It's been 40 years since I ran a jackhammer

[wwillson]

Electric jack hammers are fun to use and the results are very satisfying. I have often thought of buying one, but it is pretty rare that a reason to use one comes up. So I rent.

Renting them is dirt cheap compared to buying. I think I paid $75 for 4 hours. The Makita breaker I rented is about $2,800 new.

 

[2005jettatdi]

Renting them is dirt cheap compared to buying. I think I paid $75 for 4 hours. The Makita breaker I rented is about $2,800 new.

Back then, China Freight had one on sale for about $ 400. No, it was not a Makita or DeWalt, but is would have been good enough for my purposes.

 

[walterjay]

I ran a few of those old heavy pneumatic hammers hooked to a large compressor. They beat me up........and I was young and strong back then.

 

[Astro14]

Renting them is dirt cheap compared to buying. I think I paid $75 for 4 hours. The Makita breaker I rented is about $2,800 new.

I went for the middle ground. 18V Milwaukee Demolition Hammer for a project* that nobody wanted to do.

The tool wasn’t cheap, but it cost less than the bids I was getting on the job. Even those that bid the job decided to ghost me on it.

I had to replace a couple of fence posts that had rotted. Because of the location of the retaining wall, I had about 10 inches of working room and because I wasn’t doing the whole fence, I had to use the same location. I had the drill bit, but the regular chisel worked better. The mass of this hammer is considerable, and it went right through the concrete post hole filler.

So very satisfying to use. A genuine beast.