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Wrecking Ball Snaps Loose, Bounces Down Street

PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7253 posts, RR: 25
Posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1184 times:

Gives a whole new meaning to follow the bouncing ball.

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Kuna From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 279 posts, RR: 3
Reply 1, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1175 times:

filler filler

Pinnacle Airlines

FlyingTexan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1154 times:

Love that picture of it in the trunk of the Taurus.

TSS From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 2870 posts, RR: 5
Reply 3, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1144 times:

Far out!
I had no idea wrecking balls were still being used these days.

Able to kill active threads stone dead with a single post!

Scooter01 From Norway, joined Nov 2006, 1154 posts, RR: 8
Reply 4, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1133 times:

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The story even made it past the summerhelp at the newsdesk at Norway's largest paper (Aftenposten).
They reported it as a 500 kg. cannonball. About time to increase the salaries so that they can afford someone that can convert pounds to kilos and maybe get someone who knows their Donald Duck to know what a WRECKING ball is.

Scooter

[Edited 2007-07-10 23:42:08]

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Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3920 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1121 times:

Sounds like something that you would see in a cartoon.

Don't give up don't ever give up - Jim Valvano

MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13336 posts, RR: 64
Reply 6, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1088 times:

Ouch!

The most innovative way I have seen in bringing down old buildings was a wrecking company in the coastal city of Kiel in northern Germany. They used a huge admiralty anchor (like the ones seen in Pirates of the Caribean). They had a hole drilled through one of the flukes, and had it hung by it (via a shackle) on a mobile crane.
At the end, where normally the anchor chain would be attached, they had a long steel rope connected to the towing hook of a bulldozer.
The crane operator would simply hang the anchor beghind a wall and then the bulldozer would give it a little tug, collapsing the wall.

Jan

AA787823 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1067 times:

Somebody is in the market for a new car....Can I interest you in a 2007 Acura?????

LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12331 posts, RR: 12
Reply 8, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1003 times:

Bet that was an interesting call the insurance company to file a claim by the guy that ended up with the wrecking ball to file a claim.
Q: how was your car hit?
A: I was hit by a runaway wrecking ball

As to unique ways to demolish buildings, here in Northern New Jersey back in the early 1950's for a while, a local building wrecker use an old disarmed Army Tank! They mainly used it on 1-2 story buildings, and things went well until the tank got stuck in a unknown basement of a building they were demolishing. Apparently when they were using the tank, they got a lot of attention and onlookers.

RJdxer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 953 times:

Probably just a pub stunt for the upcoming "Simpsons" movie.

N710PS From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 1166 posts, RR: 4
Reply 10, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 874 times:

I am headded to my broker right now to add Wrecking ball damage to my coverage plan.

There is plenty of room for Gods animals, right next to the mashed potatoes!

Kuna From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 279 posts, RR: 3
Reply 11, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 870 times:

Quoting N710PS (Reply 10):

Pinnacle Airlines

Bongodog1964 From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2006, 3018 posts, RR: 2
Reply 12, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 857 times:

Quoting TSS (Reply 3):

Nor did I

You wouldn't find one in Western Europe now, everything is done with demolition shears on high reach excavators.

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