Komatsu PC 220 LC with Hydraulic Breaker vs Bank Safe
Sun May 25 2008
We took some photos of this Komatsu PC220 LC Excavator Crawler with Hydraulic Breaker in a battle with a bank vault. The rest of the bank had been torn down and hauled away so this battle could take place in public view. It took about a day for this large machine to tear down the bank vault made of concrete and rebar with a large vault door
Hydraulic Breaker vs Concrete
The Hydraulic Breaker on this Excavator Crawler was able to slice this concrete like a knife in butter. Maybe not a hot knife, but it made quick work of tearing the door off and the walls down
This is what the vault looked like with the door removed. There was no money inside..
Cutting the bank vault door from the rest of the vault
Time for a break, it was a hot day and the workers took many breaks
Later the victorious Komatsu Excavator Crawler (Backhoe) stood over the bones (re-bar) of the bank vault
This pile of re-bar is all that's left of the bank vault