SE R Madness

Does anyone have these Cordless or corded.. I just thought they would a good alternative to having a Compressor and all that jazz..

If you have one, State wich brand and how do you like it..?

 

99srnissan

Buddy has the snap on impact gun and they claim it can change all the lugs on an 18 wheeler without having a recharge. They are nice to use at the track for mounting slicks and what not but if your just using it for home and already have a compressor I wouldnt get one. If you dont have a compressor then the cordless might be a good purchase, on the other hand my old man has a 50 year old corded craftsman impact gun thing works well.

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happynole

Got a Dewalt DW059 from Shoes59 after the convention. Have already used it twice and love it, since I don't have a compressor at home.

R0b_

I used the big DeWalt at the DeWalt booth at the Nascar race last month, it had some serious power to it.

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budsang1

I have a cordless harbor freight one...19.2 volt...I think. 220ft llbs. It works pretty good, but the problem with the electric ones is that they are big and bulky, especially the cordless ones. Forget about getting into a tight spot with one.

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JCCT

I bought one of those "Chicago" cordless impact gun from Habor Freight as well.
I never expect it to work so well, for such an inexpensive tool.
Great for amateur mechanics, worth every penny.

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adg016

Inexpensive Goodyear one works great. We use it every race day. Not super heavy duty, but it says it can do 170 ft. lbs. I've had no problem using it to 100.

jerryeads

We use a kilodollar Snapon cordless at the track, you pay thru the nose (and you're paying for all those franchise trucks etc. in addition to the tool) but I've never known a Snapon tool not to work as it should - meaning flawlessly. At home I work on a carport and have no air, much less a rollaround anymore; bought a ridiculously inexpensive Harbor Freight corded electric impact; for strut nuts and whatever, does exactly what I need to do when I need to do it, no sweat. If you need air chisels, blow air, etc. etc. and have a place to put it go ahead and spring for a compressor, but if you use an impact tool twice a year, go buy the Chicago stuff at HF. What was it, $18-20 on sale I think?? Noticeably less than $350 for a cordless snapon.

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SuperblkStalion

i got an $60 electric impact wrench from harbor freight and i love it, of course i only paid$19 for i cause the guy was looking at the wrong sale price in the ad hehe. i said nothing and walked out muahahahahahaha

jerryeads

And for the 5 or 6 times a year I use it, the HF piece works just fine - taking struts off (and on) and the few other things we really need 'em for. Ya beat me; I think I paid $23 for mine

WAFFLES

That's a joke. I am a diesel mechanic for a trucking company and no cordless impact could EVER do that. The lug nuts on a semi take more torque than any cordless unit could ever put out.

I have a 3/8" drive 12V Makita that I use day in, day out. It's probably one of the best tools I've ever bought.

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skcusloa

I recomend snap on and makita. The makita will take (properly torqued, not ones put on with a composite 500ft lb impact, otherwise known as the manpac) car lug nuts off, and it fits in a lot tighter places. The snap on one I have is a little more powerful and the battery seems to run forever. I don't have a problem fitting it in most places, but I have a lot of wobble sockets and extensions.

If you are not constantly working on your car 8 hours a day, you could probably get by with the harbor freight ones.

I have been using my snap on 3/8 for 2 years. The ring is wearing out that holds the sockets on, the springs that hold the battery in got weak too. I use this thing CONSTANTLY. I've had oil poured on it, dropped it from the lift arm etc... no hiccups.

Pretty White

Pep Boys has the 170ft lb cordless impact for $79.00. I saw it today.

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SlayersGXE

I have an old wired one from Craftsman, 1/2" drive. Gotta be wicked carefull with it though, it's a torque monster.

JUS-det-LUV

3/8" drive 14V Makita,

Devilstar

my soon to be father in law works for snap on, he says tools like that work great but the price is really steep, he always tells me to buy craftsman unless i need something important ( like a tourqe wrench or any other mesuring tools ), what really sucks is he only gets like a 20% discount :o and with that craftsman is still cheaper LOL.. we were looking at tool box foam.. damn near 300 dollars!

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p0rnstar

The HF corded impact is on sale for $39.99 right now. I'm going to pick it up for sure.

jerryeads

Devilstar, one of the good ways to get high end tools like snapon or mac is on ebay - usually used, but after giving my snapon box to my kid when he became a Benz tech, I restocked with snapon off ebay and, if you're patient (I was) you can get virtually flawless stuff for like a quarter to a half of retail. If you're going to wrench for a living, the expensive stuff (including from ebay) is the way to go. You'll know that when you spend 8-10 hours a day with a wrench in your hand. If you play for a few hours a week like I do now, even el cheapo Harbor Freight or (better) Northern will do. I Ebayed snapon for SAE to work on the race car, but I use Northern stuff for metric on the VE toy. There's another thread on here that included posts by a guy who calibrates torque wrenches; he listed several brands that were worth getting, some less expensive than snapon. I've not built motors with anything else but snapon torques for 30 years, they stay together, I'm not changing now. :-)

laoxboix206

I bought one for $125 at home depot. I used it to take the bolt off my strut but the piece broke in half. Piece of sh*t. I returned it the next day. I think it's better to buy the best one you can get. I'm not sure how much torque it had but probably no more than 75ft/lb.

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CenturyI

at the shop I work at we use a snap-on one. It suppose to have 500lb of torque. That thing gets off things with ease. And the battery usually last us a couple of days.

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