Demolition OF a Komatsu D75S

[Demoguy324]

Here are a few pictures taken about a year ago at my last job. A Komatsu D75S track loader showed up on site one day, missing the engine and transmission. somehow the owner of the company worked out a deal with the Volvo Dealership that we'd take the machine off their hands in exchange for something or other. the machine sat on site behind a pile of concrete for about 2 months, occasionally getting shoved out of the way.

So early on a saturday morning, A sad day indeed, the old Komatsu D75S track loader was brought to the shearing site to be cut up as scrap. though I'm sure the machine had seen more than it's fair share of demo work, it was still unsettling to see.

The Executioners prepare at first light:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280018.jpg
the condemned gets escorted to the chair.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280023.jpg
Dead man walking
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280024.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280025.jpg
Prepping for decapitation.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280027.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280026.jpg
Beheaded, now an attempt at removing the hands and feet
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280034.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280039.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280047.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280044.jpg

To be continued...

[Demoguy324]

The head's mine to deal with
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280053.jpg
Tougher convict than they thought, pass it to the big gun.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280048.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280050.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280052.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280057.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280063.jpg
A shallow grave
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280066.jpg
Exhumed...RIP
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/demoguy324/MCM%20Job%20517/D75S/0610280074.jpg

Sorry for the blurry pictures, my hands were shaking a bit...

Eric

[INSTRUCTOR WAR]

Canniballs!!

[Cat420]

Good pictures.

Must have been a very sad day. I don't think I could have done it:eek:

[Eric]

Your work looks so interesting and fun. I'd love to give that a shot some day.

[jughead]

sure would have loved to had that thing sitting on my back 40. who knows what i could have used on mine in the future:Banghead

[Underdog]

Sure looks like the old girl put up a fight. I don't think the shear could cut off the lift arms , they still look intact.

[Wolf]

Not too often you see the demoliiton of a wrecking machine. Pretty cool.

[Sparffo]

R.I.P komatsu! :eek:
The bucket looked good, strange that the old owner didn't keep it... at least it would have higher resale value than scrap!

[Turbo21835]

R.I.P komatsu! :eek:
The bucket looked good, strange that the old owner didn't keep it... at least it would have higher resale value than scrap!

Actually that machine came to us from a local dealer. It had no engine or transmission. In fact, the story I heard was we bought it from the dealer as a favor. Paid for it by the pound, thats why we cut it up for scrap. Its days as a production machine had long since passed.