@15:50 That's all the cellphone equipment.

@JohnZWetmore

10 ай бұрын

You're right. Consider it a bonus of cool non-HVAC stuff falling from rooftops. (This building had their exterior HVAC equipment at ground level a short distance to the west of the building.) Here is the cell antenna discovering gravity: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e2mtytVpc5rLg5M.html

@markmyjak7739

10 ай бұрын

@JohnZWetmore I used to install cell phone equipment on roof tops. I always wondered what it looked like if the equipment fell off the roof. This happly gave me my answer.

@connorlunick3564

9 ай бұрын

@@markmyjak7739currently do civil work now and haven’t seen a shelter on a rooftop platform like that. And I know one thing, haven’t seen them come off the roof, but damn if I don’t know what it’s like if you can’t get a crane and gotta dolly them cabinets up stairs😂

@SultanbekSadibakasov-mc6df

9 ай бұрын

1:03:43-- стоит рабочий и не туда направляет струю воды. И напора нет. Ему нужно чтобы день прошел.

@sto2779

8 ай бұрын

My god, so much expensive equipment could be extracted and used/sold on to eBay, never mind, the tech guys knows their toys, took out all hardware and made the cellphone room empty.

Finally, a thumbnail that wasn't clickbait or make me wait. Thank you sir.

@engineer84-w8x

5 ай бұрын

the first clip had me like "yank it down, yank it down, you know you want to, yank it down, come on, yank it down."

@andyjennings15

3 ай бұрын

Yeah right I'm getting ad after ad.

Gotta love how the engineers made the claw look like a dragon head. Looks like a steam punk dragon tearing a building apart. Awesome.

@nomnomburrito27

7 ай бұрын

I see a viper! Wonder if that’s just how the claw is built or if the design is intentional

@kode4420

7 ай бұрын

@@nomnomburrito27 yeah I can see that too. I love pit vipers. I like to think engineers can be practical and have a little fun with designs at the same time. I used to want to be one until I left school to start working.

@MeliacPropulsionLaboratory

6 ай бұрын

Yay!

@ShadowMario97

5 ай бұрын

Reminds me of any kind of Sauropod grazing at a large tree haha

@johnsergei

4 ай бұрын

It's simply genetics. It's father ate skyscrapers for breakfast.

It's almost 3am...I'm wasted...and this is oddly hypnotic...

Celtic Demo-Monster to Godzilla: "Hold my hydraulic actuator."

Somewhere there's a mechanical contractor who's saying "thank god I don't have to work on that POS anymore".

@johndorazio3759

10 ай бұрын

You how hard it is to put that shit in those buildings

@sgtbrown4273

10 ай бұрын

Lol 😂

@deborahchesser7375

10 ай бұрын

That would be me, cooling towers, chillers, air handlers it’s hard work.

@admiralcraddock464

10 ай бұрын

@@johndorazio3759 Been there, done that after a Salesman told the client his men can easily get those units up there. All he was interested in was his sales commission.

@toxicity6629

9 ай бұрын

@@johndorazio3759bro fr boss had me lifting hvac parts to the roof with only a co worker I was pissed

we did it boys. peak civilization. over an hour of demolitions featuring only HVAC equipment.... PEAK I SAY

Whoever is running that thing is an artist! Moved ammo for a living way back. Thanks, enjoyed your vid.

I'm an HVAC commercial engineer and I truly enjoyed this video. I wish that I was the demolition equipment operator.

Recycling the steel, aluminum, copper, and concrete reduces the need for mining and quarrying. This is beneficial for the environment, energy usage, and reduces costs.

@Chazz838sl

9 ай бұрын

Thanks captain planet! I'm sure most of us already understand this concept, but nice of you to remind us all again...

@t23001

9 ай бұрын

@@Chazz838sl Knowledgeable citizens like yourself are far and few between! Gotta go, Woooosh!

@JohnZWetmore

7 ай бұрын

The concrete is crushed and used as a base for pavement, or other places where you might use crushed rock.

