Impact gun windy vs battery

[Grouse]

I recently bought the Hi Torque M18 Fuel 1/2” Milwaukee - and promptly sold my Air Gun - seriously they are that good. Rusted trailer wheel nuts, Tratter wheel nuts all come off with ease.

I went 1/2” as it lighter, is more than ample - and not much less torque than the 3/4”

Just bought a fuel M18 drill now to share the batteries £80 ish ex vat bare.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

No brainier if you already have the grease gun, just keep an eye out for a good deal, they do pop up now n then, maybe even look for 1 of the kits that have 2 or 3 tools in them with extra batteries and a charger in a case or holdall

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

When the fitters in tyre shops are using Milwaukee battery guns instead of air guns you know the game has changed.

 

[Happy]

I recently bought the Hi Torque M18 Fuel 1/2” Milwaukee - and promptly sold my Air Gun - seriously they are that good. Rusted trailer wheel nuts, Tratter wheel nuts all come off with ease.

I went 1/2” as it lighter, is more than ample - and not much less torque than the 3/4”

Just bought a fuel M18 drill now to share the batteries £80 ish ex vat bare.

What size tractor wheels nuts will the 1/2” gun take off?
Will it do a 32mm one without cracking it off first or would you need the 3/4” to do that?

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

and if he waited another few weeks he could go for a 1" drive cordless milwaukee,,,

What a monster!

 

[Andrew]

What he said!!!
Go battery, the sheer delight of throwing it in the truck to swap a wheel anywhere you hapen to be, and not having to fight with the airline even if you are within reach of the compressor makes it worth it.
Problem is that you'll be wanting the cordless grinder next......

Not convinced on the grinders. Had a braked 4.5” and it failed twice under warranty, and again just after the warranty ran out. Brought a HD unbraked one and it’s just stopped woth smoke pouring out of it this morning.

 

[milkloss]

Not convinced on the grinders. Had a braked 4.5” and it failed twice under warranty, and again just after the warranty ran out. Brought a HD unbraked one and it’s just stopped woth smoke pouring out of it this morning.

I think cordless grinders are just for occaisional use really.

 

[Lazy Sod]

I use mains powered angle grinders (4.5" & 9") at my welding bench as they are more powerful than cordless ones, but everything else is Dewalt cordless. My air tools are pretty much redundant now. The compressor is only really used for tyre inflation and blowing off something.

 

[ACEngineering]

We just got a mid torque Milwaukee and its an amazing tool, though a bit pricey at the offset the nice thing with batteries is you can take it wherever i.e. out the yard and is good for difficult places. Even though its the mid torque its got plenty of power (Will easily shear 19mm bolts in 3rd power setting) and has lots of control with the 3 power modes

Sorry but you mean m12 bolts. An M12 bolt has a 19mm socket‍

 

[Cowcalf]

What size tractor wheels nuts will the 1/2” gun take off?
Will it do a 32mm one without cracking it off first or would you need the 3/4” to do that?

I WOULD SAY NO, MIGHT IF ONLY JUST PUT ON , BUT NO CHANCE WITH ANYTHING THATS BEEN ON A WHILE

 

[David.]

Never use air since battery gear arrived, you will only regret the money the day you pay, I promise.

 

[hutchy143211]

Sorry but you mean m12 bolts. An M12 bolt has a 19mm socket‍

Yeah was meaning an M12 just referring to the head size

 

[ACEngineering]

What size tractor wheels nuts will the 1/2” gun take off?
Will it do a 32mm one without cracking it off first or would you need the 3/4” to do that?

I spin manitou wheel nuts off no bother with my 3/4 drive. There a 32mm socket

The high torque 1/2 drive is exactly same gun as the 3/4 just different size square.

Only slightly more torque on the 3/4 all of which is down to the socket. 3/4 drive transmits more torque on there test bench that's all.

In normal use the 3/4 wins on bigger nuts cause your already on heavy 3/4 drive sockets.

 

[welshfarmer]

We've had a brushless Dewalt for a bout 3 years, I think the air one has only been out of the cupboard a handful of times since we've had it, handles trailer wheel nuts very well. The anvil snapped off a few weeks ago, (it does get a lot of serious use) but a quick visit to ebay and about £15 and she's good to go. Downside is they are quite noisy but it was a real eye opener to me just how good it is.

 

[Wayne n]

If you already have the grease gun you may aswell stick with Milwaukee so you can share the batteries. DeWalt is a good second choice though.

 

[Half Pipe]

What size tractor wheels nuts will the 1/2” gun take off?
Will it do a 32mm one without cracking it off first or would you need the 3/4” to do that?

We have the older fuel 3/4 version, our tanker needed a wheel change recently, 10stud with 32mm nuts, it wasn't moving them untill I started doing ratchet type movement with the gun and that wee bit extra slackened them, so reckon the newer versions would slacken most wheel studs.
They hadn't been off for a while, would of taken bit of pipe on 3/4 breaker bar and a lot more effort on my part.
Also noticed recently our low loader has 2 27mm nuts and 6 30mm per wheel, the 30's slacken slot easier with buzz gun than the 27's, presume it's the small bit extra leverage

 

[fermerboy]

What size tractor wheels nuts will the 1/2” gun take off?
Will it do a 32mm one without cracking it off first or would you need the 3/4” to do that?

I've one of the first fuel brushless impact guns. Bought mine from USA before they were out here.
It pretty much shifts everything i need it to except JCB loadall wheel nuts, need to crack them off first. If it is something really rusty then usually end up snapping it off if you persist sometimes. JF forager blade bolts, use the gun to tighten them, but will only undo about half, seem to get tighter in use. A new charged battery is sometimes enough to give that extra twist as well.
I took the front linkage and loader, and a couple of wheels off a NH and split her, took engine out all on one charge of impact gun, was a bit stop start but i was chuffed with that effort.

Ive a McConell topper and the bolt holes for the gearbox are a bit oval and worn due to muppetry before i bpught it. We tightened and tightened the 6 bolts but thay always loosened, so i got new bolts and tightened the crap out of them with the Molwaukee rattle gun, never slackened since. Think its just the vibration that gets them right tight.
Care required on smaller stuff required.
I recently bought a impact driver and i think it will be dead handy for ligjt work, not so heavy as well.

 

[milkloss]

I’ve got the Makita rattler and very pleased with it. What many people don’t realise is that the Makita only gives its ‘nut busting torque’ (FFS!) for the first five taps.

 

[fermerboy]

Norhing much wrong with any of the main players, but once you commit to a brand thats it, the ability to share chargers and batteries far out weighs any difference between them

 

[JWL]

I knew I shouldn't have opened this thread yesterday, just stepping out of the house earlier this evening and son number 1 say's "Hey dad, there's a battery nut runner on Farcebook Marketplace at a good price and it's only in town". So now I have an 18V Makita ½" drive, 2 batteries and charger. Then the chap said he was thinking of selling his battery angle grinder as well with another battery, so £150 lighter I've now enlarged my tool collection

Well my cheap and cheerful compressor that struggled to run the nut runner decided to throw a wobbly a couple of days ago and my 4½" grinder gave up the ghost a few months ago so I can justify myself spending the boys inheritance