Cordless Impact Wrench? what to get?

The kit our spanner spinner has is the Hitachi WR18DL.
He swears by it,cost him close to $800 a few years back,can buy the same kit delivered from an Aussie seller on Ebay for $429.00 :cool::cool::cool::cool:,extra matching tools are in the $120 to $150 delivered:cool::cool::cool::cool:. He has only had 1 battery failure due to a forklift running it over;););););)
When he throws his gear in the ute for a field fix I see its always the first thing he grabs.
Will look into the new model before I buy.
Cheers
Andrew

Andrew. When you finally purchase let us know what you get and a report after some use, performance battery life etc.

Hi Andrew. We use the Hitachi up on site in the crushing plant - have 4 of them. Have just been up there for a month on a mojor upgrade to the plant, and these things were being used everywhere during construction and for maintenance on the original plant. The blokes on site swear by them.

One of the contractors we had on site had his own Milwaukee which was also a very grunty bit of gear. He says he wouldn't use anything else, and as he buys his tools with his own money, I suppose that's a pretty good recommendation.

Similarly, my young bloke who is a diesel fitter swears by the Snap On. He recently had one run over by a bogger or something underground. Snap On supplied him a new outer case for nothing and he simply swapped the internals over into the new case and it's as good as new.

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Andrew. When you finally purchase let us know what you get and a report after some use, performance battery life etc.

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Certainly will Dave.
The grader has a 14 foot blate and the bolts are about 3" apart,so lots of them.
If I havent got one when I next change blades our spanner twirler says I can borrow his and gaurantees I will buy.
Andrew

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Certainly will Dave.
The grader has a 14 foot blate and the bolts are about 3" apart,so lots of them.
If I havent got one when I next change blades our spanner twirler says I can borrow his and gaurantees I will buy.
Andrew

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Andrew,

what size bolts and torque figures are we talking about ??

You may have me there.
The new CAT has larger bolts than the other Volvo grader,5/8 I think???.
The spaner man says I will need to crack them with the breaker bar.Once loose it you still fight them all the way to the end due to dirt on the threads and thread damage.He is ex mining and has changed heaps of cutting edges,and says it will do it.
Just looked up the new model,around $550 delivered with a bonus 3rd battery,they say 250NM Tourque,his book of words for the older model is 200nm.
Andrew

I would be pretty happy with this kit.
SYDNEY TOOLS - Hitachi 18V Li-lon Cordless 2pc Combo Kit Hammer Drill Driver Impact Wrench
Andrew

The tyre guy I go to said he's tried all the big brands. He now swears by the Milwawkee 18V- says it's the only one that will crack the really tight nuts - it's now all they use, don't bother with the air guns anymore.

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I would be pretty happy with this kit.
SYDNEY TOOLS - Hitachi 18V Li-lon Cordless 2pc Combo Kit Hammer Drill Driver Impact Wrench
Andrew

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Four amp hour batteries is very impressive. Also having a battery indicator is very handy. To get the best life out of your batteries this is worth a read.

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

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The tyre guy I go to said he's tried all the big brands. He now swears by the Milwawkee 18V- says it's the only one that will crack the really tight nuts - it's now all they use, don't bother with the air guns anymore.

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Pretty sure the 1/2" milwaukee has 640nm of torque.
That's enough to snap most bolts. A commodore wheel nut is 130nm or similar.