Enough is enough - when there is no other option on hand - 'shut it down' and move onto the next project. Achieved an immense amount of road base all in all. Great work and series LetsDig18.

Robert is a good man to have around. Watching him drop that single piece of concrete into the hopper made me laugh. He was a definite help to you, along with Zach. Yes sir, when the effort costs you more than you gain, it's time to cut your losses. And when you think of the time you spent preparing those piles, sheesh. Hopefully, you got enough to finish the road. Thanks for sharing, Chris. Your adventures are fun (for us) to watch.

I'm looking forward to some road building or pond work! I'm all crushed out. 😊

Your comment about “if ever doing this again”, was right on. If you were to take the project from the beginning, I’d bet it would be a TON easier and done right…

Great having Robert around to help you in this job, that seems to have become a much larger job than I originally thought. besides the minor hich ups that you have incountered with the crusher machine, seems to toherwise being doing well. Andrew Camarata has one, I think a bit smaller, but works well for him, as it has helped him in crushing up some of the blasted rock on his mountain property and thus creating small rock for his roads. Amazing. He is now in the disgning stages of building Castle #2 up there, and will be awesome to see it as he continues. Shame you could not go up and help him, since I think he would really appreicate it, knowing and seeing your experience. Sure with Geoff you have a lot going on though. Love and enjoy your Continued videos Chris. Appreicated.

Don’t blame you for calling it good, the rebar and fabric sure can jam things up. It was a good series to watch and it also had to be somewhat frustrating at times with break downs. I would agree with you on your statement that if you were to do this again you would want to be on it from the very start of demolition, I think you could have prevented a lot of headaches you encountered. Thanks for the update sir, appreciate the video series, learned a lot from it.

It’s such a cool 'transformer' the way it folds all up! Been a great project to follow except I need a mouth guard now from clenching my teeth! Rebar!! 👏👏👏👍👍👏👏👏

I feel there was a cost/benefit analysis done on how much the remaining concrete/rebar mess was worth vs the cost to repair the crusher. probably a wise move to call it done.

that alarm on the crusher would peel the enamel off your teeth if you listened to it long enough.

Ya did a lot better than I expected. Crushers are enough trouble without feeding them rebar , mud and raccoons. 😅

You certainly put those machines through their paces Chris 👍

Robert is a great helper and friend. It makes it harder when you go behind someone that just half ass stuff. Thanks for the video

Yay the crushing is done! I bet that is a huge relief on your shoulders! Wish there was more crushing to do but not with all the problems

I take my hat of for you, Chris !! You persevered despite all the set-backs. Time to give it away. You can be proud of what you have done there. Greetings from Australia

I did this everyday for a job. We put everything through our crusher that your not suppose to. Metal rebar grid would plug it up. 8x8 wood is the worst thing, the crusher would stop dead in its tracks.

For what you had to work with,you accomplished something I’m sure not everyone could do.weather,breakdown,all the foreign pieces of wood,plastics,and of course the rebar.great job, great video.impressive what you were able to produce for useage for projects.on to the next project.😎😎😎👍👍👍

Hi Chris! That is a lot of concrete and rebar. Nice piles of product. Too bad there isn't portable hydraulic rebar nipper... it would be handy... Ron...

People pay good money for good material like that

It might be interesting, when that new style fiberglass rebar starts showing up in demo jobs.

Don't know all the steps for demolishing and crushing but have to agree that doing the whole process yourself would be more efficient and probably way more profitable for you and more cost effective for your customer.

Sometimes you have to know when to fold them!

Can't wait to see the explanation next video. Looking forward to see what you are gonna make with all that crushed rock!

Think you left out some valuable parts of the video. Like the explanation 😂😂😂😂

Thanks for presenting the crushing operation. One thing that strikes me is that the conveyor system raises the crushed rock higher than what is needed. In other words the engine driving the conveyor belt is doing more work, ie adding energy to the rock, than what the rock ends up having when it comes to rest piled up. Diesel fuel is what provide that energy. So how much extra fuel is this? I did some back of envelope head scratching best I can figuring you do 900 tons per day and while doing that the crushed rock goes on average 10 feet higher. The excess height starts out high and then decreases over time. Assuming the diesel engine is 45% efficient as an engine, which it is probably not that efficient and then also figuring the conveyor system is at best 70% efficient, I think we are talking in the range of 5+ gallons per day of extra diesel fuel being used. That is something.

