Ripping Sandstone

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An excavator ripping sandstone at an excavation site in downtown Vancouver - mid February, 2008

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[isilder]

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.

[kimchiman1000]

@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]

@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.

[2007omi]

this got over 50,000 hits?

[kimchiman1000]

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...

[d9oper8tor]

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

[Reverseflush]

Aw its first tooth.

[brasmussen81]

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.

[kimchiman1000]

@soltex21043

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.

[69rd96]

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.

[ultragaming1993]

Cool!!! 5/5

[rocintrucker83021227]

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.

[ultragaming1993]

its drilling verry hard? 5*