Jack Hammers & Concrete Breakers for Skid Steers & Excavators

• The size of concrete breaker you need depends on the type of job you are doing. If the concrete is thick, you need a bigger concrete breaker.

  Another factor is the skid steers or excavators that you have on site. Certain skid steers and excavators are only capable of running certain concrete breakers.

  So, the two things to check when choosing a concrete breaker are the thickness of the concrete and specifications for the operating machine.

• Choosing the wrong size of concrete breaker has 3 possible outcomes:
  • If the breaker you chose is too small for how thick the concrete is, it won't be very effective and will take a long time to complete the job. 
  • If the concrete breaker is too small for the skid steer or excavator, it will operate too fast and cause internal seal damage.
  • If the concrete breaker is too big for the skid steer or excavator it presents a tipping hazard for the operating machine. 

• Your skid steer will need a minimum of 10 GPM to operate our concrete breakers. .

• Honestly, a concrete breaker is almost always better than a jackhammer. A hydraulic concrete breaker is the modern way to creak concrete and is simply more effective. The main time you may want to choose a jackhammer is if you only have a small amount of concrete that needs to be removed, or if you don't have access to a skid steer or excavator. 

• Sometimes, people generically refer to hydraulic concrete breakers as jackhammers. However, this is not accurate. 

  Concrete breakers are almost always hydraulic while jackhammers are air driven. Concrete breakers are often operated by machine while jackhammers are handheld.

  And usually, concrete breakers are much more effective and efficient when removing concrete (and they save you a lot of backaches!) 

• The main thing to remember is that you should always start on an edge and work into the concrete. This allows the concrete to break away in larger chunks.

• It's impossible to go over all the ins and outs of running a concrete breaker for a skid steer here, so we'll start by saying the best thing you can do is to thoroughly read the operator's manual of the purchased concrete breaker. This is NOT wasted time.

  One critical thing to make sure always do is to ensure that the concrete chisel is always in contact with the material being broken to eliminate premature wear of the breaker.

• We have several different models. The lightest is 450 lbs. and the heaviest is 950 lbs.

• Our concrete breakers are standard universal quick attach so they are quite easy to attach and remove. 

• Yes, providing the skid steer has auxiliary hydraulics and is capable of 10 GPM.

No. Standard universal skid steer quick attach and 1 set of hoses is all that is needed.