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haha. Yeah I suppose I should clarify. Planting trees, bushes, etc that come in 15-30 gallon containers.

I end up digging a lot of holes that are say 2ft deep by 3 ft diameter. The first 6"s are dirt, the rest is limestone. I used to break this up with a drilling hammer and that works ok. I own plenty of small sledges of the 2 -3 lb variety that don't do much. I mentioned that I also own a jack...

Limestone boulders in the ground. You have to hit the **** out of it to get anywhere. My jack hammer gets the job done, but you have to really want to use it to get it out. I took the sledge off my old 12" hammer when the handle broke and put it on a 3 foot handle. That was 11 lbs. Used to...

Ah good to know about fiberglass handles. I going to find a hickory one and cut that. thanks

Appreciate the reply. I did see the couple of hammers you mentioned. I was being frugal to not spend quite so much. One hammer had a delivery fee of ~$40 that I had looked at previously. The best value is the one you listed though for $55. Again, thanks for the reply.

I saw this asked many years ago and there was a ton of answers that punished the OP. So at the risk of incurring the same treatment, I do have a similar question. I need a drilling hammer that is at least a 10 lb sledge. At the local big box store they sell 4 lb ones and on the online big box...