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@@JCourts2k23 and how many people are on the sidewalk watching? 10, 40, 100? I'm not sure who would be more embarrassed, the guy on the crapper, or the operator taking down the house.
After watching you take that mobile home apart. I honestly believe you could pick up a feather from a pillow without leaving a mark on the pillow case. You make that excavator look like a ballerina dancing the Swan Lake.
@@nunyabidness82 The BMW Club YT channel Anthony lives in a 4 feet wide by 4 feet high by 8 feet long box for over 6 years now , you don't see him complaining
I find it incredible that not one person has enough natural curiosity to side-walk superintend ANY of these videos. I may be nosy, but that's how I learned all of my construction skills.
Literally any house would do the same. Mobile homes are actually built to higher standards than most "regular" houses. I mean think about it. They have to be pulled down the highway to get to their destination. That's hurricane force winds there alone. The weakest point is where it connects to the ground. That's the only reason they're so dangerous in severe hurricanes and tornados. The whole structure will blow away before it actually falls apart.
Yeah, all that lovely particleboard subfloor that turns to mush when the polybutylene water pipes inevitably leak. As a plumber, I've done more plumbing repairs on those things than I care to think about. Once saw a toilet that was sunken into the floor a good four inches, due to a longtime wax seal leak. I just told the owner he needed a carpenter, not a plumber. Then again, maybe he needed an appointment with this dude's excavator.
What work for us is we tip the trailer over, toss all the blocks aside with the ex. pull the trailer over and flip onto its roof so its in its old foot print. grab the frame and shake it off as the floor boards are being held by all the walls inner walls,cabinets etc. put frame aside and then crunch the trailer in on its self. its like an open tin can and when you push it all in, next to no mess in the dirt. what was the tin roof is the botoom of a tin can lol. little hands on. all machine.
Went down like a fine wine … 👏👏👏 There were enough cinder blocks leftover to build Winston a nice 2 level condo. 😁😁😁 As far as clean up … if the trailer was put in before 1975, OSHA would demand area sampling for asbestos and lead paint abatement. The top soil would be classified as hazardous material.
hahaha am I the only one that sits watching and closing my mouth with the thumb and bucket and then un clenching my teeth as you drop it in the truck hahaha love watching you work I can do it all day hahahaha
I wrecked out 2 single wides with a Kubota sub compact with a backhoe It took Me all day for 2 days and I had a heck of mess piled up all around them Its great to see how it should be done correctly Thanks
@@leonidandreev1171 Best part was he didn't even see it initially when doing the first walk around! Pointed the camera directly at it too! Wasn't until the walls were down did he notice it.
A co-workers husband used to do house demolition. He told me a story of one job in a slum neighborhood, late 60's. House was abandoned as it had been lived in, nothing taken out, he was ordered to remove it all. They prepped it, run a choker cable around it to break it up on it's foundation, shut down for lunch. Hour and a half later, they were back. Fired up the cat and started pulling cable, "two young kids, boy and girl, suddenly come running out, away into the back alley. neither one had a stitch on them. Damnedest thing I ever seen!" I wonder how they explained the loss of a full set of cloths to their Momma!
Know wonder you're so kick-backed Chris....you get to take your frustration out on trees, huge bon fires, dirt and trailers....can't get any better than that.
HAPPY!!!!!! Demolition!!!!! It's been a while and can't be happier to see a demolition project (my favorites)! Such a nice treat from ponds and land clearing (tree take-down and burning). Being multi-talented on an excavator (like Chris) builds the business! ❤️️👍😎😍
When I need to relax I come here and pick out one of your videos, then I just sit and watch in amazement at what a skilled operator you are Chris, and it doesn’t matter what video it is. I have recently retired after aver 40 years under a welding hood working on every kind of project, and equipment, you can imagine from the lower 48 to Alaska, and know and appreciate!, someone who is truly an expert in his field no matter what his chosen trade is, and That Would BE YOU! To watch how easily you operate and maneuver a piece of equipment to do just what you have in mind is almost poetic. Whether it is a skidsteer, a trackhoe or a dozer, you have just mastered them all. Oh how I wish you were closer so that we could have hired you to install our new 800 ft. driveway onto our 10 acres in North Idaho and prep the home site there. Thank You for all your wonderful videos. Hopefully some of the younger guys watching are learning from you and will carry it on. You’re the Best! Thanks
Phweeeww, that was a work out. Damn stubborn frame. Now I almost jumped off the chair when that bucket came towards me. Holly nicknacks. Thanks Chris. Goodjob bud.
