Tool question
Cargo Master
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The impact on the stabilizer jacks is annoying, especially when some pull in at midnight or out at 0600.
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Absolutely. That was one of the factors that went into my decision to switch to the drill and away from the impact.
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I used to carry a drill, but thought that the impact wrench might do a better job with the front 5th wheel landing gear if there was a failure of some sort. Years ago the switch that raises and lowers the landing gear on our 38' 5th wheel ceased to work. I did what I could to repair it at the beach, but that was not happening. After raising and lowering the 5th wheel by the hand crank, I figured there has to be a better way.
1/2" impact wrench with a jacobs adapter is that way. Luckily we have not had to go that route again after repairing and routing wires better than the factory did.
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From: Randolph County NC
I carry a Dewalt 20V HD 1/2" impact and a couple 6ah batteries. I also carry a full set of flip impact sockets from (HF) as well as a 160lb rated torque stick for the truck lug nuts and a 90lb rated torque stick for the Airstream trailer lug nuts.
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I went out yesterday and bought the Ryobi one+ HP 1/2" impact, up to 600ft-lbs break away torque version (P262) $159.00 and Home Depot had a deal for the 2 pack 4ah High Performance batteries for $99.00. Stopped a Harbor Freight picked up 1/2" 13pc sockets, 4pc extentions, tool bag to put everything in for $44.97. Everthing was $302.97.
Using the charger from the Ryobi drill it took roughly 2hrs for each battery (4ah) to fully charge them.
One of our F350 work trucks gave up the ghost and needed to take the new wheels off of it and trade with another work truck. 1 4ah battery pack was enough to do a truck with 1 out of the 4 led lights still showing on the battery pack. The impact had no problem at all loosening all the lug nuts.
What a world of difference using a power tool instead of breaker bar and ratchet. Money well spent.
Using the charger from the Ryobi drill it took roughly 2hrs for each battery (4ah) to fully charge them.
One of our F350 work trucks gave up the ghost and needed to take the new wheels off of it and trade with another work truck. 1 4ah battery pack was enough to do a truck with 1 out of the 4 led lights still showing on the battery pack. The impact had no problem at all loosening all the lug nuts.
What a world of difference using a power tool instead of breaker bar and ratchet. Money well spent.
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I went out yesterday and bought the Ryobi one+ HP 1/2" impact, up to 600ft-lbs break away torque version (P262) $159.00 and Home Depot had a deal for the 2 pack 4ah High Performance batteries for $99.00. Stopped a Harbor Freight picked up 1/2" 13pc sockets, 4pc extentions, tool bag to put everything in for $44.97. Everthing was $302.97.
Using the charger from the Ryobi drill it took roughly 2hrs for each battery (4ah) to fully charge them.
One of our F350 work trucks gave up the ghost and needed to take the new wheels off of it and trade with another work truck. 1 4ah battery pack was enough to do a truck with 1 out of the 4 led lights still showing on the battery pack. The impact had no problem at all loosening all the lug nuts.
What a world of difference using a power tool instead of breaker bar and ratchet. Money well spent.
Using the charger from the Ryobi drill it took roughly 2hrs for each battery (4ah) to fully charge them.
One of our F350 work trucks gave up the ghost and needed to take the new wheels off of it and trade with another work truck. 1 4ah battery pack was enough to do a truck with 1 out of the 4 led lights still showing on the battery pack. The impact had no problem at all loosening all the lug nuts.
What a world of difference using a power tool instead of breaker bar and ratchet. Money well spent.
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I've had Dewalt corded and cordless tools for a long time after giving up on Craftsman. My roster of Dewalt tools had momentum and I kept buying that brand. Just to be clear, I'm satisfied with the tools that I have. But Dewalt has some glaring holes in their offering. For example, I wanted a cordless version of my pneumatic right angle impact wrench. Dewalt had absolutely nothing.
This summer I was looking for a cordless staple gun (narrow crown) to use when I didn't have power to run my air compressor for my Bostitch staple gun. I just didn't like the Dewalt options. The specs were different and none of my existing inventory of Bostitch staples would work. My Bostitch pneumatic tools are absolutely flawless and reliable as can be. It's hard to give that up.
If I had it to do over again, Milwaukee would probably be the line I would go with. At this point, I have too many tools and too many batteries to switch away from Dewalt.
