that's been me too, that's why I said 4 pound hammer, I've even used 12 pound sledge at times and i'm amazed I never broke anything because I have whipped the living hell out of brake drums and I'm very stout in my upper body/arms/hands. I can beat frozen kingpins out by hand with a 4 pound hammer. I broke a pair of channel locks the other day putting gorilla grip on a nut.