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swathdiver Senior Enthusiast

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The classifieds are littered with battery powered tools at discount prices.  We have corded drills and saws over twenty-five years old.  my cordless drill is approaching twenty years old now, the batteries are getting harder and harder to find.  Always have to charge them up before use, they last 4-5 years.  Keep two on hand but the corded ones are much more powerful and ready to go as soon as I can find the extension cord!

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SierraHD17 Senior Enthusiast

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The cordless stuff is pretty badass nowdays and hard to beat if you don't have a good air compressor.  I have a 5HP dual stage with a 60 gallon tank so air is the only option I wanted.  I actually bought a Harbor Freight Earthquake XT 1/2" drive.  Thing was a pain to  get ( I am in Canada so no stores) and finally got it off Ebay new.  Blows my old Bluepoint out of the water and is pretty impressive.  For the price of it I can buy like 4 of them to one equal size Snap On so I will run with it.  I actually watched a few tests and the thing out torqued the Snap On so why not.  But then a 1000 ft lbs of torque generally accomplishes that.

 

Cordless though.. I am starting to warm up to Milwaukee myself.  Have had Dewalt forever but I think the new Milwaukee stuff is tough to beat.

dmax_ty Enthusiast

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I have a Milwaukee M18 cordless and it is one of my favorite tools. I haven't found anything that it won't bust loose yet and there's no need to drag around a hose with it. 

 

Also, my 3/8 Snap-on is a little beast as well. 

Logan Lanfear Enthusiast

Logan Lanfear

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On 11/21/2017 at 2:08 PM, SierraHD17 said:

The cordless stuff is pretty badass nowdays and hard to beat if you don't have a good air compressor.  I have a 5HP dual stage with a 60 gallon tank so air is the only option I wanted.  I actually bought a Harbor Freight Earthquake XT 1/2" drive.  Thing was a pain to  get ( I am in Canada so no stores) and finally got it off Ebay new.  Blows my old Bluepoint out of the water and is pretty impressive.  For the price of it I can buy like 4 of them to one equal size Snap On so I will run with it.  I actually watched a few tests and the thing out torqued the Snap On so why not.  But then a 1000 ft lbs of torque generally accomplishes that.

 

Cordless though.. I am starting to warm up to Milwaukee myself.  Have had Dewalt forever but I think the new Milwaukee stuff is tough to beat.

What about ordering online?

The new Milwaukee is definitely a goal to one one day if I ever break away from air.  

SierraHD17 Senior Enthusiast

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On 12/2/2017 at 12:21 PM, Logan Lanfear said:

What about ordering online?

The new Milwaukee is definitely a goal to one one day if I ever break away from air.  

I did order online lol.  Ebay was online haha.  Nobody had the thing in stock ever including Harbor Freight.... and being in Canada they wouldn't let you place an online order and were more than painful to deal with over the phone.  It was cheaper off Ebay than they wanted for it anyway.

Logan Lanfear Enthusiast

Logan Lanfear

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5 minutes ago, SierraHD17 said:

I did order online lol.  Ebay was online haha.  Nobody had the thing in stock ever including Harbor Freight.... and being in Canada they wouldn't let you place an online order and were more than painful to deal with over the phone.  It was cheaper off Ebay than they wanted for it anyway.

When I had said online I meant the website.  I wasnt aware that getting it online in Canada would be hard.  For me, It shows up as in stock ready to ship here in VT.  

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SierraHD17 Senior Enthusiast

SierraHD17

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I just bought the Milwaukee Fuel 1/2" high torque ( p/n 2767) and wow.... This thing is ridiculous and I absolutely love that haha.  It's supposed to be 1000 ft lbs in forward and 1400 ft lbs in reverse.... and yeah it turns pretty much anything.  An average home user won't even need an air impact with something like this.... even the 2763 is probably lots.  I just like overkill and I will use it at work too.

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