Wilton B.A.S.H 30" Sledge Hammer, 20 Lb Head (22030)

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You can't swing one all day unless you some kind of anima, and if you can, old age will probably be rough. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. The energy argument seems right until I use something heavier and the mass/inertia just seems to take care of the job. Rule of thumb - if you've ever played the classic carnival game where you whack the pad to ring the bell, the general weight of those mallets is the typical maximum you can tolerate swinging.

I used every thing from the one handed sledge hammer, '4 pounder', to the heavier 20 lb sledge hammer.This year I'm clearing an area for a shed, and decided to get something a little bigger to (hopefully) break things up a little faster and with fewer hits. Standard Industrial grade Sledge Hammers are suited to all general purpose heavy striking applications. I have 2 of the Bash 20's at work for hitting some enormous jacking bolts to adjust some very large support rollers.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . As a heavy equipment mech and not an animal, 6'2",225, 28 y/o, a 16lb is about max for using alot for me, a friend whose a bit smaller, asked his boss for a 20lb, swung that a few times doing jobs where the 16 wouldn't work, not a fan of it at all. I would definitely not recommend it for anyone who is not either above average strength or using an assist. I preferred the square design over the tapered heads because if you were banging 2x4 stakes in the ground you could use the square head sideways and it wouldn't split the wood so easily as it hit the whole flat surface of the stake. In fact, I don't see any real evidence of the head deforming either (the head on my 16 pound hammer has noticeably deformed over time).

Use the tools that work the best for the job at hand and choose the tool that will best get the job done quickly and effectively. Genuine second growth American Hickory moisture controlled, machine-gauged to precise dimensions for a perfect fit with weather-resistant clear lacquer finish. I am looking at getting a couple of sledge hammers, I have been eyeballing the wilton BASH style hammers. Sledge hammers are suitable for heavy pounding tasks, including breaking through masonry or drywall, fracturing concrete or stone and dislodging trapped objects.

It would have been far harder or impossible to swing a lighter sledge with enough force to do what this can. If you are a stronger person, someone who does manual labor a lot, and you find that you are breaking stone/concrete or driving post in to permafrost ground, in an area where accuracy is not important, then you might want to increase the weight to get done quicker. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.