Iron Bar For Breaking Concrete

There are endless uses for estwing s handy bar.

Iron bar for breaking concrete.

To break off large pieces make a series of blows in a line to create a stress crack then strike in the middle of the area you want to remove to break the concrete along the line. It has a wide thin blade for easy prying. Suitable for breaking up hard ground rocks concrete slabs asphalt and more. Using a digging bar to break up concrete.

A digging bar is a long straight metal bar used for various purposes including as a post hole digger to break up or loosen hard or compacted materials such as soil rock concrete and ice or as a lever to move objects. This tough pinch bar is just the thing for handling demolition and levering jobs. Take frequent breaks and keep yourself well hydrated. For extra power when you need it this durable pinch point pry bar is a tough tool for a variety of jobs.

Length for superior leverage and has a square block with pinch point tip. Use the pry bar to pull apart chunks of concrete after you crack them apart. Heavy duty bar with chisel tip drop forged heat treated and hardened. Handy bar is the perfect tool for construction and renovation.

Round bar digging bar bull pin tool length in 48 6 24 30 72 13 material type tempered steel chrome vanadium carbon steel steel steel steel pieces qty 1 8 1 1 1 see all pry bars see all ironton pry bars. A digging bar may also work if you find concrete also soft stone impossibly dense clay roots in the ground as you install a fence or mailbox. The handy bar is forged half round for added strength and less weight. Known by other names depending on locale structural features and intended purpose such as a hop bar or crowbar in britain australia and new zealand and slate bar shale.

Break pieces 2 3 inches 5 8 cm away from each other to minimize chances of a stuck drill bit. Made of forged carbon steel the pinch bar features a 60 in. Weight slides up and down the central bar to exert force on the target area. If the concrete doesn t crack immediately stop hammering and move over a few inches.

For extra impact the end stopper can be removed to allow the weight to drop from greater height. Breaking up concrete is highly strenuous work. Handy bar is the perfect estwing s 15 in. It s basically a human powered jackhammer.