American Construction Worker Reacts "Fred Dibnah & Wife Topple HUGE CHIMNEY with FIRE | 1979"

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  • @Atacama87103
    @Atacama87103 10 месяцев назад +82

    When Fred was born he drove his mum and dad home from the hospital on his way to the pub. Legend.

    • @samanthahughes7783
      @samanthahughes7783 10 месяцев назад +3

      Omfg, that is the best comment I have EVER read about that man.
      He really was a legend, and extremely talented at what he did, not using the supposedly exact method of dynamite, but the unpredictable element of fire.

    • @Ian-cp3fj
      @Ian-cp3fj 3 месяца назад

      He could also slam a revolving door

    • @tommyxbones5126
      @tommyxbones5126 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Ian-cp3fj I heard the bogeyman checks under his bed every night ...for Fred Dibnah

    • @richardcarr7557
      @richardcarr7557 3 месяца назад

      Fred was a very intelligent man, he made things look easy but his knowledge was immense. Loved the man, he had incredible skill and he was no chancer.

  • @letsbeavenue
    @letsbeavenue 10 месяцев назад +37

    Fred was an absolute one-off, he was loved by Britons everywhere, God Bless him

    • @kath3811
      @kath3811 3 месяца назад

      Absolutely. A national treasure

  • @themacraecase4323
    @themacraecase4323 10 месяцев назад +36

    This was the 1st ever tv show about Fred - it was a one-off documentary that really caught the imagination, to most people's surprise. And so the BBC commissioned a series on Fred and it snowballed from there!

  • @Pietimethailand
    @Pietimethailand 10 месяцев назад +18

    In 1979 I was a labourer renovating and knocking old buildings about.
    Back then, there were only 3 TV stations so most of the country saw it or heard about it. I've said "did ya laak that" regularly ever since. Total total respect for a real man who inspired us all to be men.❤❤❤

  • @colrhodes377
    @colrhodes377 3 месяца назад +8

    I once backed my car into the neighbours wall and knocked it down. The neighbours called me Fred Dibnah for years afterwards 🤣

  • @cryogenixoldskool5803
    @cryogenixoldskool5803 10 месяцев назад +19

    I'm from Bolton, Fred is a legend, we have a statue of him in the Town Centre

    • @darrellmann7468
      @darrellmann7468 3 месяца назад +3

      To right he is a legend brilliant

    • @mikkifly
      @mikkifly 3 месяца назад +3

      Astley bridge baby

  • @Strokes1983
    @Strokes1983 3 месяца назад +17

    He tyres were for several reasons. Accelerant yes but mainly to give the chimney one last chance to smoke before it falls. Fred didn't like all the chimneys disappearing but knew it was going to happen with him or without. So gave them one last swan song!! Respect from ENGLAND, it means so much how 2 have understood and respected our working class hero 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

  • @pauldear6660
    @pauldear6660 10 месяцев назад +13

    That chimney won't come down until Fred says it will come down. This man is in control and knows exactly what he is doing. You couldn't beat old Fred Dibnah. 😆👍

  • @simonhawksley817
    @simonhawksley817 10 месяцев назад +12

    The system was to cut away at the base putting pit props in to replace the brickwork, then build a bonfire using old wood and tyres to burn the props away until the chimney goes unstable and falls. And the accelerant he used was diesel oil.

  • @colinmoore7460
    @colinmoore7460 10 месяцев назад +30

    Like an executioner, he let the chimney have one last smoke.

  • @DJChipsandGarlic
    @DJChipsandGarlic 10 месяцев назад +11

    have you seen his video of him climbing one and knocking it down brick by brick from the top? wow

  • @nick7076
    @nick7076 10 месяцев назад +9

    The mill still stands. It's been converted into small business units.
    When I started my business 14 years ago we were in the top floor.

  • @coot1925
    @coot1925 10 месяцев назад +14

    Tyres are mostly synthetic these days and therefore oil based, so yes, they burn like mad and very hot.

