How to remove a metal corn crib?

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Champy

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I have a metal corn crib on my property that I want to tear down and clear out.......any suggestions on how to do this? It's probably 40 yrs old; still pretty solid, and all the connecting bolts/nuts are rusted - so disassembly seems impossible; about 20ft tall includiing top dome.... A neighbor suggested just pushing it over with the FEL, but I'd hate to have it rock back onto me. Any thoughts on perhaps cutting it into sections?

Thoughts / suggestions?
 
   / How to remove a metal corn crib? #2  
Place an add in your local newspaper and try to sell the corn crib, it then becomes the buyers problem. Scrap metal is still selling at a good price and someone may want to salvage it for scrap.
Farwell
 
   / How to remove a metal corn crib? #4  
scrappers will be happy to take it away for you....
 
   / How to remove a metal corn crib?
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Just an update on this.......local scrap metal scabbers don't want it and won't touch it. Looks like I will have to tie a chain onto it and just pull it over then start cutting........
 
   / How to remove a metal corn crib? #6  
Wow I can't believe the scrap dealers don't want it. Around here a few of the scrap dealers have logging trucks with metal dump boxes mounted on them.
 
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this past weekend one of the guys that works at the scrap yard down the road from me stopped by .... said he hauls on his own durring the weekend for beer money and wanted to know if I wanted to get rid of whats left of the buss in my front yard.

Knowing they are getting $150 a ton these days, i said, no i was planning on cutting it up and loading it on the trailer hear soon, but thanks for stopping by :cool:
 
   / How to remove a metal corn crib? #8  
I am looking for one and will come take it down. what is a number to reach you at?? Tom
 
   / How to remove a metal corn crib? #9  
Steel scrap is bringing 240-280 a ton here! I'm sure the guys here who are used to hauling around washing machines and farm fencing would jump on that corn crib!

If you do the demo post some pictures of your progress. Everybody likes to see a little home-made demo sometimes!

Wait...from what I'm seeing above your problem might be solved soon....
 
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Taking it down piece by piece is something you don't want to do unless you have done it. It is a method of jackig it up, taking a ring off all the way around, setting it down, and repeating the process.

However if you want it DOWN; cut a 10" hole or so in one side as low as you can, 90 degrees each direction of that hole (say 10' up from the ground) cut another about the same size. Now the section of bin opposite the first hole you cut wrap a chain around that through your second and third holes, run a chain through your first hole to a tractor (I will add a LONG section of chain to your tractor) and pull. I would think anything above 50 hp (2wd or 4wd) should pull it down, if not get a bigger tractor on it. A full size truck with a big winch would work, a tow truck should be able to get the job done.

Once it is down on it's side it will be alot easier to work with seeing that you can then take it apart ring by ring without specialized equipment. The metal on bins is thicker than what you would first think, a torch would work well however you are dealing with galvanized steel and burning the zinc off can be hazardous to your health. A cut off saw with a steel cut wheel would work very well, lots of sparks though and it will be extremely loud. A sawzall would work but you're gonna go through alot of blades, circular saw with a metal cut abrasive blade, sheetmetal nibblers would work.

I wouldn't advise pushing it over with your front end loader, they have a tendency to buckle and fall rather than push over, their strength relies on their rigid round structure, take one side out they tend to go over the direction they are weakest.
 

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