This summer I was looking for a cordless staple gun (narrow crown) to use when I didn't have power to run my air compressor for my Bostitch staple gun. I just didn't like the Dewalt options. The specs were different and none of my existing inventory of Bostitch staples would work. My Bostitch pneumatic tools are absolutely flawless and reliable as can be. It's hard to give that up.
If I had it to do over again, Milwaukee would probably be the line I would go with. At this point, I have too many tools and too many batteries to switch away from Dewalt.
For example I carry 12" DW chainsaws in both of my side by sides so I also carry a DW 3/8" impact. I carry two batteries. My string trimmers, hedge trimmer and pole saw are DW. I carry a DW 1/2 impact in my F350. In my shop I use the Milwaukee mid range impact.
Milwaukee has many great M12 tools that I use that DW doesn't have- including the ratchets, and die grinders. I know have DW and Milwaukee at both our regular and vacation homes
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I went out yesterday and bought the Ryobi one+ HP 1/2" impact, up to 600ft-lbs break away torque version (P262) $159.00 and Home Depot had a deal for the 2 pack 4ah High Performance batteries for $99.00. Stopped a Harbor Freight picked up 1/2" 13pc sockets, 4pc extentions, tool bag to put everything in for $44.97. Everthing was $302.97.
Using the charger from the Ryobi drill it took roughly 2hrs for each battery (4ah) to fully charge them.
One of our F350 work trucks gave up the ghost and needed to take the new wheels off of it and trade with another work truck. 1 4ah battery pack was enough to do a truck with 1 out of the 4 led lights still showing on the battery pack. The impact had no problem at all loosening all the lug nuts.
What a world of difference using a power tool instead of breaker bar and ratchet. Money well spent.
Using the charger from the Ryobi drill it took roughly 2hrs for each battery (4ah) to fully charge them.
One of our F350 work trucks gave up the ghost and needed to take the new wheels off of it and trade with another work truck. 1 4ah battery pack was enough to do a truck with 1 out of the 4 led lights still showing on the battery pack. The impact had no problem at all loosening all the lug nuts.
What a world of difference using a power tool instead of breaker bar and ratchet. Money well spent.
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From: Lake Hartwell, GA
@cwtex04 , you will be very happy with that tool. I have the same one and have been using it for many years. If I had to guess, close to 8 or so. I use it for heavy work like steering gear pitman arms, medium work like lug nuts and light work like lowering or raising scissor jacks.
If you didn't see it above, you may want to consider a Jacobs chuck and adapter. This way, you only need to carry the one impact wrench around instead of a drill and an impact wrench. As an RV'r, you know that weight and space for "things" is a concern. I have been traveling cross country with the adapters and the impact wrench for about the same amount of time.
I also modified a landing gear manual raise and lower wrench to fit into the Jacobs chuck. I still have the hand crank, just bought a second on sale for cheap and cut the handle portion off. If you have ever raised or lowered your 5th wheel landing gear by hand, you will be saying "there has to be a better way" the entire time.
It is nice to have options if/when you need them. Good choice and have fun out there!
If you didn't see it above, you may want to consider a Jacobs chuck and adapter. This way, you only need to carry the one impact wrench around instead of a drill and an impact wrench. As an RV'r, you know that weight and space for "things" is a concern. I have been traveling cross country with the adapters and the impact wrench for about the same amount of time.
I also modified a landing gear manual raise and lower wrench to fit into the Jacobs chuck. I still have the hand crank, just bought a second on sale for cheap and cut the handle portion off. If you have ever raised or lowered your 5th wheel landing gear by hand, you will be saying "there has to be a better way" the entire time.
It is nice to have options if/when you need them. Good choice and have fun out there!
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My feelings exactly, I’m not going to use it everyday so I don’t want to spend the extra $$$ . It will do what I want to do with it . I will probably buy an adapter so I can use it as a drill if needed. Also going to buy torque sticks for my truck and 5thwheel Lu nuts .Already have a good torque wrench to finish the lug nuts off with.
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Both. I have some basic drill bits, vice grips, hammer, crescent wrench, mini hacksaw, multimeter with clamp on ammeter, 200 piece socket/wrench, bottle jack, plus the tool kit I created for the side-by-side and eye protection. There are a few other tools that escape my mind, plus spare parts as well as a small collection of hardware (nuts, bolts, screws, wire nuts, duct tape, Eternabond, etc.).