Brave Man

[Jimbrown]

Any one want this guys job?

 

[mjarrels]

Dang... I need to pee!

mark

 

[Ford960]

What a chicken s..t, it would be more impressive if they'd remove the safety sling.
But man he's up there pretty high, just the ride up would scare the heck out of me. Gotta wonder what engineer thought this one up. Great pictures.

 

[MadDogDriver]

Man that's gonna take forever.......They oughta put it to dynamite and drop it like the King Dome. It's amazing what some well placed sticks can do. I'm always in awe of those guys dropping stuff like that on top of itself.

It'd be nice to have an ejection seat with a ballistic spreader gun parachute up there.

 

[bamatoolmaker]

that demo crew has got to be a goverment sub-contractor

 

[RollingsFarms]

i wonder what he makes per hour?

 

[EddieWalker]

That's almost as scary as TXDon's snake pics!!!!!!

Eddie

 

[Kendall69]

That looks about as fast as putting two guys up there with a hammer and chisel.

 

[gordon21]

If that's the size of the chimney that is left after the fire, imagine how big the house used to be!!!!



There are two old stone fireplaces and chimneys in the woods near my house site about 300 yards apart. They both have lots of 30-50 year old trees within 25' so I assume the original houses burned down many years ago. The only road within 2 miles was recently built and the nearest town is 15 miles away over mountainous terrain. It is hard to visualize how people lived in such a remote area. Running water is about 1/4 mile away, but it is a 200' drop in elevation down to the river. Maybe they were hunting camps from 50 or 100 years ago???? No electricity, water was a 30 minute round trip and the nearest town would have been a 2 day walk without a horse.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Any one want this guys job?

No.

Cliff

 

[chili]

I wonder if they ever heard of a wreaking ball or implosion. Looks like an acident waiting to happen. Must be dumber and dumberer construction co.

 

[BTDT]

Should have waited till winter, filled it up with water. When water freezes, will crack it like a peanut.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

When you look at the cost of a track hoe with a hammer, a crane large enough to lift it to such height, and today's competitive price world, it's not the work of dumber and dumber. It's obviously smart and smarter doing what they have to do to make a buck.

It's obviously quite smart and in reality safe. The operator of the hoe cuts out three new places to locate the legs. The crane lowers him onto his new lower pads. He cuts out his old pads and then on down to the next desired level. It wouldn't surprise me to find out he cut down fifty feet or so a day.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

That does look like a lot of fun.

As long as you trust your equipment and skills then what is there to be afraid of?

 

[schmism]

id do it in a heartbeat!

 

[scott_vt]

If that's the size of the chimney that is left after the fire, imagine how big the house used to be!!!!

Good one Gordon

id do it in a heartbeat![/quote]

Ill watch from the ground with a good pair of binoculars !

 

[BucketHoe]

As long as the operator doesn't decide that it is break time and because of force of habit, idle down the machine and swing the cab door open, then jump out to go get a coffee, he should be good.

BucketHoe

 

[texasjohn]

I could be wrong, but looks to me like the legs are going to need extensions when it gets a little lower.... I think it's bigger at the base than at the top.. hope he doesn't fall in It wouldn't be my first pick for seat time!

 

[doggggboy]

Just guessing here but could they be doing it that way because they only want to take a little off the top?

 

[MadDogDriver]

Just guessing here but could they be doing it that way because they only want to take a little off the top?

Yeah that's the ticket. The Feds said it was too high for the airport nearby and they needed to trim it down a little.