In the U.K. at 1 time in heavy Industrial areas the sky line was full of Smoke Stacks, these have nearly all gone as the use for them faded into the past, so the Falling of them is something that was mastered very well by quite a few people that undertake this sort of work, Fred had 90 Stacks down over his life, but at 1 point all he did was repair them by Banding or Pointing up the cement joints and replacing failed brick work, the Stack down thing being more common in the 1970's through 2000 period, Banded Stacks tended to always fall in a longer distance than their hight, with Re-Pointed Stacks often doing a similar trick, the strength a bit of fresh mortar gave a Chimney is well known, only the old original Stacks would fall in a shorter distance than the hight it stood, at No time ever can I recall a Chimney being Felled via an excavator alone without Props and Burn method used.
The Chump in the Komatsu had a good opportunity to make a name for himself as a Skilled Demolition Worker, I wonder if he did any Home Work on the task as Fred and others are well documented with good Video footage on Blasting and Prop and Burn methods, anyhow the "Chump" in a Komatsu is now a common joke Video passed around by the Young to the Old in the U.K. of a very lucky man needing a new Job.
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