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RBnSC · Jun 15, 2010

We have 4 double wide classrooms to take out. This is the second one. First one gone, lots of aluminum siding, lots of heat. 97 deg. heat index of 110. This is he temp of the inside of my truck at quitin time. Forecast for same today.
Ron

Dean · Jun 15, 2010

That looks to be nice warm work, Ron.

Dean

showcrop · Jun 15, 2010

I hauled demo for two days once with my triaxle. They were crushing it by pounding it down in the basement that had four feet of water in it. The guy at the landfill tried to tell me my garbage wood wasn't good enough for their pile because it was wet. I told him it would dry out. I remember the weather was cool and dry.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 15, 2010

How long do those temps last? I suppose you folks have pretty long summers down there. When we have a week or two of those conditions, (NE WI) I think I'm gonna die!

Keep replacing the water & minerals your body is sweating out.

Thank you for posting.

Glenn F.

Ultradog MN · Jun 15, 2010

Looks like a smashing success!

old · Jun 15, 2010

Not to put you down or any thing but it is a shame to rip something like that up when there is a lot of lumber etc that could be saved and used for good instead of just throwing it all away. But yep been the guy in the dump truck hauling stuff like that to the land fills

Anonymous-0 · Jun 15, 2010

Old, it is very much a shame. America has, "gotten too big for her brithces."

Glenn F.

old · Jun 15, 2010

Ya now days I do my best to save and then use every thing I can, and what I can not use my self I try to pass on to some one else that can or will. Shoot my shop is build from All salvaged steel and cost me less then $200 to build which is very nice when it came to the $$$ to build it. But yep if instead of bull dozing they would take apart many trees and other things could be saved and the cost to do things might even go down it they did things like that. But dues to liability stuff and all it does not happen

Anonymous-0 · Jun 15, 2010

I would suspect there's a time frame to have it removed that wouldn't allow much salvage time. A lot of Gov't. demo jobs leave all kinds of good stuff behind.
I've never seen a Dresser hoe before. It makes sense that it's basically a rebadged Komatsu since the two companies used to have a partnership. Dave

John S-B · Jun 15, 2010

It's gonna cool down a little here in Ramadi Iraq on Thursday, it'll only get up to 111. Supposed to get back up in the low 120's by Sat. I think I got you beat, but you can probably have a nice cold beer after work!;^)

John M · Jun 15, 2010

if thats what I think it is, it used to be a "portable classroom" in the great state of SC. Half of the wood is probably rotten and the other half is ate up with termites! I spent several years in those trying to get an education.

RBnSC · Jun 16, 2010

Dave you are right. We also have a Komatsu 220 it is the same machine except The dresser has a 6cyl Cummins and the Komatsu has a 4cyl Komatsu engine.
Ron

RBnSC · Jun 16, 2010

Old it is a shame to send good lumber to a landfill. We do salvage and recycle what we can. What you can't see is a pile of 2x6s that I saved from an added on roof. We save all the good treated lumber that we find and build floating docks in our spare time. See what you think.
Ron

RBnSC · Jun 16, 2010

This is Oakland Elementary in Charleston. They are building a new school in back of old school. Maybe you went there.
Ron

Inno · Jun 16, 2010

Yes, so much gets destroyed and put in the landfill and so many trees are cut down to replace 'em. Seems really stupid! When you have so many people unemployed, couldn't you hire a crew of say 20-30 people to tear it all apart and save all the good stuff? There's one unemployment solution that is also earth friendly. Nope, it's gotta be done as quick as possible, time is money.........sad!
I look at shows like Extreme Makeover Home Edition and shake my head. Here they are trying to "help" some poor unfortunate family and all they do is celebrate the destruction they cause and don't save a stick of lumber.Then build in a week a home that is way over the top. I have heard of families that can't afford to pay the taxes and heat bills for some of the palaces they build. And seriously, how good can the work be? You can't build anything in seven days! Just my $0.02

Could those portables not be moved elsewhere and maybe used for housing or perhaps as classrooms somewhere else? Isn't that why they are portables?

old · Jun 16, 2010

Not bad but how well do they hold up. I do understand building docks sine I worked for a company doing just that be we used steel and concrete but it was also a big company

old · Jun 16, 2010

Charleston as in the some place as the big Navy base??? I was stationed there for about 6 months or so. At that time it was a crazy sort of place but that was way back in the 70s. What interstate goes through that town?? Been way to long since I was there.

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