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Demo_Andy
08-05-2008, 04:38 PM
This is a secondary school that I was on last year during the summer, weather was amazing!

The machine I'm using in the pics is a 2007 Hitachi Zaxis ZX225USRLC with a selector grab. It tips the scales without attachment about 23.5t. Relatively small in the demo world but it has great speed, control and more than enough power for its size.

Anyway here we go...
Demo_Andy
08-05-2008, 04:46 PM
2nd Batch

1st Pic with work mate on a Zaxis 130.
Demo_Andy
08-05-2008, 04:54 PM
3rd and final batch...
Wolf
08-05-2008, 06:21 PM
great demo pictures, Andy. Keep it up.
insleyboy
08-05-2008, 09:21 PM
Looked like a slam dunk in the old gym!!!!
hoeman600
08-05-2008, 09:28 PM
class dissmised!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:notworthy verry cool picts
tctractors
08-06-2008, 02:13 AM
Andy, I see that Armac have pulled in a few nice pieces onto the A46 Rugby turn, this is a common route for me on the way to Quarrys and Landfill sites in that area.

tctractors
Demo_Andy
08-06-2008, 02:14 PM
tctractors,

Yeh, we've just knocked a bridge near longbridge island last weekend so we had a fair few bits of kit in the area.
D5G
08-07-2008, 05:07 PM
cool pics, how old was the school?
Wolf
08-24-2008, 04:52 PM
hey Andy, what kind of demo are you working on now, mate? Is it pretty busy over there, or has the economy slowed your work too?

cheers.
Demo_Andy
08-25-2008, 05:55 AM
D5G,

I would say that school was no older than 20-30 years.

Wolf,

I'm on a similar school now but a lot smaller. The slow down is affecting the industry but were still busy so I have to be grateful for that!

Should I start a new thread for new pics or post them in here, I'm not sure.
Wolf
08-09-2009, 07:35 AM
This is a secondary school that I was on last year during the summer, weather was amazing!

The machine I'm using in the pics is a 2007 Hitachi Zaxis ZX225USRLC with a selector grab. It tips the scales without attachment about 23.5t. Relatively small in the demo world but it has great speed, control and more than enough power for its size.

Anyway here we go...

Is this the same kind of job as you are doing this summer too, Andy? Get to do any fun stuff like pull down the basketball hoop with your kit? Got any pictures of this year's destruction?
Jack Westwood
08-15-2009, 03:15 PM
Would You Mind If I Added some Armac Pictures Andy?
Demo_Andy
09-13-2009, 08:16 AM
Go for it Jack!
Jack Westwood
09-20-2009, 05:52 AM
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/jack_heavylift/DSCF6161.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/jack_heavylift/DSCF6163.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/jack_heavylift/DSCF6162.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/jack_heavylift/DSCF4898.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/jack_heavylift/DSCF4897.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/jack_heavylift/DSCF4867.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/jack_heavylift/DSCF4871.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/jack_heavylift/DSCF4878.jpg
Digger Dan
09-20-2009, 10:39 AM
Demo Andy, that pic in the Gym is amazing, very cool...:cool:
Demo_Andy
11-08-2009, 06:54 AM
Cat 336 D UHD
thodob
11-08-2009, 08:12 AM
Cat 336 D UHD

what is width and reach for this machine (high reach)?
Demo_Andy
11-08-2009, 11:45 AM
Width over tracks is 3.3m

Reach is around 22m
lancef
11-08-2009, 12:04 PM
That has to be the best job in the world.
Wolf
11-09-2009, 01:31 PM
Cat 336 D UHD

I love the pics you put up of knocking the old brick buildings. Are those some of the Victorians you were talking about? Those look like pretty old flats? About how old do you think they are? Is that you operating that kit? What was it like to take them down? Did they put up a fight or come down pretty easy like they were supposed to? What are they going to build there in its place?
Demo_Andy
12-13-2009, 04:43 PM
Last week:
AtlasRob
12-13-2009, 05:39 PM
Great pics Andy, I missed this thread glad you updated it.

