Video – Ripper stalks London’s streets…

Xcentic Ripper makes light work of concrete on inner-city site.

Regular readers will know that we have followed the progress of the Xcentric Ripper, a hydraulic breaker alternative, ever since our buddies at ECY were awarded the UK agency for the attachment.

Of course, this being the notoriously conservative demolition business, the introduction of anything slightly out of the ordinary was treated with a degree of skepticism.

However, as this video from a London site highlights, the Ripper is more than a match for reinforced concrete and looks very much at home in a demolition environment.