Why did these people spend nearly four months trying to push this dump truck off the fourth floor of the abandoned Packard building in Detroit?
Because it was there and no one was around to tell them not to.
It's just one part of a Wall Street Journal article about how Detroit has become a vandal's paradise thanks to an endless supply of empty buildings. Quite the uplifting read. Video after the break.
WSJ: How Do You Put the Dump in Dump Truck? Push It Off the Fourth Floor
jackson611 says:
08:27 AM, 11/ 6/09
what i never figured out about those guys was why they didnt try to pull it down once it got stuck on the edge?
rick8365 says:
09:04 AM, 11/ 6/09
Had they used your idea, Jackson, and pulled it down.....maybe it would have resulted in a little natural selection outcome?!? Darn!
Hey maybe now that they're done with it, Dan can have their jack to replace his?
estreka says:
09:56 AM, 11/ 6/09
Honestly, these vandals are probably doing everybody a favor by tearing down these buildings. By lowering demo costs, it becomes more profitable for new structures to be created. All it takes is the right entrepreneur.
jackson611 says:
10:49 AM, 11/ 6/09
take some chain, attach it to the truck, take the other end, attach it to your own truck, and then drive away. the 50-60 feet of chain would certainly be long enough to keep a safe distance, as i think i saw a guy in the WSJ picture that was 20 feet away.
brn says:
10:58 AM, 11/ 6/09
I like how they consider it a major accomplishment; "something nobody has done before".
What? It took you four freaking months to push a dump truck off a ledge? That's something to be embarrassed by, not proud of.
DCuerpoJr says:
12:43 PM, 11/ 6/09
How did they manage to get the Dump Truck to the 4th floor in the first place?
steve_ says:
01:17 PM, 11/ 6/09
I think Letterman did that stupid trick a few hundred times.
estreka says:
01:32 PM, 11/ 6/09
Oh, and Top Gear got a Toyota Hilux on the roof of a skyscraper. So no kudos for Detroit!
firstwagon says:
02:07 PM, 11/ 6/09
If they are typical of the people of Detriot there is no surprise that it looks the way it does.
It took 4 months to figure out how to push a truck out a window? Their home looks like a wasteland and that's the most useful thing they could think of to do with their time?
Trust me... "the right entrepreneur" isn't going to bring his money and effort there.
ptcdawg says:
04:25 AM, 11/ 7/09
They should be arrested...
gdmstrb says:
01:04 AM, 11/ 9/09
"If they are typical of the people of Detriot there is no surprise that it looks the way it does."
Wow....how about leaving your irrational stereotypes out of these blogs?
firstwagon says:
07:02 PM, 11/ 9/09
How is it irrational or a sterotype?
It's a comment based on the people in the video and the state of the city. Both are embarrassing for a modern country. Can you argue that?