Love all my DeWalt impacts using the 6.o battery.
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600 ft. lbs. of Nut-Busting Torque ??
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I don't have a big impact yet but the small one but I have the 6.0 batteries and some 3.0
I would not even think of just being bound by a 2.0 which is all I see everywhere
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Bwhahahahaha........ nothing beats the
THUNDER GUN!!!!!!!
https://airimpactwrenchguide.com/ingersoll-rand-232tgsl-air-impact-wrench-thunder-gun/
actually.....it's a pretty good impact...
but I find myself reaching for my 20 volt DeWalt's more and more...
THUNDER GUN!!!!!!!
https://airimpactwrenchguide.com/ingersoll-rand-232tgsl-air-impact-wrench-thunder-gun/
actually.....it's a pretty good impact...
but I find myself reaching for my 20 volt DeWalt's more and more...
I don't know about that, the earthquake that I have does 795 ft.lbs tq, and the new model does 1050 ft.lbs
And just came back from hf the new xl
1190 ft.lbs
1190 ft.lbs
I bought the same HF impact gun at the flea market last summer--guy has some awesome deals ,he must have an "in" with HF...he sold me the Earthquake gun and a set of 1/2" drive impact SAE sockets for $40--he wanted $50 but all I had on me was $40 and I never expected him to accept that,but he'd had a lousy day sales wise and did!..
I used it only a few times to rotate tires on my 3/4 ton--the 8 lugs come off stiff every last thread,my old "Buffalo" impact couldn't break them loose,I had to use a breaker bar first,then it could spin them off..using a 4 way lug wrench to change a flat on the road would likely put me in the ICU..
The Earthquake gun zipped them right off like nothing,and I don't yet have the air hose fittings with the larger I.D. they recommend ,plus my compressor tops out at about 100 psi...I bet if I had more pressure and the right fittings it could twist the lug studs right off ..
The older I get ,the more I need an impact-been considering getting a Milwaukee 1/2" cordless impact from another dealer at the flea market who has brand new & reconditioned ones for much less than stores get,I can get a new one with a new battery & charger for $175..
My only fear is it'll probably sit in the truck for months before I ever need to use it and the battery will be dead--or it might get stolen..
It sure would make changing a flat a lot less exhausting though..
I used it only a few times to rotate tires on my 3/4 ton--the 8 lugs come off stiff every last thread,my old "Buffalo" impact couldn't break them loose,I had to use a breaker bar first,then it could spin them off..using a 4 way lug wrench to change a flat on the road would likely put me in the ICU..
The Earthquake gun zipped them right off like nothing,and I don't yet have the air hose fittings with the larger I.D. they recommend ,plus my compressor tops out at about 100 psi...I bet if I had more pressure and the right fittings it could twist the lug studs right off ..
The older I get ,the more I need an impact-been considering getting a Milwaukee 1/2" cordless impact from another dealer at the flea market who has brand new & reconditioned ones for much less than stores get,I can get a new one with a new battery & charger for $175..
My only fear is it'll probably sit in the truck for months before I ever need to use it and the battery will be dead--or it might get stolen..
It sure would make changing a flat a lot less exhausting though..
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This thread sounds more and more like the diesel truck ratings every new model year....
More HP !! More Torque!!!
Sorry.....More NUT BUSTING TORQUE !!!
More HP !! More Torque!!!
Sorry.....More NUT BUSTING TORQUE !!!
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Thinking about it,,,, I wonder who does these tests,,,what standards are used,,and if everyone has to play by the same rules...
Think about it.... I don't know if any of you have torqued a set of D60 king pins to
600 ft-lbs,, but it takes a hell of a lot of force..
1100 ft lbs of torque out of an impact ???
maybe for a split second when the anvil hits inside the gun.... because a sustained 1100 ft lbs would twist your arm off !!!
So to say one mfg's impact has more torque
over another,, who sets the "standard" ??
and at what point in the anvil strike is the measurements taken ???
Ever use a 1" tire gun for changing 18 wheeler tires??? Those things don't f*ck
around.. I don't know the exact torque ratings on one of those, but I do know that we used them to help spin over worn out 4 cylinder diesel engines in reefer units when they got hard to start!!!
Think about it.... I don't know if any of you have torqued a set of D60 king pins to
600 ft-lbs,, but it takes a hell of a lot of force..
1100 ft lbs of torque out of an impact ???
maybe for a split second when the anvil hits inside the gun.... because a sustained 1100 ft lbs would twist your arm off !!!
