A few projects I have done recently

CM1995 · Jul 23, 2016

Sidewalk and crosswalk for the steakhouse project.

Cut back the sod and topsoil for the sidewalk and ramp.

Removing curbing in a radius is always a PIA when you can't damage the asphalt. Brought the 321 in to remove the curb after a little more saw cutting. We did this early before the mall traffic picked up.

One track of the 321 is on the dirt behind the curb and the other is on some 2x's in the street.

This week's view from the office.

Also had the Cat tech come out and program the security code into the 279, no worries now.

Bobcatdaddy · Jul 24, 2016

Congrats on the new CTL CM. Its for sure a sweet looking machine.

CM1995 · Jul 24, 2016

Bobcatdaddy said:
Congrats on the new CTL CM. Its for sure a sweet looking machine.

Thank you sir. I really like it.

Landclearer · Jul 24, 2016

Yup, not damaging the asphalt is a pain but you sure had plenty of muscle to get it out

Glad to hear you like the 279.

CM1995 · Jul 24, 2016

Landclearer said:
Yup, not damaging the asphalt is a pain but you sure had plenty of muscle to get it out Glad to hear you like the 279.

No doubt. Didn't even try with the backhoe, bigger is usually better.

Landed another Irish auto parts that has a nice pre-fab metal building to take down. It was a former national tire company building. Should be an easy demo with a 50 x 100 pre-fab metal frame. We'll salvage as much of the red iron as we can. Can anyone say "future shop"?

Landclearer · Jul 24, 2016

I would agree, about 90% of the time bigger is better:thumbsup

50 X 100 would be a nice size shop, sounds like you need to deconstruct than reconstruct at your place.

RBMcCloskey · Jul 24, 2016

Landclearer said:
Yup, not damaging the asphalt is a pain but you sure had plenty of muscle to get it out Glad to hear you like the 279.

I suggest you get some used/scrap conveyor belting from one of the quarries in your area, works very well and lasts much longer than wood.

CM1995 · Jul 24, 2016

RBMcCloskey said:
I suggest you get some used/scrap conveyor belting from one of the quarries in your area, works very well and lasts much longer than wood.

The wood was free and onsite.:tong

Seriously speaking, we rarely have the situation where we have to put the hoe on a finished surface. Since this building is wood framed there is a lot of scrap 2x's around. Got my eye on a leftover 1/2 bundle of 1/2" plywood.:cool2

CM1995 · Aug 6, 2016

It's been busy finishing up the steakhouse, side jobs and starting another Irish parts store.

Mobilized onto the site, the iron for this project.

Existing building. We salvaged all the roll-up doors, overhead light fixtures, two 240V exhaust fans, electrical service panels and a water fountain.

Gutting the interior soft demo. There was a partition wall in the service bay consisting of metal studs and plywood, the studs are piled up ready to shove out the rear 8x8 door so the excavator can load them into the metal box. The office/waiting area is behind the T250.

The 279 does not get to do demo yet.

Used the scissor lift to take down salvage items and unbolt the purlins from the structural steel, more on that in a moment.

Office/waiting area gutted and shoved out the back door.

CM1995 · Aug 6, 2016

After stripping the steel stud and plywood wall off the inside, I used the 953 to push the brick to the outside. When we do jobs like this keep the trash on the inside and the brick on the outside. It makes sorting easier.

Pushing more brick to the outside. The quick oil change next door is the same chain we've done work for in the past.

Excavator stripping the brick off a portion that we left the inside walls intact due to cable X bracing on the columns. We wanted to leave that intact until we pulled the roof off.

Ripping the parapet wall off around the building. Since we already unbolted all the purlins, we wanted any attachment the roof had to the main structure gone in order to pull it off to the rear.

I used the 953 to remove the brick on the front as the 321 was removing the brick on the rear. Stuck the corner tooth in about 2' below the header and lifted up, the brick came down easily as there were very few brick ties.

The light gauge metal studs used for the parapet wall were attached to the leading edge purlin, it came down easily.