There was a 345? of yours on the M25 a couple of weeks back, I put ? as I was past it before I realised it was there but pretty sure it was a 345.
Bloody big when you skip past it by about 10ft in an astravan :D Had come back to take the footbridge abutment out on the anti clock carriageway by the looks of things.
thodob
12-15-2009, 02:49 PM
hehe, cool picture:)
Demo_Andy
12-15-2009, 04:30 PM
Great pics Andy, I missed this thread glad you updated it.

There was a 345? of yours on the M25 a couple of weeks back, I put ? as I was past it before I realised it was there but pretty sure it was a 345.
Bloody big when you skip past it by about 10ft in an astravan :D Had come back to take the footbridge abutment out on the anti clock carriageway by the looks of things.


Yeh thats right AtlasRob, would have been a 345. There a deceiving machine, 60t all in!
EZ TRBO
12-15-2009, 05:56 PM
Great pics, looks like a nice job. Thanks for sharing.

Trbo
Wolf
12-18-2009, 09:34 PM
awesome pics, mate. thanks for posting. keep the great pics coming.
plantman.uk
12-31-2009, 09:01 AM
nice pics andy...i worked for a crowd who bought a volvo 460 and had an artic boom on it nice bit of kit that one....let the big dog eat
qball
12-31-2009, 02:09 PM
i have always wondered why we dont see more rotating grapples for demo here in the usa. that looks like an ideal setup.
AtlasRob
12-31-2009, 03:02 PM
i have always wondered why we dont see more rotating grapples for demo here in the usa. that looks like an ideal setup.

WOOOOOOoooooooooooo there Q. You cant be starting a new year with mind bending thoughts like that. Folk will start thinking you have a serious side :D

Have a good one and keep busy. :thumbsup
Jojo Le Grand
01-15-2010, 03:16 PM
Beautiful picture of the demolition , thank you
Wolf
01-17-2010, 04:57 PM
any new UK demo pictures, Andy? keep them coming m8.
Wolf
01-24-2010, 05:49 PM
keep those great demo pics coming m8.
heavytorching
02-18-2010, 05:15 PM
great pics,sitting here on the p.c makes me want to go tear something down right about know!
Colorado Digger
02-18-2010, 07:58 PM
can you pull on those rotating grapples? dont know never used one. how tough are they?
Demo_Andy
02-20-2010, 07:22 AM
can you pull on those rotating grapples? dont know never used one. how tough are they?

You can pull with them, but to a degree. There is a limit but in general there pretty tough.

For example if you open the grab fully and peel out a brick wall you can then rake back and level the brick. However pullin and yanking at heavy steels/ concrete beams is not so good.
Wolf
02-21-2010, 03:22 PM
You can pull with them, but to a degree. There is a limit but in general there pretty tough.

For example if you open the grab fully and peel out a brick wall you can then rake back and level the brick. However pullin and yanking at heavy steels/ concrete beams is not so good.

Seems that the rotating grapples are just awesome when it comes to taking down brick walls. Just tears it apart and gives you lots of control to rake and grab and peel the bricks down. Nothing like a shower of old bricks falling to the ground on a neat old demo job.

Love to hear the stories, demoAndy.

What kind of jobs you got going now? Any neat old victorians coming down, m8?
Demo_Andy
02-21-2010, 03:31 PM
No victorian stuff at the moment Wolf, were on a 1970's leisure centre. Almost done there, another couple of weeks maybe.
Wolf
02-21-2010, 05:46 PM
No victorian stuff at the moment Wolf, were on a 1970's leisure centre. Almost done there, another couple of weeks maybe.

1970's leisure centers should come down. Bet they are ugly as sin and never should have been built in the first place. Well, hope you are having fun on the jobs, m8.