Taking a Look at America’s Biggest Demolition Machine

Our good Canadian friend and all-round nice guy Mack Plovie produces some awesome content on the internet, and in one of his latest videos he’s got up close and personal with the ‘one of a kind’ Cat 5130B Ultra High Demolition machine, which is owned by BCS Enterprises Inc.

We don’t feature that much demolition machine content on the Digger Man Blog, but every now and then something just catches my eye, and this beast of a machine certainly did!

Of course, the Caterpillar 5130B was best known as mining excavator, and this example had already served its time in that field in its previous life.

For its next life in demolition, the machine was re-designed by Dutch specialists Rusch Special Products and became known as the Rusch Triple 34-25. It was purpose-built to dismantle oil rigs on the Norwegian coast.

Rusch engineered a triple boom configuration with custom hydraulic cylinders, a boom adapter, extended the tracks by 8’, widened the track frame and added a 40-degree hydraulic cab tilt.

Weighing in at over 400-tonnes, the 5130B UHD can hold a 25-tonne Genesis GXP 2500 scrap shear up to a height of 47.72m (150ft).

The machine was acquired by Arizona based BCS Enterprises Inc sometime in 2017, and they have implemented a number of changes since to help streamline mobilization, increase its vertical reach and maximize operational stability.

Checkout the awesome video below from Mack to find out more.