High reach hire specialist braves elements to help fell Oldham mill. This weekend’s match between Oldham Athletic and Millwall was called off due to torrential rain. But that did not stop high reach excavator hire specialist Messiah Corporation swinging into action to help Manchester-based ADM Regeneration in the demolition of part of the landmark Durban…Read moreRead more
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Photo Exclusive – Messiah to the rescue…
Another Rusch monster…continued
More photos have just become available of the new Rusch Triple 34-25 in Norway. We would never suggest that you, our loyal readers, are predictable. But there are two things guaranteed to be popular here on Demolition News: video of demolition gone bad; and video and photos of big machines. Thankfully, unless our news sources…Read moreRead more
Another Rusch monster…
New photo showing the 34-25 high reach excavator from Dutch modifier Rusch. When your best-known machine has a working height of 90 metres, anything else is going to look pretty small by comparison. But don’t be fooled. The machine in the photo (left) might only reach a lowly 34 metres, but it can wield a…Read moreRead more
Excavator cab vs concrete beam…
Exclusive photos showing Volvo excavator cab hit by 10 tonne concrete beam. There are times when words just aren’t enough. So, aside from saying that the operator thankfully escaped with just a few cuts caused by the imploding windscreen, here’s what happens when a 10 tonne concrete beam lands on an excavator cab:
When crushers collide…
What happens when you use one crusher as a battering ram on another. “…In the red corner, weighing in at an impressive 40 tonnes, the Powerscreen WARRIOR. And in the blue corner, weighing a measly 3.5 tonnes, the Dig A Crusher 900 crusher bucket…” Word reaches us that a group of vandals broke into a…Read moreRead more
Collapsed Shanghai building being demolished…
The Shanghai tower block that collapsed recently is now being demolished. Following a lead from Safedem managing director William Sinclair, we recently reported on the collapse of a 13-storey tower block in the Minhang District of Shanghai in which the entire structure simply laid down, almost entirely intact. Well, if that wasn’t surreal enough, the…Read moreRead more
