Look up Fred Dibnah. 3 good ones are Climbing a overhang at 50 and Scaffolding a chimney. Fred celebrates the Royal wedding. This guy does it the old way. Enjoy.
He’d have loved how quick it is, but it could definitely be done with more care and precision. Seemed sloppy to me, but I’ve watched about 15 Fred Dibnah documentaries over the last couple of days😂
I realise this is a Swedish company but I can imagine Fred Dibnah fitting those bands around the chimney 45 years ago. And bringing it down with hammer and chisel and perhaps a box of matches.
Totally agree, in the place where I come from they built a park where a factory used to be and they left the chimney, some levers and cogs. It looks pretty cool now.
Thanks for posting this video. The operator demonstrated great skill, deftly poking, knocking and brushing small parts to minimize unexpected consequences as he carefully worked his/her way down. To do that with such a large and inherently clumsy machine, given its extreme length and the difficulty seeing what is happening more than a hundred feet up, deserves kudos.
sweet work, two questions Did you reclaim the brick? (just curious) And have you thought of mounting a camera on the tool on the end? it would give a nice site picture when you were lining up your next push
First looking at that smokestack, I thought it was a wonder it held up to the wind for so long, but then I noticed those metal bands holding together; kind of a clever design. Cool video.
good video and great job! Pity it had to be done from the downwind side though, with the dust blowing all over the machine. I also think of all the man hours, effort and skill that went into building the chimney in the first place!
Give us Fred Dibnah anyday! At least you knew with him where the 'rubble' would fall!. His method at least gave the chimney some dignity in its final destruction!.
@soundseeker63 Yes, the mortar joints between the bricks seemed very loose. Plus, the brickwork looked like it badly needed repointing. Due to this, the mortar joints had no doubt been open to the elements for years, allowing severe weathering to take place, weakening the structure. That said, most brick-built structures seem to look very weak in comparison to machines like this. Brick buildings can't bend or move, so when forced to, they just crack and break up.
Thanks, now I can see the sky behind it, because I was wondering what the sky would look like or looked like behind it. Because walking around it would put me in another realm which wouldn't be the same as where the vid is taken from. But now I am wondering what it would look like with it up so do that. So I can see the realm with it up on the other side. So ya put it back up. Thanks.
Man, I wish I was working that thing. Talk about fun! Like the greatest video game only in reality not cyberspace. How come nobody ever asks me to do something like that?
@mattmgmhs Thank you for your reply. Now i know very little about demo and explosives, but could a good explosive expert not drop that stack in on itself. and also out of intrest, what is the cost of the two options, mechanical demo and explo'
WOOOWWW - no mas dinamitas, no mas contaminacion y ruidos molestos a explosiones.. muy buena maquina, exelente futuro en las demolicions, cero polvo y suciedad..
Interesting to see how masonry structures fail over broad areas when outside force is applied. Were they attempting to save or protect any of the other structures in the area, such as the silver stack?
You're absolutely right. Maintenance and insurance costs. Our children, and their children, will have only photographs of our industrial heritage to look at. We should be preserving some of our heritage buildings. When it's gone...it's gone :-(
Just think Fred Dibnah was a steeplejack that climbed up those chimney stacks and knocked them down, brick by brick, with a hammer and chisel. He said he could feel the chimneys swaying in the wind when all the way up there. Interesting videos about him on TH-cam
When I was a kid my Dad payed a penny a brick to chop the mortar off and stack'em. How many masons did it take to build that remarkable silo? Incredible machine to knock it down so quickly.
Hello Lego. Well it was an eternal project, never an end to bricks as well as old lumber to de-nail. I remember at age six perhaps doing one every minute or so. Old mortar is very different than what we use now. Also, every mason mixed his own. But, I was easily distracted and rarely kept at it, at the pace Pa wanted. It went on for years!
Great video. Sad to see a brick chimney like that go down but i need to go. Just think about the labor that was needed back in the day to build that and it took that machine probley less than a hour to knock down. 5*****
as entertaining as fred was,he should ve stuck to steeple jacking,he was fucking dangerous at demolition.he wouldn't even get on site with the way h&s is in uk today.
ANYONE who thinks that is easy needs to research it a bit more! working at that height and taking into account the weight of the boom/dipper is VERY hard!!! this is a job well done!
He is not a moron. There are different ways of demolition. Some choose to use explosives and have it all collapse and some decide to take it all apart piece by piece. It's all on preference and whether or not you want to salvage the parts. It's all time vs. money.
This is a conspiracy! I saw parts of the chimney in almost free fall! Also if you watch closely, you see small clouds coming from the sides of the chimney, clear signs of explosives like termite. The giant machine is so easy to spot as pure CGI! This was an insider job!
