Advice Needed: New Metric Wrench Set In Anticipation of Work On 2nd Gen Tacoma

Does the average, home, hobby wrencher need an air ratchet, when an electric version will work for 95% of the wrenching?

I have all the air tools, but find myself reaching for the electric.

As for weight, you need to check out these new lithium ion units. Half the weight and no hose to drag around. Plus you can use them when no power us available.

 

Rightnow im looking for a new 3/8 gun and im torn between aur and battery powered snapons 3/8 gun has 275 ft lbs of torque but its 650 bucks anybody know of a decent gun thats not as expensive

 

The air cat gun from HF is highly rated.

Once you have taken an air gun apart, you will find it hard to spend big dollars for the name brands.

I already did and am kicking myself for spending over a grand for what I could have got for less than $500.

 

Which is why im looking for a... lesser brand I like the idea of battery powered but i dont want a little wimpy piece of crack since i use my tools to put food on the table.

 

I'm glad you are searching. There is nothing more powerful to resist than the Snap On truck on pay day.

Take a look, those fuquers always show up the day or the day after you cashed your check.

 

He suckers me all the time he always has that tool and you cant have enough tools

 

Air tools are nice if you got a compressor and air lines all set up. When I was a tech, a new guy showed up and for the most part all he used were snap-on battery powered impact wrenches. He had like 3 batteries. That thing was the size of a nail gun.

 

Try Ingersoll Rand. I'd say they are just as good if not better than Snap-on and usually priced lower.

 

Milwaukee 1/2" impact has 450 ft/lbs of force and works with the smaller batteries fine. $169 driver only, batteries are $80 or so. Not too heavy, and not as bulky as the Dewalt.

 

I won't even tell you what I've bought and what I now want to buy after starting this gawdam thread.
"My name is Matt. And I'm a tool-a-holic." Group responds: "Hi Matt."
And you guys are ENABLERS! Shame on all of you.

 

Glad we could help.

 

Only one thing wrong...not enough grime permanently ground into your hands

 

For ratcheting wrenches, I bought these:

$88 GEARWRENCH 8 Pc. 12 Pt. Reversible Ratcheting Combination Wrench Set, Metric - 9543

Gearwrench 8pcs Reversible Combination Ratcheting Wrench Set

My 12mm seized up awhile ago, contacted Apex and they sent me a new one.

 

Used your link to decide on the 14 PC non ratcheting combo wrench set and the 14 PC deep metric socket set but found better prices on Amazon.

 

I bought a Millwaukee M18 1/2" impact a couple of years ago. It is a go to tool for me. I picked up an M18 hammer drill from flea bay and it is a great combo. Highly recommend.

 

I ordered Dewalt's DCF899 kit from Amazon Prime for $279. Currently the kit is priced at $299, but Dewalt and Amazon are running a special right now, taking an additional $20 off Dewalt products priced at over $100. Home Despot is selling that same kit for $350. I also ordered a Sunex impact socket set. My 1/4 and 3/8 sockets are GearWrench, but I thought I'd give Sunex a try after reading a lot of good things about their ChroMo impact sockets.

 

Did you get the one with the hog ring or detent anvil?

 

Detent.

 

With the detent, once you put a socket on there, it's going to stay on there and there's a good chance it won't fall out, which is great if you are in construction and climbing all over the place. The problem is, it can be hard to take off and if you are working with different sockets, it can get frustrating. With the hog or friction ring, the sockets can slip on and off without too much effort. It won't be as secure as a detent, but its easier to interchange sockets.