  • @mariahoulihan9483
    @mariahoulihan9483 10 месяцев назад +7

    Fred. what a legend. I recall what watching these programms as a girl.. my Dad was a huge fan of the wonderful Fred. Dibnah.

  • @tommyxbones5126
    @tommyxbones5126 10 месяцев назад +23

    Fred Dibnah is proof that Zeus walked among us - what an absolute legend

    • @michaelbriscoe8950
      @michaelbriscoe8950 3 месяца назад

      Fred goes up them ladders then knocks the chimney down brick by brick he must have been strong as a bull

  • @nickwalters5380
    @nickwalters5380 10 месяцев назад +8

    Tyres go like hell when you get them going

  • @monticlassictv
    @monticlassictv 3 месяца назад +2

    Fred was thee very last of the great British workmen and that’s why our cesspit of a country is in the F**king state it’s in as nobody wants to work for a living and just live on handouts from the goverment this man was a legend and an inspiration to the entire country god bless you Fred and thanks to our American friends for taking the time to appreciate his work.

  • @nikkihayes5411
    @nikkihayes5411 10 месяцев назад +6

    1979 coppers used to give me a slap and tell me to sod off home when i was causing trouble as a 10 year old (because i deserved it).....now they'd get sued by someone who saw it happen and suffered emotional trauma....l miss the 70s

  • @timthorne3412
    @timthorne3412 10 месяцев назад +4

    Great to see r Fred again, guys... proper legend !!

  • @jkpole
    @jkpole 10 месяцев назад +3

    Always gives me a smile watching this episode.... Good old Fred

    • @Pietimethailand
      @Pietimethailand 10 месяцев назад

      Was a catch phrase many if us used, and still use it often even today. ❤

  • @BillySugger1965
    @BillySugger1965 10 месяцев назад +27

    I love how he’s pouring petrol (gasoline) all over the pile and straight after he still has a lit fag (cigarette) in his mouth. Ah, the 1970s!

    • @Pietimethailand
      @Pietimethailand 10 месяцев назад +12

      I was a driver's oppo (did all the loading, feeding and lighting up fags as and when the driver wanted owt) in 78. Driver fueled up one morning with a "fag on" as we say which scared me
      Diesel can't light off a fag he said and put is fag out in the diesel tank. Amazing how much he knew about fire hazards without half a dozen men in suits to tell him. I, on the other hand, shit meself

    • @BillySugger1965
      @BillySugger1965 10 месяцев назад

      @@Pietimethailand Well you can put a fag out in petrol too (and I have in very controlled conditions), but I wouldn’t risk it in everyday life, especially if I was likely wearing a dose of the stuff 😳

  • @TheDeejaydex
    @TheDeejaydex 3 месяца назад +3

    No Dibnah wasn't mad, he understood exactly how these chimneys were constructed. He knew exactly what would cause them to fall and what wouldn't. He was the GOAT of all steeplejacks!

  • @stufletcher9300
    @stufletcher9300 10 месяцев назад +3

    This episode never fails to make me smile. ❤
    Donald has pure confidence Fred won't miss that bid spike with his big hammer.

  • @nonnovyabizness3003
    @nonnovyabizness3003 10 месяцев назад +7

    He never said he got £25 for the job what he is talking about is what we call in England cowboys people who undercut tradesmen by doing jobs for ridiculously low prices and as they say you get what you pay for so you normally have to pay a tradesman to fix up there botched work anyway !

  • @sicr7373
    @sicr7373 10 месяцев назад +4

    Fred was the salt fo the earth, a true hardworking Englishman who just got on with it, not many of his type around now, if any.

  • @haeleth7218
    @haeleth7218 10 месяцев назад +5

    Fred Dibnah did not understand the concept of fear. That must have been 950,000 bricks!

    • @hermes667
      @hermes667 4 месяца назад

      6:18 well he did. He says everyone has fear. But in his case he did the things anyway.

  • @markjones127
    @markjones127 10 месяцев назад +3

    To put the amount he got paid in the other video into perspective, he got paid £7000 to fell that chimney by hand in 1979, in the UK in 1981 my Dad bought our 3 bedroom semi-detached family home for £7500, my mum died 4 years ago and my dad died almost 2 years ago and I delt with their estate, that same house was valued at £150,000 as is, but it requires modernisation, which if done could bring the value up to between £180,00 and £200,000.

