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Wrecking Ball

farmerlund

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Does anyone have or know of a 4000lb or so, wrecking ball for sale. looking for a used one with a good price. How big of one could I swing with a 210 size excavator? Does shape make a difference? Seems like every summer I get a job where it would be nice to have.
Any of you guys have experience using one on a excavator?
 

Scrub Puller

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Yair . . . .
Guday farmerlund.
I don't have time to look around but I recall there was a thread a few years back with an extensive discussion about wrecking balls size and shape and what all . . . it might pop up a search.

Cheers.
 

Graham1

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Postage may be a bit steep!
Gives you an idea what weight Europeans reccomend. More than double what you are looking for, so should be no trouble to handle.

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1 piece 4 tons, 3 pieces 6 tonnes available for delivery end of April.
3 pcs 5 tonnes available for delivery in May.
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Of the bullets.
Produced in Europe with 2 years warranty
Standard stock size:
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Other sizes on request
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Tones

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If you can't find a ball a counterweight off a forklift works well particularly the type with a hole were the air gets to the radiator. All you have to do is rap a chain through it and tie it to the machine and you're in business. :)
 

Bls repair

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Craigslist Philadelphia in wrecking ball for sale . Need to call to get info
 

farmerlund

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Thanks for the replies. I like the counter weight idea. was looking around my junk but nothing solid enough. I am not in a hurry, so I can keep looking on the auction sites to.
 

Junkyard

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KCMO Craigslist has one too. Just get Homer Simpson to ride a cable choker haha
 

mitch504

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Used to use a 4-5 ton ball w/ a Kobelco 210. It worked very well, though we didn't swing it, we picked it up with bucket and thumb and dropped it.
 

farmerlund

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Used to use a 4-5 ton ball w/ a Kobelco 210. It worked very well, though we didn't swing it, we picked it up with bucket and thumb and dropped it.
That's what I was going to do also. now I just use a big piece of concrete, but sometimes its hard to get the first big one broke off. Chaining it to the bucket looks interesting and dangerous.
 

SpaceDog67

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Used to use a 4-5 ton ball w/ a Kobelco 210. It worked very well, though we didn't swing it, we picked it up with bucket and thumb and dropped it.
never thought about using it that way. Well, I never actually:rolleyes: used one as well
 
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I'd think that you could use a hydraulic hammer, hydraulic shear or a demolition grapple/shear on your excavator to accomplish what you want done provided you have a sufficient machine.
 

Steven Rogers

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Does anyone have or know of a 4000lb or so, wrecking ball for sale. looking for a used one with a good price. How big of one could I swing with a 210 size excavator? Does shape make a difference? Seems like every summer I get a job where it would be nice to have.
Any of you guys have experience using one on a excavator?
I have a 1000lb ball for sale
 

TDF

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What's the opinion on pile driver drop hammers for wrecking balls? I just bought two trailer loads of stuff and included are 3 pile driver drop hammers. Not quite sure on weight yet but they sure put a squat in the trailer when we set them on there. Maybe 2 or 3k lbs for the bigger one. I wanted the dragline bucket, clam, and hook block but the guy wouldn't split up the package so I ended up with a bunch of pile driving pieces.

TDF
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old-iron-habit

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What's the opinion on pile driver drop hammers for wrecking balls? I just bought two trailer loads of stuff and included are 3 pile driver drop hammers. Not quite sure on weight yet but they sure put a squat in the trailer when we set them on there. Maybe 2 or 3k lbs for the bigger one. I wanted the dragline bucket, clam, and hook block but the guy wouldn't split up the package so I ended up with a bunch of pile driving pieces.

TDF
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That 3,000 lb drop hammer in the top picture could work well. I could see that busting up some decent size concrete. The biggest issue would be the flat bottom would be detrimental to point loading the impact. Perhaps welding up a steel pointed attachment securing with cable or steel loops into the side hooks similar to the driving bonnet it would of had on when in use as a pile driver would really make it hammer. (Pun intended.)
 

matnicoe

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In demolition, prefer the controlled way with the use of diamond core drill. But wrecking all is less expensive especially for general demolition.
 

dirty4fun

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I used a drop hammer on some concrete, if you can get it to fall perfectly straight it worked pretty good. Punched a rectangular hole through the basement floor. If it landed on an angle just a small hole, does seem to work as good as a round bottomed ball. The round ball did more damage, due to the shape and not having to land perfectly each time.
 
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