Demolish burnt house

[two_bit_score]

I'm looking at B2650 or something near that from other vendors. I want the tractor to fit in my dump trailer. Although I do have a few other larger trailers if I go bigger.

Thanks.

Sorry for your loss! Glad you had insurance. I hope they treated you right. I second what everyone has said already.

Additionally:
Are you inside a city or in an unregulated area? Are you planning to rebuild on the same site?

We had a structure that was badly deteriorated and suffered some wind damage. It needed to be cleaned up. We set it on fire and burned it. Dug a hole next to it with an excavator, pushed everything into the hole and covered it up. That was several years ago and you can’t tell there was ever a structure there now. We did not have a slab to deal with.

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[fried1765]

^^ Yeah, that.

Hire someone to do the demo. You want a large excavator with a "thumb". Around here, that's about $1000 a day. Roll-off dumpsters to haul away the debris. Those are about $300 each, including disposal in a construction debris landfill.
Couple of years ago, a buddy of mine got a turn-key quote to demo a 1600 sq. ft. house. It was $6000, to tear it down and haul it away, including the concrete slab. Hope that gives you some idea of what you're looking at.

The ONLY tool for your job is an excavator with a thumb!

 

[aczlan]

The ONLY tool for your job is an excavator with a thumb!

Agreed, nothing else will be worth the hassle.
OP, can they put it in a pile and burn it the rest of the way, or does it have to go to a landfill?

Aaron Z

 

[i7win7]

Can't argue with any of above advice. Tractor Time with Tim brought down old barn, may help with dyi or professional decision.
Barn Demolition! - YouTube
It's A Barn Burner! - YouTube
Always like to watch videos while procrastinating.

 

[orezok]

Before retirement I was a Facilities Manager for a school district. We demoed a number of schools to build totally new schools on the site. Our demo contractor hired an operator from Idaho who they would fly in and put him up for the duration of the demo. They provided him with a large track excavator with thumb. Due to state requirements, 85% of the material had to be recycled. This required that each type of material, steel, wood, drywall, electrical had to go into different piles. This guy was so skilled that he could pick a single piece of sheet metal flashing from the building and put it in a separate pile as he worked. I watched him one day pull a steel beam out of the structure, but it had a wood nailer attached to it. He swung the beam against a concrete wall and popped the wood right off the beam without anyone having to touch it. I have a video somewhere and if I can find it I will post.

 

[old and tired]

My town is pretty busy tearing down small old houses and putting up 5000 ft2 mansions. All done with track hoe and thumb, about $3k for 1000 ft2 homes, one story homes build around 1953. They put up a heck of a good fight, granted they are in good shape and not burned out.

 

[David Wayne]

If it is new enough to be pine construction you might get it with some time using a small setup. If it is older and built with pinned beams
and hardwood lumber two story I dont think you will get it. I have taken down 3 barns and 2 houses in my life, all pinned and sometimes
you just dont see how they can still be standing after you rip out everything you thought was holding them up. But all we had was a couple
18-20 thousand pound 45 horse backhoes. Good luck, be carefull, and have fun.