  • @mariahoulihan9483
    @mariahoulihan9483 10 месяцев назад +5

    Unfortunately, the first thing which sprung to my mind concerning burning tyres was hearing on the news many years ago that during the troubles in South Afirca some people were killed by this method. Tied up and a burning tyre put around their necks. Horrendous.

    • @Trebor74
      @Trebor74 10 месяцев назад +1

      Necklacing,if I remember

  • @shirleyhenderson9978
    @shirleyhenderson9978 10 месяцев назад +2

    Loving Fred reactions ,next I would love to see you watch Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer Gone fishing pure English joy ,both masters of entertainment

  • @tobytaylor2154
    @tobytaylor2154 10 месяцев назад +4

    Rubber burns for a long time so it's a good fuel for this type of burn

  • @justjanice8373
    @justjanice8373 10 месяцев назад +2

    We ❤Fred in UK, what a 🌟

  • @wildwine6400
    @wildwine6400 10 месяцев назад +2

    This was part of the Fred Dibnah story you could potentially watch. I think it is the first episode

  • @samsativa245
    @samsativa245 10 месяцев назад +4

    This was shot in Rochdale where I am from :)

    • @samsativa245
      @samsativa245 10 месяцев назад

      Also it should be said that £100 in 1979 is about £650 today so a few hundred probably was a few grand

    • @Strokes1983
      @Strokes1983 3 месяца назад +1

      SHITHOLE

  • @Lones555
    @Lones555 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tires burn very well, rubber in general is great as it will burn even when wet. You'll find some survival experts will take a piece of rubber tubing from a bicycle tire with them on an expedition so they have a guaranteed way of making a fire in any weather.

  • @stufletcher9300
    @stufletcher9300 10 месяцев назад +3

    My fave episode. Including his catchphrase...Did ya like that???❤❤

  • @ALANL4460
    @ALANL4460 10 месяцев назад +4

    Id imagine the stresses of being Fred's wife would be difficult and nerve shredding no matter how good a man he is. the type of work Fred did everyday could be his last on a 100ft chimney.

  • @seanoconnor8843
    @seanoconnor8843 3 месяца назад +1

    I was there when he dropped that!!! There were two police men trying to break up a fight. We were running all over the place. A brick made it across the canal!! Great day 😄

  • @georgelowles5077
    @georgelowles5077 19 дней назад

    There are a couple of books about him and an autobiography too.

  • @alibennett78
    @alibennett78 10 месяцев назад +4

    there you go now daniel some fire lighting tips for u ,now not saying u need any but just in case

  • @BerlietGBC
    @BerlietGBC 3 месяца назад

    Grew up watching Fred as a kid , he’s a bloody legend, what a hero

  • @nick7076
    @nick7076 10 месяцев назад +4

    Fred had three wives.
    All younger than him.
    All pretty in their way.
    He was a ladies man and his charisma drew them to him

    • @Honor000
      @Honor000 10 месяцев назад

      But not for long.

  • @user-rd7nn7py7r
    @user-rd7nn7py7r 3 месяца назад +1

    Yes tyres burn! The black smoke is something to behold. It's probably illegal now.

  • @sr71blackbirddr
    @sr71blackbirddr 3 месяца назад

    Tires burn hot and fast, often hung around speed cameras in England 😂

  • @Jay-dl1gy
    @Jay-dl1gy 3 месяца назад

    A true legend. God bless you Fred

  • @KingsleyHylander
    @KingsleyHylander 3 месяца назад

    The tyres act as an accelarent as well as a long burn and mass heat.

