Operator has lucky escape as silo demolition goes awry.
It is probably the best part of 20 years since a wrecking ball was last swung in anger on a UK demolition site. And yet the media still refer to demolition in wrecking ball terms.
The other media-favoured cliche is that “the dozers moved in”. Once again, it is quite some time since a dozer of any kind was involved in a true demolition project. And, judging by this video that has bubbled to the surface on YouTube, there is at least one operator that will be shedding no tears at their passing into the industry’s history books:
