100 Year Old Silo Demolished

[@at90percent]

If that silo was 100, that excavator looked like it was at least 50.

[@kurovechk]

I crashed a similar force, but in a different way: recovery tank VT-55 (winch power up to 100 tons). Around the loop strength of wire rope winch and pulley over 2-max power. My VT-55: V12, capacity 40 liters, 580 hp power, weight 45 tons, the consumption of 260-1150 liters diesel / 100km. about 1 hour of work, 350 liters of diesel and most importantly it was safe.

[@galehess6676]

much better option. videos like this end up with dead people. thanks for sharing.

[@ehsnils]

Looks like the right way to do that job. Don't use expensive stuff, and keep a safe distance. Somewhat like taking down a tree. Explosives are for those constructions that you can't take down any other way.

[@galehess6676]

say waaaaaa? safe and controlled, vs death. yeah, oh k

[@pseltoro4]

was the music intended to scare us into thinking a boogy monster was going to come out of the silo. I was on pins and needles the whole time.

[@ماهراركان-خ1غ]

طيط

[@mandatethis8024]

IM STILLLLL FEEEEEAKING OUT!!!

[@KennyParson]

@freethoughtmusic Nope it was old and crumbling so they took it down before a kid got crushed by it. This farm is over 2000 acres and will never be a subdivision its in the deed FYI

[@Alcola100]

Most of these tall silo's are being replaced by the "sausage" tubes that lay horizontal on the ground. They're easier to fill and unload and are air-tight.

[@Basalate]

I love silos and the earthmovers that love them

[@thomaswei6224]

Nein,

[@petercdowney]

A lot of things happened in 2008. We had the recession, and I think my Grandad had a stroke that year. He died in 2016, _exactly_ 8 years after this video was uploaded.

[@3Redbug]

Pretty Good Demo Vid! Where's it at?

[@870wingmstr]

Nice video. I've seen guys use a maul and just walk around it knocking staves out by hand. This looks like less work tho : )

[@cskillet2003]

They even brought out the timpani player and chorus for the occasion.

[@tophatxcc]

to make room for usable crop? or even a new silo maybe? -_-

[@brianknapp5107]

have you ever driven through iowa?

[@qmpel]

I can't take a breath in each movie!

[@somethinburnin]

Old Marietta silo?

[@copperheadmarine]

Ha ha! I have a video of a silo almost the same...Taken down with a beam and a Cat 225 like this and it also dropped but did not fall over. I pushed it the rest of the way down. My beam was also on a set of dollies instead of chained directly to the bucket. But very very similar video!

[@geedubb2005]

I tore old stuff down on my farm and now years later, I regret it. There's just some things the younger generation will never get to see or esperiment.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

Gee Dubb bah ! Hindsight Anything else I can tell you that you can fight within doubt until it’s too late

[@ladyboywonder9139]

Assholes

[@Apjooz]

@popace The walls are like paper, but hey, the equipment is heavy.

[@mfowler15]

just amagine how pissed he was at 3:14 when it didnt fall

[@xray606]

That was a big risk... It could have easily gone wrong.

[@jeepcollector91]

Nicely done...

[@punkinhed81]

100 years?? was prably built in the late 40's or 1950's.

[@ssdphoto]

Just like cutting down a tree. I had to slide the cursor along to speed it up cuz the realtime process was too slow. Try 'time-lapse' next time. Works great for demo jobs!!!

[@tonybaines3332]

why not punch 2 holes through it and feed a cable through attach it to the dozer and pull

[@keetonbob]

Think about how much grain has been through there in the past century. The number of meals it made. The families who ate it. The generations who grew up on it. I suppose it had to be done, but I always hate to see old buildings come down. Just one more piece of history lost to the pages of a history book, if that.

[@abbypatterson6642]

Thats sad. The history of an old farmer who worked his ass off to get that silo.

[@thenekom]

Should have left it as the leaning silo of Piza. But seriously, damned if they didn't build that thing to last!

[@Sunset_CBR]

That exactly what I was thinking haha

[@MochaFen]

Same I was thinking about that just keep it

[@Gamechannel-et2mu]

amazing its like it disintegrated when it fell

[@MrEpeeFencer]

I sure hate to see all the old farms disappearing. It's all big business factory farms anymore.

[@wailnshred]

There is no nicer machine than a 200 series Cat.

[@slofty1980]

if only fred dibna was still alive.he'd of brought that down using only fire RIP fred

[@peregrinefalcon78]

It sucks that this thing had to be torn down.Man....

[@KennyParson]

I thought so too, guess you can't buy a silo remover, LMAO it was neat to see it fall tho.

[@xoxksa]

If you listen to this video without watching it I swear to God it sounds like Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[@Dodgeram591]

Need an updated machine

[@johndoes6095]

much cheaper and safer if dynamite was strategically placed. 10 stick of dyno is 50 bucks whole sale....the fuel that the track hoe uses cost way more not to mention wear and tear. still a cool vid though. : )

[@mike136rr]

Well done

[@stevenherrold5955]

silos and water towers have been dropping like flies hear lately

[@alphaoak8871]

music name?