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 3 месяца назад

    tires burn like hell

  • @barryobrien2638
    @barryobrien2638 3 месяца назад

    The guy with the hat commemtating seems a very brave soul while his wife isn't there

  • @samuelburleigh1895
    @samuelburleigh1895 2 месяца назад

    The zen art of felling chimneys ❤

  • @sideshowmark913
    @sideshowmark913 10 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine trying to burn tyres in the open nowadays 😂😂

  • @stephenrice4554
    @stephenrice4554 3 месяца назад

    I was hooked by the 5th minute . And ever since

  • @Cobalt-Jester
    @Cobalt-Jester 10 месяцев назад +1

    Yeah, tyres are really good for fires. they burn long and melt creating a thick liquid burning rubber. They are also free. Scrap dealers have a to pay to dispose of them. So any scrap car yard would happily give Fred 100 tyres to him. For fred that's free fuel and pretty good free fuel. lol. ;)

  • @tighabhinn
    @tighabhinn 7 месяцев назад

    Fred Dibnah ! What a hero !!

  • @paulhayes2556
    @paulhayes2556 3 месяца назад

    Fred a legend had a few series on the BBC about the industrial revolution touring mills n the such his knowledge when meeting the academics gobsmacked them ,

  • @philipmurphy9711
    @philipmurphy9711 3 месяца назад

    Tyres burn ferociously. They are used in bonfires in Northern Ireland during bonfire season

  • @andydavies1810
    @andydavies1810 3 месяца назад

    Last of the real tough guys

  • @James-ow7qi
    @James-ow7qi 3 месяца назад

    I had to smile when i see the piliceman ,
    Today in the uk yhe copper would arrest him for burning tyres lol

  • @stuartfaulds1580
    @stuartfaulds1580 3 месяца назад

    whilst a bit late, Fred was a British Legend, who also restored steam traction engines. If you have not already try reacting to Fred Laddering a chimney with an overhang at the top.

  • @mickmackem1479
    @mickmackem1479 10 месяцев назад +3

    Fred reminds me of dad he was self employed scrapman and odd jobs built like silverback gorilla

  • @rogerwolstenholme2710
    @rogerwolstenholme2710 10 месяцев назад +6

    Fred had at least 3 wives lol

  • @douglasgreen437
    @douglasgreen437 3 месяца назад

    Incredible..

  • @highpath4776
    @highpath4776 10 месяцев назад

    The later DVDs we recut. renarrated and some re-edit. There are the original broadcasts on YT from others which give a different perspective on the early TV days which are a bit more raw - the Square tower race / staircase demolition being interesting - the pit props were musically played - then drilled through before the fire to weaken them a bit as a example

  • @chassetterfield9559
    @chassetterfield9559 2 месяца назад

    Why the tyres? Apart from the other reasons - they were cheap, or even free. What else were they going to do with piles of old scrap tyres? I don't think that they actually got as far as paying him to get rid of them.
    Tyres burn. Not so much that you can ignite one on your truck with a Zippo, but given enough time, they will go. As they heat up. they give off flammable gases. There was/is a massive underground tyre dump somewhere in the US that burned for decades, may even still be going. It's more of a smoulder than a conflagration, but once going well, is next to impossible to extinguish. You don't just pour on some water.

  • @nonnovyabizness3003
    @nonnovyabizness3003 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tyres burn for a long time and give off an intense heat wasn't it a running joke on the Simpsons about the tyre dump constantly being on fire ? This is an old sappers technique it was how they used to breach medieval castle walls to end sieges!

    • @pauldootson7889
      @pauldootson7889 10 месяцев назад

      what with ye olde medieval tyres

    • @nonnovyabizness3003
      @nonnovyabizness3003 10 месяцев назад

      @@pauldootson7889 Well if you want to be pedantic the word tyer was originally used to describe the band of steel around a cartwheel used to tie the rim and spokes together so the wheel was stronger ! So it would still stand that in medieval times they could have used a cart to transport and stack wood to do this then decide to chuck the cart on also ! So does that make you feel a little dumber , smart arse ? !

  • @mattfisher7432
    @mattfisher7432 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tyres burn with a very intense heat. Exactly what you need. If you want to burn through oak very quickly.

