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Last summer I had the privilege of traveling down to Baltimore to the DEWALT headquarters . At the media event I was really impressed with some of the great new features on the hammers including the SHOCKS-Active Vibration Control® and Complete Torque Control (CTC)®. Both of the features seemed like great ways to reduce user fatigue and injury while improving productivity.

Thanks to the folks at DEWALT I was able to get the new 1-3/4” SDS Max and Spline combination rotary hammer (D25602K) to test. Over the last 6 months this tool has been used by countless crews at work for a number of jobs including; drilling holes for rebar dowels, drilling holes for seismic anchors, chipping concrete, chipping tile and chipping holes in catch basins.

In fact the folks from DEWALT bragged that we could abuse it as hard as we wanted and it would keep on coming back for more abuse. The only caveat was dont run it over with an excavator!

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MAKITA’S NEW 18V LXT LITHIUM-ION CORDLESS ROTARY HAMMER DELIVERS HARD-HITTING PERFORMANCE WITH LESS VIBRATION New BHR241 is one of over 35 cordless solutions in Makita’s LXT Series

JULY 20, 2010 La Mirada, CA – Makita, a worldwide manufacturer of technologically advanced power tools that are more compact with less weight yet deliver industrial strength power and results, is proud to announce the release of its new 18V LXT Lithium-Ion Cordless Rotary Hammer Kit, model BHR241. The new BHR241 features a new shock absorbent Dhandle design, and combines speed, power and comfort with less vibration for a range of concrete drilling applications.

“Makita knows concrete, and with the addition of model BHR241 we continue deliver more solutions for concrete contractors,” said Ethan Haughawout, Makita’s product manager – cordless products. “With the BHR241, we took our previous BHR240 model and made it even better with a more durable jobsite-tested shock absorbent handle to protect the battery housing by reducing vibration.

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