Raleigh North Carolina and surrounding areas

Dangit @nastyneight dont tell me that.. that thing is nearly $500

 

Idk how much those numbers really mean.. I have had at least one instance where my Harbor freight earthquake couldn't get a nut off but the Dewalt did.

 

Hehehe

 

That is kinda what started this whole thing. I need to get a bolt out for my passenger seat belt and neither of my air impacts have the balls to do it-granted both are older than I am

 

Come by and use the Milwaukee and see how it does

 

I will try to sometime next week. Emery’s birthday tomorrow and birthday party on Saturday so prolly gonna be booked

 

of your compressor had the CFM and capacity that Earthquake would be a beast, you need a larger compressor.
i run mine on 3/8” hose from a gas powered wheelbarrow compressor, it gets pretty much everything i’ve needed off the last couple years
The really big stuff i use a torque multiplier (hand operated, makes light work of large lugnuts like on semis, i was using a 3/4” drive and a 48” pipe wrench to break them loose before that...too much like work)

 

Miller's marketing knows how to get to people yes!


Uhh.. No

 

I've got the dewalt and will say there isn't anything it hasn't been able to break loose yet. Buddy of mine wasn't paying attention to what speed he was on and shared some grade 8 hardware like butter lol. With that said though I've seen the ryobi stuff hold its own with comparable numbers, imho stock with the same brand you have. You won't get pissed when that one battery you have dies and you really need it...

 

But it can totally make what you need to have that pizza

 

Can't weld brick ovens

 

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Touche

 

ive got the Ryobi 1/2” impact, it won’t do the larger lugs that I deal with, that was expected but being able to knock off cylinder nuts and attachment mounts it’s perfect.
...and I learned it’s in rhythm with the snare section of my daughters HS marching band when they are practicing the National Anthem tat tat tat

 

Nice!

 

@voz

 

Sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do, the band has to get there....with a lot bigger truck

I just hauled it to the field empty and then loaded back to the band room
That’s all she wants and all I’m gonna give her

 

AvE has done some good tear down and analysis/reviews of these batt operated tool. I myself run DeWalt. I have been using their stuff since the 90s, when I had issues the customer service was good. I have beaten the crap out of my stuff. My little 1/4" driver impact took a tumble off the roof and bounced a couple times after ~10ft drop, battery didn't even come off surprisingly. It works just fine still (I think I got lucky tbh). The reality is there are pros and cons to them all all are decent tools. The torque #s they claim are pretty much BS and are gotten from pretty specific testing methods the manufacturer decides to use there isn't a standard for it.

 

price point, what you get vs what you spend. sometimes spending up doesn’t get you the value you think you’re getting.

but then there is how often will you use the tool ? if battery tools don’t get cycled the batteries go bad

years ago i bought a nice 14.4 DeWalt drill, worked great, just didn’t use it often enough the batteries went bad, would hold a charge very long. been thru a half dozen Ryobi drills, same thing, just hurts less because i didn’t spend as much.

current ryobi situation is impact and grinder which i use for work, as well as the drill. three batteries, they get used weekly, but not hard enough to need a charge all that often. we’ll see how long this stuff lasts

 

That is a very good point!

I use mine often enough that the batteries get cycled quite a bit. But the batts still go bad well before the tool.

 

Big shout out to the SOS guys for their quality and craftsmanship. I’m damn happy with my purchase.

@ovrlndkull
Big shout out to this guy for coming in clutch AF. Can’t thank you enough for going through the trouble bud. Damn good meeting you by the way. Looking forward to some of the events, meets, etc you mentioned.