Good cheaper impact wrench?

[Tractor Seabee]

Good and cheap don't run in the same sentence very well. The newer lines brought out by HF have very good reviews but the price is also higher and the discounts are few and far between.

Ron

 

[two_bit_score]

I have the Milwaukee M18 high torque tool. It is fantastic. Not cheap, but well made and super portable.

Over the years I have purchased HF impacts because they are cheap. Ever so often I buy another thinking the ones I have are or will soon be worn out. I'm up to 4 ½ inchers and they all still work very well. For a commercial operation/operator I might consider high dollar, but for my farm HF suits me.

Milwaukee 2767-22 Impact driver, 2 batts, charger. You will probably never need another heavy duty impact driver again. 1000 on and 1400 reverse.




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[4570Man]

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One of these??

Chances are a good impact wrench is more expensive and also requires proper air pressure & volume.

Yikes. Over $100 for a wrench to hammer on. I’ll just keep hammering on regular wrenches. And being 12 point sucks. A socket on a breaker bar would be a lot better.

 

[coxhaus]

I now use a couple of Dewalt 20volt impact wrenches for everything I do now. I use the Dewalt small impact with a 2 amp/hour small battery for light every day work instead of a ratchet. I then use my big Dewalt impact 1/2 inch with a 5 amp/hour battery for my tough stuff. Battery seems so much easier than using air hose. My 1/2 inch air impact is probably over 40 years old but still works fine, maybe not up to todays standards. I have an old 3/8 inch air impact that was too much trouble to use with an air hose that I never really used it.

The Dewalt impacts were part of the 18 volt trade up program I got from the Dewalt service center. I never really used the 18 volts versions.

 

[rangerfredbob]

I have one of the Earthquake 1/2" impacts that have the 3 settings on the back of the housing that was mentioned above a few times, I got it on a sidewalk sale for $50. I'm very impressed with it, on low setting it puts out more torque than my other impacts maxxed out and I think it uses less air doing it.

 

[denchen]

Its not every day I need one, but when I do I have one of those that you whack with a lump hammer. No batteries and I`ve not had a nut its not undone yet, mind it has broken a couple off over the years that were stuck fast.

 

[Egon]

Yikes. Over $100 for a wrench to hammer on. I値l just keep hammering on regular wrenches. And being 12 point sucks. A socket on a breaker bar would be a lot better.

When the going gets tough hammer wrenches rule. Especially with larger bolts/nuts. Pipe will also fit over the end for additional leverage.

For example the higher series of pipe flanges.

 

[handtools]

Another vote for the HF Earthquake, a lot of tool for the money especially for occasional use.

 

[California]

I have the red Earthquake mentioned above that HF has sold for many years. That $99 is high. Often there is a coupon for it. Sometimes down to $77 (what I paid) or even rarely $72.

Power is fine for automotive use. Its rare to need a breaker bar on anything.

If I were replacing it today I would spent the extra $20 (?) for the later one rated 50% stronger and slightly lighter.

I also wished I had bought the long-nose variant because any extension twists slightly and absorbs much of the torque. (photo)

Here's HF's whole variety of impact wrenches.

 

[countrybumpkin]

I love my impacts with the extended anvils I use them more than the short ones even if I don’t need the extra reach.