Tearing Down An Abandoned Church

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8 ай бұрын

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@carlmclelland7624 8 ай бұрын

Chris, you kill me!! That first window you picked up... so gentle and dainty... you didn't so much as scratch the paint on the frame. Then you came to the next window... DROVE THE BUCKET straight through it! Demo has to be good therapy... what could be better than destroying something?!

@jonathanzellner906 8 ай бұрын

Nice windows.. too bad they probably leak between the panes and are worthless

@ZachsTreeService 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming and helping me get that thing tore down buddy. I was sure glad to see it go.

@troyr57 8 ай бұрын

I was thinking that was you. I wish I could get a KX 057-5, will have to stick with my KX 033-4 for now 😅

@ZachsTreeService 8 ай бұрын

@@troyr57 I wouldn't trade this for for much man I'm telling you. That 33 is a good size to move around easy.

@Vickie-Bligh 8 ай бұрын

You are so dexterous with that machine. Being able to pluck pieces the way you do. Glad the old 220 is back at it. Thanks for sharing this, Chris.

@terryrogers1025 8 ай бұрын

I remember when you got the, what you call the old 220 now, It was and still is quite the excavator, it has served you well. Nice change of pace job, you haven’t lost your touch on tear downs. Thanks for the tag along video sir.

@jafo9346 8 ай бұрын

Chris, you've really perfected your technique for stripping the tin off of those old roofs. Very nice job sir.

@Silverhornet81 8 ай бұрын

Now we will read from the gospel according to Volvo. We start with verse 220... Behold ye who bear witness, for Chris lifted lifted the bucket up on high saying "bless this thy bucket and thy thumb, that with it I may level the building in thy name". Amen.

@tomrogers9467 8 ай бұрын

And the people said “Yay, Man!”

@OldSchoolDNA 8 ай бұрын

As always, Chris makes each job seem like just another walk in the park. Those controls are like extensions of his hands with years of practice. Another awesome job Chris.

@craigwavra3495 8 ай бұрын

Haven’t had a demo video in a long time!! Always enjoy these as you make quick work of these!!

@jjMcCartan9686 8 ай бұрын

We don't appreciate these demo videos enough lol .

@donbraden8533 8 ай бұрын

Missed the demo videos you take them down in a organized way and next thing you know its gone and completed nice job Chris 👍👍😎

@brucemoore2163 8 ай бұрын

You don’t do this that often but you are a master at scraping a house into dump trucks. They are packed!

@graceangel5146 8 ай бұрын

That was rotting right off the foundation. I’m amazed it was still standing! It was nice to see a demo video again. It’s been a long time. I still think that trailer with all the “surprises” was one of the best demo ones I’ve ever seen. Shows how long I’ve been watching you. 🙂

@rogerwentworth7525 8 ай бұрын

Was thinking that something as I was watching this 🤣

@RW-bt6ex 8 ай бұрын

I remember you demoed an old mobile home and found someones pink friend . lol

@xr7coug 8 ай бұрын

Wow, the way the whole building rocked with just the force on the metal roofing!!

@leegoldman7491 8 ай бұрын

Of all the years I have been watching your show this is the first time to watch you tear down a building, I have a nephew here in Florence SC that does the same thing you do he has been in business for a bout 2 and 1/2 years and growing very well...

@allenbeaulieu7077 8 ай бұрын

Skillfully done Chris. Came down and cleaned up beautifully. Well done sir. 👍

@davidepool5884 8 ай бұрын

Those windows look like they are fairly new, they should have removed them. I’m sure they would be able to sell them. They would be good enough to use in a shed or a barn unless they are all busted like you mentioned.

@warrenhenderson9729 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@brickleyyard4966 8 ай бұрын

Lol trust me they are probably shot and If thay some how aren't the resale values not worth the time pulling them out

@michaelbranham5854 8 ай бұрын

Yea they still sellable, windows are high as hell, someone would've paid good for them, even to use in outbuildings

@brickleyyard4966 8 ай бұрын

@michaelbranham5854 Windows that are nearly over 15 years old and haven't been maintained. That be silly, they wouldnid1878 T have got more than 200 blocks probably a lot less for each of them. work the time to take him out and that's assuming he could get them out with further damage and that thay are not completely trashed Which thay most definitely are Also thay are likely to be 15 years out of code probably more as thay would likely have been on the market before thay were brought No one would pay for thise not even for an out house not when u can go to a loco recycling plant and get them for next to nothing or free

@jenniferbutcher8393 8 ай бұрын

Chris said the glass was broken in them....cuz that was my first question too! But, broken glass...sad.

@lonnielengkeek7 8 ай бұрын

I was looking at the 220 and I was thinking of how hard you were to this old girl! And then I was looking at the bucket and I remember when you got it at the Veterinary Clinic, talk about a job that was hard on the machine👈😁 looks like the bucket made it👍 I'm really proud of you how far you've come and how you take care of your machinery, Kudos to you Chris and your Channel👌

@joycefuller9177 8 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this change of content.

