Thinking of buying a used HB880 Bobcat hammer for s150.

[clydesdale]

I have an s150 with about 860 hours. I am thinking of buying a rock hammer. I have some annoying ledge on my property and a couple pieces right in the lawn. There is an HB880 nearby for sale. I mentioned the idea to someone today and they said that a hammer will tear the hell out of the machine. Any thoughts on this? I thought about renting a hammer, but I have never used one and will likely be going slow. Therefore, it could take me several days of working here and there. My thought was I could buy the hammer and then use it over the next couple of years, here and there and then sell it again. Any thoughts or advice?

 

[Tazza]

They are indeed hard on machines, i have seen pictures of machines that ran a hammer and it was covered in cracks, but i'd like to think this was due to running them for quite some time, not a few days as you plan on doing.

 

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They are indeed hard on machines, i have seen pictures of machines that ran a hammer and it was covered in cracks, but i'd like to think this was due to running them for quite some time, not a few days as you plan on doing.

i wouldn't worry about that if its occasional use, if i were going to run it a lot maybe i'd buy a cheap older machine to keep your newer bobcat nice. at the end of the day, they are tools.