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Final Demolition and Site Prep

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Live house demolition. Noob behind the controls. #heavyequipment

What happens here

The operator continues to work on the remaining larger pieces of the structure and the debris pile, ensuring everything is broken down as much as possible. The presenter reiterates the challenges of obtaining permits in Minnesota and the environmental regulations (asbestos testing, pest removal, light bulb and hazardous material removal) that must be followed. The discussion also touches on common job site challenges and past experiences with equipment operation, including near-misses.

Goal: Ensure all remaining structural elements are broken down and the site is prepared for final cleanup.

Tools and materials

  • Kobelco Excavator Kobelco — For demolition tasks

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kind of going too close and there's a house there's house five feet away on every side of it you're trying to keep it on there that's like a good way of looking at it oh yeah yeah what Tim's talking about is keeping those cylinders in there right there the hydraulic cylinders if he hits that he scrapes it on any of the demo debris you can actually put a dent in the cylinder and that'll leak hydraulic fluid because the seat was the first time he extends it or drinks it in fact getting her over he's getting it over it'll start that cylinder will rupture the seal siren oh not bad you guys look at that he's keeping it all right on the platform this is a perfect practice round you guys perfect practice route you know it's just let the guy get in there nothing on the side to worry about yeah you know it helps him feel confident in what he's doing and it helps us to know that later on he could go down there why the heck don't you do lives more often I don't know man I I don't know why I don't do lives more often I just I've done one in like seven years I don't know you guys want lives you got to tell me more lives I mean we can do it live riding with Johnny in the dump truck we could do a live I'll do an all sorts of things we can do a live looking for wasps right now because there was a bunch of wasp nests all throughout here look at he's even got the back wall coming down onto the thing we want lives I love it dried in Michigan more lives all right I will do that Charles I will do it he's got to grab this get her down over here Johnny wants a light bulb go figure actually that is a good point uh when we're doing a demo like this we have to bait we have to have a licensed uh mate contractor Pest Removal contractor I gotta switch hands uh a bank contract to go through and bathe the entire property because in Saint Paul Minneapolis they don't want all the mice and rats jumping out of the house we're demolishing and into the neighbor's houses that one kind of makes sense but we've also got to go through and remove all the fluorescent light bulbs we've got to remove all the paint cans all hazardous materials then we've got to actually have that checked off like I said there's more that goes into the permit than into doing this part this is the play buttons keep the floor intact the best he can because then everything sit on top of that floor yeah and then once it goes through then you got bigger mess to clean up tell hey tell them about the time you went through oh…

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