Chris, a recent addition of "This Old House" had volunteers enter a home and remove anything that was of any resale value. I remodeled a house using items from the kitchen and bathroom from mobile homes that were to be trashed. When I was done with the house, the owner said it looked like a million bucks. The cabinets were paneling and 1 by strips, but what was in the house was a cast iron single bowl sink and metal cabinets. I used the counter top and lighting from the mobile home as well. I also upgraded the electric service with the breaker box, replacing the old fuse box, paneled a room in the house with the salvaged materials and increased the overall appearance. My point is, we can do more to reduce waste, and others can benefit.
@@cathiwim no cost. The volunteers are just that Habitat for Humanity would sell these things to help raise funds for first time home owners. It would cost Chris nothing but a couple phone calls.
I truly enjoyed that, made my day, don’t know why but it was hilarious to me, especially when you said “I will win” with the tire battle. Thanks for sharing.
I've torn down more mobile homes than I can count and I'll tell you this...those anchor straps will stop or hinder just about any size machine. The worst part is when you have a load, swing to dump it, and the strap gets tensioned and pull everything out of the bucket/thumb. It's frustrating enough to make you cuss that's for sure!
PS - Those two sections of concrete, front door steps, one 5 steps & one 2 steps would run you about $850 + delivery. I just looked it up... You coulda sold those to a neighbor around there for $450 cash, delivered by excavator..... (or not)
They're only made well enough to get them to where they're going the first time, then they deteriorate to the point where you'd spend too much effort to get them rotating again/getting good tires on. Then, who knows if the thing is sturdy enough to travel.
It depends on the installers. Sometimes the axles and wheels get removed and sometimes not. As for towing the structure to a dump, highly doubtful it'd survive the trip. I'd imagine State Governments don't want it risked hauling on their roads.
I'd love to be able to come running out screaming wrong one wrong one just to see your reaction🤣
Another awesome demo video👌🏻
I'm sure it's happened before lol
Or better yet, he tore through the front of it, in front of the bathroom, and the guy was sitting on his toilet reading his newspaper
Cruel,... I love it! Like when the barber finishes a #2 all over you ask, "Was that a #3?"
@@JCourts2k23 and how many people are on the sidewalk watching? 10, 40, 100? I'm not sure who would be more embarrassed, the guy on the crapper, or the operator taking down the house.
"What do you mean it was his 3rd ex-wife's trailer, instead...."
After watching you take that mobile home apart. I honestly believe you could pick up a feather from a pillow without leaving a mark on the pillow case. You make that excavator look like a ballerina dancing the Swan Lake.
👍🏼🦢🩰😬
Damn u said it best.he sweepin like he usin a broom.It’s like he don’t make mistakes.Whatever he want that excavator to do he do it on the first try
The Volvo goes through a mobile home like a tornado without the idiot on the news describing how it sounded. Neater job too!
I think it is kind of funny how people call that an "eye sore" when it looks better than what I'm living in. I guess we all can't be rich.
Must be that White Privilege I keep hearing about, I'm still wait'in on mine too!
Right? I'm still living in a 50 year old single wide!
@@nunyabidness82 The BMW Club YT channel Anthony lives in a 4 feet wide by 4 feet high by 8 feet long box for over 6 years now , you don't see him complaining
@@johnmattu7262 smh... You really are a clueless A hole.
I love when Chris says to the tire "I will win" and does. Never seen a cleaner demo sight good job Chris!
Can't believe I watched this for an hour. Demo's are so addictive, it's like watching a fire
Luckily he specializes in both. Haha!
same
No mud, no pesky gum trees, just a good ole smash and grab demo. Great video.
I find it incredible that not one person has enough natural curiosity to side-walk superintend ANY of these videos. I may be nosy, but that's how I learned all of my construction skills.
With the price of lumber, I thought that would've been labelled as being a heritage site.
there actually is no LUMBER used in the construction of these old mobile homes.
Except that there is no real wood in those things other than some 1/8" paneling I could use for shim stock
why is this so calming? the hum of the engine, the cracking of old wood, the southern drawl....
All of that, I think it’s the Volvo … getting one of those next time. Forget my Kubota
Having, in the past, lived in a mobile home for quite a few years its a bit scary how easy that caved in😬.