CM1995 · Aug 6, 2016

Removing the side parapet wall around the office/waiting area.

The plan was to unbolt all the roof purlins, remove the parapet walls and pull the roof off the back. The only snag was where the main roof I beams were bolted together, there was a small tab sticking up that caught each purlin as the roof was drug to the rear. I took the 953 and basically lifted each purlin over this section of the I beams and pushed the roof back as the 321 pulled.

No pictures as once the operation commenced we didn't stop till the roof was on the ground.

Arial view of the roof gone. It went off with a few hitches but we have the structural steel ready to take down and be re-built into a nice shop at a later date.

That's me on the loader ripping the light gauge metal studs from around the columns on the front. The excavator is loading a 40 yard can of metal.

End of the day yesterday, not bad for a day and a half of work.

norite · Aug 6, 2016

CM1995 said:
Arial view of the roof gone. It went off with a few hitches but we have the structural steel ready to take down and be re-built into a nice shop at a later date.

Bonus ! ! !

hvy 1ton · Aug 6, 2016

I got a little lost on the roof removal process, but pretty cool selective demo. I'm assuming the roof is getting scraped? Also, did the t250 get new meats?

CM1995 · Aug 6, 2016

norite said:
Bonus ! ! !

That was the main reason I wanted this job, the building structure.

hvy 1ton said:
I got a little lost on the roof removal process, but pretty cool selective demo. I'm assuming the roof is getting scraped? Also, did the t250 get new meats?

The T250 has the same kicks it's had for a while, they've held up well during two demos.

The roof is getting scrapped. This job, as usual for a retail project, is a blow and go with a tight schedule. The roof structure would also be too labor intensive to remove the roof panels and insulation from the purlins in order to save them. I figured it would be cheaper to buy new instead of pay the labor to take the roof down and we didn't have the time frame either.

Landclearer · Aug 7, 2016

Looks like you are really moving on the demo especially since you are doing so much salvage. It is also nice to have a concrete slab to work off of. Pretty impressive for 1.5 days!

JNB · Aug 7, 2016

Good looking work as usual CM! How's your PSD holding up? Still happy with the truck?

CM1995 · Aug 7, 2016

Landclearer said:
Looks like you are really moving on the demo especially since you are doing so much salvage. It is also nice to have a concrete slab to work off of. Pretty impressive for 1.5 days!

The plumber didn't get the sewer plugged until 1:30 on Thursday, so we couldn't get into the meat and potatoes of it until after that. Soft demo came out easily and quickly, the exterior wall framing was all light gauge metal so it went fast.

We'll start taking down the red iron tomorrow and loading out scrap. Probably get 2 40's of metal and only have 2 40's of trash.

JNB said:
Good looking work as usual CM! How's your PSD holding up? Still happy with the truck?

JNB the truck is holding up great, just clicked 67K miles. The only issues I've had are the intermittent wipers coming on by itself and the alarm. If I set the alarm with the fob it will set the alarm off usually within 15-20 mins. I figure it might be a battery that's getting low and dropping voltage. For now I just lock it the old fashioned way with the key.

When I get it time I'm taking it to the dealership, I bought the extended warranty.

90plow · Aug 7, 2016

Looks good!

Mark13 · Aug 8, 2016

CM1995 said:
JNB the truck is holding up great, just clicked 67K miles. The only issues I've had are the intermittent wipers coming on by itself

My 2012 had that going on as well. I'd turn the key and the wipers would make one wipe then park again, it did it every so often for about a month then stopped and hasn't done it since. I'm not sure what it's problem is. I'm about 10k miles behind you.

390eric · Aug 8, 2016

I'm not sure if your 2012 have the same thing as my 2013 but in the dash computer and settings you can go in and set the wipers to do weird things. Like whenever u first start it automatically give a swipe. Maybe whatever controls that is malfunctioning. I know mine does some goofy things sometimes.

Nice work cm

A few projects I have done recently

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