Knocking down a silo, demolition

[sweetpea43369]

I like this video!!!

[Booger6995]

You gotta give it to these guys though. Takes a pretty tough person to swing a monday hammer that many times. They beat out a helluva lot of block to get the job done. I'd say they earned what ever was paid.

[Co0Ps]

Sorry, but if one of the steps in a demolition is to run like hell I wouldn't call it a "professional demolition". :P

[morsosquirrel]

RIP Fred dibnah. He would turn in his grave. Now HE knew how to knock down a tower

[thepowerfulnews]

That looks like fun!!!  :)

[szczur103]

Ale urwał !!!

[rreidnauer]

Alternate title:  Chopping down concrete redwoods

[schwalbstar]

safety first :)

[gasslhatza]

Like the gremlin in the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Falling hare"  ;-)

[xteaopia]

ran out of C4?

[Kauwhaka]

At 0:45 they spot a snake in the grass, so they kill it then get back to work.

[heroineworshipper]

He knows it's just about to go, gives it another whack, & runs away. Would have been easier to use explosives.

[LiviuJETIX]

maybe use an excavator caterpillar

[xtcongo]

The best way to bring down a tall silo like that is to set a small fire inside. Then just wait as it collapses into it's own footprint at freefall speed.

[boonitae]

who cleaned up the mess?

[Farmerknowsbest]

@boonitae

I did with our excavator. Used the blocks to make a roadway wider.

[giterdoneboy12345678]

@Farmerknowsbest why not just use a bulldozer to knock it down. thats what we did!

[onesuperrob]

that was sweet as, definetly the cost effective way to do that.

[carmium]

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[maxGreis]

professionals? that was the dumbest & most dangerous way to finish that demo

[mrhh2010]

IVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A BAND OF AMETUERS

[bill45colt]

Why not 3-4 sticks of dynamite from the farm shop?? We dont have silos but lots of stumps are removed that way.

[steviestiches]

That was pretty cool

[KILLLER526]

you could have just ran an old car into it and knocked it down.

[staestanks]

You're a beast, very impressive! You actually make it look safe.

[phill903]

Nice neat job!!

[truckerboy93]

must have took hours knocking that down??? and blisters?? to the hands.

[truckerboy93]

must have took hours knocking that down???

[FSXnut]

real lumberjacks cut down silos with sledge hammers

[bienloco64]

You know what would really suck....if they knocked down the wrong silo.XD

[AlanMitchellCollins]

Red Faction Guerrilla.

[irobot2009able]

to dangerous idiots get an professionalessional to pull it

[mattcp79]

Awesome job, true professionals at work here. As for the negative comments from the assholes below sitting in their basement, jerking off to REAL men doing REAL work, you couldn't even hammer one block on this Silo without hurting afterwards. Show some respect!!

[mattcp79]

Awesome job, true professionals at work here. As for the negative comments from the assholes below sitting in their basement, jerking off to REAL men doing REAL work, you couldn't even hammer one block on this Silo without hurting afterwards. Show some respect!!

[petruz1993]

Go on, just a few more years!

[dithbmine1]

must be from texas.how low can you go

[sciroccoLY3D]

ganz schön gefährlich !!

[Viruspunktexe]

Making two holes, runnig through a steel cable and attaching one end to a steel I-Beam and the other to a tractor should work too. But great work

[luvanotafighta]

Professionals??? They look like a couple of bums with a sledge hammer each.

[flagellarpower]

I'm amazed how long that thing stood, with like half of it's base torn out!

[rafal48]

is he peeing at the silo at 5:56?

[Tarabass]

@rafal48

I think he has written "-insert name- was here" on it ;)

[naruto3zo]

the highest buildings shuld be falling down not there but by the top !

[naruto3zo]

the highest  buildings shuld be falling down not there but by the top !

[naruto3zo]

the highest buildings shuld be falling down not there but by the top !

[JorshWarshington]

Step 1:

Hit out a bunch of blocks like a badass.

Step 2: 

Run like a bitch.

