Breaking Concrete

[Gary Fowler]

Just another reason in the long list that you need a TLB.
From the photo, I looks like there is a joint about 1foot down (estimate-size on a photo is hard to estimate) but it looks like the joint is about at the dirt line. I would try to separate it at that joint and just lift it out with the FEL.

It looks like there is a cemented joint on the left quarter in the photo. SO digging down about a foot to the seam between joint (as it appears in the photo) then pulling outward on that quarter and it should separate easily, no breaking required.
If you have a FEL on your tractor, then the digging should be easy, not as much as with a backhoe, but very doable.

 

[bigtiller]

Looks like an awesome fire ring... I'd keep it! I might cover it with a stone face, though.

That's an excellent idea but it is about 100' away from the road, which is too close for comfort,,,, if you know what i mean.

 

[bigtiller]

Just another reason in the long list that you need a TLB.
From the photo, I looks like there is a joint about 1foot down (estimate-size on a photo is hard to estimate) but it looks like the joint is about at the dirt line. I would try to separate it at that joint and just lift it out with the FEL.

It looks like there is a cemented joint on the left quarter in the photo. SO digging down about a foot to the seam between joint (as it appears in the photo) then pulling outward on that quarter and it should separate easily, no breaking required.
If you have a FEL on your tractor, then the digging should be easy, not as much as with a backhoe, but very doable.

A tlb would be too much of a stretch, but just maybe i could get into an 1-1/2" sds drill. I have been wanting one of those for about 25 years. The problem is, everyone wants to borrow a tool like that.

 

[k0ua]

A tlb would be too much of a stretch, but just maybe i could get into an 1-1/2" sds drill. I have been wanting one of those for about 25 years. The problem is, everyone wants to borrow a tool like that.

Hide it, and don't tell anyone you have it. Works for me.

 

[ray66v]

What would be ideal is, a hand held pneumatic tool, called a rivet buster.

They hit like a small jack hammer, but you can operate it horizontally.

That would make short work of it.

Since that's not likely to be available to you, I would get a gas cut off saw, with a diamond blade. That could, either cut it off entirely, or, cut it up enough to break it up easily with a sledge hammer.

 

[tcreeley]

I had good luck with this. i used it to take off the top of an old chimney foundation. Easy to use. My wife even tried it.Much easier than a sledge!
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[k0ua]

I had good luck with this. i used it to take off the top of an old chimney foundation. Easy to use. My wife even tried it.Much easier than a sledge!
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I imagine that would work, but for $149, I might come up to Iowa and knock that thing down with my own sledge hammer.. I am telling ya, it is not that big of a deal to bust that up with a sledge. You don't even have to swing the hammer over your shoulder, just swing it along the ground and that concrete will give way.

 

[bigtiller]

I imagine that would work, but for $149, I might come up to Iowa and knock that thing down with my own sledge hammer.. I am telling ya, it is not that big of a deal to bust that up with a sledge. You don't even have to swing the hammer over your shoulder, just swing it along the ground and that concrete will give way.

i think it is going to take some cutting/drilling/chipping along with the BFH. But you have me interested! I think I will dig down the side with the loader a few inches and just see what the BFH can do before I rent or buy a new tool. Sorry Gary.

Maybe if I can get a section of the 2" thick area started, the rest will go without too much of a fight.

 

[oldballs]

A tlb would be too much of a stretch, but just maybe i could get into an 1-1/2" sds drill. I have been wanting one of those for about 25 years. The problem is, everyone wants to borrow a tool like that.

Okay, I get it now..........you want that drill that you're afraid to tell the MRS about.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

i think it is going to take some cutting/drilling/chipping along with the BFH. But you have me interested! I think I will dig down the side with the loader a few inches and just see what the BFH can do before I rent or buy a new tool. Sorry Gary.

Maybe if I can get a section of the 2" thick area started, the rest will go without too much of a fight.

If you can dig under the concrete and undermine it with an air space, it will break up easier. Sometimes you can wash it with a hose and drive the dirt out. With luck it will end up in the hole you're planning on filling anyway.