Looking at getting an impact wrench

[Jefe1018]

I have had the the Milwaukee M18 high-torque impact (2767) for 3-4 years and it is awesome. However, I'm finding that the Gen-3 Compact impact gets more use than the high-torque. It also lives in the toolbag under my backseat.

I have both the 1/2 inch and 3/8 drive in M18 - not the fuels - but boy oh boy do they do the job everywhere without having to bring in an air hose.

As a matter of fact, I started with the 3/8 in 2020 and got the 1/2 inch impact a few months ago... but haven't needed it. The 3/8 does the job and the 1/2 inch is so much heavier I haven't wanted to have to use it. It's sitting on a shelf unmolested.

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[SnazzGlad]

Well I guess I’m invested in myself now to do my own suspension project since I just got a smokin deal on a 20v Dewalt 1/2” impact with 2 batteries and a flashlight for 200 bucks.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Well I guess I’m invested in myself now to do my own suspension project since I just got a smokin deal on a 20v Dewalt 1/2” impact with 2 batteries and a flashlight for 200 bucks.

Yes you are.

 

[Geoarch]

Impact also chews up the finish on lug nuts. I hate it when dealers use an impact on lug nuts and it destroys the chrome - and the capped ones, I've got some where the cap is literally worn through from their stupid impacts.

Breaker bar to loosen with vehicle on the ground, then the new Milwaukee will remove them when the vehicle is raised with a smooth NON-IMPACT action.. That's what's nice about it - impact action only to break things loose then it goes more into electric screwdriver mode, smoothly backing things off.

I have the same impact wrench and use it the same way. I've seen impact used on body bolts and broke the weld nuts.

 

[ecidiego]

Dewalt 891 v 900 for the Gladiator..... do I need the 900 for 70 more dollars? Both are 4 speed and have the same features.

600 fastening 800 breakaway for the 891

1030 fastening 1400 breakaway for the 900

Yes more better grunt grunt. The 891 is smaller, cheaper, and if it's 'enough' for everything on the Gladiator it's all I would need.

Thoughts?

 

[WILDHOBO]

Dewalt 891 v 900 for the Gladiator..... do I need the 900 for 70 more dollars?

600 fastening 800 breakaway for the 891

1030 fastening 1400 breakaway for the 900

Yes more better grunt grunt. The 891 is smaller, cheaper, and if it's 'enough' for everything on the Gladiator it's all I would need.

Thoughts?

Buy Milwaukee instead.

 

[ecidiego]

Buy Milwaukee instead.

Don't want to deal with multiple chargers and battery sets. Already have 8 DeWalt 20v tools that all use the same batteries. I'd be buying the impact tool only.

 

[ecidiego]

The 900 is tested as the most powerful 1/2 ever made...



I just want 'enough' for the Jeep so if that 891 is enough I'd prefer that.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Buy Milwaukee instead.

My Milwaukee is a killer. In fact, tightening I have to be careful as I can hit 200 pound/feet pretty easily. There's no fastener on my truck it can't handle off or on.
A buddy who does high end restorations on classic cars put me onto these things. He said it will either come loose, or break. He's used his on some crazy rusty suspension parts over 40 years old.

Since my drills are all older DeWalt 14.7 volt - I wasn't concerned about batteries. I got the Milwaukee impact and power grease gun in a set. I take that grease gun with me on the road when I haul stuff as it's neat, clean, easy to use, has a real long hose and seems to deal with even dirty grease fittings with its force.

But that impact, I'm sold on this Milwaukee. It makes swapping suspension parts on a Jeep a whole lot faster and easier.
IS there other good stuff out there? Sure there is, no doubt, but this thing has handled everything and anything I've thrown at it and some of the stuff I deal with is normally flame wrench material.

Sad that DeWalt keeps changing batteries every 3 or 4 years. One of my 14.7 drills is 22 years old and still performs like a champ with crazy power - but can't buy batteries for it any more. I have another smaller version of the same drill that also takes 14.7 volt batteries. Two perfect drills, powerful, reliable, and made obsolete because of freakin batteries?!
Good thing it doesn't work that way with trucks....
I wonder how many thousands of these drills and saws are out there in the land fill because you can't buy batteries - and likely every one of them is perfectly fine otherwise.
It's just stupid. But that's America.

 

[ecidiego]

DeWalt 20V XR battery format is 10 years old and no sign of going away.

Anyways guys, not starting a brand pissing contest....was just a question of mid versus hi torque models. All brands have them, including Milwaukee.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

DeWalt 20V XR battery format is 10 years old and no sign of going away.

Anyways guys, not starting a brand pissing contest....was just a question of mid versus hi torque models. All brands have them, including Milwaukee.

Naw, it's just sad that these companies make tools that last decades, and then you have to retire them because the battery formats become obsolete.
My DeWalt drill batteries lasted about 15 years then when they went, they went quickly. Luckily back then I could buy new ones. Now one of those new ones won't charge (thankfully two of the others will)
It happens to them all - DeWalt, Milwaukee, even B&D and others.
Frankly, while I love my Milwaukee - it's now about 3 years old and I'm sure that the other companies are competing like crazy. If I were to buy today, I might have a hard time deciding.
DeWalt drills that are 20 years old still going strong, DeWalt compound miter saw that's seen extreme use - still going strong, Milwaukee impact, LOL - pick one and run with it!
I can't say what the newer DeWalt would or would not do with the bolts and nuts on my Jeep, I only know the Milwaukee kills 'em, nothing it couldn't take loose, and I hardly have to do hand-tightening.
If the DeWalt can match or come close and has other stuff you like - go for it. It's going to be quality in any case.
There's one wish I have with the Milwaukee I have - it's a wrist-killer after holding it up under a truck for all those bolts. Weighs about 50 pounds. Well, not that much, but at the end of the day it feels like it.

 

[Rusty PW]

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[Sandevino]

I’ve got a 1/4” 18v Porter Cable that’s done everything I’ve asked of it.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I’ve got a 1/4” 18v Porter Cable that’s done everything I’ve asked of it.

That may be my next investment - a 1/4 or 3/8 drive impact.
I've got a Porter Cable circular saw and sander that are very nice quality (both corded)
At one time I had a Porter Cable worm-drive circular saw. That thing was a beast, all cast housing.

 

[Sandevino]

That may be my next investment - a 1/4 or 3/8 drive impact.
I've got a Porter Cable circular saw and sander that are very nice quality (both corded)
At one time I had a Porter Cable worm-drive circular saw. That thing was a beast, all cast housing.

Mine is probably 10 years old and still has the original batteries.

On a different but similar topic, I bought a 20v Ryobi drill / impact combo and two high capacity batteries for under $200 as it was cheaper to buy than a single battery for my Makita drill. I had low expectations but they’re quite good.

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