Have a lot of stuff to break, but you’re tired of compressors and tow-behinds and hoses?
Chris Galloway has managed to gin up a new way to break rocks and concrete.
It’s called US Hammer and though the engine resembles that on a weed whacker, it’s not. It’s a 4-stroke, no-mix, gas Honda. I was lucky enough to get a call from Chris and am glad to share a few more details.
Everything about US Hammer is made here in the U.S. The company has its own tooling, dyes, and hardening. “It’s a lot of metallurgy,” Chris said. The company assembles all the parts that it designed—“there’s very little internally that’s like a standard jackhammer,” he said—right here in the U.S. It custom-made a pole-setter for a rental shop in Philadelphia.
Basically, these tools are handmade. Each one.
All the guts are sealed, so outside of the 4-stroke, there’s no maintenance.
FROM THE MANUFACTURER:
US Hammer has developed a new line of self-contained demolition hammers and post drivers that are efficient, quiet “green machines” for working in today’s environment.
[Editor’s Note: Without taking a single thing away from Chris Galloway—inventing something, then doing the background business of bringing it to life is no mean feat—somebody at a tool company is going to find a way to put a battery on that.]
PRODUCTION – Greater Impact & More Efficient· Delivers 50% more impact energy than all existing gas and electric jackhammers on the market today.
· Works on par with pneumatic breakers.
· Our new technology will give you greater magnitude and momentum for increased impact.
· Built Contractor Tough!
BETTER WORK CONDITIONS – Less Noise, Dust, Vibration
· Quieter than a pneumatic.
· Ideal for working in cities and night works.
· Less vibration equates to safer working conditions and less health risk.
· Less dust. With no pneumatic exhaust, less dust is blown into the environment.
· CARB / EPA certified. Developed with production and safety in mind.
SELF CONTAINED – Less Equipment & Lighter Weight
· No air compressor, hoses, or additional trucks.
· Easily stowed on work trucks.
· Always on hand ready to work.
· Ideal for contractors, professional crews, rental yards, and homeowners.
RELIABILITY – Honda Reliability & Efficiency· Four stroke Honda reliability.
· No mixing of fuel and oil.
· Minimal fuel consumption.
· Less than 4 gal for 8 hour work day.
· More efficient = Better ROI
This article originally appeared in Tools of the Trade.