"clear signs of explosives like termite." I grew up in New Orleans and have been threw many termite swarms. Even so, I never knew they could explode. Now I feel lucky to have survived.
even with tons of planning sometimes these buildings fall the wrong directions, especially smoke stacks. You can find tons of videos on the net of smoke-stacks and other buildings not falling as planned. Tearing it down like this is much safer. I have no idea bout exact costs but mechanical demo is usually much more expensive than explosive demo on a similar structure.
Took 1 hour to find this video
Worth it, my childhood has cameback
Look up Fred Dibnah.
3 good ones are Climbing a overhang at 50 and
Scaffolding a chimney.
Fred celebrates the Royal wedding.
This guy does it the old way.
Enjoy.
The Company clearly need to receive Fred Didnah's DVDs for Christmas!
th-cam.com/video/yzC72Tk7y0c/w-d-xo.html👍👷🏻
He’d have loved how quick it is, but it could definitely be done with more care and precision. Seemed sloppy to me, but I’ve watched about 15 Fred Dibnah documentaries over the last couple of days😂
Great minds huh huh
That machine looks awsome!
I realise this is a Swedish company but I can imagine Fred Dibnah fitting those bands around the chimney 45 years ago. And bringing it down with hammer and chisel and perhaps a box of matches.
Totally agree, in the place where I come from they built a park where a factory used to be and they left the chimney, some levers and cogs. It looks pretty cool now.
that's an epic camera to be able to get that much detail from such a distance!!!
I love these old brick chimneys.
my nephew loves watching this lol
Good and precise work!
Дааа , круто, слов нет! Ювелирная работа мастера. Это при условии что металическая труба рядом , явно рабочая!
Thanks for posting this video. The operator demonstrated great skill, deftly poking, knocking and brushing small parts to minimize unexpected consequences as he carefully worked his/her way down. To do that with such a large and inherently clumsy machine, given its extreme length and the difficulty seeing what is happening more than a hundred feet up, deserves kudos.
sweet work, two questions Did you reclaim the brick? (just curious) And have you thought of mounting a camera on the tool on the end? it would give a nice site picture when you were lining up your next push
First looking at that smokestack, I thought it was a wonder it held up to the wind for so long, but then I noticed those metal bands holding together; kind of a clever design. Cool video.
Nicely done
They resell all the bricks
pretty skillfull my man, nicely done.
good video and great job! Pity it had to be done from the downwind side though, with the dust blowing all over the machine. I also think of all the man hours, effort and skill that went into building the chimney in the first place!
Karren bradley🤡
this is nostalgic
dude. fred dibnah is fucking awesome, i saw a vid of him. that oldskool style epic work :D
Nice video!
Give us Fred Dibnah anyday! At least you knew with him where the 'rubble' would fall!. His method at least gave the chimney some dignity in its final destruction!.
@soundseeker63 Yes, the mortar joints between the bricks seemed very loose. Plus, the brickwork looked like it badly needed repointing. Due to this, the mortar joints had no doubt been open to the elements for years, allowing severe weathering to take place, weakening the structure. That said, most brick-built structures seem to look very weak in comparison to machines like this. Brick buildings can't bend or move, so when forced to, they just crack and break up.
That will be maen so funny for doing!
Loves
looks like so much fun!
Hard work to build, easy pulling down
That is the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
nice job !
Imagine just taking a big ass chain saw and finally saying "TIIIMMBBBEERRR!
impressive !!
IT TOOK ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO BUILD THAT CHEERS THEN
Remember watching few a years ago
i love this video
I just think, what giant balls the people that built that dang thing had! laying brick 150' up... amazing
Эх детство 😢
excellent work
Tearing it down is one thing with today's equipment, think about the men that built this back in the day 10-11-21
I find this satisfying somehow.
As satisfying as the bricky who mortared the final brick in 1912?
Essa sim é a ferramenta adequada para auturas extremas bem melhor do que aquelas bolas de ferro, com essa o trabalho rende muito mais 👏👏👏
Thanks, now I can see the sky behind it, because I was wondering what the sky would look like or looked like behind it. Because walking around it would put me in another realm which wouldn't be the same as where the vid is taken from. But now I am wondering what it would look like with it up so do that. So I can see the realm with it up on the other side. So ya put it back up. Thanks.
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OMG! How dangerous!
In England we would have gotten Fred Dibnah to drop the chimney in one go.
Man, I wish I was working that thing. Talk about fun! Like the greatest video game only in reality not cyberspace. How come nobody ever asks me to do something like that?
the dream job!
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nice job ;)
real nice vid
@mattmgmhs Thank you for your reply. Now i know very little about demo and explosives, but could a good explosive expert not drop that stack in on itself. and also out of intrest, what is the cost of the two options, mechanical demo and explo'
WOOOWWW - no mas dinamitas, no mas contaminacion y ruidos molestos a explosiones.. muy buena maquina, exelente futuro en las demolicions, cero polvo y suciedad..
Wow exilent sir good job nice
Man I want that machine for XMASS!
