Demolition using Grapple Trucks
According to Alfred Hodge, Director of Public Works, the City uses their Lightning Loader® systems to tear down condemned drug houses. Using the loaders for this purpose allows employees to keep a further distance from the possible structural problems, chemicals and other unknown substances that could be present in these houses versus traditional methods of demolition.
After peeling off the roof with a TL3, they reach in and remove the contents of the building. They complete the demolition by pulling off large portions of the walls and loading them into the body until the house is demolished down the the remaining slab.