Yeah, same here…
Literally any house would do the same. Mobile homes are actually built to higher standards than most "regular" houses. I mean think about it. They have to be pulled down the highway to get to their destination. That's hurricane force winds there alone. The weakest point is where it connects to the ground. That's the only reason they're so dangerous in severe hurricanes and tornados. The whole structure will blow away before it actually falls apart.
At the price of lumber that could have been sold at a nice profit. 😆
Yeah, all that lovely particleboard subfloor that turns to mush when the polybutylene water pipes inevitably leak. As a plumber, I've done more plumbing repairs on those things than I care to think about. Once saw a toilet that was sunken into the floor a good four inches, due to a longtime wax seal leak. I just told the owner he needed a carpenter, not a plumber. Then again, maybe he needed an appointment with this dude's excavator.
"I will win."
*smashes*
"I won"
You crack me up. Thank you.
I've seen multiple mobile home demos before, this is the first one I've seen done right!
It’s just so interesting watching take these trailer homes down with out a big mess !! Compared to the one with that toy you found lol !!!
I remember that too! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jenniferwhitewolf3784 that was way to funny !!!
It’s an oxymoron, “nice and gentle” with a hugh excavator tearing up a building but with Chris at the controls it happens!
You sneezed and I said bless you. Felt like an idiot when my wife ask who sneezed.
I said bless you too.
With the price of lumber it may have been worth the money to part it out.
At least this time they removed all their "personal" toys
We all were looking to see something pink roll out.
I guess when they moved out they took all their toys.
What work for us is we tip the trailer over, toss all the blocks aside with the ex. pull the trailer over and flip onto its roof so its in its old foot print. grab the frame and shake it off as the floor boards are being held by all the walls inner walls,cabinets etc. put frame aside and then crunch the trailer in on its self. its like an open tin can and when you push it all in, next to no mess in the dirt. what was the tin roof is the botoom of a tin can lol. little hands on. all machine.
Good to see Uncle John "stylin" them denim cut offs, white knee-highs, and work boots! He'd be a fashion plate here in Pennsylvania! 😉👍🏀
Went down like a fine wine … 👏👏👏
There were enough cinder blocks leftover to build Winston a nice 2 level condo. 😁😁😁
As far as clean up … if the trailer was put in before 1975, OSHA would demand area sampling for asbestos and lead paint abatement. The top soil would be classified as hazardous material.
But OSHA has nothing to do with this, and shouldnt
What a shame! Here in Alabama that would have been home for a family of 20 and the sad part ....only 3 teeth between the 20 folks
What the heck? I got the U-Hall packed. Following the wife and six kids. And we were moving in.
I wonder if Chris uses that thing to pick up winstons doo doo????
Winston is just an awesome name for the pup!!!!
"Goooood Riddance!", yelled the neighbors out the front door across the street..
hahaha am I the only one that sits watching and closing my mouth with the thumb and bucket and then un clenching my teeth as you drop it in the truck hahaha love watching you work I can do it all day hahahaha
No hand picking! After 25yrs of me being a CNC Machinist, we always said let the machine do the work for you!
I wrecked out 2 single wides with a Kubota sub compact with a backhoe
It took Me all day for 2 days and I had a heck of mess piled up all around them
Its great to see how it should be done correctly
Thanks
Don't want to go on neighbors fence--nice and gentle--then crushes everything with the thumb---LOVE IT---great work
Well that certainly improved the property values in that neighborhood.
At least ya didn’t find any “toys” like ya did in that last one 😂
Uh, do I want to know what you're talking about?
. Sex toys !! 😇
@@vancemarin8022 LOL. Just as I feared.
But you should’ve seen Chris pick it up with the bucket teeth. Such delicacy! 👌🏽
@@leonidandreev1171 Best part was he didn't even see it initially when doing the first walk around! Pointed the camera directly at it too! Wasn't until the walls were down did he notice it.
A co-workers husband used to do house demolition. He told me a story of one job in a slum neighborhood, late 60's. House was abandoned as it had been lived in, nothing taken out, he was ordered to remove it all. They prepped it, run a choker cable around it to break it up on it's foundation, shut down for lunch. Hour and a half later, they were back. Fired up the cat and started pulling cable, "two young kids, boy and girl, suddenly come running out, away into the back alley. neither one had a stitch on them. Damnedest thing I ever seen!"
I wonder how they explained the loss of a full set of cloths to their Momma!
Growing up my family had a trailer looked just like that one. We used it as a summer cottage at the lake.