@m7gh827

Ай бұрын

@@Chazz838sl😂😂😂😂

The RCA building was an iconic part of the Rosslyn skyline. I remember it from my childhood being so imposing and modern. Years later - would they save it? No. The demand to extract as much money as possible has Arlington re-making itself much the same as Las Vegas. But there's a reason - The views of D.C. from there are absolutely spectacular! With that, I still remain hopeful that they will spare the original Rosslyn Marriott. It was one of the first J.W. Marriott hotels and I believe was built on the land where the original Hot Shoppes was. From the original Watergate clandestine parking garage to the Marriott and Orleans House, that part of Arlington has a very rich history. I am glad to have been to all those places when they were active.

This video combines the satisfying event of building demolition with the unsatisfying event of air conditioning systems of various sizes and complexity destruction. I love it.

@sto2779

8 ай бұрын

It's a great disrespect of HVAC feat of engineering. I would happily take some screws drivers and wrenches and take all of these useful parts if given free.

@CG-1000-T

8 ай бұрын

@@sto2779 agreed, my house will be demolished in the upcoming years and I might sell my Ruud air conditioner. It was a great and quirky unit but its life is coming to an end. There is an old nordyne unit from the 80s along with 2 vintage whirlpool units I plan on saving and restoring.

Skillful operators !. Great video 👍

All the work that went into building these buildings, there's something special a certain feeling one gets by watching th being demolished. I myself moved away from the big city and now live in a country town but even now there's way too many houses being built and too many people moving here. I need to movie further inland here in Australia 😭😭

@GrantJohnston-dr9rt

10 ай бұрын

Me too... need Peace and quiet! Greetings from Canada!

@riggitydoo5116

8 ай бұрын

Seems like land would be cheap in the inland area.

@trashyspeeds266

8 ай бұрын

​@@riggitydoo5116yeah, but also void of any needs like stores ect ect

@FedkaSlovanich

8 ай бұрын

all our neighbors signed a land contract that protects us for having dense houses built here, at minimum there must be at least 250 yards between residential units.

16:00 "And here we see the stegosauratron gorging on (what looks to be) ventilation units, its favorite snack, as two curious human males watch on while guarding their tower from predators."

Glad to see that it looks like most of those units had the refrigerant removed ahead of time :)

@smf2072

8 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha, yeah you keep telling yourself that......

@brianbirtcher431

8 ай бұрын

​@@smf2072There would have been plumes of freon going into the air

@JohnZWetmore

7 ай бұрын

I have filmed HVAC units that still had Freon. (None are included in this video.) The cloud of condensation from the escaping Freon is very obvious.

@VanillaIceCoffee

7 ай бұрын

I would say it's a bad practice and should be signed off by city officials, but the amount of cars leaking freon and the fact that you can buy DIY cans of unsafe freon 'over the counter'.... oh my!

@Ronnocbot

7 ай бұрын

@@JohnZWetmore yes! Like the car dealership video. Crazy that was overlooked.

Who ever thought watching destruction could be so relaxing.

@mateuszminsky5619

10 ай бұрын

It's even better at half speed.

Great videos ! 👍

This is a very narrow topic for a video, but oddly very satisfying...

Those cooling towers are in better shape than what is running in the plant I am working in right now!

4:10 "long fence". Very descriptive 😂

My company deals with ventilation and air conditioning systems 😢 This is such a lot of work and knowledge!

This is what every boy dreams of in his sandbox at 5 years old. It's got to be one of the most enjoyable jobs to exist.

That metal dinosaur is very destructive 😮

HVAC is the most valuable peice of scrap on a building that’s why they tear to out and save it for scrapping

2:39 Seeing a chiller that size getting thrown around is crazy.

You just know as a child you used to think of these machines as dinosaurs.

Warning! No HVAC units survived the making of this movie 😳😳🇦🇺

I read somewhere that heavy equipment operators have the #1 job as far as job satisfaction goes. Makes sense, that looks super fun.

The old wrecking ball method seem so slow of a way to take down a building. Those pincher machines seem like the most fastest method!👍

@gorillaau

10 ай бұрын

The wrecking balls ain't good on surrounding buildings and the people in them.

