Best way to break up a large area of thick concrete?

[TryItTom]

Hello

I have a front 'garden' which is completely covered in concrete.

The area is approx 20 feet by 30 feet and the concrete is about a foot thick (I know this as I have drilled down to check).

What would be the best tool to hire to break up the concrete quickly? And I intend to use the broken-up concrete as a hard-core base for the new shingle, so if you could recommend a further tool to smash up the large pieces into smaller ones..

Thank you
Tom

 

[Norcon]

You'll need to hire a small digger (7 ton min) with a rock hammer fitted.
12 ton ideally.
Could be tracked or wheeled.
For the crushing a mobile mini crusher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YcRLIIjCyU

 

[Deluks]

The area is approx 20 feet by 30 feet and the concrete is about a foot thick

Blimey, what did the previous owner drive, an Abrams Tank!!!

 

[TryItTom]

Thanks for the replies, I'll look into hire places and see what they have along the digger lines.

The previous owner had a motor home apparently, but the whole house is over-engineered and I suspect you could land a Harrier on the drive without issue.

Cheers again!
Tom

 

[jeds]

I was going to say smack it with a hammer. But then I saw it's a foot thick. For technical cases like that I would suggest getting somebody else to smack it with a hammer. A big hammer.