Rain City
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That's what I learned on! My dad's old hand lopper.
Cordless Impact Gun Brand/Size
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kaelc
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Home hardware has nice deals on the Milwaukee impacts this week. Spotted this “deal” on fb. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/938220951323418/?ref=search
Little out of my budget.
Little out of my budget.
sly_karma
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Would be great for repetitive work like removing and torquing lug nuts at say a tire shop. Use the app to set torque to 100 ft lb, leave the lug nut impact socket on it and just rattle away.
For homeowner use, you want versatile not repetitive. Wouldn't see much point in it then.
Stizzla
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I’ll see your 40v and raise you my 60v flex volt dewalt stuff. It’s unreal!
salmonkiller01
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For all out power millwauke m18, 1/2” impact. Crazy the torque it has.
InterMechanico
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I think I’m going to try the Hilti 1/2” next. I have been getting pretty frustrated with the battery retention on my Milwaukee m18 guns.One other impact gun story:
We were de-tensioning some shoring rods at work, and it's just brutal. The shoring rods are 1.5" in diameter and use a coarse threaded nut which gets rusted, and covered in concrete. The nuts are installed to 40kips lockoff load, and a rough calculation puts this at 1000ft/lbs (and significantly more to break it loose). My site super kept snapping 5ft breaker bars trying to get the nuts off. Its a crap job - you are stuck in a 2ft wide overdig space between the foundation and the shoring face, trying to get these nuts loose.
Anyway, a Hilti high impact 3/4 was the tool for the job. The 1" milwaukee was our backup, but was too big and wouldn't fit between the foundation and the shoring face.
SIW 10-22 ¾” high-torque cordless impact wrench - Impact drivers and wrenches - Hilti Canada
Ultimate-class, high-torque cordless impact wrench with ¾” anvil and friction ring for heavy bolting and anchoringwww.hilti.ca
They are great tools, don’t get me wrong, but perhaps I’m too hard them lol.
Max123
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Our site guys like Hilti because the rep is close and the service is great - and we are really hard on our tools. We are a forming company, so naturally we are buying a lot from Hilti anyway. For personal tools, I see a gradual transition from Makita to Milwaukee or Dewalt. Depends on the trade.
Max123
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I wish tire shops used something like this. I re-check the torque on my lugs after getting tires replaced (based on experience) - They are always way too tight. Aluminum wheels are typically around 85ft/lbs, and sometimes I'm practically standing on the breaker bar to get the lugs loose.
I've never seen a tire shop use a torque wrench - they just blast away.
sly_karma
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My neighbour is a bus mechanic at Coast Mtn bus co, says they check lug nut torque on ALL in-service buses EVERY day (wow!). They use Milwaukee calibrated impact guns for this.
brutus
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Dewalt are made in Mexico, and yes they don’t hold up as good as Milwaukee
brutus
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The ones I own, several are all made in mexico
kaelc
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Pulled the trigger on a DEWALT mid torque with two 5amp batteries. DCF891P2. Some good videos on this YouTube channel. This one should do F350 lug nuts when I get a flat and 24 trailer nuts this weekend, combine with caliper nuts. Part of my decision is I have the DEWALT wet/dry vac and want to add a little compressor. Basically a road tripping set of tools, and didn’t want to over rely on 12 year old Makita batteries with a new impact. Thanks for all of your help.
Max123
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Nice. I've been thinking about the compressor for a while. Like you, I've got a portable Vac and mid-torque impact and share batteries.
I keep one of those crappy 12v plug-in tire compressors in the truck (maybe $20 from CT, and sound like a jackhammer). Not great, but they get the job done in a pinch. At home I've got a nice quiet little 2hp Makita.
Can't quite justify the M18 compressor....yet.
I keep one of those crappy 12v plug-in tire compressors in the truck (maybe $20 from CT, and sound like a jackhammer). Not great, but they get the job done in a pinch. At home I've got a nice quiet little 2hp Makita.
Can't quite justify the M18 compressor....yet.
BigBird007
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The m18 compressors is well worth the money, mine gets a fair amount of use.
kaelc
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Said goodbye to my Makita tools yesterday. Sad to see them go but the dewalt mid torque was great for the trailer work and lots of good used dewalt stuff for sale on Facebook marketplace. Even got around to two honey do projects with the impact. Just need a recip saw, Bluetooth radio and a light and I’ll be back at square one again.
Haven’t ordered the inflator yet, tempted to get rid of the Makita air compressor for garage space but mostly want to keep it for blowing air for cleaning the lawn mower.
Put lots of never seize on the lug nuts. Looking forward to towing up and down the island in August and being able to do a tire change in a reasonable time frame without cooking the family.
Haven’t ordered the inflator yet, tempted to get rid of the Makita air compressor for garage space but mostly want to keep it for blowing air for cleaning the lawn mower.
Put lots of never seize on the lug nuts. Looking forward to towing up and down the island in August and being able to do a tire change in a reasonable time frame without cooking the family.
jackfish
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Just saw this thread Kaelc...I happen to have the exact Makita machine you mentioned. DTW1002 from KMS. Its a beast. Prior to that I was using impact drivers with adapters, and predictably I killed two of them expecting too much. The first did survive 10 years of abuse, so no disappointment. I stuck with Makita because I have a fleet of batteries. I do agree with the folks who said that there are levels of Makita build quality / durability ...which is tricky to figure out at first. Generally...the price tells the story.
Anyway, your idea of carrying a strong impact wrench (not impact driver) in the vehicle while trailering is really what got my attention. Seems obvious and smart, but I never thought of it!
How's the Dewalt a few months later?
Anyway, your idea of carrying a strong impact wrench (not impact driver) in the vehicle while trailering is really what got my attention. Seems obvious and smart, but I never thought of it!
How's the Dewalt a few months later?
kaelc
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It's been a good switch. I would have stuck with makita but my batteries were smaller and old, and I didn't want them to hold me back after buying a $300+ tool. The mid-torque dewalt tackled the rusted trailer brakes with no problem, and I didn't have any of the 16 tires in our caravan of summer travel blowout. I decided mid-trip to buy a dewalt tire inflator to get 80lb psi in the tires for the F350, which no gas station compressors seem to be able to handle, outside of Costco in the USA, the Makita tire inflator is just as good on reviews.
Dewalt was also great, sending me a replacement vacuum for the used one that shut off intermittently. Sold my Makitas for almost what I bought them for, which was good.
My buddy did have blowouts, but he was on logging roads and managed to replace two tires, including leaving his trailer on the highway while he ran to Canadian tire for another spare.
Having a good impact while travelling is a good idea, as is a good tool kit. I'm still figuring out everything to take. With the compressor and a good impact, I won't hesitate to pull over and help someone with a flat tire now, whereas in the past, without a breaker bar, I would dread changing a tire. The portable wet/dry vac is good for the camper truck and boat too. We did 3 weeks camping and little kids it really came in handy.