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I carried the entire trailer out by hand after breaking it down to its individule components. This tool makes a hard and tedious task almost fun. These tires need to be rotated frequently to get the maximum life out of them, the front tires on my truck wear "funny" if I don't rotate them, probably due to the aggressive tread pattern and the weight from the diesel engine, 4,000 lbs on the front axle empty. Please vote if you find this review helpful. If it ever does I will update this review.UpdateI used this tool today to dissassemble my rather large boat trailer that was in my barn fire. I love this tool.
The first time I rotated the wheels they had been on about 5 years and I thought that there was no way that this little battery operated toy of a tool would take them off.so I got out my 24" breaker bar and prepared to do battle, I had been down this road before.it spun all the factory installed lug nuts off without hesitation. The Milwaukee impact has never failed to remove and replace all the wheels on a single battery charge. I couldn't believe it. This is one of the best labor saving (grunt and sweat) tools I have ever bought. I have a 2003 GMC Diesel 1 ton "dually" with 6 aggressive off road style tires. It does a lot of work on a battery charge. I am sure that some day I will find something that it needs help with and I will break out the huge breaker bar and extension.but it hasn't happened yet.
Taking it apart was the only way I was able to move it since the tounge was twisted and the wheels were siezed on the axels. It spun out all the rusted bolts even the axel/spring hanger bolts without breaking a sweat. I am glad I did. I only drive this truck when I need to do "1 ton work" so it doesn't get a lot of miles on it, I think it only has about 30K on it now, so the lug nuts get a good chance to rust/weld themselves in place between rotations. The trailer has been sitting in the weather for about a month and has become very rusty.
I already had 8-18 volt Milwaukee batteries 2 Ni-Cads and 6 Lithium Ion so it was a no brainer to get a "bare tool" Milwaukee 1/2" Impact. It exceeds my expectations. It was one of the last items to be cleaned up because I couldn't figure out how to move it.
The impact is powerful, the only draw back would be it's weighty. 18v Milwaukee tools are my favorite and I've used a lot of different ones. I've got the drill, reciprocating saw, light, and now the impact. The way I've compensated was sliding the battery on the backside, seems to make it more balanced. Bought this as alternative to an air gun when I wasn't home.
I took the Impact Wrench out of the box and it had scratches and dust all over it. DO NOT buy this product from this company. I received this product this evening, opened it up out of the UPS box and immediately saw that the Milwaukee box had been opened up quite a few times. This had clearly been used and I couldn't believe it. BTW, this tool does not come with a charger or battery, that cost extra.
It does have excellent ballance and is extremley rugged. Tire lugg nuts are a joke evan on a 18 wheeler.I have driven 3/4 inch by 10 inch long lag bolts with no pilot holes, straight thru 4x6 beams into stucco and thru the wall studs no problem. This Milwaukee 18 volt impact wrench is unreal.I have owned it for three months now and I have yet to findits limmit. This much power in a tool does have its downside, after removeing 4 tires and replacing them the battery isshowing signs of fatigue and after 4 of the 3/4 inch by 10 inchlag bolts the battery is dead. Yes I said with no pilot holes.And just for fun I drove a one inch by 12 inch long lag bolt intothe end of a pressure treated 4x6, with ease.I removed a rusted 7/8 inch nut that was imposssible to do by hand. The tool is big and heavy no doubt about it but not toobig or too heavy. (those are huge bolts)If you do this kind of thing often your better off with a cordedimpact gun. But I have found the cordless to be very handy.If the tool stands the test of time its a huge winner.
It does have excellent ballance and is extremley rugged. Tire lugg nuts are a joke evan on a 18 wheeler.I have driven 3/4 inch by 10 inch long lag bolts with no pilot holes, straight thru 4x6 beams into stucco and thru the wall studs no problem. This Milwaukee 18 volt impact wrench is unreal.I have owned it for three months now and I have yet to findits limmit. This much power in a tool does have its downside, after removeing 4 tires and replacing them the battery isshowing signs of fatigue and after 4 of the 3/4 inch by 10 inchlag bolts the battery is dead. Yes I said with no pilot holes.And just for fun I drove a one inch by 12 inch long lag bolt intothe end of a pressure treated 4x6, with ease.I removed a rusted 7/8 inch nut that was imposssible to do by hand. The tool is big and heavy no doubt about it but not toobig or too heavy. (those are huge bolts)If you do this kind of thing often your better off with a cordedimpact gun. But I have found the cordless to be very handy.If the tool stands the test of time its a huge winner.
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