It's been 40 years since I ran a jackhammer

[wwillson]

You guys are all wimps. When I was a teen too young to drive, I broke up concrete patios in a trailer park with a pick axe and a sledgehammer. Then loaded what would fit into a small trailer, pulled it with an old rider mower back into a field and unloaded it by hand, went back for more until job was done. Then started on the next patio. Without any help.

Did I mention how hot it was that summer? And how stupid I was?

You should have grown up on a farm and had two square miles of land that needed to have all the rocks picked up.

My brother always asks me to come back and pick up rocks in the spring. I'm always busy.

 

[RhondaHonda]

You guys are all wimps. When I was a teen too young to drive, I broke up concrete patios in a trailer park with a pick axe and a sledgehammer. Then loaded what would fit into a small trailer, pulled it with an old rider mower back into a field and unloaded it by hand, went back for more until job was done. Then started on the next patio. Without any help.

Did I mention how hot it was that summer? And how stupid I was?

That reminds me, we took the rental trailer to the dump, thinking we’d just back down the hill, open the gate and all the busted concrete would magically slide out! Nope. Hand unloaded a few trailers worth.

 

[4wd]

That reminds me, we took the rental trailer to the dump, thinking we’d just back down the hill, open the gate and all the busted concrete would magically slide out! Nope. Hand unloaded a few trailers worth.

What this reminds me of - is maybe around year 9 of 99 for our freeway project (rip out big for REAL BIG) - somebody realized they could repurpose the broken up concrete

 

[burbguy82]

Kids don't understand what work is now days.

not a clue

 

[Pablo]

I weren’t smart enough or big enough to run the hammer so I was tasked with loading the wheel barrow.

Put yer back into it!

 

[BobsArmory]

Fresh out of high school I spent almost an entire summer running a 90 pound air powered jack hammer removing concrete on bridges on I4 running thru Orlando FL. I gained a lot of muscle weight, broke a pinky finger, lost some hearing and got a tan. Never again. But I did get a few dates with Vicki Garrett when I was working traffice control. Saw her driving up every day about 4:30 for a few days in a row, turned the slow sign from slow to stop and asked her out. All in all it was a win for that summer.

 

[Lubener]

You guys are all wimps. When I was a teen too young to drive, I broke up concrete patios in a trailer park with a pick axe and a sledgehammer. Then loaded what would fit into a small trailer, pulled it with an old rider mower back into a field and unloaded it by hand, went back for more until job was done. Then started on the next patio. Without any help.

Did I mention how hot it was that summer? And how stupid I was?

and you walked five miles to school through swamp land while carrying a full pack....

 

[skyactiv]

There was a DIY'er near my first house that used an electric jackhammer to bust up concrete and installed a gorgeous paver driveway all by himself.

 

[97prizm]

And I hope to never run one again!

The previous owner of our property poured this concrete pad for reasons even he doesn't understand. It is in the way when we back our 5th wheel into the storage area. The trailer has to be backed in very close to the fence, which is a bit tricky. The previous owner told me that he wished he had never put the pad there, to which I replied, "I also wish you would not have put it there!".

I rented a 70 pound Makita breaker from Home Depot. It's been 40 years since I ran a jackhammer and I hope to never run on again The breaker is 120V and frankly works extremely well. I thought it couldn't be nearly as good as pneumatic hammer. It's as good if not better. No heavy hose, no air compressor, simply better.

The concrete pad was 12' x 8' x 4". It took about an hour to break it up. It's a good reminder of what hard work is like, after an hour I was glad to be done.

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Looks like something was parked on the concrete pad or maybe a shed was to be put there.

 

[4wd]

Yep, all masterfully photoshopped.

That would make any ambulance chaser proud …
Or as they say in Lafayette La - “billboard cowboys”

 

[wwillson]

Looks like something was parked on the concrete pad or maybe a shed was to be put there.

Yeah, he parked a small trailer on it for no good reason.

 

[MrkofXcellence]

I found as a taller guy they are pretty brutal to operate. I did a 20 foot sidewalk about 15 years ago. Sooooo much better than a sledge though.