[TowerTalk] Jackhammer removal of tower base difficulty?

[Jim Hargrave]

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 at contesting.com
  > [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Rick Karlquist
  > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 6:53 PM
  > To: K6DQ at ARRL.net
  > Cc: towertalk at 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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