Need to chop a car out of my yard.

[Nayov]

I have a car in the backyard that's been sitting so long (20 years) that it has "melted" into the ground. A flatbed won't fit back there and it can't be rolled to an area that would be more accessible. Bottom line is I'm sick of looking at it and just want the thing gone. I'm thinking a Sawzall will have to be used to chop it to pieces so I can load them into my p/u truck, then haul it away. What other tool could I use? I'm thinking of renting one of those cut-off machines, the ones that looks like a chain saw with a large cut-off wheel that they use to score concrete floors. A torch would be ideal I suppose, but they don't rent those things, do they?

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[oilboy123]

Get your tetanus shot. There is a guy on the net who cut a car in half with a Sawzall with a certain blade. Plasma blade?

Chain saw cut off wheel sounds like it would work.

 

[OilNerd]

Originally Posted By: Nayov
I have a car in the backyard that's been sitting so long (20 years) that it has "melted" into the ground. A flatbed won't fit back there and it can't be rolled to an area that would be more accessible.


Am I correct in assuming that you can't get a wrecker back there?

My father's old parts-car was in a similar situation (sunk to axles) and had to be winched up and out.

 

[Jim 5]

A sawzall will do it. You'll just have a very tired and vibrated to death arm.

Sawzall makes a long bimetal blade called "The Torch". It's perfect for this and worth every penny.

 

[Cup of Joe]

If you have enough room to maneuver a small tractor and a come along will get it out in 1 piece. I've had to move a few cars with my tractor.

 

[labman]

Your arm may fair better if you select a finer toothed blade with a Sawsall. A 20 tpi blade will smoothly sail along through sheet metal.

 

[satyr64]

I had a friend cut a car up into pieces with sawzall with no problems. It was an 80's tempo.

 

[Nayov]

When I haD a backhoe on my property for some work the guy said it wouldn't fit back there. I'll look into that Sawzall blade that Jim5 mentioned.

 

[TomYoung]

What is the car? Maybe you could restore it.

 

[saberz]

I'd try to get a guy with a tow truck/winch that can hook up to the car from a distance and try to pull it free. Your looking at a lot of work to Sawzall a vehicle and then possibly risk contaminating the ground with fluids from cutting to close to a hose or something.

Granted it sat for 20 years is there any hope of the car running if it wasn't a parts car?

 

[addyguy]

What type of car is this???

 

[SuperDave456]

It would be easier to cut back bushes and cut down trees as well as rebuild fences in order to get a wrecker back there.
All you would need is a decent chain saw and maybe some lopping shears.

I would not want to cut a car to pieces to remove it, that's just WAY too much work.

 

[JHZR2]

+1

 

[Burt]

I vote for strategically placed dynamite. Worked for Wiley Coyote everytime. Just don't use too much or too little.

 

[brsmith]

A garden tractor will pull that MG or Triumph out.

 

[MegaCorp]

Oxy-acetylene Yes, Sawzall, No

 

[bigmike]

I once witnessed a salvage guy and his 2 kids chop up and haul away an entire single-wide trailer. It took about a week.

He took the walls and everything from the frame up down with nothing more than an axe. The frame was a little harder and he used a circular saw to cut the beams.

I say all of this only to point out that your job seems doable.

Good luck!

 

[eljefino]

I saw an informercial for this angle grinder thing with TWO wheels that spun opposite-ways so there was no kickback. They cut a car in half with it in the informercial, but like all paid programming, it looks impressive but is probably not all that hard with any tool. A unibody car will cut just fine right behind the b-pillar; take the rear doors off, do the floor first, rockers second and it should seperate, then do the roof.

if one cuts and pastes the image url we can see the green mg.

Also if you can get an engine crane/cherry picker back there you can lift one end of the car entirely off the ground. Then stick 2x8s under the tires and she'll pull out.

 

[ProStreetCamaro]

We have 2 friends (father and son) that cut up and scrap cars quite often. They average about 30 to 40 a year. They can cut a car up and haul it all to the scrap yard in less than 2 days and all they use is a sawzall. Between the scrap from the cars and trucks and the scrap they collect from shops real early in the mornings they average 30K+ a year and they just do it on the side.

 

[Nayov]

Originally Posted By: addyguy
What type of car is this???


1974 Fiat Spyder. Pic link in first post, but won't work on here.