@@mattronaldholloway3428 No he’s extremely lucky and extremely careless & negligent,,,you know when they say don’t ever try this at home well this is one of those moments
Which is why most women outlive us men. Yet, they lack the adrenaline rushes, of accomplished missions of unimaginable peril, with the end resulting success...most of the time!
This guy is about as unprecision as they come. He keeps getting is headache ball stuck in the hoops and he doesn't know how to aim it consistently. There are guys who would have it down in half the time. If he cannot improve his aim he should take a cutting torch and cut every other hoop. They don't play any structural role unless the silo if filled with rolled corn or ground ear corn so when it is eampty there is no danger in cutting some hoops. They he would not have to fart around nearly as much getting his ball free when he misses his aim.
Bunks are becoming more popular. My cousin put 2 a couple of years ago. 50x100x10 foot tall. Enough feed for 200 head dairy for the year. Lot easier to manage
GREAT, another "hold my beer and watch this" video. ;-) That looks exceedingly dangerous, all kidding aside. I'm amazed that second one was still standing with basically half of it's circumference knocked down.
Cool vid, but would to see it done with 55 gallon barrel of Tannerite. Put hole in side of silo just large enough to stuff plastic barrel in. That would be cool to watch.
Looks as if someone could knock a hole in silo , run a one inch cable thru , clamp it off inside, hook a dozer to it and pull as if a can opener in reverse. Silos are dangerous to tear down
He's within the radius of collapse of the silo, and weakening it on the side facing him. He's also really lucky to be alive - this could easily be for the Darwin awards or snuff film category.
What are they made of? It does not realy look or behave like regular steelsheets or wood. Good to see that Your brother where not injured by this, it would be a lie pretending that i hawen't done pretty similar things at some point in my life...
You are blind or brain not working - the guy was buried in the rubble when it came down, you didn't see that ? injured, lucky to not be killed. 'whining about safety' - it was very stupid to be standing so close within the fall zone.
I would have hooked one of the rebars with the bucket prongs. I would have pulled it out. Then hook another one and pulled it out. That would have cut the silo in half.
Extremely risky. You're within the "fall zone" of the silo. And you can't know which way the thing will go using this method. Should use explosives, like when they demolish skyscrapers. Or at the least a very long cable to pull it down.
*Machine has no safety bars for demolition works* *Swinging a giant lump of metal using the machine in a way it is not designed for* *Uses a cable long enough the wrecking bar can hit the cab* Driver: no problem
Must be several thousand dollars worth of cable, and a hundred hours of work getting them on .Rent a backhoe? Cheaper in the long run to pay a pro, much safer, too.
Use the claw... grab 'hold of some of the bands and pull straight back with the machine. By the time the bands cut through far enough, you'll be outside the fall zone. Better yet, get a LONG chain and START the pull from outside the fall zone.
Kathy. Depends on the silo. These are concrete tiles held together by steel bands. Others can be solid concrete (walls), clay tile, concrete block and motar, or steel.
common sense? he was standing right up next to it and it came down and buried him, injured, lucky to be alive -- extreme stupidity to stand so close. with your 'common sense,' i'm surprised you're not dead yet. don't have kids, help the gene pool
would have been better to wrap a wire cord around it hook it to the excavator and just back up letting the wire cut through it since its such light fabrication... would be simple and more effective
We had to take down an old grain silo when I was living in Georgia. We marked the area to be removed with paint. We gave Beuford a 16 pound sledgehammer and told him to go to work, but be ready to get out of the way. Now Beuford was was strong as an ox, but not very smart. He ate a LOT of paint chips when he was little. Well, after an hour we heard this tremendous"crack" and saw the silo going down. We lost sight of poor Beuford due to the dust, and thought he might be dead. But when the dust cleared, there he was with this guilty look in his face. He said, "I didn't mean for it to fall over, but I promise to rebuild it."
When I was younger I got hired to clean a couple tons of sour silage out of a silo. After 30 minutes of being inside breathing the vapors I was higher than a kite. Lots of fresh air and ventilation is definitely a must.
Yes, it’s called alcohol - produced by the fermentation of the silage. It evaporates and you breathe and absorb it into your blood. Also more than enough CO-2 to kill you as well.
I like how he narrowly escapes death on the first one and immediately started on the other one
That's a true man not afraid to work escape and move on to the next. NO FEAR
@@mattronaldholloway3428 No he’s extremely lucky and extremely careless & negligent,,,you know when they say don’t ever try this at home well this is one of those moments
@@william38022 yeah living on the edge but still no fear that's me but I'm no idoit just a daredevil.
When you take money to do a job, you get the job done. Very simple concept.
@@_GOD_HAND_ at least don’t do it like this these guys are probably dead by now use a brain
This is like watching my dad on Saturday morning as my mom yelled out the window, "Don't stand too close, you're father is an idiot."
Which is why most women outlive us men.
Yet, they lack the adrenaline rushes, of accomplished missions of unimaginable peril, with the end resulting success...most of the time!
