tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post726796398575877501..comments2024-03-28T09:43:20.058-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Oops!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43429579386806194242018-10-04T00:25:21.695-05:002018-10-04T00:25:21.695-05:00Here'sa more successful smokestack demo from 2...Here'sa more successful smokestack demo from 2000. -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV5iOQjOtiMMagsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85422752255641516262018-09-29T13:43:45.530-05:002018-09-29T13:43:45.530-05:00As emtgene imputes, not a very bright guy doing th...As emtgene imputes, not a very bright guy doing the demo. He certainly had time to drive out of the impact zone to avoid being hit. He wasted his time spinning the arm instead of moving the rig. You can do both at the same time, but dividing the power may slow the crawler somewhat.<br />Hope he was smart enough to be wearing a dust mask!Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58669383006254032872018-09-29T10:33:29.892-05:002018-09-29T10:33:29.892-05:00My local power plant had been closed for years, bu...My local power plant had been closed for years, but the chimney still stood. I got to watch it toppled when one side was blown in. I was 1/2-1 mile away.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57300176256169089952018-09-28T19:50:30.270-05:002018-09-28T19:50:30.270-05:00Teh stoopid... Darwin missed that time, but I'...Teh stoopid... Darwin missed that time, but I'm betting the shorts had to be changed, and the seat of the cab cleaned out...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33915190313384529282018-09-28T18:05:55.128-05:002018-09-28T18:05:55.128-05:00Fred Dibnah has numerous videos on tube-thing abou...Fred Dibnah has numerous videos on tube-thing about dropping industrial chimneys, or climbing up and dismantling them brick-at-a-time. I think he must be retired by now. <br />Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075903551422300106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62659339142141413472018-09-28T17:15:41.177-05:002018-09-28T17:15:41.177-05:00This was in my AO. The idiot tried to demo it wit...This was in my AO. The idiot tried to demo it with explosives and failed to bring it down, then did the mechanical trick, almost killing himself in the process. He faced criminal charges over the demo, not having one of the pesky licenses required, lol. <br />A brick-layer friend who lives there told me there was no need to take it down and that it should have been left in place as a historical monument to the Avondale Mills site that it was on.emtgenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616689688152674404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5522761601193468942018-09-28T16:17:16.186-05:002018-09-28T16:17:16.186-05:00And that my friends is why they put cages on heavy...And that my friends is why they put cages on heavy equipment.Nuke Road Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122662466990452477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-14661225562314155632018-09-28T14:38:27.156-05:002018-09-28T14:38:27.156-05:00I can see what they were trying.
Their mistake wa...I can see what they were trying.<br /><br />Their mistake was in thinking that masonry would behave like wood.Feather Bladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295997298154977506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-1081998592333958672018-09-28T13:57:18.247-05:002018-09-28T13:57:18.247-05:00Heh. I *meant to do that* . . .Heh. I *meant to do that* . . .Bob Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605741445499179146noreply@blogger.com