That looks like it would have sooooo much easier than trying to use a stupid rock hammer. I was unaware of a ripper like that and was stuck hammering for 2 days in similar material..... Big waste of time. Ended up bringing in a rocksaw and had it done in about an hour including loading and unloading.
That is not sandstone. Sandstone is very strong, you have to hit it really hard to crack it. Otherwise you just scratch its surface. This video shows stuff that is not a solid rock, its existing in thin layers... there may be a dust material in the layers, but its not sand or sandstone, I'd call it shale but it may have a technical name.
I suppose you're right in a way; this stuff pretty much covers most of the down town Vancouver area. In a lot of places, it transitions out just below the sandy layer, and gets progressively denser and harder as you go deeper. In a lot of places there doesn't seem to be a definitive rock boundary as much as you just seem to keep digging until you're finally 'in' the rock, so to speak.
But once you get down enough, you'll be into the hard stone, at least in places.
I suppose you're right in a way; this stuff pretty much covers most of the down town Vancouver area. In a lot of places, it transitions out just below the sandy layer, and gets progressively denser and harder as you go deeper. In a lot of places there doesn't seem to be a definitive rock boundary as much as you just seem to keep digging until you're finally 'in' the rock, so to speak.
But once you get down enough, you'll be into the hard stone, at least in places.
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Those were the glory days of downtown Vancouver construction, where anyone could get a job in the construction business, but now sadly , good luck Buck.
No drilling that would not be hard. I work for a well drilling company in Pennsylvania USA. The hammers and bits we run woud zipp right through that stuff. That is some tough ripping.
I have other vids that have even more hits and are pretty much just boring stuff, and then a few that I think are really worth watching, with almost zero hits.
umm.. i dunno. i don't even remember writing that comment!!! yeah sorry dude, that was some mistake. i think i tried to write something else but i don't know what it was!!! hshshs sorry :-(
i was going to ask how long that ripper lasts but i see its got a removable tooth. nice. replacing those is, im sure, a lot cheaper and safer than blasting that rock. nice work man.
I've done work like that for Volker Stevin in Calgary in 2002. I moved back to Manitoba and found myself ripping frost seven sometimes eight feet deep. However the rock east of the city you cant rip, instead it has to be blasted as it is mostly granite.
I liked the shot where the claw was poking the concrete in the foreground while one could clearly see the tracks in the upper right corner lifting slightly off the ground as the concrete resisted the claw. It really shows off the power of the whole contraption there; it breaks through concrete that has the strength to lift up the cat a bit as it resists being broken. The life lesson is obvious. Maybe not. I don't regret subscribing. Even if I had to pay, i prolly should.
That looks like it would have sooooo much easier than trying to use a stupid rock hammer. I was unaware of a ripper like that and was stuck hammering for 2 days in similar material..... Big waste of time. Ended up bringing in a rocksaw and had it done in about an hour including loading and unloading.
brasmussen81 10 months ago
That is not sandstone. Sandstone is very strong, you have to hit it really hard to crack it. Otherwise you just scratch its surface. This video shows stuff that is not a solid rock, its existing in thin layers... there may be a dust material in the layers, but its not sand or sandstone, I'd call it shale but it may have a technical name.
isilder 1 year ago
@isilder
I suppose you're right in a way; this stuff pretty much covers most of the down town Vancouver area. In a lot of places, it transitions out just below the sandy layer, and gets progressively denser and harder as you go deeper. In a lot of places there doesn't seem to be a definitive rock boundary as much as you just seem to keep digging until you're finally 'in' the rock, so to speak.
But once you get down enough, you'll be into the hard stone, at least in places.
kimchiman1000 1 year ago
@isilder
I suppose you're right in a way; this stuff pretty much covers most of the down town Vancouver area. In a lot of places, it transitions out just below the sandy layer, and gets progressively denser and harder as you go deeper. In a lot of places there doesn't seem to be a definitive rock boundary as much as you just seem to keep digging until you're finally 'in' the rock, so to speak.