  • @hermes667
    @hermes667 4 месяца назад

    "Any man who says he is brave is either a bloody idiot or a liar." Fred Dibnah.
    How could a man doing a dangerous work like this be so down to earth like him? He basically says we all have fear, him included but he did the things he did anyway.

  • @johnhickman2033
    @johnhickman2033 10 месяцев назад +7

    The demise of British industry evidenced here for all to see. So sad...

  • @railtonfeagus8539
    @railtonfeagus8539 10 месяцев назад

    Tires/Tyres burn hot, but more than anything once well lit they absolutely won't go out, they'll burn like an inferno in pouring rain and a massive hurricane. It's why when huge piles of waste tires/tyres catch on fire it can literally take days, sometimes weeks, for firefighters to extinguish. Just look at the wikipedia page for "Tire Fire". I guess here Fred is using tires so the fire doesn't go out just before the supporting props burn through, in which case he'd have to go back in with more wood and other fuel at the most dangerous time (when the props are just about burnt through).
    An interesting example of how crazy tire fires can be is on the Wiki page; it is from 1983 when arsonists ignited seven million tires that burned for NINE MONTHS(!!) in Winchester, Virginia, polluting nearby areas with lead and arsenic.

  • @mlee6050
    @mlee6050 10 месяцев назад

    I like the one Frank Spencer was in, was funny

  • @tighabhinn
    @tighabhinn 7 месяцев назад

    old tyres are cheap ..or free !

  • @beegeenz
    @beegeenz 7 дней назад

    Did he ever build a chimney?

  • @JohnSmith-gp3co
    @JohnSmith-gp3co 3 месяца назад

    Free mother used to live in a. Little terrace house in Lancashire. I drive past it every now and then when I’m working up there. You can tell which house was hers as her chimney is about 5 times the size of all the other houses on the street 😂. Honestly, just google Fred Dibnah’s mothers house

  • @janicegarbutt8014
    @janicegarbutt8014 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wait until you watch him climb ladders!

  • @andrewbates2816
    @andrewbates2816 3 месяца назад

    Now there's tyres dumped everywhere cos no one use's them anymore.

  • @johnhall7679
    @johnhall7679 10 месяцев назад

    As he was wearing brown trousers.

  • @neilfoden1411
    @neilfoden1411 3 месяца назад +1

    I am just glad he's not here now, with all the health and safty they have killed the building trade over the last 40 years. If you burnt tyres on site now you would get 12 months and come out with a tag on your leg.

  • @patguilfoyle9720
    @patguilfoyle9720 10 месяцев назад

    in 1979 £10 would be a days pay for unskilled (low end)

  • @vikingofengland
    @vikingofengland 3 месяца назад

    Fred Dibnah = Chuck Norris

  • @davidian7787
    @davidian7787 2 месяца назад

    You have to have some confidence in your work to be where he was when it came down. He dropped it exactly where it was meant to go.

  • @stevebinning977
    @stevebinning977 10 месяцев назад

    Wasn't there a tyre fire in "The Simpsons" which had been burning for years?.

  • @Cobalt-Jester
    @Cobalt-Jester 10 месяцев назад

    He has has a few wives. They are always there in his chimney felling videos. She is the lady that always starts each fire. It was for luck.

  • @footballoldboy4818
    @footballoldboy4818 10 месяцев назад

    Diesel oil and a cigarette hanging out his mouth. What could possibly go wrong?

  • @SawItComingNot
    @SawItComingNot 3 месяца назад +1

    Stop Oil and the environmentalists would love those tyres burning up 🤣🤣

  • @IanDarley
    @IanDarley 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tyres burn very well and extremely hot, they are very difficult to extinguish.

  • @TheCornishCockney
    @TheCornishCockney 9 месяцев назад

    They don’t make ‘em like Fred any more,sadly.

  • @kevinty7
    @kevinty7 10 месяцев назад

    Aaaaahhhh🫣😱😂😂wow!

  • @j0hnf_uk
    @j0hnf_uk 10 месяцев назад +1

    Did y'like that?

  • @toxlaximus3297
    @toxlaximus3297 10 месяцев назад +1

    Not a job for southern nancy's.