@joeromanak8797 8 ай бұрын

The previous owner threw some money down a rat hole. That building was old and tired and lacking the bones to be worth a rehab attempt. The 220 is a powerful machine but the building didn’t put up much resistance. It was fun to watch. I’m not a machine operator and will never have the chance to wreck a building but the small boy in my head was imagining doing the ripping and tearing and loving it! Nice video and a great demo job. 🥸👍👀✅❗️

@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441 8 ай бұрын

Yeah that was like the old days used to tear down a lot of things. Double wides and different things. The rose interesting. Something different. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

@cember01 8 ай бұрын

Something sad about seeing an old building torn down. Not that I want to keep decrepit old places around. I don't. It's more the long lost dreams of those who were so proud to build it decades ago. And, at least for the homes, the memories of people who have lived and grown up there.

@albertwhitehead4849 8 ай бұрын

The house that built me...

@marysampson3551 8 ай бұрын

Nice change of pace. We haven't seen one of your demo jobs in a while. Thanks for the video.

@thegamingeconomist3831 8 ай бұрын

Watching you wield that enormous digger bucket with the precision of a surgeon's scalpel never gets old.

@PrinceRegent 8 ай бұрын

At least you did'nt find any "lady's toy's" Chris 😂😂😂

@RW-bt6ex 8 ай бұрын

That's what i just posted . Her pink friend .

@niterider0629 8 ай бұрын

Bob battery operated boyfriend

@Mindsi 8 ай бұрын

That’s what that wreckers for😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@kens.3729 8 ай бұрын

Glad to See the Metal.Roof won’t be going to the Dump. 👍🙏

@williammatthews2948 8 ай бұрын

Cool. Haven't seen a Letsdig18 demo in a while.

@richardphelan8414 8 ай бұрын

I was just thinking I haven't seen you do one of these demo's in a few years ,What a great change of pace from stumping and pond dams

@markverloop8787 7 ай бұрын

Johnny Jett on barn wood builders can take a forklift and peel a tin roof off a building in almost one try. Then the guys stack it in a pile & take it to a salvage yard

@davidmiller6010 8 ай бұрын

Krispy Krunchy! I think balsa wood has more integrity than that. Disturb the wall near a window, and it just falls out. Most of those mobile homes you tore down put up more of a fight than this thing did. Thanks for sharing.

@donmiller8186 8 ай бұрын

Hey, Mr Chris. Life is tough here watching you do a teardown and college football at the same time. Go Gamecocks!🤣

@nandi123 8 ай бұрын

It sure looks better with that building gone. I feel kind of sad whoever thought it was worth saving. Looking at how it was built, especially the roof, there was never a chance. I hope the land owner picks up all the old nails before his tires find them.

@dankolar6066 8 ай бұрын

Releasing the inner vandal can be gratifying!

@randysmith9636 8 ай бұрын

I cannot believe you dont have a half a dozen kids watching you. When a piece of heavy equipment was doing deconstruction we couldn't wait to watch it. Heck even now at 64 i enjoy it and will spend a little time just watching.

@ralphjelomono9068 8 ай бұрын

Been while since nice demo project came up. I always enjoy watching the methodical way you break up the building so the pile is nice and compact.

@anthonythomas5564 8 ай бұрын

The OLD new 220 seem to sparkle in the morning sun. Those mechanics did a great job of removing greasy handprints its almost liks they used paint.😊😊😊😊

@jakeschisler7525 8 ай бұрын

Before i retired from Komatsu in Peoria Illinois, the old buildings along Adams street, were called Avery buildings. The crew from a demolition company came in to take them old buildings down but they did manage to remove and salvage the big timbers and they sold them to whomever. The guy who ran the excavator had a long I beam grabbed with the bucket to be able to reach the sidewalls. There we quite a few buildings hooked together and on the roadside since the buildings were just inside the sidewalk had to be fenced off for the traffic. They salvaged most of the bricks from them. It sure looks better now they are gone. It's all grass now.

@ratermire 8 ай бұрын

Hi ONCE MORE!! Just read a comment below about using the ripper. Boy that sure would have made fast work of the building. But I'm guessing using it would be lose of a lot of control over where pieces would fall.

@orlandomcintosh62 8 ай бұрын

Hey Chris another great and excellent job bro keep up the great work ❤️💯💯💯👌👌👌😊.

