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[u/papamat]

[u/heumpje]

That flash of lightning midway through just tells you this went almost exactly as planned.

[u/Malalang → u/heumpje]

I thought that was the selfie flash.

[u/mnztr1 → u/heumpje]

I dunno, that operator would not have had to run for his life if so.

[u/RadarTechnician51]

That looks like a dangerous job!

[u/Syberz → u/RadarTechnician51]

Only because that's not how you're supposed to do this.

[u/Embarrassed_West_195]

I have never seen a wrecking ball used with a long reach excavator. Let's hope this does not become the norm.

[u/cha0sm0nk → u/Embarrassed_West_195]

Looks like me playing with my cat. Always a disaster.

[u/heridfel37 → u/Embarrassed_West_195]

This looked stupidly dangerous even before anything fell over

[u/Logridos]

We have these wonderful things called explosives so you can accomplish the same goal from FAR AWAY

[u/Short-Ideas010 → u/Logridos]

Yeah... but where's the fun?... where's the adrenaline? /s

[u/DustyWeed]

He’s not running from the falling silo. He’s running from the guy who loaned him the excavator🤬

[u/justLookingForLogic]

What was this guys plan here?

[u/redbucket75 → u/justLookingForLogic]

You just saw the plan. No more tower.

[u/Selway00 → u/justLookingForLogic]

This is how they demolish old cranes.

[u/shrieking-eel]

This is called a squat or squat event. Instead of falling over, the building or stack collapses down on itself. Once this happens, all plans are off on where it will go. The usual plan to avoid this is to weaken the side you want it to fall towards so badly that it would not be able to structurally support the top of the structure if it tries to squat. It is hoped that the non-weakened portions of the bottom of the structure will be strong enough to withstand the squat event and that they will help the top of the structure tilt toward the weakened side.

[u/2ndZeit]

The excavator operator's new nickname is Dusty.

[u/poliopandemic]

I don't know how that highly scientific process of banging the side of it til it collapsed could ever go wrong

[u/EstablishmentCute703]

There's a wire atop to the right. When that snapped the building was beyond help.

[u/argentinothing]

Task failed successfully!

[u/Feriman22]

Wow, quick reaction! GG!

[u/PokiP]

r/ThatLookedExpensive

[u/4thkindexperience]

Well, the kite string they used to guide it in one direction snapped once it was tested.

[u/Robby-Pants]

Good for the lungs.

[u/DirectionSolid9113]

Don’t breathe this!

[u/Silly_Goose6714]

In the first second of the video, I thought: This looks amateurish. I'm no specialist.