Everyone who is saying all that wood could have been reclaimed has never worked on an elevator. The wood is cribbed meaning it is laid flat. To hold it all together there are metal spikes pounded through vertically about every 6 inches. It would be very labor intensive to remove them all.
Sad to see them go, amazing how it stayed cantilevered like that till it pulled all the spikes in one row. If anyone is building one I have a couple copies of blue prints.
I've torn down 1. and I have 3 more contracted to do this summer. very good operators. you guys are like surgeons. I have to fall mine the same way as there is no room to fall away from the rail line.
This is great a way to see an actual cross section of a grain elevator in order to build a well detailed model. Too bad the real grain elevators had to be destroyed to see it.
When they brought the main upper part down, it's a wonder they didn't have a massive dust explosion from all the years' worth of grain dust that shook loose- all it would have taken was one ignition source and it would have completed the job for them!
Sad to see something of such obvious history come down, but testament I think to the build quality of the structure for it to come down so perfectly
Everyone who is saying all that wood could have been reclaimed has never worked on an elevator. The wood is cribbed meaning it is laid flat. To hold it all together there are metal spikes pounded through vertically about every 6 inches. It would be very labor intensive to remove them all.
Very interesting Leo! Thanks for making this video.
Great job guy,s great team work, I love it ❤👍✌
2 angry dinosaurs! Eating away, awesome video!
Sad to see them go, amazing how it stayed cantilevered like that till it pulled all the spikes in one row. If anyone is building one I have a couple copies of blue prints.
Very cool. Thanks
Good job and very good operators.
True team work . I love that .
Great Job on video and good job demolition crew 🖒
i loved when the trains came by! they were going like 400 mph!
end of an era there....
I've torn down 1. and I have 3 more contracted to do this summer. very good operators. you guys are like surgeons. I have to fall mine the same way as there is no room to fall away from the rail line.
Wow that's sad, can feel the history of it while it's being torn down
wow that would have been cool to watch. Im new to carstairs long after this happened.
This is great a way to see an actual cross section of a grain elevator in order to build a well detailed model. Too bad the real grain elevators had to be destroyed to see it.
Very interesting. Shame the timbers couldn't be recycled
wow...that's a lot of wood...
When they brought the main upper part down, it's a wonder they didn't have a massive dust explosion from all the years' worth of grain dust that shook loose- all it would have taken was one ignition source and it would have completed the job for them!
a woodchipper and a Front end loader would of been ideal there to sort out all that waste. (less loads to haul away)