@wileycoyotesr8623 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if that's the same church my great-aunt Lulu Martha married her 4th husband in. She said rain was awful loud on the roof. She made sure her next three marriages were under asphalt shingles. Fun video to watch. 👍👍👍

@scottburk4083 8 ай бұрын

So how is the old girl riding? Nice to see it back in action. Have a great rest of the weekend Chris,take care and God Bless!!!❤😊

@rondastump8930 8 ай бұрын

U take such good care of ur equipment, and it serves u well. 220 prime example. Meticulous job threading through that mess of the church. Thank u for video! God's blessings and be safe.

@keithdunlap2701 8 ай бұрын

Nice one !! Yeah, that went pretty quick Man !! Sure wasn't much of it left, just touching it, and it went to dust it looked like !! lolol... Well, at least it was a nice quick job, get in an out !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening, And, On too the next !!

@catgynt9148 8 ай бұрын

Love the skill you have with that claw and bucket, picking up individual window and flinging it aside. I was really hoping that you would have a fire and reduce the pile to ashes. Wishing you and your team a great week. Cheers

@ratermire 8 ай бұрын

HI CHRIS!!! I have been wondering what happened to the 220. Remembered it needed work. By the way how is John? Haven't heard you mention him in long time. I trust he is well and still kicking.

@charlesswhitlock 8 ай бұрын

I have wondered about John as well, the 220 is back sooner than I had expected. It is a great machine.

@Forestryman707 8 ай бұрын

Yes I have wondered the same thing about John

@BZ1340 8 ай бұрын

I enjoyed when the 2 worked. together

@LouKodge 8 ай бұрын

We all have worried whats happening with John. No response ?

@joevalencic5275 8 ай бұрын

If I’m not mistaken, I believe I saw John delivering stone for Chris fort a new road in a video not long ago. It’s hard to mistake his truck. I’m sure John is very proud of how Chris has built his business.

@iansmartel5473 8 ай бұрын

With your love for burning trees, stumps, and wood. All that timber would have gone up just fine 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

@bottomup12 8 ай бұрын

Had to chuckle seeing 16 tons on the dump truck. Immediately thought of the Merle Travis song. 🎶 Great demo!

@4delfadelfa 8 ай бұрын

It's not fair that one person can have this much fun....

@ianmaddams9577 8 ай бұрын

Love a demo vid .. but something sad about a place of worship being lost . Tidy job tho Chris 👍🏻

@cathiwim 8 ай бұрын

It would need a safer place than that was- they probably couldnt get an occupancy permit.

@MySORRELL 8 ай бұрын

THANKS!

@michaelmullins1290 8 ай бұрын

Always nice to watch you work.

@armoredsaint6639 8 ай бұрын

Haven’t seen a tear down job in a while cool apparently we have a consensus!

@nandi123 8 ай бұрын

Imagine if he had dumped the wood into a big hole and burned it. It would be the ultimate youtube video. :)

@donnamullins2089 8 ай бұрын

Great job. That wood was so brittle I don't know how it was still standing. Good video. Have a good Sunday.

@rossnolan2883 8 ай бұрын

Stupendous job 😊😊😊

@mischef18 8 ай бұрын

Another one bites the dust as they say bro, great building knock down and clean up it was sure worth the price of admission to sit back and watch. Safe travels. Ken.

@BobCaseyAerial 8 ай бұрын

Good ole demo job. Went fast. Nice work Chris as always.

@havgdo4445 8 ай бұрын

Love your tear down videos, thanks! Good job 😊

@edrouse9578 8 ай бұрын

Didn't see any plumbing or electrical so it was easy to take apart. Well you made it look easy.

@TyroneBootlace 8 ай бұрын

Yeahhh a nice demo job , nice change for you as well as us viewers 😀😁

@garymessina1609 8 ай бұрын

Diversified that's great Chris from building to destroying great job great video glad to see the old girl back on the job thanks Chris for a great video

@Bman2020 8 ай бұрын

That was awhile since we seen a demo on the channel quick it was well done variety is good 👍👋🇨🇦

@davestuart6593 8 ай бұрын

I enjoy these tear downs thx Chris

@scrotiemcboogerballs1981 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing it’s a shame all those windows were left in I could have found them a new home lol

@robnewell6123 8 ай бұрын

Good to see the old 220 back from the infirmary and doing its thing. Demos are entertaining to watch - nice job Chris, as usual.

@BillW-NJ 5 ай бұрын

These tear down videos are good reminders of how big the excavator buckets are… especially when you are stuffing the metal into the trailer.

@kayenicholls5473 8 ай бұрын

Long time sent Chris has done a demolition video 😂

@cathiwim 8 ай бұрын

He’s been busy building stuff!

@Dave_9547 8 ай бұрын

I was impressed with how skilled Chris was at getting one window to pop out of the wall without breaking a single pane. Sadly that technique didn't continue to work.

@jefferyyoung6836 8 ай бұрын

I was impressed that he picked it up without breaking it.

@davidglaum2538 8 ай бұрын

That would make a hell of a good fire for training.

