Gem99ultra
Veteran Member
I am starting to depend more on Makita and less on compressed air also. Just this week I bought my second 1/2" drive impact wrench.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Makita-...rive-Impact-Wrench-Tool-Only-XWT08Z/206637027
I too, switched from air to battery last week. I have a nice IR 1/2 inch air impact that supposedly puts out 700 lbs torque. yeah, well that is if you have a 200 psi compressor to run it. I don't. Mine compressor max's out at 125 lbs.. So, my $700 IR impact wrench bought many years ago has largely sat unused most of the time, with me using a 4' cheater pipe on my breakover bar when needed.
So, I bought the lighter weight DeWalt that torques to 300 pounds. They do offer one that puts out 700 pounds, but I'm afraid I'd be breaking off a lot of bolts and studs with that animal. I believe you call that 'lack of self control'
The short and long of it all is that we all seem to be going 'electric' with everything, including vehicles. I sure hope the power companies are prepared to support all of that electric power that we're going to be using.