bsmith
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- Oct 10, 2006
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- College Station, TX
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- Engineering software developer
I have three tractors from 45 to 85hp and I have set them all up to use Bobcat Kwiktach style attachments. I have about 15 gpm at 2500 psi on average available to run attachments with.
There is a concrete mixing plant down the road from me and they bring me concrete washout material about twice a month that I spread on my ranch roads. I have started allowing them to bring me washout material that has very large chunks of concrete in it. In this way I get more material, but have to separate the large chunks with my dozer before I can scraper load the clean material and spread it on my roads.
I now have enough large concrete chunks (some as big as 1' x 3' x 5') in a big pile that I would like to break up into fist sized chunks and smaller to spread at creek crossings. Being washout material, these chunks break fairly easy often by just moving them with my dozer and of course there is no rebar in them.
Using a breaker mounted on a tractor front end loader, is it a reasonable task in terms of the time required to break these large chunks into smaller pieces suitable for use on creek crossings?
And if so, what size hydraulic breaker in terms of ft-lb rating should I be looking at for the size equipment that I have? Does anybody have any specific recommendations on brand and models that would be ideal for this task?
Bill
There is a concrete mixing plant down the road from me and they bring me concrete washout material about twice a month that I spread on my ranch roads. I have started allowing them to bring me washout material that has very large chunks of concrete in it. In this way I get more material, but have to separate the large chunks with my dozer before I can scraper load the clean material and spread it on my roads.
I now have enough large concrete chunks (some as big as 1' x 3' x 5') in a big pile that I would like to break up into fist sized chunks and smaller to spread at creek crossings. Being washout material, these chunks break fairly easy often by just moving them with my dozer and of course there is no rebar in them.
Using a breaker mounted on a tractor front end loader, is it a reasonable task in terms of the time required to break these large chunks into smaller pieces suitable for use on creek crossings?
And if so, what size hydraulic breaker in terms of ft-lb rating should I be looking at for the size equipment that I have? Does anybody have any specific recommendations on brand and models that would be ideal for this task?
Bill