Locke Insulators Demolition (Part 7)

[@mib20000]

thats cool the way the cab tilts back so the operator dont get a stiff neck always looking up

[@patrickarmstrong4131]

Best episode yet. very good photography.

[@JohnZWetmore]

Thanks.

[@rachelclements1555]

Channel which is out of competition 🙌🏽

[@constructionwatcher5381]

Great video! Thanks John. I think this is the most interesting section of this project. I hope you got more of this building. The masonry craftmanship on display here is great. It's sad that no one could find a way to repurpose it so it could remain. I'm fascinated by the lines on the side of the building in the side visible at 10:10. You can see them more clearly at 11:16. The upper line is at an angle, that looks like it might be the roof line behind the parapet. Then there is a line at a 45 degree angle that doesn't quite meet the horizontal line below. I thought at first it might have been were the roof of an adjoining building connected, but there's no sign of an adjoining building that tall, and the steel ladder up the outside of this one also suggests there was never anything nearby at this height.

[@JohnZWetmore]

The 45 degree line puzzled me, too. Unfortunately, there will be no more video of this building. They changed their demolition schedule after the first day of removing bricks, and I never got the new information. I made two wasted trips up to Baltimore when nothing was happening, and my next trip I got there just after they had pulled down the steel frame. Another major disappointment.

[@constructionwatcher5381]

@@JohnZWetmore Thanks, John. Sometimes that happens. A hazard of construction, or de-construction, watching, I'm afraid.

[@RobertodelaVega-t3w]

That building was built to last 1000 years, solid construction with steel frame... sad it was taken down after 90 years.

[@jeffcapps7835]

If they had a flat plate bigger than the end he could pull debris back toward him

[@northvilletunnels]

Solid construction.

[@larryj2416]

Suprised they didnt just use a swinging wrecking ball instead of just poking it with a crane post

[@constructionwatcher5381]

Using a wrecking ball would have required bringing in a crane. Using the stick only required attaching it to one of the excavators already on the site. That's much cheaper for the little it was needed.

[@k.c.beagle7102]

@@constructionwatcher5381 depends on how its bid ,the crane and ball 20 xs faster than this crap

[@yanzhao7298]

I’m amazed you find there projects! I enjoy your channel

[@JohnZWetmore]

There is always a lot of demo going on around Washington and Baltimore. I tap into lots of sources of information, but I still miss more than I film.

[@k.c.beagle7102]

they need the right equipment

[@markbacker7862]

The photography is good. What I don’t understand is the operator crushing brick. Because the brick is many small pieces held together by the mortar, all it really requires is pulling on it with the implement on the machine arm & the bricks will break apart on impact down below. Seriously, crushing bricks makes as much sense as crushing concrete blocks & it’s not the same as just solid concrete or reinforced concrete that have to be crushed for easier handling & also for concrete & rebar recycling. Demolition jobs could move along faster by machines being used to crush &/or cut any materials that don’t break up on impact like: reinforced concrete & concrete that’s not reinforced, rebar & reinforcing mesh, I-beams, angle iron, C channel, bar joists, etc. The operator did pull some of the brick off of the building but, most of the brick was removed with the crusher jaws. Some machine operators seem to have a short attention span with the fact that they will be working on a section of a building then, suddenly stop working on that area & possibly move the machine to work on a different floor or level of the building & also to work on a different side of the building. I’ve seen it happen many times but, I’ve never been able to make any sense out of it.

[@larryj2416]

Looks like it was an original stand alone building way back.

[@dentonthaves5216]

The rate this guy is going it will take him 20 years to take that building down.

[@brucemartini2288]

first I'm seeing building spraying water instead of other way around😆 building is crying

[@simonrobertson5334]

I bet it took about three years to completely bring it down, must be getting paid by the month

[@robparker1625]

It looked like trying to demolish a garden shed with a toothpick.

[@csil2863]

There are a lot of armchair KZbin demolition experts commenting here.

[@ladystef5055]

Why was there so much water on the roof?

[@JohnZWetmore]

Rainwater that was trapped there by clogged drains. It accumulated at the low end, and then released when they got to that part of the parapet.

[@sergiobetancurgutierrez2304]

Con esa punta de la máquina solamente se puede empujar y no halar. Es poco eficiente.

[@bearbon2]

Yeah, just poke it with a stick one brick at a time.

[@vinnienowhere1015]

I love how these demo companies seem to not have the proper equipment for tearing these buildings down. Every time I watch demos in Europe, they all seem to have the long reach excavators with grapplers and pulverizers. Not so much here.

[@pavelvilsov2437]

красавчик ))

[@inescividanes2403]

Operador trabalhando com ferramenta errada . Não é possivel que não tenha ninguem para ver o erro comertido do operador

[@Jarial7]

Enjoyable but your videos are far too slow and need better editing

[@JL-rx6hl]

could they do it any slower ffs

[@yogiraja3126]

this operetor no expirience man he teke lot or time

[@inescividanes2403]

Acho que não era a ferramenta errada. Esse operador é muito ruim de serviço. Não trabalha meia hora pra mim.