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Old 07-05-2011, 12:12 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBMUv...layer_embedded



Thats craziness!
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Old 07-05-2011, 12:32 PM
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Wow, made me nervous just watching!
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Old 07-05-2011, 08:02 PM
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holy crap! Gunna have to show my work neighbor mike his video, he does demolition and has an excavator
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Old 07-06-2011, 12:13 AM
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1) I think the hydraulics on that are quite strong enough



2) It's a baby digger . . . couldn't the crane have just set it up there and saved a few minutes' climbing?



3) I don't think I would have cared to stand under the thing.
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Wow that's amazing but I did wonder what that guy was thinking standing under it.
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:27 PM
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how did they get it down?
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Haha, you remember the crane used to erect the tower . . . ?
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