Skid Steer Concrete Breakers

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A skid steer loader is perhaps the most dynamic tool to use on a job site. That is because there is nearly no job that it cannot do. For example, breaking up concrete and saving the laborers a sore back. It reduces labor costs and expedites the process. This makes contractors and clients happy in the end.

The hydraulic concrete breaker is a revolutionary solution to concrete pads and installations that need to be removed. To begin with, there is no one who likes to use a jackhammer, let alone hear it. They are loud and obnoxious and can leave their arms shaking for days. A concrete-breaking veteran would likely put a rookie on the jackhammer, but now that is not an issue. Just attach it to a skid loader and the job is as good as done.

Just like the jackhammer, the skid steer concrete breaker has a pointed shaft that works in exactly the same way. A powerful internal pneumatic hammer powers the shaft. This shaft's pointed tip is rapidly driven into the concrete pad and breaks it apart into small pieces. The pulverized remains of the concrete are then easily disposed of by hand. The only difference is it is not handheld. The skid steer loader absorbs all the vibrations that give a typical person sore muscles and bones for days to come.

The loader and the operator experience less vibration exposure from the vibro-silencing feature. A regular skid steer concrete breaker will often come in at least four different sizes, including a 350, 550, 750 and 850. These sizes refer to the amount of energy they exert per each blow -- pounds per square inch. One can probably imagine what kind of damage a pointed steel shaft can do to concrete when it is repeatedly beaten with 850 pounds of pressure on each blow, dozens of times per minute. Something this size can handle even the largest of concrete removal projects.

The only real choice here to make is deciding which of these skid steer concrete breakers to purchase. Contractors may need something with more power if their typical jobs call for it. If not, then they always have the option of the smaller, 350-pound or 550-pound skid steer concrete breaker. All the great features are available on all sizes of this skid steer attachment.

In fact, it might be ideal for an skid steer owner to actually overshoot the size he may need, just for those occasions that they handle that larger job, rather than taking too much time to do them.

Just like any other construction project, the last thing a contractor wants to do is not have the option to bid on a job due to lack of equipment. Anyone of these skid steer concrete breakers are fully capable of pulverizing concrete and geting them on to the next job.