Can you remove houses with bulldozers and chain?

[hoosierdoc]

I heard a rumor you can level homes with two dozers and a large chain between them. Does anyone have any experience with this? Supposedly just drive through there like a cheese slicer.

 

[MontereyC6]

Who got you upset today, doc?

 

[hoosierdoc]

Who got you upset today, doc?

I can't say, he's active on this forum.

 

[MontereyC6]

Hahahaha! In that case tannerite. Lots and lots of tannerite!

 

[HoughMade]

I can't help you out, but I'd love to run in the circles where the rumor mill involves heavy equipment.

 

[Leadeye]

You can knock a house down with a backhoe/front loader tractor.

 

[shibumiseeker]

It is a tree clearing technique to stretch a chain between two tanks, no reason it can't be done with a house, most these days are really pretty flimsy.

 

[PaulF]

I live underground, Doc.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I live underground, Doc.

now I know where to find you!

 

[CountryBoy19]

I'm going to say yes. The weak link is probably the chain.

Bull-dozers can push out trees that 80 mph winds won't uproot... so they have the traction and power. It only makes sense that a chain pulled by one can do that damage to a house. You may not even need 2 dozers if you have a long enough chain to wrap around the house, or just pull out sections 1 at a time (although entering the home to reconnect the chain may be dangerous).

My brother bought a property a few years back that had a house on it. He wanted to burn it but wanted to at least knock it down first. The property was being logged by one of his high-school friends so on a saturday his friend came over and used a log skidder and chain to tear it down in similar fashion. They ran the chain in the back door and around the entire inside perimeter of the house and back out the door then pulled. This ripped out all the interior walls. They were hoping that would cause it to collapse into the middle but it didn't, the house still stood. So they ran the chain in the door and drilled a hole in the wall down at the other corner and pulled out an entire exterior wall which was enough to get it to fall in. Then they pushed the exterior wall back in on the house and lit the fire...

 

[Brandon]

Found the chain - it should do the trick. ​I hear the plastic chain is much better though.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Tagging for future video...

 

[shibumiseeker]

It is a tree clearing technique to stretch a chain between two tanks, no reason it can't be done with a house, most these days are really pretty flimsy.

https://books.google.com/books?id=E...hain between two tanks to clear trees&f=false

 

[jagee]

A D10 dozer can level just about anything in front of it, except those giant coal machines. Those things are the size of a freaking neighborhood.

 

[Cameramonkey]

You just need a Sherman Tank.

 

[BogWalker]

You just need a Sherman Tank.

Tanks of Soviet build are much cheaper.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

If there's no basement, just run the dozer through the house. Basements are the tracked vehicle's natural enemy.

Having used an M-60 tank to squish some things, I believe you could do it, depending on the chain and the dozers.

 

[mbills2223]

Only one way to find out

 

[churchmouse]

Mouse is cautiously watching for approaching dozers linked up with a large chain........

 

[jlehman]

I would stick to an excavator, only one rental fee, and no chain to buy. In the case of a basement you won't get yourself trapped. The excavator will take longer, but all good things take time.