Steven Vale's quest to record on film the world's largest 'scrap metal giants' took us in late August to Norway.
On the west coast, south of the Hardanger fjord, AF Decom is recycling one of the North Sea oil rigs. This Zaxis 800 (left), with its Genesis shear is the demolition machine they have been using so far.
However, we were able to see the trial of an even bigger machine, the Rusch Triple 34-25 (right), based on a Cat 5130 brought second-hand from the United States to Holland.
The 34-metre triple boom gives the Rusch plenty of height to tackle the spars on this section of the rig.
This can-opener (right), at work on the helipad, weighs in at 25 tonnes.
All around us the work of deconstruction and recycling was being carried on. A 12,000 tonne section of oil rig was being moved on SPMTs.
The sections had been brought in by Thialf, the world's largest floating crane.
Thialf at night was like a floating city.
Thialf slipped into the mist to fetch another load from the North Sea.
will there be more dvds of demolition giants cause it is the best dvd i've ever watched by the way one demolition Giant you should look into filming is the Massive Kobelco SK3500D in Japan
Posted by: Jonathon Sudkamp | 02/17/2010 at 03:28 AM
also contact boyas excavating they have or had an Hitachi Uh801 that is or was equipped with the world largest scrap shear here you can contact them at [email protected] and they are located in ohio
Posted by: Jonathon Sudkamp | 02/17/2010 at 03:34 AM
thats what i was waiting for
Posted by: Term Papers | 06/03/2010 at 03:17 PM