that time they will give us a new body.

[bglk102]

and the driver lol.

[319hangman]

What people need to remeber is that the funeral is not for the dead. It never has been, is not, nor never will be for the dead. It is, always has been, and always will be for the living.

[DanielR305]

I applaud US funeral manufacturers in the states as u never find any dangerous pot holes in cemetery's hardly anywhere in the states and I didn't know nor understood why until recently u guys use grave liners which is a great idea on many angles the risk of the grave falling in if u walk over one by accident it also stops distress and many accidents! yet the uk funeral industry has not caught onto the grave liners yet when it does it will be far less work cemetery maintenance guys 4 definite

[bettescorpio]

They made Michael Jackson's casket...

[JimmyMd301]

Oooh the Humanity someone stop the killing Of innocent tree's and Buy metal. lol Nahh just stop Choosing to Bury.

[tom080955]

Gotta ask....whats the employee discount?

[DanielR305]

u don't get burial vaults hardly in the uk or unless u r rich and famous that is if you get buried in the uk u are str8 in the earth and to u make yourself at home with worms etc until coffin dissolves in ten 13 yrs then body goes to bone in another 3 to 5 years and then smeller bones are gone in another two with just leaving u with thigh bones normally and maybe upper arm bones depending what build you are

[starbabe58]

here today and gone

[5000eternity]

For me I want a biodegradable casket so my body will decompose naturally to skeleton. Green burial FTW.

[DanielR305]

I would prefer a wood casket myself for 1 reason only to be kinder to the soil. As goodness what chemicals dissolve into the soil then possibly what goodness if buried water what dissolves into water too in time metal caskets may look nice but I ask people whom are considering my question to u is what are they doing too the soil when u are 6ft or 12 ft over a long period of time? goodness knows I wld hate what effect it wld have on soil and rivers lakes and seas around us I wonder dread to thk

[TheEgotasticRipoff]

Cremation for me all the way baby.

[dithbmine1]

why the phony low voice?

[yardgoods]

Very informative.

[volodymyrm1]

wtf you guys tripping wait til the 3rd world war starts trust me but the time its over we all gonna be pulverized in little particles by nuclear blasts

[raiders99able1]

i hate caskets there scary to me im leaveing buy

[DanielR305]

@raiders99able1 caskets to me seem a far nicer way too go than in a coffin I tell as I see many coffins in the uk when I see coffins death seems so much hasher than being in a casket myself also a less restricted too as when my poor nan passed away two yrs ago she tightly fitted in her coffin ad they made her 20 yrs younger which 4 made it harder too say goodbye in many ways but we can't have everything but I think the embalmer worked blind as I think the care home she lived in nr gave thm a pic

[Faztlan]

What if you wake up when you're already buried? Is there an ejection button I can request?

[ddpartin63532]

Death Is forever. There's no waking up from it!

[brianb3000]

you think they dont wake up

[ddpartin63532]

Death is forever. There's no coming back from it. Unless your name is Mr. Spock. Who dies at the end of one movie. And comes back from the dead in the next.

[kambridge967]

I say just cut some plywood hammer the pieces toghether and put a comfator on the inside and thats it. Cause really its no point in all the extreme design the dead person is not thinking about that.

[cplai]

If you are talking about casket for cremation, there is even cheaper option. Cardboard box! Wood or paper, all turns to ash after the process.  However, for burial in urban cemeteries, I believe the caskets are required to stand the test of time to prevent leakage into city ground water and for other sanitary reasons.

[kambridge967]

Oh i didnt know that

[AnPhan82]

no there is also a burial vault that goes around the casket in cases of an interment.

[Serostern]

@cplai Most caskets are crushed by the dirt.

And they arent water proof to begin with.

[BulletNoseBetty]

@cplai Cardboard caskets are not always the answer. If the person is "oversized", a cardboard casket will not be sufficient.

[Barricade360]

i agree, but some families rather spend about 10 grand on a box or steel box and bury their loved ones

[MrBoy219]

@kambridge967 not me, i want a nice home to lay in

[woodbrahm]

@kambridge967 The casket being so nice isn't really for the dead person. It's for the living, the ones who the dead leave behind. It gives the living people comfort to see their loved ones burred in class.