But once you get down enough, you'll be into the hard stone, at least in places.
kimchiman1000 1 year ago
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soltex21043 1 year ago
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Desperate enough for work that you have to leave a spam message like that eh? Okay then, I guess I feel bad enough for ya that I'll leave it there. I hope it gets ya some work.
kimchiman1000 1 year ago
Those were the glory days of downtown Vancouver construction, where anyone could get a job in the construction business, but now sadly , good luck Buck.
69rd96 2 years ago
its drilling verry hard? 5*
ultragaming1993 2 years ago
No drilling that would not be hard. I work for a well drilling company in Pennsylvania USA. The hammers and bits we run woud zipp right through that stuff. That is some tough ripping.
rocintrucker83021227 2 years ago
Cool!!! 5/5
ultragaming1993 2 years ago
this got over 50,000 hits?
2007omi 2 years ago
Yeah. Strange, ain't it!
I have other vids that have even more hits and are pretty much just boring stuff, and then a few that I think are really worth watching, with almost zero hits.
Go figure...
kimchiman1000 2 years ago
After now many hours do u replace the tooth on the ripper ???
diggerdave51 2 years ago
looks more like shale to me.
fukiu45 2 years ago
looks like a pain to rip all that out
sch1308 2 years ago
Hmmm at Cat 345 on a Deere undercarrige...interesting!
anewbeggining21 2 years ago
It's not rocket science
bigmike74150 3 years ago
your right. but, its sure as hell is fun :D
machinefuuckinghead 2 years ago
that operator is smooth,he was getting the most out of the power and he was being aggresive with the material without abusing the iron,,,very nice
d9oper8tor 3 years ago 4
Awesome video!
FlyBikes089 3 years ago
Theres soft gray sanstone like that in Zanesville, Ohio too. Its amazing how the glaciers moved material all arround the continent.
08scionFM 3 years ago
Is that a CATERPILLAR 940?
drummerdude6485 3 years ago
What is a 940? Your looking at a cat 345 CL
anewbeggining21 2 years ago
940 sounds like an old cat dozer/loader. I used to run a 941. But it sure ain't an excavator - lol.
kimchiman1000 2 years ago
how much does that attachment cost trow me a number
Amed2012 2 years ago
its like 4000 dollars
its amazing what you can do with it
ironbear79 2 years ago
umm.. i dunno. i don't even remember writing that comment!!! yeah sorry dude, that was some mistake. i think i tried to write something else but i don't know what it was!!! hshshs sorry :-(
drummerdude6485 2 years ago
i meant hahahahah :-( also sorry
drummerdude6485 2 years ago
i was going to ask how long that ripper lasts but i see its got a removable tooth. nice. replacing those is, im sure, a lot cheaper and safer than blasting that rock. nice work man.
treeclimberdave 3 years ago
Now that is a claw!
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
Does that "claw" vibrate as in a pneumatic-hammer? Thanks.
spitgalore 3 years ago
no.
kimchiman1000 3 years ago
I've done work like that for Volker Stevin in Calgary in 2002. I moved back to Manitoba and found myself ripping frost seven sometimes eight feet deep. However the rock east of the city you cant rip, instead it has to be blasted as it is mostly granite.
bert26a 3 years ago
This, ladies and gentleman, is how you do it! This guy knows his stuff. Excellent video, and I am gonna subscribe!
Jimmysexcavating 3 years ago
Aw its first tooth.
Reverseflush 4 years ago 4
Mama Joke, Your mamma's so fat she needs this crawler excavator as a tooth pick. Word to yo momma yo!
Reverseflush 4 years ago 2
I liked the shot where the claw was poking the concrete in the foreground while one could clearly see the tracks in the upper right corner lifting slightly off the ground as the concrete resisted the claw. It really shows off the power of the whole contraption there; it breaks through concrete that has the strength to lift up the cat a bit as it resists being broken. The life lesson is obvious. Maybe not. I don't regret subscribing. Even if I had to pay, i prolly should.
aaronhedberg 4 years ago
cat all the way man
mccormickchainsaw 4 years ago
very nice video,we can see the caterpillar POWER!!
equipmentfan93 4 years ago
nice you shud try getting thru marble nd garnite wid dat claw
jamiebaldwin12 4 years ago
Now that is a claw!
RickArter 4 years ago
Great ripping action!
cjminokc 4 years ago