Author Topic: Help! Jackhammer is stuck in concrete (Read 27693 times)

CNYCacher · « **Reply #25 on:** April 26, 2011, 10:55:03 AM »

Thermite.

280plus · « **Reply #26 on:** April 26, 2011, 10:59:02 AM »

Quote from: CNYCacher on April 26, 2011, 10:55:03 AM

Thermite.

There you go, that'll dry it right out.

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #27 on:** April 26, 2011, 10:59:58 AM »

make a post jack out of a concrete block, some chain and a 10 foot 4x4

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **Reply #28 on:** April 26, 2011, 11:09:20 AM »

Lithium for the water. There's some chemical that does a number on concrete... muriatic acid? Might work, if you had several gallons.

280plus · « **Reply #29 on:** April 26, 2011, 11:18:40 AM »

Heh, it'd be like a giant Fizzy. Who remembers Fizzies?

PTK · « **Reply #30 on:** April 26, 2011, 12:37:59 PM »

Woohoo! I finally managed to pass the curse onto someone else.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #31 on:** April 26, 2011, 02:03:27 PM »

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Woohoo! I finally managed to pass the curse onto someone else.

Gee, thanks.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #32 on:** April 26, 2011, 06:41:16 PM »

Nice going, you jackhammer!

PTK · « **Reply #33 on:** April 26, 2011, 06:56:47 PM »

Any luck yet? I'm rooting for the jack hammer to still be functional...

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #34 on:** April 26, 2011, 11:20:08 PM »

PTK, I took the case and extension cord back to the rental place. I asked the owner what the worst case scenario would be, and he said not to worry about it. He was 100% certain it would work again. That was awfully generous of him, considering the circumstances.

So, now it's on to a 60 pound jackhammer. Then putting in a new post. Then putting the last panels and the gate back together. Then power-washing the whole fence before painting it. I should be done in about a month, and out about $1200 now.

I should have just torn it down. It's not like I sunbathe or anything.

PTK · « **Reply #35 on:** April 27, 2011, 01:11:59 AM »

Well, lesson learned. Glad that you at least got the owner of the rental place to understand that it was an honest mistake - he probably deals with it all the time.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #36 on:** April 27, 2011, 04:18:50 AM »

Astroglide?

seeker_two · « **Reply #37 on:** April 27, 2011, 06:00:58 AM »

Quote from: Monkeyleg on April 26, 2011, 11:20:08 PM

I should have just torn it down. It's not like I sunbathe or anything.

Yes...but now you have that option....fabric-free, even.....

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #38 on:** April 27, 2011, 09:29:53 AM »

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Glad that you at least got the owner of the rental place to understand that it was an honest mistake - he probably deals with it all the time

I'm sure he does. All of the rental places I dealt with in the past had a "you break it, you bought it" policy. He would have been well within his rights to charge me some portion of the $600 this unit cost him.

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Yes...but now you have that option....fabric-free, even.....

It's still possible to see people in yards next door. Difficult, but not impossible. I was up on a 10' ladder painting the gazebo weeks back, and the woman next door was out sunbathing. Nice figure, especially for a woman in her late forties.

Ben · « **Reply #39 on:** April 27, 2011, 09:55:46 AM »

Quote from: Monkeyleg on April 27, 2011, 09:29:53 AM

It's still possible to see people in yards next door. Difficult, but not impossible. I was up on a 10' ladder painting the gazebo weeks back, and the woman next door was out sunbathing. Nice figure, especially for a woman in her late forties.

Painting the Gazebo. Sure, whatever you say...