There Goes a Bulldozer

All kids love playing with construction toys, but have you ever wondered what it would be like to play with real toys? Really big machines. These are ground engines. They can move a lot of dirt, but sometimes you need something even more powerful. Look at this. These machines look like large dinosaurs that eat pieces of old buildings to make way for new buildings. They have to work very hard. Hey kids, I'm Construction Foreman Dave, well I'm not really a construction foreman, but real construction workers told me. that I could pretend for a day so you and I could learn about construction sites, demolition sites and how all this big equipment works.

Now let's see, he told me not to touch one of these, which one was it, let's see, oh, I shouldn't have. You've done well, as you can see, construction sites are very noisy places, they're also very dangerous, which is why everyone here has to wear one of these. It is a helmet that keeps your head protected from flying objects and things. To look at this machine in the back, the yellow one is a loader and if you look closely you will see that the device in the front is like a large claw that is used to bend and crush all the large pieces of metal. and things that are found here at this demolition site and then loaded onto that high-sided dump truck that takes them away and then recycled many times, if you're going to build something new, you've got to break it down.

We demolished what was there before to make room, we have arrived at a demolition site where they are demolishing an old shopping center to make room for a new shopping center, now that big machine you see back there is one of the biggest excavators. in the world and that large arm is used to destroy the concrete, at its end there is a hydraulic hammer with enormous force that is used to Bam Bam Bam break the cement to be able to separate it from the iron and now recycle the water. seeing them spraying the building is simply there to keep the dust down.

This is another type of excavator that you see behind me, but if you look, at the end of the Big Arm there is a special ice device called a crusher and it's like a big shark jaw what it does is it bites the rocks and then crushes them. into smaller pieces so they can be recycled. Well, I'm Jim Hayden and I'm superintendent of the Pin Hall company, which I have as superintendent. to run this whole operation that you've been filming around here today when I was young, when I was 5 or 6 years old, I was moving dirt with little toys that I had and I'm still doing it today.

It was fun then it's fun now so you could be demolishing things all day and tearing them down and then you can turn around and get to the other end of the business and rebuild everything instead of tearing it down, this machine is called an excavator, the mighty excavator. Now this particular excavator has wheels, but as you will see later, most excavators have tracks like a large military tank and excavators are primarily used to push dirt from one place to another or level an area like this. so that a building can be constructed later we have reached a different type of construction site now this will eventually be a 26 story building a very tall building with a building like that you have to have a firm foundation it has to be firmly attached to the ground , so that if there's an earthquake or something, it doesn't fall over and move, the way they do it is they use this huge drill bit to drill a deep hole in the ground and then they fill it with cement and steel. and then anchor the building to it and it becomes very solid so that it doesn't fall if there is an earthquake.

Well, you'll never guess what this is. This is actually the inside of one of the large cement beams or building blocks that eventually hold up the building, what they do is they make a steel cage and then they lower it into a frame and pour cement into it. The cement hardens and because of the steel frame it makes it much stronger so that it can support the building. Yes, this is one of the largest pieces of equipment on a construction site. It is a crawler crane from 2 to 25 tons. Now it's called tracked because it has huge tracks, like a big tank, only much bigger that moves it around the site.

It has almost 15 floors. tall and is used to lift really heavy objects and move them around the construction site. Hi, I'm Crane Operator Jim and I have one of the best jobs J on the construction site. I can pick these things up and move them. and I get to play with this great team and I get paid to do this and it's fun. This is a boom lever that makes the boom go up and down and makes the load come to or away from the crane right now. raising the boom so I can place my ball over the center of the load, this lever makes the load go up on the only line we're using to pull these beams with this lever here makes the big one go up and down, but we don't we're going to use that today the lever here in my left hand is the swing lever that makes the crane move back and forth now that it came out of the bean bed there so we're going to move it over to where the guys can grab the stuff at the end and write the numbers so we know where it

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It's like a big Tinker Toys. They have a place that is already chosen where they have to go in the building. They have to be numbered so they don't forget where they are going. Now it is a really big crane which is called CR tower crane. You have to be a little careful at construction sites because it's nice, it's a little bit. Dangerous, so you gotta be careful where you walk and stuff, uh Mike, how are you? Hey, all right, Dave Mike is the tow truck operator and Mike is going to take us there. How tall is this crane that is 240 feet tall?

Dave, that's pretty tall. It is not like this? Yeah, okay, if you're ready, I'm ready, come on, where's that elevator? There is no elevator in this crane. Dave, we'll take the ladder to the top, to the top. By the way, what is L? Dave, are you afraid of heights, um, uh, no, no, I'm not afraid of heights, well, then let's go up, Dave, no, I don't think so, I think I'm afraid of heights, I think I can do it. How high was that, oh man, I'm not afraid of height, I'm not afraid of height, come on Dave, we're not even halfway there yet, I'm coming, I'm coming, oh boy, I'm not afraid of heights.

I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of I can do this I can do this I can do this I know I can do this I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid of heights I'm not afraid heights, oh man I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, come on Dave, we finally made it to the top, it's a big climb up there, oh man, I'm not afraid of time, hey kids, we're up there. the top of the tower crane now let me show you how it works we have two levers here joysticks almost like a video game the right joystick push it to make the hook go down pull to make the hook go up on the left joystick we push left to make the crane turn left, push it right so the Cen spins white, pull left in and it makes the hook come towards me, push it out and it makes the hook come out doing all these functions at the same time.