So to say one mfg's impact has more torque
over another,, who sets the "standard" ??
and at what point in the anvil strike is the measurements taken ???
Ever use a 1" tire gun for changing 18 wheeler tires??? Those things don't f*ck
around.. I don't know the exact torque ratings on one of those, but I do know that we used them to help spin over worn out 4 cylinder diesel engines in reefer units when they got hard to start!!!
I tell you, the big rig wheels need to be torqued to 550 ft lbs and I had a 1" impact gun with twin hammers and it topped at 2500 ft.lbs there were times when the wheel hadn't been touched for a year and ran through snow and salt and was on there good, and I would crank the impact to the highest level to break them loose.Thinking about it,,,, I wonder who does these tests,,,what standards are used,,and if everyone has to play by the same rules...
Think about it.... I don't know if any of you have torqued a set of D60 king pins to
600 ft-lbs,, but it takes a hell of a lot of force..
1100 ft lbs of torque out of an impact ???
maybe for a split second when the anvil hits inside the gun.... because a sustained 1100 ft lbs would twist your arm off !!!
So to say one mfg's impact has more torque
over another,, who sets the "standard" ??
and at what point in the anvil strike is the measurements taken ???
Ever use a 1" tire gun for changing 18 wheeler tires??? Those things don't f*ck
around.. I don't know the exact torque ratings on one of those, but I do know that we used them to help spin over worn out 4 cylinder diesel engines in reefer units when they got hard to start!!!
Now I have a 1/2" that can break those loose. I don't know what to tell you.
I downgraded to a smaller pistol grip 1" on the truck that topped at 1500 ft.lbs during the last year but I tried the newer 1/2" and was floored.
You're right though about the diesel comparison
@imiceman44 so you are saying the HF $150 gun pulls off 550ft lb torqued lugs? Too bad it's not cordless.
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Yes.
If they have been there for a year it takes a few seconds of pounding but yes it does.
I got a 1" impact from a friend who found it in a dumpster of used tools at the Quincy shipyard years ago,there was nothing wrong with it,but it had a special air coupler welded to it so no one but the shipyard could use it..we fixed that in a hurry ..
--don't remember the brand it was,probably Chigaco Pneumatic,it had a planetary gear reduction and long pipe handles--that thing would lift me off the ground like nothing when I tried it on a axle nut on a vehicle at the junkyard!..thing was dangerous,it could pull your arms out of the socket if you weren't ready for the "recoil"..
I think the torque ratings of an "hammering" impact differ from what torque you can create with a long bar--impact shock might top 1200 ft/lbs for a second or two,but applying that much slow steady torque with a cheater pipe on a breaker bar would likely just twist off the bolt instead of loosening it..
I've had to break bolts free with a breaker bar before an impact could finish loosening it..
--don't remember the brand it was,probably Chigaco Pneumatic,it had a planetary gear reduction and long pipe handles--that thing would lift me off the ground like nothing when I tried it on a axle nut on a vehicle at the junkyard!..thing was dangerous,it could pull your arms out of the socket if you weren't ready for the "recoil"..
I think the torque ratings of an "hammering" impact differ from what torque you can create with a long bar--impact shock might top 1200 ft/lbs for a second or two,but applying that much slow steady torque with a cheater pipe on a breaker bar would likely just twist off the bolt instead of loosening it..
I've had to break bolts free with a breaker bar before an impact could finish loosening it..
I got a torque multiplier, much easier than a cheater bar and smaller too. Even comes with a bunch of sockets 1" set.I got a 1" impact from a friend who found it in a dumpster of used tools at the Quincy shipyard years ago,there was nothing wrong with it,but it had a special air coupler welded to it so no one but the shipyard could use it..we fixed that in a hurry ..
--don't remember the brand it was,probably Chigaco Pneumatic,it had a planetary gear reduction and long pipe handles--that thing would lift me off the ground like nothing when I tried it on a axle nut on a vehicle at the junkyard!..thing was dangerous,it could pull your arms out of the socket if you weren't ready for the "recoil"..
I think the torque ratings of an "hammering" impact differ from what torque you can create with a long bar--impact shock might top 1200 ft/lbs for a second or two,but applying that much slow steady torque with a cheater pipe on a breaker bar would likely just twist off the bolt instead of loosening it..
I've had to break bolts free with a breaker bar before an impact could finish loosening it..
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