What is the most reliable air hammer?

[tyler@chamberlainbackhoe]

Tool truck, ingersoll, hardware store? Would appreciate any insight.

 

[Coaldust]

The harbor freight mamajama is giving the tool truck brands a run for the money. Check out the torque test channel. We just had a good air hammer discussion, I recall.

 

[Jonas302]

Ingersol air hammers have always served me well I have several different models with different barrel lengths to serve the job at hand

 

[Acoals]

The Snap On PH3050. It costs about 3 times as much as the IR, but holds up far better. It is shorter as well. I used the snot out of my air hammers when I worked in the shop; I would burn through the IR's in a year or so. It took awhile for me to finally suck up and pay out for the Snappy, but it was worth it.
If you are a "light" or average air hammer user the IR would be fine.

 

[tyler@chamberlainbackhoe]

The harbor freight mamajama is giving the tool truck brands a run for the money. Check out the torque test channel. We just had a good air hammer discussion, I recall.

Thanks for that video, pretty interesting

 

[tyler@chamberlainbackhoe]

The Snap On PH3050. It costs about 3 times as much as the IR, but holds up far better. It is shorter as well. I used the snot out of my air hammers when I worked in the shop; I would burn through the IR's in a year or so. It took awhile for me to finally suck up and pay out for the Snappy, but it was worth it.
If you are a "light" or average air hammer user the IR would be fine.

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out if the snap on is worth the money. We don't use the air hammers too excessively so, I'm still considering ingersoll

 

[tyler@chamberlainbackhoe]

Ingersol air hammers have always served me well I have several different models with different barrel lengths to serve the job at hand

Good to know. I'm definitely considering ingersoll

 

[Old Doug]

Were i worked there was a IR that was probably 40 years old it saw alot of use. I bought one just like it i think for the money you cant go wrong.

 

[Acoals]

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out if the snap on is worth the money. We don't use the air hammers too excessively so, I'm still considering ingersoll

The IR is a good #2 choice.

 

[Mike L]

Snap on. Mine is 14 years old and hits as hard as it did on day one. Buy once, cry once.

 

[barrelroll]

I've got the snapon and love it. I use it working on a concrete pump a lot so it's covered in water and grit and never complains. Now that I have it I find all kinds of uses for it that I used to use a hammer and chisel or punch for. It's definitely taken some wear and tear off my body.

I think my rep has air hammers on sale right now, they go on sale pretty often. For some reason when I bought mine the yellow one was $50 less than the green one so I went with yellow. My coworker bought the big air hammer bit set in foam and got the air hammer thrown in for $50. Snappy air hammer bits are life time warranty which is awesome. Mine get destroyed beating on hardened concrete pump seats and my rep has no problem warrantying them out.

 

[terex herder]

Which size? IMO, once you get a .498 shank you will want to throw rocks at the .401 shanks.

 

[MarshallPowerGen]

Which size? IMO, once you get a .498 shank you will want to throw rocks at the .401 shanks.

Amen. The CP717 puts the Snap-on 3050 to shame (that said, the 3050 is the top 401 shank out there).

 

[JLarson]

We run the IR's for our .401 hammers, when one goes out order a new one.

 

[Angry Mike]

Tool truck, ingersoll, hardware store? Would appreciate any insight.

I have a ingersoll. I love it, absolute monster