I'm YOUR DAD? Holy shit, call me.
At least you had the sense to listen. Mom's know more than we give them credit for. 😃
@@gregjeffcoat4258 Well.... at least the smart kids survive. Evolution ya know.
@@fobbitoperator3620 yep I gotta agree thought I was alone out there lol
this is actually a lot safer, AND a lot better executed then i've seen in many similar scenarios... it is a lot more controlled then it appears to be.
Going to be pickin tader rocks out of the field for centuries.
Yea no one wants to farm anymore they jus want to sell it off for subdivisions !
Good old fashioned ingenuity! Love It!
I get a kick out of how the silos basically disappear into nothingness.
Amazing, considering they’re filled with so much air!
Hell yeah!.. Precision demo. Cost effective and fast. Well done!
This guy is about as unprecision as they come. He keeps getting is headache ball stuck in the hoops and he doesn't know how to aim it consistently. There are guys who would have it down in half the time. If he cannot improve his aim he should take a cutting torch and cut every other hoop. They don't play any structural role unless the silo if filled with rolled corn or ground ear corn so when it is eampty there is no danger in cutting some hoops. They he would not have to fart around nearly as much getting his ball free when he misses his aim.
skills and ingenuity.
Fred Dibnah would have been proud!! Check out his method of bringing down mill chimneys, far more exciting
Silo tipping by day, cow tipping by night lol
Eeeew. Uhjoooop
This can be done with one man and a sledge hammer. Start one one side and work backwards. Actually safer.
Way less fun
Great post, outstanding. For those of you who don’t know...this is how you do it!! Life on the farm...ain’t it great?👍👍
1:55 knocked out the buildings heart
Bunks are becoming more popular. My cousin put 2 a couple of years ago. 50x100x10 foot tall. Enough feed for 200 head dairy for the year. Lot easier to manage
He got them down and lived to try something else just as fun.
GREAT, another "hold my beer and watch this" video. ;-) That looks exceedingly dangerous, all kidding aside. I'm amazed that second one was still standing with basically half of it's circumference knocked down.
Now THAT'S a fun job!!!!
Where there is a will, there is a way. Just make sure you don’t forget safety.
No forget safety. It ruins all fun.
Cool vid, but would to see it done with 55 gallon barrel of Tannerite. Put hole in side of silo just large enough to stuff plastic barrel in. That would be cool to watch.
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55 gallons !!! Good lord you want to take down the neighbors silo too.
That was so much fun to watch.
Looks as if someone could knock a hole in silo , run a one inch cable thru , clamp it off inside, hook a dozer to it and pull as if a can opener in reverse. Silos are dangerous to tear down
Yep that's how I've downed a few when I was doing demolition. ( Deconstruction if the client was rich!)😈.
That's how they tore down the church steeple by me. Half way up run cable through holes and the dozer pulled. Worked great.
That was cool....good thing he didn't end up on youtube under one of the 'fail' videos! LOL
И 1000000 таких башен не стоят 1 человеческой жизни
Good job You made it look easy.
One has to assume that there is no OSHA around. Lol
I can ruin a steel ball in a muddy field with a rubber mallet😂
He's within the radius of collapse of the silo, and weakening it on the side facing him. He's also really lucky to be alive - this could easily be for the Darwin awards or snuff film category.
i would have tried to hook a cable around one of those support wraps and pulled it from far far away
Hold my beer.
It's very effective. But I would rather have anvil at the end of a chain.
When this started why did I think one of the silos was going to fall over on the excavator ?
Did the excavator actually gain any speed by swinging 180?
Very Nice and a Thumbs Up liked.
What are they made of? It does not realy look or behave like regular steelsheets or wood.
Good to see that Your brother where not injured by this, it would be a lie pretending that i hawen't done pretty similar things at some point in my life...
Where's Fred Dibnah when you need him?
Seriously, he could teach you how to do this...
my cousins just used mauls but this does look like more fun and probably less dangerous?
Can anybody say an AR-15 and a shitload of tannerite 😁
I have always wanted to make a house out of a silo
There is reason why wrecking balls are round 😂😂🤣😀😎
That was like watching paint dry
I watch paint dry for a living
Nice work!
May not live to an old age!
Until technology produces a true powered exoskeleton, hydraulic excavators are the next best thing. :-)
Hey was that a Van Dale Magnum unloader in 2nd one? Good looking bonet ... well not any more. These taken down after a barn fire?
Nice video!!
Good job done well and safe. The people whining about safety just don't understand what they're talking about.
You are blind or brain not working - the guy was buried in the rubble when it came down, you didn't see that ? injured, lucky to not be killed. 'whining about safety' - it was very stupid to be standing so close within the fall zone.
@@jemrobinson8888 ... There was no guy anywhere on the ground in this video. No one got buried or even injured.
I would have hooked one of the rebars with the bucket prongs. I would have pulled it out. Then hook another one and pulled it out. That would have cut the silo in half.
