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Watched a framing crew in Tacoma switch from hammers to a coil nailer over one summer
Back in 2019 I worked a subdivision out in Tacoma and the crew next to us was swinging hammers all June, then by August every guy had a coil nailer on his belt. Production went from about 40 sheets of sheathing a day to over 90, and the foreman said the swap paid for itself in three weeks. Is this just how it goes now, or do some of you still keep the hammer as your main for certain jobs?
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jordanprice18d ago
Man that tracks 100%. We had the same thing happen on a gig outside Portland, dudes were still hand nailing sheathing in spring and by fall it was all coil guns, nobody wanted to go back. You can still pry a hammer out of the old heads' hands for punch work and tight spots, but for sheathing it's no contest.
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