Which mini jack hammer to get?

[rusnak]

^ You're saying to use a 90lbs pneumatic jack hammer inside the house.

Next to your own GD footings. You compare this relatively small job to one completely on a different scale.

See, that is why you are stupid.

Not only do you want the OP to rent an air compressor, run air hose all through the house, blow concrete dust everywhere, then use way too much tool to complete the job, but risk damaging his own footings.

The wise move here is to use the appropriate tool for the job. That take judgment, which you do not possess.

[javadog]

Once again, you miss my point. All I was saying is that some of the tools he was looking at were not a good choice for trying to do both things that he wanted to do. My advice was to rent something bigger than what he was contemplating when faced with the task of actually removing concrete. It doesn't make sense for him to buy a $1,000 tool that he will use once in a blue moon. And, a lot of what you find at the big box stores is junk, which nobody ought to buy. I also recommended that he consider having it sawn and removed by someone else, if he had a lot to do.

I have used 90- pound pneumatic hammers indoors, but that is neither here nor there.

Like I said, I do this for a living. I'm neither stupid, nor lacking in judgement. I just have a point of view that is very different from the typical DIY guy.

And, you can go pound sand up your butt. I'm tired of arguing with you.

JR

[rusnak]

No, I get your point. And if you showed up on one of my properties with a 90 lb jack hammer to demo a foundation with plumbing, gas, and electric in it, next to a wall footing, then I would throw your ass off my site with extreme prejudice.

I hire and fire guys like you for a living.

[javadog]

I don't work for small guys like you. I'm a general contractor and I do work for Fortune 100-sized companies. I do a lot of work in very sensitive environments and I don't need you telling me what I learned decades ago.

Keep in mind that the OP never disclosed what he intended to use the hammer on. The picture he showed was from the past and was used to illustrate a tool he had used, not the future project he was contemplating.

So, you can pound your suppositions up your butt with the sand.

[rusnak]

^Ha! Talk about having suppositions. I am a landlord to national companies such as Walgreens, Starbucks, Arco, etc. In all cases we went from vacant dirt to finished turn key.

Not that it matters, but I hire all types of GCs from very large to very small. I learned to smell BS a mile away.

[URY914]

Please keep this going. So entertaining.

[rnln]

OMG :lol:
Rusnak, Javadog,
Thanks for opinions. All of your information are valuable. If I need to remove a concrete yard, I either hire some pros or rent some bigger tools. What I originally looking for in this thread is a smaller tool to own. I guess it was my fault saying "breaking concrete" instead of what I should say is "chiseling concrete and concrete drill".

Thanks everyone. I finally got a small Hilti rotary hammer. I tried drilling several holes and it seem to be ok, not very fast but ok.

Thanks again.