Thanks for sharing. I would love to have a crusher. Looks like a great machine to have.

We love us some letsdig18, around here.😊

Robert crushed one rock. He can say he has rock crushing experience now. 😅

As much rock as Robert put in the crusher he has proved himself valuable lol. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

that kinda ended unceremoniously

It's moving along seems like there's a lot more to go great video thanks Chris and Robert

Sounds like someone got tired and cranky of having to shut down and crawl down into the hole to pull rebar chunks out. 🤣🤣

Those are some large piles of crushed concrete. Clear evidence of the work you've done.

That's it? All she wrote! Will there be a large pit digging soon? Can't wait for roads. Have a good week Chris.

Good job ,1 thing to consider is a muncher ,the time you spent with the wrecking ball may have been near the same with a muncher ,plus your reebar recovery would have been better

Chris, You and Robert work well together. This has been a muddy but amazing series. God Bless.

If nothing else, it'll be a guide as to whether or not the crushing business is one to get into :-)

Job well done 👍🏻

Product looks good!

Hello Chris. Your videos are very educational. However you must think of the future. Please consider making up a shopping list for:- one additional wrecking ball, two double eyed wire strops for use with the wrecking ball, and a first aid kit unless you have one already

Been an awesome few videos of this crusher working pieces of concrete into road base bro, ya have had some great help along the way too. Safe travels. Ken.

Looking good

Crushing demolition concrete is probably the final boss of finishing someone else's job. You cold spend a week on that pile with your sorting grab, and it'd still be a mess.

The Romans obviously knew something we don't, the Collesium doesn't have any rebar

I am NOT CRUSHED that you are done crushing.

Another crushing defeat!!! Have a great rest of the week Chris,take care and God Bless!!!❤😊

Wow it looks like you need a pre-crusher just to free up that rebar. Nice video.

That is certainly an impressive machine.

Well you got to do what you got to do. You don't want to ruin the machine. You're only renting it so you got to pull it out. You pull it out so all you can do. Got to protect yourself and your reputation. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

Let's dig some ponds!

THANKS!

Yeah, I wondered when you was going to call it myself !! That has really been a pain in the ass, it seemed like the whole time you had it man, just one thing after another every day !! You gave it hell ,that's for sure Chris, And I'm sure you have other jobs that need getting too instead of wasting your time every day babysitting that damn machine !! But, you did get a lot of finished product, that can be used... Great as always Man !! Have a Great Evening, And, On too the Next !!

I thought the rebar in the back piles might be a deal breaker. What a mess to try to work with.

I'm sure you're VERY happy this part is done! Now you can start hauling and finish some roads. Thumbs up! Stay safe. Jim

I'm sure you learned those long pieces of rebar aren't fun to work with. We tied into a pretty tough project right out of the gate with our crusher setup. Couple things that helped us were the fact that our screen is a stand alone independent outfit separate from the crusher. This gave us more visibility on what was coming across the screen debris wise, and was easier to clean out for the same reason. The other thing we had in our back pocket was that we bought a Genesis multiprocessor. Basically for every day we crushed, we also were running the multiprocessor sorting out those long pieces of rebar that I'm sure you noticed gave you quite a bit of trouble binding things up in the crusher. I know a guy that has a multiprocessor that isn't hydraulically powered that does quite a bit of crushing. He seems to get along pretty good, but that Genesis of ours just has a scary amount of power!

Probably everything that farmer sells for the next ten years will include the cost of renting that crusher. Haha.

The rebar was designed to help human strengthens man made structure,it did an excellent job and now got blamed for something that it wasn’t designed to do,messing up another man made structure.

Hey Chris !!!! The ""RENTAL "" Co. gona pay for your ""TLC"" of their machines ??? Guarantee it won't happen again !! Nice job & DON"T blame you for NOT finishing the crushing with ALL the rebar in it !! Now,, you can finish the road you started a while ago !!!

you have been doing a great job. well done. cheers.

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

have been on a few sites in the UK that have had a Mccloskey crusher on hire and they dont seem to mind putting rebar in them

Lets put steel re-inforcement in cement to make it stronger. Sad that the crusher is consuming all your valuble time Chris. Cutting the losses is your best move.

Yeah. I have had jobs like that. Hope the 220 is not damaged.

I wonder what crusher they use on the interstate jobs here. They crush and re-use the concrete and the rebar goes to a scrap yard.

