I have gone to using a claw hammer on the job. A nice 28 ounce framing one will do. You can dig with the claw, and pull out nails in trees, holding old tree tags, to allow for new tree growth. Fishers makes a good one, and so does estwing.
A waffle head, (aka milled head) is preferred, because it grips the rebar, while driving it, getting it closer to the intended position.
I'd like a 40 ounce claw hammer, but it's apparently not available.
I may ask estwing to make a 40 oz claw hammer. The surveyor model!
N
You might not like the price, but check out Picard hammers
4 hammers available for use depending on the task:
1. Geologist rock hammer
2. 20 oz framing hammer with waffle face (might be 24oz., I don??t remember).
3. 4lb hammer
4. 10lb sledge.
The 4 lb engineers hammer, an Estwing, is the largest I carry. No big sledge in my truck. The 2 lb "drilling hammer" gets the most use.?ÿ
In NZ most everyone uses a peg bar for driving rebar and wooden pegs but not so common in states it seems? About 1m long and 7kg
I also use a 4lb hammer (400mm handle not the short handle ones) as much as possible to save lugging peg bar around as much as possible but useful for opening up seal and straightening out rebar.
I'm with you, Nate.?ÿ The claw hammer fits nicely in the Carhartt loop, almost like it was made for that, huh
We should setup a relief expedition to sneak a 10lb sledge into Mark Mayer/Norman Oklahoma??s truck.
don??t need it very often but when I need it I really REALLY NEED?ÿit.
Or into their field vest, or field hammer loop! (Grin) ????
Nate
its really no use. I can??t hit the broad side of a barn with one anyway.
There are certain talents one needs to master while still a child.?ÿ In my day that included sawing a board with a handsaw, shoveling grain with a scoop shovel, wielding an axe to chop down trees and hammering nails in the minimum number of blows.?ÿ Today's youngsters have probably never touched any of the above.?ÿ I thought I was a man when I could shovel grain alongside my father in rhythm such that we were throwing it through the same opening into the truck or trailer.?ÿ Even better when we switched positions to throw over the other shoulder for awhile.?ÿ Frequently the opening was only a couple inches wider than our shovels and was at our back, such that we had to visualize the correct arc in our heads automatically.
On Thursday I had an unusual use for my enginer hammer. I had to use it to break the ice across two creeks so I could drive the quad across them. The front of the quad was riding on top of the ice while the back would fall through and the ice would stop the quad. Glad I had my rubber boots on.
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