High reach machine will pick up where explosives left off at Norsk Hydro. But is it big enough?
Details of the machine to be used to spearhead to fell the Norsk Hydro building in Canada that failed to succumb to implosion a few weeks ago have been released: The machine performing the majority of the work will be a Cat 365CL with a Jewell 136′ (41 metre) single stage telescoping boom and LXP 200 shear/cracker attachment. Provided on a few days notice by Kuhn Equipment of Summerville, NC.
Now according to the press reports, the original building stood at 80 metres. Judging by the various YouTube videos of the failed implosion, the structure didn’t fall very far. And a machine with a potential work height of 41 metres is probably best suited to working at the 30 metre mark.
So while we understand the need to get this building down, it is surely our duty to ask if the chosen machine is actually man enough for the potentially hazardous task in hand?