I wonder if a jaw type crusher might work better with the rebar than the rotary hammer style?

Nice job guys. Know that was aggravating.

You & Robert clowning around! 😂😂. Ya GOTTA have some fun! I’m thinking this is the last crushing job you will be doing for quite a while! 😂😂. It’s some great video though Chris! Fun having Robert as part of the team!

I'll take it

Man I'll bet you're glad to be done with that, don't believe I would want to be a concrete crusher, you gave it a good shot no doubt, it would be interesting to know what the cost per ton on this project is.

For as expensive as those darn crushers are, they sure are a pain in the butt to keep to working profitably. Though I guess it wasn't exactly prepped well by the rental company either, which didn't help the affair any.

He left a huge pile uncrushed

Git er down you do great work

How many tons or rebar came out of what you cherished all together ?

Me for one are glad to see the last of concrete crushing,lets get back to some pond's MATE !

i like your video

good crushing video

You work with the Crusher, and make a great Heap to the next. It's to see that You have still Dayd to Work to All Stone and Concrete is a Gravel. The Video however Interesting Tanks. Gladden my of the Continuation. 👌👍💪

Can anyone who’s been following this concrete crushing series give me some Cole’s notes? Where did this concrete come from and why is he spending so much time and money crushing it all? And is there a planned end-use for it all? Thanks

I’ll be interested to hear why it’s leaving with material still left to be run…. 🤔

Thank you and have a great day.

They need to mount big mirrors on that machine so you can see all the belts and see if it doesn't get clogged up from when you're sitting in your excavator

I absolutely love your vids! Thx 😎👍

Chris does all that concrete dust play havoc on your machines as apposed to dirt? I would think that the limestone in the cement would affect the mechanical movements of the machines more so? IDK🤷🏾

youve been at war with that concrete Chris. that was some nasty nasty stuff you were dealing with in no so ideal conditions. client should be happy you were able to get much usable material out of that mess as you did. both your machines let out sigh of relief, schedule a dentist appointment

Im of the opinion that there should be a global citizens fund that foot the bills for these improvement and reallocation of resources type activities …because there is no margin for anyone in this game … just sweat equity and tears! Job Well Done!

Enough is enough even cake & ice cream

There was enough rebar there to take in to pay for the equipment rental.

I was going to comment about if you had done the demo etc instead of some other yahoo, how much cleaner and pre separated the concrete would have been, but then seconds later you said the same hahaha

Im ready for a pond build..

All the concrete chunks in those piles would make great fish habitats for the bottom of ponds and also the inlet and outlets of ponds instead of RIPRAP ........

Looks like you called it at some point and said, “I’M DONE!” My guess is that you finished up the cleanest stuff (which was painful enough) and then said “self, it’s just gonna get worse and I don’t wanna get stuck with damages”. On to the next project.

“Something’s no longer with us” 😂 Ya think? 😂

Can impact crushers handle rebar? Yes. Impact crushers liberate encapsulated concrete. Rebar should be enclosed in the concrete and not be longer than 4 ft (1.2 m) because rebar might wrap around the rotor.

I think you did well with the material you was working with. Maybe a different machine in a month or two.

Swapping out that crusher for a jaw crusher and make slightly coarser grade material an no worries about the rebar and you'll have all that done in 2 days.

You lasted a lot longer than I would have, this has been one of the most frustrating things I’ve ever seen.

Well done and informative! I will try to copy your video style on my new demolition channel. Great job on your vid

🙂HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FROM FIRST START OF MACHINES ON THE PROPERTY TO END OF SENDING LAST MACHINE OUT ???🙂

I do hope you're trying to take it easy on that bucket, I remember when you got it you had the biggest smile on your face! And personally, I thought it was bad ass, Nicest bucket, I've ever seen. So please take care of it👍 I'm pretty sure nobody wants to see it all wearable🥴👌

That was abrupt. Clearly over the whole mess. I don't blame you one bit. You pre-sorted the concrete, took extra care whilst loading the crusher, and it's been nothing but a giant boil on your ass from the first day! I thought you were down a couple of videos ago. I had no idea there was this much still remaining! I've been watching you work for a few years now so for you to up and call it quits......... That job was worse than it already looked on video. That guy should just pay you to haul it off and let it be someone else's problem.

When ya dont need a skeleton bucket but would be really nice to have one on a job like this