pwbsmokey
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- Jul 22, 2005
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- western New York
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- Not in the field anymore, but miss it
side dump bucket for demolition
Around here in the 1970's and 80's Cat 977's with side dump buckets were very popular for tearing down houses in the city. We would weld a tooth to the top of the bucket on the side that would open (not the hinge side), then open the bucket sideways and reach up and hook beams and rafters with it. Back up and break them or pull them down, then keeping the bucket open tip the bucket forward and collapse the side walls in. Just keep walking up your debris pile working your way forward. We also had a box beam mounted across the top of the bucket that we could slide out and pin into place. This had a piece of cutting edge welded to it and we would use it if we needed more reach. Again open your bucket, reach up and then tip your bucket forward and you could cut rafters like you were using a hatchet. Once the house was on the ground, we would grind it up and load it out. Fill your bucket, back straight back and you would be alongside a dumptrailer, sidedump into the trailer, lower your bucket and drive straight into the debris pile and refill your bucket. These were two and a half story homes in the city, on very narrow lots. It was not unusual to be able to stand between two houses with your arms stretched out to the sides, and be able to touch both houses.
Around here in the 1970's and 80's Cat 977's with side dump buckets were very popular for tearing down houses in the city. We would weld a tooth to the top of the bucket on the side that would open (not the hinge side), then open the bucket sideways and reach up and hook beams and rafters with it. Back up and break them or pull them down, then keeping the bucket open tip the bucket forward and collapse the side walls in. Just keep walking up your debris pile working your way forward. We also had a box beam mounted across the top of the bucket that we could slide out and pin into place. This had a piece of cutting edge welded to it and we would use it if we needed more reach. Again open your bucket, reach up and then tip your bucket forward and you could cut rafters like you were using a hatchet. Once the house was on the ground, we would grind it up and load it out. Fill your bucket, back straight back and you would be alongside a dumptrailer, sidedump into the trailer, lower your bucket and drive straight into the debris pile and refill your bucket. These were two and a half story homes in the city, on very narrow lots. It was not unusual to be able to stand between two houses with your arms stretched out to the sides, and be able to touch both houses.