@chrisrageNJ

8 ай бұрын

You should see a controlled demolition, it’s even faster

@JohnZWetmore

7 ай бұрын

Here are a few implosions: kzread.info/head/PLpdpl8imBL0ORDjbhQ2SglfbDW4UAttAq

Couldn’t those chillers be resold? It’s nuts to think that those units were working at one point and now they are being man handled by a crane because the building is being demo’ed….

@chrisgill7824

7 ай бұрын

anything of any value would have already been stripped out by the time the building was to come down. Nobody buys used equipment like the stuff we see in these video's, they get all new equipment for new buildings.

@anthonys7534

7 ай бұрын

Usually outdated components and worn out parts.

Great upload! Thanks....scrapping...:)

Someone stole 10 AC units like that from the rooftop of a closed mall in Milwaukee. Crazy. Would love to know where they ended up

@idkidk4334

7 ай бұрын

Scrappers

What a dream job. Sitting in an ice cold cab destroying shit all day.

Every once in a while they should play the roar of Godzilla on a loud speaker.

What a good idea for a theme.

Looks like a lizard biting the building 🤣

This video makes me sad and feel old . In my days it was only the Ball for jobs this high. I used to run the track hoe clearing what the ball took down.

@JohnZWetmore

3 ай бұрын

It's uncommon, but I still see a wrecking ball once in a while: kzread.info/head/PLpdpl8imBL0NWXqzxCQqToFj8aIvui2mg

@WiIdbiII

3 ай бұрын

@@JohnZWetmore I have a 1/2 ton one that adorns my eccentric wildflower garden. It's round with non replaceable eye. I'd love to find a 1 ton pearshaped one . Not currently in my budget though.

16:43 I wish I had those 2 Trane 600lb recovery tanks. They don't make them anymore.

HOW DO WE RESTORE THE TINY HVACS (air conditioner)

They should invent "Crane Skins" and over this one with a dinosaur crane skin to make it look like a creature is doing the demo.

wow haven't seen a wrecking ball used in a long while!

@JohnZWetmore

7 ай бұрын

I don't see wrecking balls very often, but here are a few: kzread.info/head/PLpdpl8imBL0NWXqzxCQqToFj8aIvui2mg

It's like a long neck dinosaur grabbing at a baby bird at the top of a tree.

Моя фирма занимается систем вентиляции и кондиционирования 😢 Это такой большой труд и знании !

1:06 "hello customer support? Yes thank you sir, I am having an issue with my air conditioning." "Yeah not sure, doesn't seem to turn on, could you send out a tech? Thank you so much."

@3t22sirensystem

3 ай бұрын

destroyed

its wild to see something that at one point cost several millions of dollars to build be intentionally torn down

Im wondering how much of these materials can be recycled.

@jasonjennings8125

4 ай бұрын

if there R22 refigeration they ar epretty much useless they have done away with R22

I love watching destruction, thank you for this video.

This is my wife pulling me out of the bar at 2am 😁

I really love their pet dinosaur LOL

can you link to the modpack? the game’s hardly recognizable

It looks so light, even the way it hit the ground

2:34 Holy shit! These vehicles have water spray cooling?! I thought that was only on stationary factory machines and small to big power tools!

@simonmasters3295

10 ай бұрын

It's to reduce dust

@BigTexZoomer

8 ай бұрын

Piqued my interest as well, but yeah I think it's for dust, but added benefit I'm sure is cooling all those joints and jaws down. I wonder if the hydraulics cause heat?

@JohnZWetmore

7 ай бұрын

The hydraulics do get hot, but the spray is for dust control.

@coreinc.9658

5 ай бұрын

It kinda looks like leaking hydraulic fluid

@coreinc.9658

5 ай бұрын

It kinda looks like leaking hydraulic fluid

Best Job ever

Lynn Street. I think that was the old RCA building in Rosslyn VA. I've worked on roof tops doing HVAC in that area but not that particular building. Kinda sad to see it go but it looked out of place with all the new development over the past decade.

What's the water sprinkle for ?

@JohnZWetmore

3 ай бұрын

The water helps keep the dust down.

As a commercial hvac technician myself this hurts to watch lol 😂 so many technicians sweat, anger, hard thought trouble shooting diagnostics just man handled by a machine 😂

For a moment lets respect the men and women who spend months day and night building such a tower and the engineer too who designed all these , so ez and satisfying to see something get destroyed. why no one ever cares abt the people who built it

It amazes me how these things look like creatures.