[NOMADdaf]

I do this all the time. It takes about 20 min by myself and is very safe..

[MyAccountance]

Basically hit it with a sledge hammer for a whole then run as fast as you can the other way when it works.

[pdmcgowan1]

Awesome video love the old school maul and let it go natural. Goofy question did yah knock out a a few bricks to ease its lean?

[BrodyFarmBoy]

TIMBER!!!

[Blazon1994]

Nice crash like profesionals

[gabman6]

6:25

[jednoucelovy]

I understand these were professionals, yet it looks way too dangerous. Some mechanization would surely be more adequate.

[Farmerknowsbest]

@jednoucelovy  I wouldn't want to do it, but in terms of price, this is by far the cheapest.

[chaddie60]

@jednoucelovy check out fred dibner burning down old chimneys in england

[someonesomewere9987]

wow how long did it take then to tear it down ?

[cbsctomh]

the last guys ax was a bit sharper!

[rle91669also]

that was incredible

[danielll0]

give me my 6 m' back!

[Farmerknowsbest]

@danielll0 How much money you got?

[Frosty021978]

Well done! LOL

[groenelantaarn]

true old skool demolition... great!!

[idlemessiah]

Looks like somebodys been playing too much red faction

[swss12]

did twice as much work as you needed to

[Farmerknowsbest]

@swss12

That silo was a lot worse than a regular stave block silo. Every row had rebar and the blocks were hollow. Regular silo blocks one slug would knock each block out. 5-10 minutes you can have a silo down. This was obscene.

[jeansl10]

Pro tip: go to 6:25

[xxxPahanxxx]

Не проще экскаватором ковырнуть...

[w1949]

Great job

[IHDiesel436]

haha like to see you do that to our 90 footers lol

[Farmerknowsbest]

@IHDiesel436

That's all that company does is take down silos. 2 guys and a sledge is the best way to do it.

[69rd96]

Picture perfect take down.

[BinxoDOTO]

It basically ultimate Jenga!!!!

[stuartcraigon2003]

now i see why amercians are so dam retarded! WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING! you should have a got an excavator, it would have been a shit load safer you twat!

[scaremenga]

And a "shit load" more expensive. Nobody was harmed, so I don't see what's wrong.

[taterheadkiley]

good job. and with just a sledge hammer,and alot of exercise

[heavyxpress3000]

see what a mess you made. you are so grounded!!! lol!!

[Pilot853]

wow that looks fun lol

[fullthrottle7061]

how long did it take to get it down?

[ReprogramurMind]

Wow I guess they dont make power tools anymore! CAVEMAN STYLE BITHCES

[ZONKACO]

O SHIT WE FORGOT JO LOL

[smithy2777]

lol

[kinpinavery446]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..........ZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZ........(wakes up) huh? oh i fell asleep at the begining cuz it was so boring...more boring than math class

[Farmerknowsbest]

Math isn't boring. It is interesting and very useful!

[serboiz1995]

ur 100% right. it can get boring but its SOO useful.

[bcarey0717]

NOOO!!!!!!! english class is boring especially wn u have to read...

[Junije1]

:yaaaawn:

[Farmerknowsbest]

You sound sleepy. Did you not get enough sleep last night?

[Vikinatorn]

I want to demolish stuff too... But i wont stay to clean it up ! xD

[panhead1219]

Cool! Now just use the top to make a sattelite dish!  after ya pound it back into shape. :)

[ssdphoto]

Looks like he is taking a leak at 5:56

Timelapse would have been better for this , over in 30 seconds instead of a :::yawning:::: 7 minutes.

[Farmerknowsbest]

I think you'll survive.

[ssdphoto]

Yes I did...thanks. just waited for the whole thing to load and scrolled thru it right to the end. I did like your technique. Simple , effective and did the job.

[MrMacLoven]

Couldn't you pump some gas(butane) into it. The gas would settle at the base. Throw a spark in and hey presto. Stand well back though, and watch out for the tin roof that will fly up in the air. It would be a lot quicker.

