Breaking Up Grain Bin concrete

led · Apr 17, 2011

Trying to remove remains of grain bin. 50 hp.tractor & fel. Any tips on breaking large pieces. 6" to 10" thick. I tried putting big rock under large section & driving over with tractor with no luck. So any thoughts with present equiptment??
TIA
Led

Anonymous-0 · Apr 18, 2011

Idiot cousin and a sledgehammer????????????

You'd prolly come out cheaper and healthier to rent a jackhammer especially if it came with an operator.
Have fun,

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Apr 18, 2011

Back in the day I used to work for a demolition contractor. We had a wrecking ball but no crane. We used to pick up the wrecking ball with a excavator with a thumb and lift it up an drop it. Tore up lots of slabs that way. Don't know if you have grapple forks on your fel but could you bick up something heavy like a an old engine block, lift it up all the way and drop it ?

MarkB_MI · Apr 18, 2011

I wonder if it has rebar in it? It sounds like they used good stuff at any rate. Maybe rent a demolition hammer or concrete saw.

IaGary · Apr 18, 2011

I had to break one up also. I hired a local concrete contractor to cut it into chunks he thought I could handle with my loader.

There were places he did not cut all the way through but it still broke up easily after he got done.

Cost me $100 for his time.

Gary

David G · Apr 18, 2011

You will probaly need to saw and jackhammer the concrete to break it up. That is a lot cheaper than busting your tractor up trying it. There are people that will come in and be done in a couple of hours.

John Harmon. · Apr 18, 2011

Back home a company blew things up for people with C4 Explosives. Maybe that would work for you.I have no clue as to the permitting process or the cost as I never heard of a Bin Foundation being broke up that way. It seems that the rebar would present a problem. JH

MSD · Apr 18, 2011

Rent a hand held concrete saw. Won't take long, you don't have to cut it clear through.

DeltaRed · Apr 18, 2011

leave it.Build yourself a(round) cabin,bunkhouse,studio,shop,etc.That slab would make a good start!

C.R. · Apr 18, 2011

got a bobcat? you can rent a breaker that ought to make short work of the old slab

mark in boonville ny · Apr 18, 2011

if you have a backhoe use the rear and hit it on concrete a few times. if that dont work pick it up with the front bucket and drop it on something hard.

LOU from WI · Apr 18, 2011

Not sure.++++++ I think Dave 2 suggested using 2 large dozers, to lift it on its side then roll it to where its safe to dynamite it into good paving gravel. It was you, wasn't it Dave lol???? My son suggested you use 4 letter men to break it apart with sledge hammers (J.A.I.L.)Now there's a legit answer.==== COOL HAND LUKE"S. he he he.LOU & VICTOR.Both cheap suggestions. (NOT LOU & VICTOR )

The Dukester · Apr 18, 2011

Well, the best idea would have been to leave the bin foundation in place and rented a portable air compressor and a medium sized jackhammer and busted up the concrete in place then loaded it up into a dump truck with just about any kind of loader. Lotsa places needing fill will let you dump rip-rap (broken concrete) pretty reasonable, maybe even for free. You can still do it but with the chunks "floating around" it's a lttle more difficult.

Wardner · Apr 18, 2011

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If you were a neighbor, you could use my 900 lb drop hammer.

Failing that, how about drilling some holes and using granite spliting feathers and wedges. Or hydraulic expanders.

RodinNS · Apr 18, 2011

Hydraulic hammer on a skid loader should do the job...

Rod

led · Apr 18, 2011

I wish you were my neighbor, I could do some major damage with that outfit. May I ask what model tractor you have. And thanks for the offer.
Led

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