Is the refrigerant gas removed from old units or just vented to air to destroy ozone layer.

@JohnZWetmore

Ай бұрын

It is required to remove the refrigerant gas before demolition, and most contractors do. It is usually pretty obvious when refrigerant gas is left in the system. You get condensation when the coolant lines are broken and the gas escapes and decompresses, as seen in this demolition: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWSctJuOkbDcibg.html

@UQRXD

Ай бұрын

@@JohnZWetmore Key word "most"

This looks like one of the most fun jobs in the world

Is there some kind of lottery system for who gets these jobs?

Look at the size of those monsters. Technology has come a long way.

Can someone help answer this: do they remove the refrigerants gas out of it before demo?

@JohnZWetmore

Ай бұрын

It is required to remove the refrigerant gas before demolition, and most contractors do. It is usually pretty obvious when refrigerant gas is left in the system. You get condensation when the coolant lines are broken and the gas escapes and decompresses, as seen in this demolition: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWSctJuOkbDcibg.html

@SonicLiteX

Ай бұрын

@@JohnZWetmore Thanks, was concern some AC still use the hazard ozone killers gasses. Even cars with R134a Refridgerants.

AJALES 😱 cuánta destrucción, ajijo 😱

the strength of these arms is really impressive. That thing grabbed onto a steel I-beam and folded it up like it was made of cardboard.

How do I get this job?

2:55 My ADHD brain Oh look a Water-Dragon

First 3.5 minutes: What a lost opportunity! Somebody needs to hire an artist and paint the jaws to look like an angry dragon.

i always thought when would someone mount water hoses to the end of the excavators so someone wouldn't have to stand there spraying by hand

what game is that?

Cool 😎✌🏻

Crazy how on a human scale, these buildings are incredibly strong. But when compared to industrial machinery its like wet cardboard.

nice

Those jaws are like watching a snake getting ready to consume a mouse.

3:30 is that an Ammonia refrigeration circuit??

@JohnZWetmore

Ай бұрын

Probably a water-cooled chiller system.

Nice vedios

It’s a hell of a lot harder to install that stuff, believe me.

Does anyone remove the refrigerants before these things get torn down? And do they recycle the expensive metals (aluminium, copper)?

@JohnZWetmore

3 ай бұрын

Removing the refrigerants is required, although I have seen a few demolitions where the system obviously still had refrigerants (not the ones shown here). And the copper is usually saved separately from the scrap steel because of its high scrap value - with care taken to keep it safe from copper thieves coming by during the night.

how much money the operator has to paid the company to get this job ?

I like how the machine has a little face in the 2nd clip

Hmmm... what should I eat next? Ooh, this looks interesting...

anybody can break stuff these guys are professional stuff breakers they break it right

Women: Paying thousands for therapy. Men: Getting paid to destroy things which is the best therapy.

They don’t make those jaws look like animals on accident 😂

Wow I’d love a job like this

Why would you not paint the claw like a T-Rex head?

They should paint a face on that first machine!

@ersatzkanaljens9713

Ай бұрын

Dino 😂

2:55 is water or hi is losing idraulic fluid?

@JohnZWetmore

7 ай бұрын

It's water for dust suppression. If it was losing that much hydraulic fluid, he would stop working very quickly.

Why don't they recycle the window glass???

I'm amazed this equipment doesn't get salvaged before the demolition. Instead it all gets crushed along with the rest of the building. No wonder everything is so expensive.

Pro-Tip >>> change the playback speed to 2X... its easier to watch that way.

I wonder how many of those brazed components I had a hand in on.

I can't wait for them to finally demolish the leaning building in SF. That'll be fun to watch.

I can't believe how they missed painting it like Godzilla.

I just want to make Tim Allen noises ... Arr Arr Arrrrrr - pretend I'm a dinosaur lol

All good until the boss shows up and tells you it was a change out.

The AC's are now low on Freon.

That looks so much more fun than building and commissioning the f’kin pieces of junk…

Don't need that HVAC unit up there anymore, you now have open air heating and cooling, much cheaper.