Boiler removal

47fivewindow

Well-known Member

Location

Davidsonville Md.

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

I had an old boiler in the basement. It was replaced and the contractor could not get the old one out. I spun the back blade around and used it to hoist the boiler up the steps and out of the trap door in the mud room. That thing must be more than 500 pounds.

 

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Jeff NWOH

Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

Creative Rigging 101. Nice job.

 

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jeffcat

Well-known Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

WHOAAAAA NELLI!!! Next thing you want to take on is move a small mountain or something? Good engineering there bud! Tell us the scrap value sometime.

 

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Bob Harvey

Well-known Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

Finally, an optional use for a tractor ! ;^)

 

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ditchwitch

Well-known Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

Hey 47fivewindow thats some good use of a tractor and some common sense and smarts ,,,Good Job

 

onefarmer

Well-known Member

Location

6735 S Lowell Rd, St Johns, Mi 48879

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

WOW good thing those doors were in a good place!

 

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Hank ABAB

Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

Hydraulics on that tractor must be in great shape.
Good job.

 

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47fivewindow

Well-known Member

Location

Davidsonville Md.

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

thanks for the kind words. I wasn't sure I could lift it with the 3 pt. That was a big plus.

 

showcrop

Well-known Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

Good for you! Using your brain instead of your brawn.

 

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tracto-man

Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

Good use of a back blade! I can use that some time.

 

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fixerupper

Well-known Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

Good job. Necessity is the mother of invention.

 

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Bob Harvey

Well-known Member

• Oct 12, 2016

• #1

Conversely (in youth) " Mothers are the necessity of invention" ;^)

 

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dr sportster

Well-known Member

• Oct 13, 2016

• #1

I work like you . Whatever it takes without creating extra work. Nice job !

 

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fixerupper

Well-known Member

• Oct 13, 2016

• #1

LOL!

 

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Bhunt

Member

• Oct 13, 2016

• #1

Work smart good job!

 

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WGM

Well-known Member

• Oct 13, 2016

• #1

I assume creative asbestos abatement 101 also applied here. Old boilers are loaded with asbestos.

 

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47fivewindow

Well-known Member

Location

Davidsonville Md.

• Oct 14, 2016

• #1

Thank for the warning. I assume asbestos is in there. I need see what the landfill wants me to do. That's why I wanted to take it out in one piece

 

showcrop

Well-known Member

• Oct 14, 2016

• #1

(quoted from post at 12:20:54 10/13/16) I assume creative asbestos abatement 101 also applied here. Old boilers are loaded with asbestos.

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That is the cast iron heat exchanger that you are looking at. Any asbestos would have been between the boiler jacket and a sheet metal cover over it. It would have been covering the pipes coming from it as well.

 

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rdandersom

Member

• Oct 15, 2016

• #1

I have a similar boiler but not near an easy exit point. I suppose one day I will have to remove it. Mine has white plaster all over it. I assume the plaster is asbestos. Can't imagine I could ever sell the place with it still in the cellar.