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milwaukee 1/2 impact

Ok so to get everyone pissed, has anyone considered the Makita 1/2 18v I know they have several different 1/2 impacts. I have the Makita 4.5" 18v grinder, and yard blower. My brother has the 3/8 drill and 1/4" hex impacts. I don't want a different battery, I f a bunch of tools use the battery it will stay exercised and last longer. Imo.
 
Wes Harden said:
Ok so to get everyone pissed, has anyone considered the Makita 1/2 18v I know they have several different 1/2 impacts. I have the Makita 4.5" 18v grinder, and yard blower. My brother has the 3/8 drill and 1/4" hex impacts. I don't want a different battery, I f a bunch of tools use the battery it will stay exercised and last longer. Imo.
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Give it a shot. You happy with their other tools?
 
Wes Harden said:
Ok so to get everyone pissed, has anyone considered the Makita 1/2 18v I know they have several different 1/2 impacts. I have the Makita 4.5" 18v grinder, and yard blower. My brother has the 3/8 drill and 1/4" hex impacts. I don't want a different battery, I f a bunch of tools use the battery it will stay exercised and last longer. Imo.
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my brother had mekita tools before millwaukee and does not buy makita anymore. Milwaukee has more power and better battery life
 
I have a lot of Makita tools and batteries so I got a couple 1/2" impacts (large and small), a 3/8 impact, and a few 1/4" bit driver impacts. They work good and are lighter than milwaukee. I use Milwaukee at work now and they work great as well...if I was buying into a new platform Id go Milwaukee. I do have a lot of the m12 line at home as well.
 
The first cordless drill I ever bought was a Makita in 1994. Man, I remember that was a big deal and Makita was the go to brand for cordless drills at that time.

The reason I ended up with Milwaukee was 2 fold. First, we've got a lot of Milwaukee corded tools that have been around a LONG time and still going. The other reason was the other guys in the shop already had the DeWalt, Makita, and Rigid brands covered; I figured going with Milwaukee would prevent tool and battery mixup.
 
The 1/2" DeWalt brush-less is 700ft pd. I have not found any nut or bolt on my Blazer it has not remove with ease.
 
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Try removing a leaf spring mounting/bushing bolt after its been on 35 years in New England..bet it wont budge..
 
Well I had a shock mount come lose and my ridged would not touch it , the Milwaukee tightens it up with athoriti!!!!
 
I have yet to encounter anything the 2767 cant handle. Im glad I dont need the 1" gun.
 
obijuank5 said:
I have yet to encounter anything the 2767 cant handle. Im glad I dont need the 1" gun.
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In theory I can do a roadside tire repair on a semi out of the back of my K5 with this thing.
I don't need a portable air compressor.
If I have a spare tire already mounted on the wheel all I need is the gun, a hot battery and a jack.
Service trucks are charging $1000.00 just for the service to change a tire on the side of the road and most of the time my truck sits on the side of the road all day because we can't find anyone to change it especially if it's a super single.
 
I had to replace my 8 year old 1/2" M18 impact, 2663. It wasn't getting the hard stuff anymore so I replaced it with a 2962 https://milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Fastening/Impact-Wrenches/2962-20 It's about 100ft-lbs more fastening torque than my old one which also didn't have the "nut busting" torque. The old one wasn't brushless or anything fancy like the new stuff. I'm pretty sure it could probably be restored with some work on the brushes, but it was a good excuse to by a new one. It'll still break lug nuts loose so I might make it a trail rig tool.
 
I LOVE my Milwaukee 1/2" impact with 1400 lbs of nut busting. I was turned on to them when my brother who does construction said they are the only tools that puts up with his abuse. I now have his Milwaukee drill, smaller 1/4 impact driver and Sawzall. Amazing tools. Their square headed sockets are tempting.
 
When I used to take these bad boys apart for a living, I used the 3/8" and the 1/2" milwaukee exclusively with the exception of the few things we needed the 1" air impact for ( rear flywheel, turbo mounts, ect.)

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mrk5 said:
The first cordless drill I ever bought was a Makita in 1994. Man, I remember that was a big deal and Makita was the go to brand for cordless drills at that time.

The reason I ended up with Milwaukee was 2 fold. First, we've got a lot of Milwaukee corded tools that have been around a LONG time and still going. The other reason was the other guys in the shop already had the DeWalt, Makita, and Rigid brands covered; I figured going with Milwaukee would prevent tool and battery mixup.
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My first, circa 1993 or so...still have it as a relic, but the batteries died loooong ago.
 

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