megaboz
Platinum Member
i guess this needs a YMMV.
I run pretty much all harbor freight guns. I work on tractors.
havn't worn a gun out yet.
my 12yr old 1/2" impact IR clone takes off tractor lug nuts fine.
my 3/4 and 1" gun will either take a nut / bolt off/out or wring it off.
i used to only own a pancake compressor.. I did tire lugs with it.
it peters out fast.. but then the nut gets broke loose in about 5 bangs.. then it is a freewheel.
yes.. the compressors's gonna be running for each tire.
ideal? heck no..
buy a 200-300$$ IMPACT GUN? Why.. he has a 44$ compressor.. that would be futile..
wait till he gets a 600$ compressor to get that spendy air tool..
People are so touchy these days.
I didn't say buy the most expensive one out there? At least I can't find it in my post. If he had a $600 air compressor, he probably wouldn't need an expensive impact gun.
I only stating that a cheap air gun wouldn't probably be the best buy for the money. A little better air gun will have a little better performance especially on the a pan-cake style air-compressor. Pan-cakes don't store much air, don't build up air pressure quickly and a real cheap tool will probably not be able to get the work done. On an air compressor with a larger tank, may not be as big of an issue (just in case, I am not recommending buying a new air compressor, I don't need anymore flaming today). I have bought cheap tools, and most of them end up in the garbage after a few uses. I have also bought name brand tools that would've ended up in the garbage too but were saved by their warranty.
But case in point, I have had two sub $100 air guns from Sears that literally tore themselves a part after a couple months of easy use (not that Sears sells the best tools, just my experience). I had another (well it lasted a couple of years) that would try to turn the bolt but before it started started turning the bolt it would be cycling back for the next impact, end result the bolt never moved. I thought the bolt was stuck, I was amazed when my breaker bar slipped out of my hand and the lug nut spun just from gravity but the impact gun wouldn't turn it!