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Concrete blob

Tonyman | Posted in General Discussion on July 10, 2006 07:49am

Last time I asked a question I got a lot of really good advice. Here’s hoping it will work again.

I have found a large 3x3x3 foot (approx) concrete blob buried in my yard (maybe we’ll find Jimmy Hoffa in this thing). I think someone didn’t know what to do with excess concrete so they just dug a hole and filled it. I need to get it out so I dug around it but it’s just too heavy a set in place. I was thinking of using a jack hammer but the guy at the rental yard said it it would be ineffective. Some else there said I shoud use a product that you place in a hole dilled in the blob. He said it expands and breaks it in to smaller pieces. Does this sound faliliar to any of you?

Thanks in advance for your help.

TonyMan

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  1. Catskinner | Jul 10, 2006 07:59am | #1

    http://www.archerusa.com/Product_Dexpan_En1.html

    Works great.

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      trout | Jul 11, 2006 05:25am | #10

      Ditto what catskinner said. 

  2. davidmeiland | Jul 10, 2006 08:02am | #2

    Well, someone had an extra yard on a pour and left a big turd for ya'. They should have just sent it back. I went by the batch plant I use a while back and they had bought a big load of metal forms for concrete highway dividers, and were using excess mud to make them.

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    txlandlord | Jul 10, 2006 04:59pm | #3

    3 x 3 x 3 - that is one yard of concrete with a weight of 2000 lbs +. A compressor run heavy duty jack hammer would break it up.  The expanding stuff sounds interesting, but I have no experience. If you try it post the results.

     

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      PeteDraganic | Jul 10, 2006 05:32pm | #4

      1 yard of concrete weighs 3150 pounds IIRC.

      you could use a sledge to break it up as well.  not that big of a deal... jack hammer should have no prob... even an electric one (the big stand-up kind).  It is safe to assume that the concrete is not reinforced.

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        txlandlord | Jul 10, 2006 08:39pm | #6

        I stand corrected, but I did put 2000 lbs +. An electric would work...but much slower.

  4. DanH | Jul 10, 2006 06:44pm | #5

    Build a good hot fire over it, one that will burn for several hours.

    If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. --James Madison
  5. JohnSprung | Jul 10, 2006 09:48pm | #7

    Where is this, and how long do you have to do the job?  If you're in a freezing climate, just drill the holes, wait for winter, and fill them with water.  ;-)

    Seriously, though, tell us where this is.  Is there access for a backhoe or bobcat?  Perhaps there's somebody on Breaktime nearby who'd have the equipment to make this an easy job.

     

     

    -- J.S.

     

  6. Piffin | Jul 10, 2006 09:50pm | #8

    I have a bosch electric Brute. I could break it up in twenty minutes or less

     

     

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  7. MiKro | Jul 10, 2006 10:35pm | #9

    A bobcat with hammer attachment would make short work of it.

    mk

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