Lucky escape: Man demolishes concrete silo with a sledgehammer

Please be aware that the video included below does contain swearing and therefore may not be appropriate for some viewers.

Few words are required to convey the sheer stupidity on display in the video below. What we have is a concrete silo and a man with a sledgehammer removing sections a little at a time using brute force. Eventually, the inevitable happens and the silo comes down nearly crushing him.

You can't view this as anything other than a very lucky escape.

Break an unbreakable sledgehammer, get $1,000

The sledgehammer you see in the video above is marketed as being unbreakable. It's designed by Wilton Tools, and replaces the typically wooden or fibreglass handle with a new design. It's a combination of steel rods and a rubber grip casing, with a steel safety plate on the top. What you end up with is the B.A.S.H unbreakable sledgehammer.

It's so hardwearing Wilton will pay you $1,000 if you manage to break it within two years of purchase. That's some promise considering what a sledgehammer can be put through on a daily basis. But then again, if it doesn't break, it's a hammer you want being used by your crew.

If you want to know more about how it was designed, head on over to Fast.co where they have a detailed article on the thinking behind it.

Farmer attempts grain silo demolition with a sledgehammer

Usually, when a large grain silo needs demolishing you call in the explosives team and take it down with a controlled explosion. But the farmer in the video above decided to save a bit of money and demolish this silo on his own. He didn't have any specialist demolition equipment--it's just him and his trusty sledgehammer.

The farmer is very lucky not to have been injured as the silo could have fallen in any direction. Unfortunately for him, it didn't fall down at all. Luckily, he had a tractor with enough pull to topple the then weakened structure.

Health and safety best practices this is most definitely not.