Posted by Ohiotractorguy on March 28, 2013 at 14:21:27 from (50.51.38.200):
In Reply to: Silo Demolition posted by El Toro on March 28, 2013 at 07:19:45:
Back when I was young and dumb I took one down as a member of the volunteer fire department. We had a training/controlled fire in one of the township barns that had fallen into disrepair. There were two silos at the front of block construction that were integral components to the barn (or so we thought). Before the fire we knocked out the block on the bottom of both silos in the area the barn was supporting them -- thinking that once the barn burned they would fall. The barn burned but the silos remained standing. One by one we sledged out the remaining blocks around the bottom. . . I had given it my last swing before I was about to step out and let another fella take over when I heard a "craaack" and I watched as the silo started falling like a giant tree. The block silo fell a lot slower and did not collapse at the bottom like the one in the video did. Somewhere I have pictures in a series (this was before anyone ever took videos with their phones) of me running away as the silo fell. . . I was out of the last picture before it hit the ground. We decided to not to use the same technique on the second one. . . brought in an excavator to do the job. It was quite an adrenaline rush. . . but I dont think you could pay me to do it again today!
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