Manitowoc 4100w hard at it, New Albany IN Riverview Tower demolition 

Good to see crane and ball still in use the best demolition method sadly long gone from the UK

Nice video angle showing that Manitowoc 4100W crane with full view of the boom. Those Manitowocs are true workhorses, whether on a erection job or as here, an "old fashioned" demolition job. Correct me if wrong, but I believe the operator in this video might be an apprentice, as another video of this same demo job seems to me to have a different operator. That operator in the other video seems to take less time between hoisting and dropping of the ball, and also in transitioning from dropping to swinging the ball. He also seems to take less time in positioning the ball prior to swinging. If this one is an apprentice and learning, I wish him a long, safe and successful career. In any event, it's always fun seeing this kind of crane and ball demolition!! Thanks for posting. Please post more as this job progresses.

Great find you don’t see the old ball and crane anymore let alone an old friction crawler like that

Cool thanks 4100 is a sweet ride

defiantly a rookie in the seat.

That is very hard on a crane. Side loading the shiv at the boom point. Also working the swing clutch too much. Plus jaring the boom. Just not made for that.

Why use such a small wrecking ball?

Hard on the

I don’t believe this is a very good technique Lot of side pull and torque. Also as soon as I see an operator with his hand on door frame tells me not that much experience

After retiring with 45 years operating, all I see is one damn boring job. 😅

I love a good demo video but this was not one. No major collapse. Boring.