Interesting to see how masonry structures fail over broad areas when outside force is applied. Were they attempting to save or protect any of the other structures in the area, such as the silver stack?
You're absolutely right. Maintenance and insurance costs. Our children, and their children, will have only photographs of our industrial heritage to look at. We should be preserving some of our heritage buildings. When it's gone...it's gone :-(
Damn that looks dangerous
That looked like a fun job!
Just think Fred Dibnah was a steeplejack that climbed up those chimney stacks and knocked them down, brick by brick, with a hammer and chisel. He said he could feel the chimneys swaying in the wind when all the way up there. Interesting videos about him on TH-cam
When I was a kid my Dad payed a penny a brick to chop the mortar off and stack'em. How many masons did it take to build that remarkable silo? Incredible machine to knock it down so quickly.
Brian Skinner How many could you do in an hour?
Hello Lego. Well it was an eternal project, never an end to bricks as well as old lumber to de-nail. I remember at age six perhaps doing one every minute or so. Old mortar is very different than what we use now. Also, every mason mixed his own. But, I was easily distracted and rarely kept at it, at the pace Pa wanted. It went on for years!
lol, I thought you were going to tell me you were the fastest brick chipper in the west....500 a minute sort of speed :)
Only the best steeplejack that ever lived,
good work my company domoliton work in karnataka
Every time i see one of these getting demolished Fred Dibnah springs to mind RIP Fred
After a long time, I have seen real thumbnails....
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i remember watched a full version of the demolition footage but i cant find it now =(
I'll help you look for it
Great video. Sad to see a brick chimney like that go down but i need to go. Just think about the labor that was needed back in the day to build that and it took that machine probley less than a hour to knock down. 5*****
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Real men put those bricks up there!!!
Fred Dibnah would have done that in half the time for an eighth of the cost and made a spectacle out of it too. Sledge Hammer and nut springs to mind.
That's why I said 'would have', it's the past tense.
as entertaining as fred was,he should ve stuck to steeple jacking,he was fucking dangerous at demolition.he wouldn't even get on site with the way h&s is in uk today.
Lol, they'd have kittens nowadays!
Absolutely!What a man was Fred Dibnah.I do not think we will see his like again!
He was certainly a legend, and sorely missed!
coulda sold those bricks on craigslist
Looks fun...
Looks like fun
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nice camera zoom
@waldenhouse i know... he just had 2 braek the oposite side of that chimney and shout TIMBER...
would have liked to have seen it built instead of torn down.
started from the bottom, now were here
henri brad 5 years later
Our super high reach is 67m without any attachment, modified liebherr 984. Makes that machine look tiny :)
@qusaisaher the preperation for the blast takes just as long, even on a big building. the high reach or the wreking ball do it just as fast.
I think the hammer was a little overkill on this demo.
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It must have been an extraordinary effort to build this originally.
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Wow a nice destruction excavator 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👼
That's the country's only machine.
I think explosives would be ore cost effective and cleaner and quicker but all the same it is quite cool.
ANYONE who thinks that is easy needs to research it a bit more! working at that height and taking into account the weight of the boom/dipper is VERY hard!!! this is a job well done!
He is not a moron. There are different ways of demolition. Some choose to use explosives and have it all collapse and some decide to take it all apart piece by piece. It's all on preference and whether or not you want to salvage the parts. It's all time vs. money.
This is a conspiracy! I saw parts of the chimney in almost free fall! Also if you watch closely, you see small clouds coming from the sides of the chimney, clear signs of explosives like termite. The giant machine is so easy to spot as pure CGI! This was an insider job!
Also notice it took a tremendous amount of time and effort to bring down a simple brick made chimney!
"clear signs of explosives like termite."
I grew up in New Orleans and have been threw many termite swarms. Even so, I never knew they could explode. Now I feel lucky to have survived.
Hoop-hoop-hurray!
What was the tower built for? NOTHING SO THEY DESTROYED IT
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cab tilts to prevent that
quite a machine
So much nicer than explosives.
Nifty music, but was there anything particularly wrong with that chimney?
Awsum machine
I dont think Fread Dibnah would have liked that
good job guys
why the music?
As it was going down I was thinking of the machines they could have used putting it up.
mm ok. thx didn't knew that.
very good .
I agree 100%. But the only problem i see is maintenance. Crazy expensive. It is probably cheaper to tear it down.
Wow that was wikidy wild with the Chinese chicken
Wow verygood
even with tons of planning sometimes these buildings fall the wrong directions, especially smoke stacks. You can find tons of videos on the net of smoke-stacks and other buildings not falling as planned. Tearing it down like this is much safer. I have no idea bout exact costs but mechanical demo is usually much more expensive than explosive demo on a similar structure.
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that thing is easy to break wow
facil de demoler ! quien pego tantos ladrillos a esa altura ? ese video si seria extremo.