I can't break it

a_js

New member
I have an almost-expired Marathon shell that I need to destroy (sold the cover, cut the harness).
I can't break the **** thing! I am no lightweight, either. I whacked it with a hammer. Then I dropped it onto concrete. Nada.
Help me out here?
 
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remken

Member
When I read the title.
I thought you meant you couldn't bring yourself to destroy it.

I'm sure others here have actual ideas on how to destroy it.
 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor
Staff member
Do NOT run it over with your car. That'll scratch your driveway.

Power tools are good.

Wendy
 

a_js

New member
Heh--the car thing never occurred to me!

My stepdad said he'd whack it with his sledgehammer, so hopefully that'll work.
 

melniemi

New member
Sawzall:whistle: Not sure if that is spelled right, but it's just a small power saw.

My dh took a hammer to my expired snugride. A few good hits and it shattered:eek:
 

popsicle

New member
Sawzall:whistle: Not sure if that is spelled right, but it's just a small power saw.

Yep, DH is all excited to take his Sawzall (Also called a reciprocating saw) to our crashed marathon as soon as we get the ok from insurance.

It has cut a couch and a bathtub in half, pretty sure it can handle the Marathon. :D
 

essnce629

New member
When I destroyed my expired RA I didn't take a hammer or sledgehammer to it. I just removed and saved the cover, then I cut up the harness so no one could use it and then disposed of the shell in a black trash bag so no one could tell what was inside.
 
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Unregistered1

Guest
My brother and I have excellent luck with an axe and a hatchet. And we're both relatively small, I'm only 5'1" and 85 lbs.
 

Shanora

Well-known member
DH just destroyed my old Triumph (the straps molded....*sigh* it was my spare seat....guess I need a new one....:whistle:), he used a splitting Axe...had a blast with it (I'll have to post pictures later....have them on my phone).
 

skipspin

New member
We had fun destroying an expired seat by running it over multiples times with our Jeep Wrangler. It has big off-roading tires. It was amazingly hard to break, and it was a cheap 10 year old infant seat!
 

ShumNum

Senior Community Member
I have to destroy an expired carseat (usually an infant carrier) about 1x/week at the hospital where I work. I take the cover off, cut the harness straps, and write "danger", "trash", "expired", "do not use" all over it in permanent marker...and then put it in the trash compacting dumpster. :thumbsup:
 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter
I have to destroy an expired carseat (usually an infant carrier) about 1x/week at the hospital where I work. I take the cover off, cut the harness straps, and write "danger", "trash", "expired", "do not use" all over it in permanent marker...and then put it in the trash compacting dumpster. :thumbsup:

Yeah, done that. Got pics. That was fun. Been wanting to run over some. DH says not with new tires though.
 

loufrando

New member
Sawzall:whistle: Not sure if that is spelled right, but it's just a small power saw.QUOTE]

:yeahthat: That's how DH exterminated our expired SnugRide and my Mom's 1990 Century OHS that I confiscated. He had sooo much fun. I'm sure he can't wait until the RA expires next summer. :p
 

tiggercat

New member
We destroyed an AOE after the last clinic by having one of our techs drive over it repeatedly in his big honkin' SUV :whistle:
 

tarynsmum

Senior Community Member
I also highly recommend the Saws-all. AWESOME good fun. Also, it's so great at the end to have a completely sawed-in-half CR.
 

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