If you have a big slab, you can rent Bobcats with a jack hammer attachment.
They make quick work of busting rocks and concrete.
73s de Jim
W5IFP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Rick Karlquist
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 6:53 PM
> To: K6DQ@ARRL.net
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Jackhammer removal of tower base difficulty?
>
>
> I had to get this done on two tower bases recently.
> Coincidentally, I ran into a guy busting up a concrete
> base in a parking lot, where a car accident had damaged
> a pole.
>
> In all three cases, the technique used was to get a
> very low paid person to spend an entire day with a cheap
> electric jack hammer and shave little pieces off of the
> concrete. Very labor intensive.
>
> If I was going to do it myself, I would rent a 90 lb
> air hammer with the trailer mounted compressor and
> try to bust it up into larger pieces. I busted up a
> concrete driveway once with one of these, and it is
> clear that the electric hammers are just toys in
> comparison. However the rental charge and time
> involved in transportation is such that the cheap
> laborer works out better. They usually have their own
> hammer.
>
> Rick N6RK
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