[kambridge967]

@woodbrahm thats a pretty good answer.

[woodbrahm]

@kambridge967 Thanks!

[BulletNoseBetty]

@kambridge967 And when your home-made job falls apart while being carried by the pall-bearers?

[PAL122995]

when i die i would want to be burried with my ipod and maybe my wife so i could have entertainment and make a death baby :))

[cplai]

@PAL122995 great ambition. The kings and emperors did the same except they didn't have iPods.

[KaMiK2205]

@cplai

Even if their wives were still alive? That would be a bit harsh lol

[MrDerkderk1]

I want to be buried with cheese burgers and my mp3 player. so i can rock in death! lol.

[plumbercrack333]

@MrDerkderk1 haha same here

[robrob1234561]

taco bell + mp3 more like it :d

[Barricade360]

lmfao

[pawnworks]

when your dead it doesn't friggin matter...bury me in the garden with the weeds!!!!

[cnmmnc8852]

@pawnworks Disrespect for human life = disrespect for the dead...another sign of the breakdown of society

[The391956]

@pawnworks

That is so true, why not with the weeds!!!!

[AJHcorolla]

why would you care how long it lasts underground its not like you will dig it up and use it again

[cplai]

My understanding is that the dead body is embalmed and supposed to last till eternity as a mummy or something. If the casket falls apart, the bugs and worms will definitely consume the body eventually. So that defeats the purpose of the embalming. I would rather be cremated to ash than take my chance with the maggots.

[AJHcorolla]

the only reason bodies are embalmed is to delay them from decomposing until the funeral process is over but it does not stop the smell they stink after 3 days in the morgue

[bdurie1198]

AJHcorolla is right. The goal of embalming is not to preserve for all eternity, but past the date of disposition and funeral service.

[fromdasippi86]

@cplai Ur wrong ! When they embalmed you it only last a few days so that when your family see you your body wont be decomposed snd either way it goes bugs, worms and maggots are going to eat you away regardless because of the moisture in a close objects.

[cnmmnc8852]

@fromdasippi86 can't read, can't write, can't think... what a country!

[plumbercrack333]

@AJHcorolla i work at a cemetary, and ull be suprised how many families want that certain member to be moved. Where i work, we just moved a body that was buried for 15 years, and moved it to another cemetary

[6digit]

some caskets are expensive which is so sucks, when the person died your wallet will died too because of the expenses needed for the burial!

[solomonpilot767]

human r so stupid that,they spend so much money 4 kaskets,how about giving the dead persons family the coast of kasket and,other expence to the deads family,kasket is just fkn business !

[padude64]

I planned my entire funeral! Costs a lot less.

[bdurie1198]

you may think so now, but your family will incur the cost that were not covered which will significantly increase the cost. Depending on what type of pre-need you have you may have only actually payed the service fee of the funeral home or payed for an insurance plan which does not cover every thing as well.

[Dank951]

I cry when i look at caskets. Just the thought of you laying in there when your time is up just is so awkward and saddening.

[namezryan]

nice vid..

[farfromfat18]

My father helped integrate the robots into Batesville. This video is neat.

[Puzzoozoo]

The cementry where I'm going to be buried won't allow metal caskets, so I'll be having oak.

[silliegirl50]

excuse me, Why?

[Puzzoozoo]

Council policy.

[namezryan]

howcome tho?

[Puzzoozoo]

The council/people who are in charge of the cemetry where I will be buried, do not allow metal coffins/caskits to be buried there. No matter, its near the top of a hill, and is dry, and oak lasts quite a long time.

[namezryan]

rosewood last's long also....

it looks nice n its nice to me..

i like rosewood.

[Puzzoozoo]

When it comes time for me to pick out my coffin/casket, and try it out for size and comfort I'll inquire about Rosewood, but up to now Oak [English] is my first choice - with a white cotton lining to the padding.

[namezryan]

nice...so rosewood or oak?

because they both last a long time.

?......is it hard to even to even pick out your own casket??

[Puzzoozoo]

Yep, a choice of the two. Nope, you can even purchase it if you wish, lots of coffins/caskets on the web to choose from.

[namezryan]

okay...cool

[devotions4U]

cool video -- tossing it N the favorite's box ;o)