#97 Demolish Trailer House with Excavator 

The chassis on that trailer is gold, you can build a tiny home on it, even cut it in half and make two.

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I look for scrap metal sometimes, so I'm just seeing a ton of aluminum siding going in there with the wood and everything. Although it's probably loaded up with 1000s and 1000s of rivets and 1000s of ferrous nails that would be way too much headache to get out, so a scrap yard doesn't downgrade all that non-ferrous siding( and possibly the roof metal too) to "dirty" aluminum or aluminum breakage price.

Been doing these kinds of demos for about 6 years now. I like to cut the windows out (from outside) using a sawzall with a demo blade. Makes quick work of removing them. Once out I break the glass out and scrap the window frame. Then I demo the entire trailer in place. Once the entire trailer is down I crush and smash the material into smaller sections. Then place in bins. I have a rock bucket for my excavator (skeletonized bucket). I use it like a rake towards the end and get if if the large to medium pieces of material policed up. Then I do a final touch with a rock rake by hand placing the picked up material into the excavator bucket then to the dumpster. I like to use 3 dumpsters. I use 2 as you did. And 1 for strictly metal.

How many dumpsters would it typically take for a single wide 18’x55’ mobile home?

Thanks for doing this video. It is very interesting. It's hard, dirty work but your the man to do it. I hope you make a good profit off this job. You deserve it. Again, thank you again for acknowledging the women who love your videos.

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Bet you wish you would of removed the windows first , we learned the hard way that glass is a pain to clean up . Keep up the good work.

I enjoy the excavator work, but did you look into putting a set of wheels/tires on it and towing it whole to the scrap yard or landfill? Might have been more cost effective.

Thanks for your reply on the axles but it is a little far even if they were free. However, they are rather valuable. List the on Craigs list. Good luck. Love you splitter I am building a homemade one very much like it. I also own a 372 Hutfarme saw.

The ol' excavator had no problem chewing that one up, Ben. Sure beats a wrecking bar and a sawzall.

Your just having way too much fun, I love your videos Ben, looking forward to the next one. Stay safe buddy.

Nice going. Lots of work stay.safe

why didn't you scrap the aluminum siding? You could have made a few extra dollars and saved room in the dumpsters.

Just like a surgery is done. Great job

Very good nice job okay

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Just as long as the weight is street legal to haul. Yet many demo crews double that weight and don’t care. That’s why you get hit with over weight fees or get the dumpster dumped out to reload it to legal weight.

Hope no asbestos Ben , good job and great video !

Great job getting rid of an eye sore, the one question I have is why not take out the glass first or at least take out what you could? Just asking, have a great day

How much do u get paid to twar down trailers and houses

Did you pull all the copper out first?

Looking forward to the final video. Hope you bid enough around $3000 for this job. I need two moble home axles.

Say a 1 ton of aluminum at say 42c lb or....maybe 45 dollars a 100 weight would be....like 800 or 900 dollars if it is "clean" no ferrous screws or nails or rivets mixed into there. If they downgrade it to less than half the scrap money for all the ferrous screws and nails that would be like 400 bucks, or maybe $425.

I’ve got one to tear down this fall, built in the early 60’s. I’m definitely going to wear a respirator & wait for rainy weather. Who knows what will be in that dust?

8:19 a ceiling fan just fell

I don’t know this but would it have been a good idea to remove the siding and roof and you could have taken it to a recycling center? Not sure what Aluminium is selling for now days.

What was your bidding price accepted for?

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What did you charge for that demo? Now way it all fits in 3 is my geuss.

You definitely should have your blade up front and those final drives in the rear.

So how long had that trailer been abandoned? Any interesting backstory on it?

I like your new video the moming you did a really good jop the moming me and my wife and bsby girl's and son say Hi too you guys

Nice job, couldn't have done it better if I tried. Though, three and a half minutes of talking was a bit much for a 10 minute video.

4:15 new Alfresco area Ben 🤣

Hi Ben!!😀😀 Too bad you couldn't have just hooked onto it and towed it to the landfill in on peice. It really makes a mess ripping it apart like that. If it was only 3 miles from my place. I would have hooked my truck or my 100hp tractor to it and towed it home and stripped it apart. Recycling the tin, copper and steel. Then just burned the rest. Hopefully it all fit in 3 dumpsters. Take care my friend!! Logger Al

What did you charge the customer?

How much did you charge?

What size is that excavator? Can it demolish a one story home not trailer?

Couldn't you get paid for the metal if you sorted it?

Was i the only one half expecting to see some squatter in there when he 1st ripped a wall down?

How much does a job like this cost ?

Can I have the ceiling fan

what did you charge

That kind of trailer is usually more commonly called a mobile home. Not a trailer house. Trailer house is an older term usually referring to a travel trailer.

cheappppppp.....30 yd here is 1200 each add day rate 1 for trailer total 4800

How's your nicotine kick going brother?