[jumpingjacker1]

Nicely done!!

[trench124]

Come back fred dibnah all is forgiven

[GKandPebbles]

Dangerous stunt, although the bricks removed and the hole left was tidy and presentable!!

[MrGymnast88]

that is the stupidest thing you could ever do

[Farmerknowsbest]

knocking down a silo?

[88deco88]

at 4:00 you can hear a police siren or somthing XD

[colepondrider]

why dont they just buy some dynamite

[Birdhouseboi810]

he is the kind of guy that likes to work

[borkson]

he is hardcore :P

[ih966man]

silos are a wast of time and a pain in the back to run and have to clime 30 80 feet to fix the silo unloader, they should all be destroid. i would of put a hole on each side ,put a cable throue, hooked it to the tactor and pulled it down

[jake8112]

You should of just blew that shit up ;-)

[imagemangler]

What a waste of a perfectly good silo. Why are you parting out the lots? Greed? Lack of compassion for farming history? So some soulless people can put up

McMansions? If there was karma the the silo would have crushed everyone responsible for this act.

[Farmerknowsbest]

Money. Selling the 2 houses will make the 265ac behind the silo much cheaper. Cheaper is a good thing in business. Also owning rental houses is a pain in the back side. Once sold I don't really care what the new owners do with the lots so long as it doesn't interfere with my farming. The barn was not safe to leave standing and there is nothing sadder for a farmer to see than a lone silo. I have much more compassion for farming history than you do.

[DeadShadoW466]

if you fast forward the video from 2:32 to 6:26 you will se the silo moving .....

[fastfocus69]

When we dropped an old silo we just lined half the base with C4 and blew out half the bottom. It took about 10 minutes. But my family knows a explosives engineer that did it for free minus the cost of the C4

[Ugleskjegg]

Should´ve skipped to 6:50 :P

But still pretty cool tho ;)

[CnCMaster2000]

That must be well fun doing that XD

[VIRUSexe24]

Good! 5/5

[repppon]

Nice job, 5 star!

[BMAN4500]

i still don't see why the guy ran at the end? :P

[vethebber]

this is a great job,respect im also demolition man for job

[imjinc2k]

Cool job.

[kinburncattle]

is that the lad from up north

[Farmerknowsbest]

No, they are from near the Ontario Quebec border near the St Lawrence.

[deerkillersiv]

wow, ever heard of video editting so we don't have to watch you hit for six and half minutes before the silo goes over?

[Farmerknowsbest]

The original video was 48 minutes. So yea, I have heard of editing.  Why don't you post some videos to show off your amazing editing skills so we can critique them?

[Bretty135]

Talk about wasting time, they should have done it the Fred Dibnah way.

[Farmerknowsbest]

And that would be?

[Zeamus634]

Its the same technique...

Search for:

'Fred Dibnah How to bring down a chimney stack.'

[Jimmysexcavating]

you have some really awesome videos!

[Farmerknowsbest]

Thanks for saying so

[mace727]

Why did they take it down?

[CMLovejoy]

How many acres was the farm that you bought?

[Farmerknowsbest]

275

[DERRYIRELAND]

Err, sorry lads, it was the one on the right!

[Farmerknowsbest]

HAHA

[Clayfarmer]

Hey Warren, we did the same thing last week. Only we used a tractor and chain for the last bit. Knocked two holes about 6 feet apart on one side and put a chain around it long enough to not get hit by the silo. Then we started to hit out the slabs with a hammer, going a little more than half way around. Pulled with the tractor and it came down just like yours. What a mess though. What did you do with the slabs?

[Farmerknowsbest]

Loaded them up with our excavator and hauled them to another farm to make the base for a driveway for loading trucks on.

[garycalgary]

smashy smashy

[maxell299]

That was like...AWESOME!

[Farmerknowsbest]

Thanks.

[NCN1970]

wow what an exciting job

[Farmerknowsbest]

For sure, and a very dangerous one as well!