How to Use a 60lb Air Breaker with Compressor | Heavy-Duty Demolition Tool

A 60lb Air Breaker with Compressor is a powerful pneumatic demolition tool designed for breaking concrete, asphalt, and other tough surfaces. Paired with a compressor, it delivers continuous air power for large-scale demolition projects such as sidewalks, driveways, and foundations.
In this video, we’ll show you how to set up and connect the air breaker to the compressor, adjust air pressure for safe operation, and techniques for breaking materials efficiently while reducing fatigue.
💡 Pro Tip
Position the breaker vertically and let the tool’s weight do the work—avoid forcing it. Use short, controlled bursts for more precise breaking. Always check hose connections and compressor pressure before starting.
⚠️ Safety Reminder
Wear steel-toed boots, gloves, hearing protection, eye protection, and a dust mask. Keep hoses clear of sharp debris and moving parts. Never exceed the recommended PSI for the breaker. Maintain a stable stance to handle vibration and impact safely.
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00:00well welcome back and today we're going to talk about breaking concrete now in previous videos

00:17we've talked about electric breakers and smaller breakers doing walls drilling holes and breaking

00:23concrete floors in your basement now this is a step up from your electric breaker if you get into

00:30the jobs where you got some thick concrete a foot or so or a thick pad maybe rebar in it or you've

00:36got a front the notorious concrete front steps that are sometimes just a great big round ball

00:42of concrete maybe bed springs even inside them I found engine blocks to fill up the holes inside

00:51front steps but in any case once you get over about four to six inches of concrete and it's old

00:58it's very hard you've got to step up to airbreakers and I would certainly suggest this when you're

01:04doing breaking around the pool and you're taking out the the coping or the sidewalk or whatever

01:09that's around the swimming ground swimming pool that always has rebar in it and it's very hard

01:14to break up this is going to be much quicker now what you can use is a point or a chisel

01:21the airbreaker is used very similar to the electric breaker the only thing you remember in an air

01:29breaker is don't keep holding the the trigger to turn it on and lift it up at the same time and go

01:34to the next spot shut it off each time you move it we call that dry firing when you're trying to fire

01:39a hammer like this it hits very hard and some makes of air hammers it's been known to loosen the

01:47ends off and actually push down because you're you're holding it up and there's no resistance

01:51it needs resistance on these hammers they're much heavier than the electric hammer but then again

01:55they're hitting much much harder as well so this will be hooked up to the the diesel compressor what

02:03you use to be able to supply enough air it needs 80 to 90 CFM of air to run one hammer these supply

02:09about 185 CFM so you've got lots of air even if you had a small hole in the hose you've got lots

02:13air to run one hammer you can run a maximum of two hammers off of off of this compressor and usually

02:21you'll hook the or you will always hook the whole the hose up to the lubricator to keep the hammer

02:26lubricated because air is very dry the byproduct of compressed air is water so you want the the oil

02:32to keep the hammer from from going dry and usually there's a even on the hose that you see there's

02:40sometimes a little lubricator on the hose that hooks up onto the hammer as well when there isn't one

02:44on the compressor but just make sure you put it on the on the right one if you were blowing out lines

02:51like an irrigation and everything for the using this compressor don't hook up onto this because

02:56you're blowing a oil into your airline you'd be using the other connection so you're just blowing

03:03pure air when you're using this this line here and that way you can get the your water lines your

03:11sprinkler systems blowing out and the nice thing about this compressor here is that when it started

03:18on it'll just idle at about 50 60 psi and that's just enough pressure to blow water lines without

03:26blowing them apart you have to push the button in if it has it on the compressor to get the air up high

03:32enough to run the jackhammer so for some reason you're hook everything up and you go to use the

03:38hammer and it doesn't work make sure you've pushed the button to increase the air pressure in the you'll

03:44see it on the gauge inside it'll go up to about 130 or so 135 and you'll know you've got enough air

03:50pressure to use the air hammer some of the compressors that don't have the ability to run low 50 to 60 psi

04:00you'll have to use a regulator and hook it on to your airline to make sure you're not having too

04:06much air pressure to blow apart water lines if you're using that to blow the water out of your

04:10sprinkler system okay so there's a couple other thoughts a couple of things that maybe make your

04:15jobs easier and we'll see you again soon when we when hope you subscribe

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