Perfect controlled demolition of twin chimneys - video

[Toolmaker51]

like that hard hat would have done a lot of good

Hard hat's definite safety aid.
To find where chimney pounded him into the ground like a stake. Under the hard hat he wears a knit cap, to cushion the blow.

[toma]

He had a time to pick the hammer and shovel too...someone would trow away everything to save his head...

[Jon]

What did he think was going to happen?

[ranald]

What did he think was going to happen?

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May as well been Quicksand.
a wee side track (yet again). Years ago, my opposition in park mtce got a small 4x4 tractor stuck so got his bigger tractor to tow & it became bogged in the mud so got a 4x4 truck which became stuck : then another bigger one became stuck. Eventually he gained help from a 4x4 backhoe which also became bogged then Council sent in its biggest equipment a CAT Grader and towed the lot out. ha ha should have used very long chains to a location where the surface would not be broken in the first place.

[Toolmaker51]

Could have looked that his tracks were on the bridge foundation. Lemme see......is the arched structure reinforced, tied into what is beneath me? Seems like I'd have hammered the arch barely beyond the vertical bulwark. I'll bet the collapse would progress almost identically, and no bigger crane trolling to get me out.
But I'm no EO, what do I know...

[Jon]

Controlled silo demolition in populated area in Aalborg, Denmark.



33-second video:

[PJs]

Wow the speed of the sequencing was off the charts. Particularly like the openings on the top and large doorway on the bottom for pressure relief...wouldn't have wanted to be standing anywhere near that doorway...had to be a hurricane force wind.

[Jon]

Guy takes down a chimney with a handheld power hammer. Don't worry folks, he's wearing a hardhat. 0:53 video:

The video description is a gem:

Manual demolition of the chimney. It was impossible to use explosives, the chimney contained arsenic. Czech Rebublic - 2018 - old textile factory Benar.
Info update 26.9.2018: i have new information. Chimney contained arsenic not asbestos! I am sorry. This method used because: Arsenic, low budget (the city council was paying for this 35 000 USD) and very low byrokracy with compared the dynamite blast.

[zippom2]

Guy takes down a chimney with a handheld power hammer. Don't worry folks, he's wearing a hardhat. 0:53 video:

The video description is a gem:

What an IDIOT!!!

[PJs]

or holding it up with his other hand...at :28