You can help them on the ground. If you're like me, you've probably seen these big cranes on construction sites and wondered not only what it would be like to be on the crane this high off the ground, but also, what? It's like being on the end of the crane, so I talked to Mike to give me that experience. This is an experience that some people sometimes have. This is the basket they use for crane maintenance, so there we are. he's going to go all the way out and then he's going to turn it wow, we're doing well, Mike back on the ground, construction crews are hard at work hammering, hauling and welding.

Well today we have been on a construction site, a very busy construction rampage. site and uh we've been talking to people so I want to stop and talk to Tracy this is Tracy Yos Tracy what's your job here? Well Dave, they call me an operating engineer uhhuh and I drive this forklift right here, this is cool. every forklift is called how cool, cool, everything you see on the side is cool, everything for and used for what we use to pick up anything that needs to be lifted up high so the men can get to it, okay?

I can lift about 8,000 lbs, that's a lot, listen to what this, well this is my radio, this is so I can talk to the whole team, the whole team and they can call me and tell me what they need. Well, you know, today I'm forming the construction. Can I borrow that? I'm sure I'll just talk to everyone who is right, okay guys this is construction for Dave, you've been working really hard today, it's time to close up and go home, is there any sign for that closure? Get off and go home uhoh. I did it again Dave, you have to remember that you are not a real construction foreman.

Wow, this is another totally awesome machine and we're about to visit another totally awesome construction site. You know, before you can build one of those buildings, you have to have a path to get to them. Now we will see how some of these machines are used to make roads and highways. The first step in building a road is to cut a path for the road with an excavator and then the earth has to be crushed until it is hard and flat, then the concrete is poured. This large machine is used to spread and straighten it. These cables place grooves in the surface so that cars do not slip when it rains in the old construction. the equipment looked very different than today some ran on steam today the equipment has become much bigger these are some of the largest machines in the world built by Caterpillar hello guys, yes, I like playing construction foreman, even if I'm just pretending one day, look at this nice little vehicle they gave me to drive around the construction site, pretty cool, huh, well now we've arrived at one of the biggest construction sites in the world.

This is the future site of the J. Paul Getty museum in Los Angeles, California, this project is so big that it has taken 10 years to complete, as you can see they still have a long way to go but they will be finished soon and it will be a museum . You know how fun museums are. and how much you can learn there, so you want to be safe and plan a trip here in the future. So what you're saying is let's check out the construction site and see how they start on the ground and then the buildings reach the sky CL in a multi-story building like this big museum here at the Getty Center, where there are many different floors before Before actual elevators are installed, workers must have a way to get up and down to the top and different floors of the building.

Use this machine, it's called a people mover and it's a kind of temporary elevator, so if you're ready, let's go for a ride, how's it going? To the top please, the only real difference between this and a normal elevator is there. Of course, there are no walls that can be seen outside and it moves much more jerkily than a real elevator. It's like a carnival attraction. We're almost at the top. Come on, thank you. You are welcome. Well, you've seen how they mainly use cement on the lower parts of the building, tilting the foundation, but when you're in the air, we're about 10 stories up, now this will be part of the auditorium here at the Getty.

Center Museum they use big pieces of metal to give it strength and they're all screwed together as you can see and then they use one of these, it's a welding torch to melt the metal and hook it like glue, but this is the flame on this . It's so hot it actually melts steel. Now, this is not the type of job you want to have if you are someone who doesn't like heights because, as you can see, it can be a very dangerous place to be. You know, I can't believe I was actually standing on one of those fixed beams over there.

You know one thing about a construction site. You really have to be very brave to work here and you know that you also have to be very careful because it is dangerous and you have to be quite safe because, as I said, if you are going to work on a construction site, you have to be very careful, very careful, now which is a big machine, excuse me, we have a job for you a job for me yeah, let's shovel that pile of dirt over there and I don't think we've ever met my name is Frank how are you Frank?

I'm a construction foreman days I see, I see, well, we all have to start somewhere there you go you want me to move this pile of dirt with this shovel it seems to me that if I were to move a pile of dirt I would be using one of those it's not one shovel shovel I'm not no, I'm the construction foreman, Dave, I'm not going to move a bunch of dirt with a shovel, no way, a powerful excavator, let's push some dirt, okay, what's next, okay , a back, well, well, I guess I handled it pretty well, huh?

In fact, I guess you could say that old construction foreman Dave could handle any job onAny side of the building, oh God, I'm the loader, get me out of here, get me out of here, get me out of here, no, no, no. I don't want to drive big get me out of here day get me out of here wake up you've been dreaming I was dreaming boy I was dreaming yeah and you still haven't moved this pile of dirt listen I'm sorry that's why you really have to be careful These big machines sure can hurt you, Alright.

I'll do it, uh, I'll move the earth, do that, thank you, move the earth, move the earth with the chel, no problem, no problem at all. I like fishing, I like, well, us. I've had a lot of fun learning about construction sites and how they use these great pieces of equipment, but if you want to learn more, remember you can always learn more at your local library, they have books on everything, so until next time, this is construction. Foreman Dave says if you're visiting a construction site, always wear your hard hat, until next time. Hey kids, I'm construction foreman Dave, I'm firefighter Dave, I'm pilot Dave, I'm trucker Dave and me.

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