@johnnyholland8765 8 ай бұрын

Yes he gingerly picks up one window without so much as a scratch then smashes the next one to pieces. Go figure...

@ConstructionMachineryChannel 8 ай бұрын

I prefer the windows break during a demo.

@shitloveaduck 8 ай бұрын

@@davidglaum2538- might have gone up too fast!! Been like a fuel fired explosion!!! 😂😂😂. Where we live in Alberta, Canada every home has a basement. We were a small rural group of volunteers so by the time we would get to a farm house fire, about all we could do was save the basement!! Sometime just looked like a debris filled pool!! 😂😂 Buuutttt, we saved the basement!! I would often go back with a metal detector to help the homeowners find things like their coin collection, or jewellery even. It was always fun opening the gun safe!! Those guns were perfectly fine!! All the documents burned in the tiny lil $50 safe they had, but the $2,000 gun safe and firearms,, well a little paint and you would never know they were in a fire!!😊 The way the metal collections, money or jewellery, would melt became some interesting pieces.

@hydraulic-hum 8 ай бұрын

was waiting for this demolition video to come up ever since you mentioned it a few weeks ago... great work Chris, enjoyed it very much !

@smeefamily54 8 ай бұрын

I wish I could do what you do with my BX23S. You make it look so easy. Take care and stay safe.

@randycharest4507 8 ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching the video Chris😊

@stevechapman7053 8 ай бұрын

I can't explain it but watchin this is strangely satisfying.....

@jandyg 8 ай бұрын

Pile all the wood in one big pile. Take the track loader, drive on top and turn tight circles. When the pile flattens out, pile it back up and repeat. You then are only trucking wood chips. Not to many air spaces in the load. Old Betty is a great wood grinder. Just try it.

@jamesbyrne5734 8 ай бұрын

I’d do that all day long . Nice job Chris . 👍🏻

@cullenmiller8170 8 ай бұрын

I was just thinking of your old demo videos tearing down mobile homes. Those were some funny videos. Specially some of the items that would fall out of them. 🤣🤣

@basshead2003 8 ай бұрын

The “She’s a dirty single wide” video was my favourite. 😂

@thetallguy2756 8 ай бұрын

Always amazes me how someone can shut down a machine but still leave the key "on". See it on the port all the time

@petenolte4192 8 ай бұрын

Especially ones who works on them

@rangercwgbear6352 8 ай бұрын

Chris really like these kind of videos hard to believe it was a church at one time wow is all I can

@JamiecoreyL 8 ай бұрын

Hell yeah your demo video’s are my favorite,

@michaelbrausch8874 8 ай бұрын

The stumper attachment would make short work on metal roof panels!

@DougT25427 8 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see the old 220 riding like new again. I know it was a big expense but the old girl earned a new set of legs. You'll get your money back using her.

@kate-birdsommer8139 8 ай бұрын

That looks way too much fun!😁🙌🏻

@jenniferbutcher8393 8 ай бұрын

Oo!! Crunchy, munchy fun!! 😁

@KipdoesStuff 8 ай бұрын

Nice. With the new under carriage, all you will be investing is regular maintenance and hydraulic hoses (occasionally).

@curlywood 8 ай бұрын

Wow you don't mess about lol, nicely done Chris

@OFCbigduke613 7 ай бұрын

Those newer windows might have been good for a shed or small shop. Too bad.

@frankd3024 8 ай бұрын

Wir bauen auf und reißen nieder, so haben wir Arbeit immer wieder.

@iloneclezar 8 ай бұрын

Admirável destreza no comando da máquina ! Parabéns !

@alpintourer 8 ай бұрын

This is way more fun to watch than stumpin"!

@larryl43 8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU

@kamiochambless2590 8 ай бұрын

I like that desk chair!

@juanwaller1942 8 ай бұрын

Nice work Chris.

@JamesJohnson-tf8ls 8 ай бұрын

Keep the windows. They look brand new, someone might need them..

@dennis2376 8 ай бұрын

That was a very unsafe building, a good wind might have knocked it over. Thank you and have a great day.

@Grandpa-Chris 8 ай бұрын

Sheer brutal precision… thanks Chris,

@paceauto5382 8 ай бұрын

Let’s gooooo‼️💯💪🏾

@bobbentley8908 8 ай бұрын

Good to see the 220 back to work

@leonard5606 8 ай бұрын

That's what I was looking at all those new windows in an old building.....I guess there were no rocks around....lol :)

@bobbietower7185 8 ай бұрын

Nice change from dirt and trees!!

@tony2good726 8 ай бұрын

The stumping fork would work great with the tin roof rip off.

@bigsteve9291 8 ай бұрын

Hi chris loved the video in the quarry with dirt perfect veey entertaining thanks for sharrong that juat a quick question we dont seem to see john any more hope he his fit and well