Hi,
does anyone know of anywhere that one might rent portable conveyor belts that are capable of carrying rock, rubble, dirt and other debri from a basement up to ground level and probably directly into a bin? I was told there was such a device, but can't find anything like it.
thanks
If you find one can I borrow it?
You should be able to rent one, especially at a rental company that has professional construction equipment. Try RSC at
On Jan 27, 7:16 am, "farseer" wrote: ...
Depending on where you are and just what you're trying to move, you might be able to find a bale loader/stacker -- some are just drag links so not suitable for loose dirt/rock/etc., but others do have continuous belt.
What volume of material & size distribution are we talking about?
What kind of access to the basement? existing stairway or just crawlspace access?
You might consider renting a vacuum excavator.....not cheap but a big one can move many tons per hour.
btw just for comparison a shop vac can move about 1 gallon per minute of moist sand (about 8 cu ft / hr) . We did an experiment at work to settle an argument about weather is was possible to move 1800 "gallons" (~ 13 tons / ~240 cu ft) of moist sand with a shop vac ....estimated time ~30 hours!
How long the shop vac would last is another question. :)
I guess that's why real vacuum excavators exist.
cheers Bob
If your experimental work wasn't so shoddy, we'd all have the answer to that question by now ;-)
So you ruin a couple of shop-vacs for the project. Still cheaper, faster, and less labor intensive than a shovel.
the project. Still cheaper, faster,
yeah but he'll have 200 hrs of vac work & nearly 60 yds of dirt to get rid of!
Sorry but I stopped the experimental work after proof of concept stage & the realization that would take 30 hours of vac work to move the 240 cu ft. (~13 tons) Needed a faster (more hp) solution.
OP, where are you going to dump this stuff?
cheers Bob
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