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Re: Demolish Silo Hints?
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Posted by Tom from Ontario on July 24, 2000 at 20:04:18 from (216.129.12.79):
In Reply to: Demolish Silo Hints? posted by Diesel Dan on July 24, 2000 at 19:42:38:
Heard of a brave soul (fool?) who got in a silo like that, drilled about a 1 inch hole in the direction he wanted the silo to fall, then wrestled a good sized I-beam through the door, put the cable around the I-beam, jammed the I-beam against the wall, put out about 100 feet of cable for a 50 foot silo, buckled the other end to a D-8 and drove away, pulling the I-beam through the wall and taking a big chunk with it. The thing went down like a hammered steer, but it was a stave silo. If yours has silage in it, maybe this could be done at the level of the silage and a Hi-Hoe could pull the rest down. Good Luck and be careful whatever you do.
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