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Aug 12th, 2019, 16:33 | #11 |
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You must be one of the few who haven't been disappointed with Snap On. Compared to DeWalt and Milwaukee, the Snap On felt like a toy to me. It just didn't have a good power to price ratio.
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Aug 12th, 2019, 17:01 | #12 |
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If you're just buying a single impact wrench, I would go for something reasonably powerful but in as small a form factor as possible.
The amount of time wasted by getting the impact wrench out, only to find that its just a bit too big for the available space does eat into work time. And as soon as you start attaching extensions and impact joints and holding it at a funny angle you are really dialing down the effectiveness of the tool. Obviously it depends on your required use, but for me I know I could work much faster on certain jobs (suspension etc) if my impact wrench was physically smaller. Most bolts you'll take off are not torqued to 300nm but having a gun that can just whip them off at speed is very useful. In an ideal world, I have a milwaukee M18 fuel 1100nm sat on the shelf as a backup comined with a compact unit for day to day work. Last edited by T5R92011; Aug 12th, 2019 at 17:07. |
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Aug 14th, 2019, 00:27 | #13 |
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Milwaukee's are great & definitely worth consideration. They aren't the cheapest impact wrench on the market admittedly, but they're powerful & are very robust.
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Aug 14th, 2019, 01:05 | #14 |
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I have DeWalt DCF899 as above, the gun is great except it falls over due to being top heavy but as a tool its amazingly powerful
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Aug 14th, 2019, 06:56 | #16 |
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Aug 14th, 2019, 11:21 | #18 |
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Thanks for all the input guys.
I cannot justify the cost for the very occasional use so will carry on as before.
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A power gun can cause some big problems when used at home , captive nuts tend to break off in the chassis with the shock loads where they would not with a constant torque from an arm :-) Camshafts ends can break off because cast iron is brittle . and torx and allen headed bolts can round off .
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Working under a 4 poster lift is easier than off the floor as well, unfortunatly don't have the room for one or I would. As with all tools they have their uses. Paul. |
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