[@Ӡам]

In the abyss by mediatunes

[@DuoBanditBTW]

100 years old ? why would you tear it down ? its historycal now

[@joshmorlock2915]

dreakheart would’ve fallen down. The concrete slabs rot from the inside

[@wailnshred]

Anything that lets you stay farther back from the structure you're wrecking.

[@69rd96]

That was good, but you didn't make the "mouth" of the cut high enough.

[@malikmuhammad3794]

I haven't seen a silo when I was little

[@psylock2]

yah let the wind blow its awsome when it fel and didnt crack the structure very strong indeed =)

[@acc894]

leaning tower of pizza man...this is America..

[@drtony999]

What's with the dramatic music?

[@Ӡам]

In the abyss by mediatunes

[@ghoulbennji]

why u no use superman?

[@kevlar6836]

Why isn't there anyone protesting the destruction of this historical structure? Relax folks it's called sarcasm.

[@greyk610]

whATSa silo?

[@210871q]

Impresionante. Ye felicito

[@TheMechanic1967]

nice drop

[@Patcholunu]

3.14 Oops, didn't expect that to happen. 3.35 That's better.

[@burnonedown09]

1:12 reminds me of my first time

[@SumanSarkar-zd8pn]

Right operator

[@MattsFans]

3:17

[@PlaywithJunk]

seems a bit improvised that "tool" ;-)

[@KennyParson]

I'm just the producer not the demo man lol

[@xmetrix]

wait.... 9/11 physics suggests this should have collapsed in on its own footprint instantly. whoa! weird how it didnt just crumble and pancake down from that first drop. ;)

[@Stuntpilot22]

3:14 LEANING TOWER OF PISA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thecriticmaster1]

.........That music..........sound down!!

[@justforever96]

Gotta love seeing 100 year old landmarks demolished, huh? I guess condominiums are far more important.

[@rumproaster1]

leaning tower of piza

[@mynamesnotdan]

get in there all nice and deep like

[@waswestkan]

Most likely was what's known as an attractive nuisance. An old timer standing as an sentinel to time passing isn't worth the death or injury of kids whose only crime other than trespassing was looking to have a little fun.

[@caerleon87]

Proper amateurs... Apart from the risk of damage to the excavator, that is just stupid. All they need to do is to run a long steel cable round the silo, both ends onto a large caterpillar type bulldozer and pull. The thing would just collapse on the spot..

[@Joester1908]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@gtconway86]

A kid with heavy plant machinery and a battering ram?

[@Spreefarbe2]

OMG!!HEFTIG!!

[@nekoroms]

just poke it gently until it dies

[@Cpt_Ivan]

3:24, Leaning tower of pizza

[@suzanna576]

Yep C:

[@jbrabec22]

That's BS! They didn't make fancy machines like that 100 years ago!!!

[@Wormweed]

Looks like you could bring this down by throwning rocks at it, so i guess its a good thing it came down before it fell down on someone.

[@ma72091]

3:17 Leaning tower of pisa!!!!!!

[@beaner2907]

Just call George W and he'll put a plane through it for ya.

[@katermuller6578]

Bei 3:15 Sehen sie den schiefen Turm von Pisa

[@kostman23]

i want my money back

[@mattstarr8203]

older silos are constructed with brick and not as tall

[@MrRjvgjpbnjh]

да,цивилизация.. у меня бы с кувалдой пол дня ушло..

[@onyourbikeuoldfart]

That could have fallen on the Machine then the Driver would have been Brown Bread, Not the way to do things, got away with it this time.

[@Metal999esm]

5 minutes of my life.....

[@manjindersingh9000]

Good

[@vankofeshankata]

when its a 100 years why you demolution??

[@cowboycreations403]

It's no good and can collapse at any time. Plus, the inside is probably all rotted out so they couldn't store anything in it anyways.

[@petercdowney]

CowboyCreations Well, the silo was built in the same year that William Hartnell was born

[@strix-nebulosa]

What do you mean, "Where's our food going to come from?" Where else....CHINA!!! Isn't that where we get everything else....and American companies give them out jobs too...

[@RegGTAIVPlayer]

1:23 I think I'm watching porn

[@theemeraldgo-kart8903]

yeah lol

[@mwp20logn]

Built in the 60s or 70s

[@joshmorlock2915]

William K. Wilson stave silos were built in the 1910’s and 20’s

[@robantinarella1230]

that was mean to do that because it making the world the worst place ever

[@melvinliebsch3275]

I took one down with a six lb maul

[@MIGASHOORAY]

Good refugee housing gone to waste

[@reginaldomartins4155]

LA TORRE DE PIZA kkkkkkkkk..

[@nedelchojekov2477]

pizaa

[@nmancini]

lol its going down.....fail......round 2 READY.....fight

[@Raxarax]

lol @ weird ass music. you should have had some random fires and some dude with a skull painted on his face... maybe a small crowd of chanting ppl.

[@FluxPavilionR1]

1:20 is classed as porn

[@popace]

Lol the construction quality of this silo seems to be rather... bad. :P

[@TSideWes805]

gone overseas to china

[@davipadi]

lol

[@havanluong6111]

B

[@dirtman902]

you are funny where is our food gonna come from. I am sitting in Kuwait right now. 3/4 of the food imported here to the markets is american food. Right down to the microwave egg rolls. You need to chill out!

[@trumpanzeehunter2559]

great meth labs