Sure made me wince when you swung back to the scrap pile and John was walking past the boom!
I saw that one, too.... A bit unnerving for me... (Chris didn't flinch)
9 minutes into the video John is already leaning on a shovel
I hope there is no one sleeping in the back room.LOL😂😂😂🇨🇦🇺🇸
For a Mobil home that old it looked like it was in good shape.
Ive lived in trailers and renovated them that were older than that!
It’s really the “Polyester Curtains” and the “Redwood Deck” that’s going to be Missed the Most. 😩
Too bad it wasn't a double wide trailer.....😒😒
This here’s the Queen of my single wide trailer…doesn’t have the same ring to it! 🤣
If its a singlewide shes only a princess…
What about the polybutylene water pipes? LOL
Know wonder you're so kick-backed Chris....you get to take your frustration out on trees, huge bon fires, dirt and trailers....can't get any better than that.
i cannot believe just how clean you left that site. well done....
Thank god nobody was on the loo in the bathroom when you entered! I think 'I nearly sh*t myself' would have been an understatement.
Love the demos! Next time yell really loud , "Search warrant " before you plunge the bucket through the roof🤣
I’m sure the neighbors are glad not to have a single wide next to them anymore lol. Although it has some uncharacteristically nice grass out front.
This is the kind of job i want when im frustrated or even angry about something :-)
I'm with Jimmy Buffett when he said that mobile homes looked a lot better as beer cans. The world is a much nicer place now that it's gone.
I demo'ed bout 30 trailers one time with a 160 Hitachi. Very therapeutic! Keeping everything on the pad shows me Chris is experienced.
"Beauty"? Oh my gosh, tear down that ugly something! 😃😃
I used to love doing demo jobs. It was always amazing what you would find in houses. Great job. Looks like a old garden spot after you were done.
"I will win"
"I won"
Words of a champion! Smooth demo and cleanup.
What mobile home? There was no mobile home there. 🤣😂🤣 Great job 👍🏼
Love a demo Thanks for sharing Chris 👍 😀 😊
Customer Satisfaction is Chris’ greatest asset and future.
That's the thing I really like about your channel 18 is Diversity.Never know what your up to next!
Liked!
Thanks for the video!
Life is a learning curve!
HINDSIGHT is 20-15!
Snap!
Crackle!
Pop!
One way to dispose of a trailer home is to get an agreement with the fire company to torch it as a training exercise.
I think the two doublewides next door thought the single wide was too low brow and had it " taken out "
The job turned out very nice. It looked like a messy one for a little while. I bet you will get the other house removal too.
So, this is what you do when your tired of pulling trees
HAPPY!!!!!! Demolition!!!!! It's been a while and can't be happier to see a demolition project (my favorites)! Such a nice treat from ponds and land clearing (tree take-down and burning). Being multi-talented on an excavator (like Chris) builds the business! ❤️️👍😎😍
I feel like I would have to verify I had the correct address at a minimum of 10 times before doing this.
Was waiting on a knock knock joke once Chris made it down to the front door or maybe a “if it fits it ships” joke putting the frame in the truck Lol
Very nice clean demo Chris have a good day 😎👍👍
Chris the Demo Man, he does it all, and professionally packs the dump truck as well, oh my!
The new kind of mobile home.The dumpster kind. Some assembly required..
13:39 gesundheit
Hello to you! Goodbye to the single wide! 😁
Hi! 🙋♂️
@@DC-1 Hi! 🙋♀️
Hiya from England
@@joekay8975 Hiya!
Weather forecast is for severe storms, possibly hurricanes, possibly a visit from Mr. Yanmar.
I wonder what stories, what lives, what loves, what successes and what failures were kept in the bones of those houses.
I can't believe that far out that they just didn't torch the trailer all that is left is the metal.
They still make mobile homes like they used too 🤣
Paper thin walls and very little to no insulation. Hope the kids bedrooms were on the opposite end. Gotta let ma & pa "get it on" still. Lmao.
Com'on now, them 2x3s are 6 freakin dollhairs a stick at home depot.
The "best" mobile homes are made for colder climates and have 2x6 outside walls and more insulation.
I bet this was a '70s model. Nothing new about this one. (Well, maybe 80's? That's still 40 years old....)
@@fredygump5578 I read a few years ago about a business that made storage sheds from these, and made money doing this.
