12volt Impact Wrenches

G'day Roachie,
What happened to the Friday funnies, or was that you using a pseudonym. Sorry don't know anything about 12V impact wrenches.
Cheers,
Bros.

Hi Roachie, the company who I work for has a Snap On 14V Impant wrench and it's great. It's a bit old now but the battery last for about 20min of continuous work. I'm not sure how much they cost but it worth ever cent. Caterpillar also sells them. If i was at work now, i would of been able give you a quote.

Hey Roachie, i just clicked on you pic and noticed the extensive list of gear on your vehicle... I was just wondering if it still goes, it must weigh some.....

Thats some weight considering it comes new, bare boned i think 2350kg.....

'day Roachie

Oh! Roachie do you never learn mate.

You attracted more attention re your back, vehicle weight, your weight, your wifes weight, your vehicle setup, Fridays Funnies, admission to Wheat Board facility misuse, current vehicle setup etc etc etc etc other than in relation to the question you asked.

Obviously no one is willing to admit or own up to buying one of those 12V
'wonders' and letting us know how good they are.

Ken Robinson

Roachie...

if you do get any info on these i'd be interested as well, have been considering one for a while but unsure of what they are like or what they cost...

steve

Have seen people use them and they reckon they are surprisingly good but have no idea about quality or price, but the ones I saw being used were on normal cars, so I wouldnt trust them for 4by tightness, so you would still have to crack and tighten the wheel nuts by hand anyway, so they would only be good for running the nuts.

Hi Roachie,

Have you ever considered a proper rattle gun. You already have a vehicle compressor, only need a small tank and you can maybe run a real rattle gun. These are around the $60+ dollar mark at Bunnings these days. You only need a short burst of air to break the seal, then even as the pressure tapers off, it simply slows down as the nut comes off. May have to pause as you wait for the pressure to build up for the next nut.

I haven't tried it myself, its just a thought. But given i have an ARB compressor (already has a small tank) and a rattle gun, I just may try it for myself. Just gotta sort out the airline fittings, have different fittings on my home compressor than the ARB one.

Cheers

Captain

roachie,
having waded through all the irrelevent spam to get to the bottom ill give you my 2 bobs worth.
i have one purchased from , worldseries.com.au , $95 including postage ive had it for almost 12 months and use it regularly to change wheels for 4x4 driving no problems and quick. its not meant for commercial usage but it suits my purpose.
regards peter

Hi Roachie.

I bought one (since we stocked them in OffroadShop) and thought i'd give it a go (we only sell those items we use and recommend)

Anyways, i too was worried how long they would last. So i abused mine.

Basically, after nearly 12 months of abuse, it is still going strong. I have tried to kill it by holding the trigger in and trying to snap a stud from an old trailer, undone, and re done up wheel nuts (rust old trailer ones that haven't been touched in about 10 years) alll with no drama.

For around $80-100 they are perfect.

I have used a snapon one, and whilst it is good, it is albot 6 times the price.

A air impact gun would be nice (want to try a supercheap $40-60 one soon) but i doubt it will go far with the arb compressor and 9litre air tank i have... will soon find out though.
Steve

Hi Roachie,

I have a $70 one from Repco. I have to take the wheels on and off my poptop every time we go away to put my dolly wheels on to get it under the carport!! The rattle gun makes it soooo much easier. Had it a while now and works really good. Still nip up studs by hand though, just to make sure.

Cheers - Gerry

have used a snap on unit and found it to be great, yes they are expensive but so are all there tools equipment, there warranties on the products are second to none though and overall are a top quality product

(i dont work for Snap-on)

http://www.snapon.com/au/

I have run a rattle gun on a Max air and small tank but it was only the three nuts holding on the spare.seemed ok though.