Testa Corp lifts Komatsu 1250 out of WTC

After almost 2 years of excavating soil, shearing steel and hammering concrete Testa Corp's Komatsu 1250 finally leaves the World Trade Center Construction Site in New York City.

Cranes, Inc. Liebherr 130 ton capacity 885 Crawler crane performs the lifting duties from a stationary deck on the edge of the pit.

Lead by a Master Mechanic and Master Rigger this crew of 8 disassembles the 1250 6 stories below street level.

Top side a small army of trucks and personnel retrieves each piece, loads them onto waiting trucks and readies them for transport to the next demolition site.

Filmed entirely on location in New York City using handheld and remote mounted cameras.

Narrated by Stephen SetteDucati.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Testa Corp
• Komatsu 1250
• WTC
• Construction
• demolition
• heavy haul
• peterbilt
• excavator
• wrecking
• mechanic

[WesternStar4900SA]

Did they transport it on the different trucks because the crane capacity couldn't lift the entire thing at one time or is it because it's to heavy for one truck.

Up here in northern Alberta we haul PC1250s whole minus the stick and bucket. We have a 2 axle jeep, 3 axle trailer, and 2 axle booster or piggy back as you may call it.

Great video!

[ssdphoto]

@WesternStar4900SA Thanks for the great comment and glad you liked the video. Two reasons, because crane capacity could not lift house+tracks and that the tracks needed to be transported separately. NY/NJ/CT/PA has very strict weight law limitations. Stay tuned for a new video on moving the 1250 with tracks on.

[Mcmerc01]

i got two questions, first of all which country is Liebherr from? German right? and second how come the komatsu bulldozer doesnt get a rest after two years of work? :(

[ssdphoto]

@Mcmerc01 1)Liebherr is a German Company 2) Komatsu is Japanese 3) Its such a well built machine that it never needs to rest.

[328DLCR]

Im literally watching this video atleast once a day. You really did a good job with it!

[ssdphoto]

@328DLCR Thnaks, I so much appreciate hearing that!! This is the direction I want to be taking more. RIght on top of the action just like you were there.

[daithi1075]

Another awesome video Stephen, they are getting better and better!!

[irishhorsebox]

great video man!!!

[MasterWelder1991]

@thekurts76 the 1250 I think was the biggest excavator used in ground zero up to today

[TheKurtz76]

Which was the biggest excavator ever used in ground zero/wtc from 2001 up today?

[mrbluenun]

Many, many thanks for the upload of this very special video.

Take care

mrbluenun

[WesternStar4900SA]

@ssdphoto Oh ok, we haul it like I said, everything minus the stick and bucket, our weight laws aren't as strict.

[MasterWelder1991]

i think that machine is just so awesome TESTA CORPS is just an amazing company if it wasnt for them and the workers ground zero would have never got cleaned up.i would have love to see that huge excavator in person i love big masive construction machines.

[xXThermobaricXx]

2:24

WIDE LOAD!  MOOOOVE!

[tiolynn1]

Thanks for sharing . excellent video ;-))

[tiolynn1]

Fantastic video keep up the good work and thanks for putting it out there ;-)