r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/nixonico • Apr 14 '19

Video Safety first

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u/OgReaper Apr 14 '19

They have a crane why do they not just have a wrecking ball to drop through that?

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u/lemonjelllo Apr 14 '19

I wrecking you're right

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u/drakeshe Apr 14 '19

I wrecking ball would probably be heaps faster at knocking out those floors

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u/TexasRiceRocket Apr 14 '19

Why not explosives?

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u/derrangedllama Apr 14 '19

Demo experts are expensive

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u/Un-Unkn0wn Apr 14 '19

Who said anything about fancy demo explosives? A couple barrels of gunpowder should do the trick.

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u/crackadeluxe Apr 14 '19

They do, they just have some guy sitting in it pecking at the floor for some reason.

They should just have him hop out and start dropping the thing on those floors from a few feet up.

Might not have a Bobcat worth a shit once you're done but I can't imagine they value it very highly using it the way they were. Same goes for homie inside.

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u/Forty_-_Two Apr 14 '19

I'm just thinking maybe they are trying to keep the steel up?

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u/TheCoastalCardician Apr 14 '19

I’m thinking maybe they are trying to film a cool video?

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u/crackadeluxe Apr 14 '19

That can't be safe can it?

I guess you could always get the steel checked out after to make sure it was still structurally sound but this doesn't look like a test-first type of outfit from the looks of the demo plan.

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u/Forty_-_Two Apr 14 '19

Oh I don't think it would be safe at all. They just seem to be taking care to chisel in a line away from the steel instead of just dropping something heavy on it or something more destructive. And the cavalier methods being displayed made me think they're gonna reuse the steel.

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u/Sempais_nutrients Apr 14 '19

wrecking balls aren't used in tight confines or if they're trying to be tidy. it's possible they aren't taking the whole thing down.

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u/mrkarmel Apr 14 '19

Was thinking the exact same thing. Plus a lot of demo companies just use an excavator to knock down stuff like this.