When I need to relax I come here and pick out one of your videos, then I just sit and watch in amazement at what a skilled operator you are Chris, and it doesn’t matter what video it is. I have recently retired after aver 40 years under a welding hood working on every kind of project, and equipment, you can imagine from the lower 48 to Alaska, and know and appreciate!, someone who is truly an expert in his field no matter what his chosen trade is, and That Would BE YOU!
To watch how easily you operate and maneuver a piece of equipment to do just what you have in mind is almost poetic. Whether it is a skidsteer, a trackhoe or a dozer, you have just mastered them all. Oh how I wish you were closer so that we could have hired you to install our new 800 ft. driveway onto our 10 acres in North Idaho and prep the home site there. Thank You for all your wonderful videos. Hopefully some of the younger guys watching are learning from you and will carry it on. You’re the Best! Thanks
Phweeeww, that was a work out. Damn stubborn frame. Now I almost jumped off the chair when that bucket came towards me. Holly nicknacks. Thanks Chris. Goodjob bud.
I wonder what kind of surprises will find today
You know you're not supposed to remove the toilet until last just in case you have to go during the demolition.. 😂
Chris, a recent addition of "This Old House" had volunteers enter a home and remove anything that was of any resale value. I remodeled a house using items from the kitchen and bathroom from mobile homes that were to be trashed. When I was done with the house, the owner said it looked like a million bucks. The cabinets were paneling and 1 by strips, but what was in the house was a cast iron single bowl sink and metal cabinets. I used the counter top and lighting from the mobile home as well. I also upgraded the electric service with the breaker box, replacing the old fuse box, paneled a room in the house with the salvaged materials and increased the overall appearance.
My point is, we can do more to reduce waste, and others can benefit.
At what cost?
@@cathiwim no cost. The volunteers are just that Habitat for Humanity would sell these things to help raise funds for first time home owners. It would cost Chris nothing but a couple phone calls.
looking at the blocks looks like it was just put there .ready to move in kinda weird. thanks for the demo. cheers mate.
With Lumber prices, I am surprised nobody thought to reclaim the wood inside.
I love these demos!
i guess if you take a sledgehammer to a housefly, you make sure it's dead.
Perfect way to haul a mobile home without having to get a permit to go down the road
"Hey, that's my house, what are you doing to MY HOUSE?" 🏠
Oops! Wrong house 🏠
I truly enjoyed that, made my day, don’t know why but it was hilarious to me, especially when you said “I will win” with the tire battle. Thanks for sharing.
That trailer will not attract any Tornados anymore. Trailers equal Tornado Magnets. At least here in Texas, Okla and Kansas.
Many people would have bought that to live in. Shame to see it wasted.
It’s 40 years old, they just fall apart if you try and move them. They only made to be moved once when they are new basically
reminds me of the scene in jurassic park when the t-rex eats the lawyer on the toilet when you said you started with the bathroom! ha ha. too funny!
I've torn down more mobile homes than I can count and I'll tell you this...those anchor straps will stop or hinder just about any size machine. The worst part is when you have a load, swing to dump it, and the strap gets tensioned and pull everything out of the bucket/thumb. It's frustrating enough to make you cuss that's for sure!
New word of the day, " GIBLETS". love it!!
ya those walls are thin, therefor not much insulation, like in a camper trailer.
So therapeutic! He must’ve lost sleep thinking about destruction!
AHHHH!!! mindless, gratuitous, destruction.......I love it😄
She was a clean 1974 edition!
I cant believe he just busted in their house without knocking on the door first!
Well done sir! That is a job well done. 👍
Yep we're having a house warming party and Chris is stopping by to help take the wheels off my new house.
"There we have, one disassembled, manufactured housing unit!"
PS - Those two sections of concrete, front door steps, one 5 steps & one 2 steps would run you about $850 + delivery. I just looked it up... You coulda sold those to a neighbor around there for $450 cash, delivered by excavator..... (or not)
I always imagined they'd use the WHEELS to tow them away to their doom. Why not?
They're only made well enough to get them to where they're going the first time, then they deteriorate to the point where you'd spend too much effort to get them rotating again/getting good tires on. Then, who knows if the thing is sturdy enough to travel.
It depends on the installers. Sometimes the axles and wheels get removed and sometimes not. As for towing the structure to a dump, highly doubtful it'd survive the trip. I'd imagine State Governments don't want it risked hauling on their roads.
yes tim we are crying over the loss of those axles and tires. they make great deer blind axles
Now you know why trailers come apart so easy in tornados.
There goes the trailerhood!