Air Impact Wrench

zyklon

Member
Livestock Farmer
Just been swapping some new wheels on for the slurry, changing center plates etc and it’s been a torture using socket bars.

Anyone recommend an air wrench for the job?
 

Phil P

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
North West
Ingersoll-Rand 2235QTiMAX 1/2"
It’s not cheap but probably the best 1/2 gun on the market, mine is used daly for removing tractor wheels, front and rear.
Or get the 3/4 version if you need bigger, carful of shearing bots and stripping nuts though. (Decent compressor required)
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Vizslaman

Member
Location
Hampshire
Still got my 30 plus year old Blue Point it does everything I have ever asked of it.
I always used a breaker bar to start undoing and then for final tighten.
 

ACEngineering

Member
Location
Oxon
I have a snapon. Not good enough. I thought air was the best at tight bolts?

:ROFLMAO:snap on!

Sell that on ebay, some idiot will pay silly money for it and think its the tits! That's what I did with my old knackered snap on one got £170 for it and was 6 or 7 years old only cost me £300 new! was cheap wrenching at £130 for 6 or 7 years(y)

Go buy your self a Milwaukee high torque 1/2 or 3/4 impact gun, wont have to part with a lot of money then.
 

zyklon

Member
Livestock Farmer
Never liked my Snapon anyhow. Useless expensive batteries that stop working after a year and the bloody thing couldn’t tighten a bottle top now. It starts and stops.

What is this Milwaukee like with removing or tightening tractor wheel nuts? Will a breaker bar be needed to tighten the nuts that bit more after the gun?
 

ACEngineering

Member
Location
Oxon
1/2" adapter ok for smaller jobs, but will lose a bit of power, Milwaukee are needing to add a decent 3/4" socket set to there accessories.
bosch 2608551103 or 2608551104
Are decent set for ag wheel nuts.
Can only find them on Amazon tho

It will a little bit but for wheel nuts cant beat the 3/4 drive.
I got the older non onekey version and love it but had a go with one in my link and is slightly better again.
 

holmes65

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
S Yorkshire
We have a 3/4 Clarke xpro that is very good. No need to slacken wheel nuts of with a socket. I think it cost less than £200 on line if I remember correctly.
 
If you are regularly using them then I think the cost of the Milwaukee is going to be good if you use it once or twice every 3 months there has to be a more cost effective option. I don’t know what make it would be. we have a Beta 3/4 air gun that’s 20 years old but I only use it properly a dozen times a year.
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
I have a 3/4 dual voltage Hikoki, was Hitachi. More torque than my 1" drive air gun. They aren't Milwaukee but more than adequate for my occasional use.
 

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