Should have got that shovel going around in a complete 360 . would have worked like a weed wacker !
Good morning from SE Louisiana 29 May 21.
I have a couple stupid questions, what were silos initially used for, and why are they now obsolete...
Used for holding grain.
20000 years of evolution, for that?
200,000
@@mirzaahmed6589True. Or 200 years as far as the US are concerned
Isn’t there an extended reach of a grinder that could be used to cut the strapping?!?!?
Extremely risky. You're within the "fall zone" of the silo. And you can't know which way the thing will go using this method. Should use explosives, like when they demolish skyscrapers. Or at the least a very long cable to pull it down.
This is like watching paint dry way to slow
Marvelous job and done right
These silos, were built to last, not like the metal ones you see now
I would of dynamited the base, then run like hell! BTW, whose the fool on the ground!
He was looking behind a telephoto lens. You can tell be the way the edges of the objects in the video look slightly blurred.
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I would have like to have seen how these silos were originally put up.
Aliens built them
Nice
Safety Third!
10 charges of 40 Grams each of explosive would have done the job quicker and safer.Interesting video thought.
360 grad turn for swing?
I heard French , Portuguese and english and spanish, plus some cussing in english too.
*Machine has no safety bars for demolition works*
*Swinging a giant lump of metal using the machine in a way it is not designed for*
*Uses a cable long enough the wrecking bar can hit the cab*
Driver: no problem
What was he using for ram ? Had to be something heavy
It is not heavy at all. It is just a cylinder of weapon-grade Plutonium
Where the brave guy with the sledge hammer?
Looks like theyre using an allison or duramax to hit it
Didn't mean fer it ta faw down...wuz just tryna move it 3 inches to muh leyft a biyt...
he should stick to milking cows...lol...
the one in the minute 6:27 doesn't come out alive
Salvage those cables
Shiver me timbers...
well done !
Steel Budies
no joke if you got caught doing that in the uk-you would probably get heavy fines or short prison time lol
I won’t even lie taking down silos with a track hoe is scary stuff to many what can go wrongs and end up under a ton of blocks
Must be several thousand dollars worth of cable, and a hundred hours of work getting them on .Rent a backhoe? Cheaper in the long run to pay a pro, much safer, too.
Instructional Video
Why don't they let them stand as monuments
Men and their toys
Use the claw... grab 'hold of some of the bands and pull straight back with the machine. By the time the bands cut through far enough, you'll be outside the fall zone. Better yet, get a LONG chain and START the pull from outside the fall zone.
I believe these fellows borrowed this equipment
They prefer the term, "Appalachian-American." The silo was brought down in a very cost effective way.
Not much fun in the world anymore... but that is
Hey, Gots my own teeth 🤪
What are silos constructed of ?
Concrete
@@johnclymer4152 thanks John Clymer
Kathy. Depends on the silo. These are concrete tiles held together by steel bands. Others can be solid concrete (walls), clay tile, concrete block and motar, or steel.
Common Sense not hampered by H&S
common sense? he was standing right up next to it and it came down and buried him, injured, lucky to be alive -- extreme stupidity to stand so close. with your 'common sense,' i'm surprised you're not dead yet. don't have kids, help the gene pool
Your brother was a lot safer then the guys standing at the base hitting it with a hammer. What has changed that those silos are not longer useful?
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Bravo!
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My thing is stuck, can someone get it for me.
Is this guy getting paid by the hour or is it his? Aid a little lower and stand back.
would have been better to wrap a wire cord around it hook it to the excavator and just back up letting the wire cut through it since its such light fabrication... would be simple and more effective
Who needs to watch a bunch of by rich NFL players. This is down home fun.
People really do pride themselves on their ignorance
@@PhancyPants99 Sounds like you are speaking from experience.
Real americans that built this country
Damn it Dave! When I said we were gonna demo the silos I meant we were gonna show the new guy how they worked.
Haha, I laughed way too hard at this comment. Thanks for that.
I could watch people knockin things down n' blowin shit up all day long.
We had to take down an old grain silo when I was living in Georgia. We marked the area to be removed with paint. We gave Beuford a 16 pound sledgehammer and told him to go to work, but be ready to get out of the way. Now Beuford was was strong as an ox, but not very smart. He ate a LOT of paint chips when he was little. Well, after an hour we heard this tremendous"crack" and saw the silo going down. We lost sight of poor Beuford due to the dust, and thought he might be dead. But when the dust cleared, there he was with this guilty look in his face. He said, "I didn't mean for it to fall over, but I promise to rebuild it."
When I was younger I got hired to clean a couple tons of sour silage out of a silo. After 30 minutes of being inside breathing the vapors I was higher than a kite. Lots of fresh air and ventilation is definitely a must.
Yes, it’s called alcohol - produced by the fermentation of the silage. It evaporates and you breathe and absorb it into your blood.
Also more than enough CO-2 to kill you as well.
This looks fun and terrifying at the same time