Demolition Machines!

[Rubycon]

Excavator razing a house

Manual labor - these guys look like they're having fun.

"Killdozer" Assault on Granby

More Granby stuff

People would be pretty screwed if something took over and controlled these machines. :Q

You have to wonder how long that D9 would've run if it didn't spring a leak.

 

[KLin]

Runaway tank in San Diego

 

[skyking]

I have indeed run those machines. Not too much demo, but I've razed some stout concrete buildings with 50+ ton stuff.
The excavator in the first link is 12~15 metric tons for example.
Komatsu 400, around 42 metric tons.
Hitachi 450, 48 metric tons with thumb.
40 ton payload, 75 tons gross weight.
That last link was fun. The first time I operated that there was a nice skiff of snow and ice on all the haul roads. It was quite the rush to do a 170,000 pound powerslide

 

[Injury]

I used to operate a 15 ton overhead crane at the iron foundry I worked at... during the course of the day one of my jobs was to pile up the scraps of iron and drop a 4 ton wrecking ball on top of them (the crane used an electromagnet to lift metal) and smash up the iron so it was small enough to fit on the conveyors taking it inside.

I accidently rammed the magnet into the wall once. I laughed because all the soot that had built up on the rafters inside was shaken down within a few hundred feet of the wall I hit and everything was COVERED. It wouldn't have laughed if people were in that department at the time.

The had this small building that used to be a shipping dock, but hadn't been used in about 3 decades and was covered in foliage. I would drop the occasional piece of metal on it just to break it, but it was pretty strong and I never did much to it. Even the boss thought that was funny. Again, had it put anyone in danger, I would not have done it.

 

[Howard]

Only had a chance to use a bulldozer.

 

[Rubycon]

The tank - wow the damage was minimal for he was on the road most of the time. If that gun was ready to fire he could've taken out an overpass! :Q

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: KLin
Runaway tank in San Diego

every time I see this clip it reminds me of the scene in buffalo soldiers where the tank gets lost