High Reach vs. economics - Page 2

1ManWreckingCrew · #11 (**permalink**) 04-01-2007, 10:06 PM

Nothing beats the crane and ball...we take down 10 even 12 story buildings connected to other buildings all the time in DC. I can do with a crane in half the time than a high reach...we comtenplated on buying one and it just wasnt worth the slow process and loosing time

Wolf · #12 (**permalink**) 04-11-2007, 05:24 PM

Let's hear it for the ball and crane. I agree, it is just awesome.

So, 1ManWreckingCrew, how about those pictures you promised to post?

**James** · #13 (**permalink**) 04-13-2007, 05:31 PM

Got to look at the gallery

http://www.demolitionforum.com/vbpic...p?do=view&g=37

Wolf · #14 (**permalink**) 04-14-2007, 12:15 AM

Ooops, my bad.

Great pictures, but that's not that old apartment house in DC that 1Man was talking about doing the facodectomy on. Got any of those around?

Thanks.

1ManWreckingCrew · #15 (**permalink**) 04-15-2007, 08:51 PM

Im sory about the pics..they put me over in South East DC Taking down a 3 story night club called Nation..Its a good size building it was an old boiler manufacturing plant.I covers about a 1/2 block..I just started gutting it out last week I hope to start wrecking Tuesday or Wednesday...I will post Pics.

**James** · #16 (**permalink**) 04-16-2007, 08:25 AM

Sounds like they have you pretty busy. Looking foward to seeing some pictures also.

Wolf · #17 (**permalink**) 04-16-2007, 04:11 PM

The nightclub Nation in DC became very famous for hosting all night "Rave" parties where kids stayed up all night doing drugs. Must have been fun. Any remnants left behind when you cleared it out for demo?

It does sound like you are busy. What material is the boiler plant built from? What are you going to use to take it down?

1ManWreckingCrew · #18 (**permalink**) 04-16-2007, 07:33 PM

The only things left were old furniture nothing important..And yes we are realy busy...I will be using a 330 hitachi to take the building down..It is constructed of a steel supported roof and load bearing block walls..The real test are the 2- 50 ton overhead cranes in the 3 story section and making sure all the homeless people are out when I start to wreck. Pics will be in pic gallery

Longreach · #19 (**permalink**) 07-30-2007, 11:45 PM

Try this with your crane and wrecking ball! Or better yet, build a ramp with your 300 Komatsu..... 164 feet w/hydraulic hammer

hollc004 · #20 (**permalink**) 07-31-2007, 09:34 AM

We are one of the companies that pulled a few onto our fleet to keep up with other with a few brand new Komatsu High reaches, although they are still yet to go out on hire because so many other companies have them on fleet. All the major demolition companies own their own.