Recommendations for hand held electric pavement breaker please

[dodge man]

Can your tractor do it? 4” isn’t very thick. I’ve seen people get under a corner of it, lift it, drop it, repeat and break it up.

 

[2manyrocks]

100' of driveway wide enough for a car is a lot to break up with a hand held demo tool unless its crumbling to pieces already.

 

[newbury]

I've been happy with my Vevor; however, the case is terrible, made of paper thin ABS. I filled the voids in the shell of the case with StuffIt foam, after spraying some water inside the shell.

It cost less than my local 4 hour minimum rental.

Shop around, as the price varies and you can often score additional heads. I would tighten all the screws, oil / grease everything before using it and tighten the screws again after a few hours.

All the best,

Peter

Thanks, I'd been looking at the Vevor.

I have a 35# Makita that has served me well. Slower than a 60# breaker but a lot easier to handle.

Thanks

Can your tractor do it? 4” isn’t very thick. I’ve seen people get under a corner of it, lift it, drop it, repeat and break it up.

I hope to handle a lot of it with the tractor, but I need to be prepared to break out problem areas, versus getting stuck and having to drive to town for more equipment.

100' of driveway wide enough for a car is a lot to break up with a hand held demo tool unless its crumbling to pieces already.

A lot of it is cracked and broken already. If I do it I plan on doing a section at a time, oerhaps 10x10.

 

[2manyrocks]

I don't know the brand name of the one I bought from Amazon, I think, but I suspect it came out of the same factory as many of the others. I only did a porch area much smaller than you're taking on. So I couldn't speak to its durability anyway.

The weight of the tool helps to break the concrete, but it's not fun moving it around. It could be helpful if you have a good two wheel cart to wheel it around between areas you're breaking.

 

[GaryM]

I can't get to a rental center in 90 minutes and I do my projects piecemeal. And the nearest rental place charges $400/day.

Ouch!

I probably paid maybe $100, but it was in the mid 80s.

That certainly changes the equation.

 

[2manyrocks]

I decided to take a gamble and buy one of these for the same reasons newbury said. Doesn't take much use to get your money's worth compared to some of these rental rates.

 

[fatjay]

I bought the bauer 70lb electric jackhammer from harbor freight and have been running that thing for years. Broke all the concrete around the pool so i could repour it. Did the old shed pad so I could dig out my shop. I busted up my parents back porch. I have probably 100 hours on that thing and it's gone through 4" to 12" with wire and rebar. One of my best investments.

 

[newbury]

I've nothing against renting tools I probably won't use again or that take a lot of upkeep.
But to have a good tool at the ready it's well worth the tradeoff of having to store it.
As I was checking things out for this thread I was reminded of setting Tposts and similar with a decent jack hammer. I'm also wanting to do a bunch of that.
And

I bought the bauer 70lb electric jackhammer from harbor freight

thanks for that referral.

 

[paulsharvey]

Street saw, and lift panels with forks on a front end loader. Far less ruble, fast, and clean. If you get a good feel for it, you can pull whole 5ftx5ft squares out, sometimes intact, other times, maybe 2 or 3 pieces. Here is an electric one, that comes with the blade, for $210. I think the saw will be more useful than a electric breaking hammer.

Edit: I'm far from a safety guy, but maybe I've watched too many Silicosis training videos, run water, and where a mask/glasses. I've sawn plenty of concrete through the years without a mask, and only a water bottle with a nail hole in lid, and a helper squirting the blade to keep dust down, but not ideal.

 

[paulsharvey]

Also, the saw and lift approach, if you are repouring, requires less regrading and prep work for the next pour.