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Originally Posted by SPEEDSHIFT
I am the facility manager for an oil and gas company that rebuilds frac iron, we use cordless impacts on most of our missile rebuilds. I dont see a way you could use an impact harder than what we do, all 1 5/8" nuts all day long torqued as tight as possible before they get a final torque to 850 ft lbs.
I have used the Dewalts (batteries didnt hold up), Milwaukees (front cast hammer assembly falls apart), and now I have been buying the Ingersal Rand 20v. They seem to be holding up the best besides getting really hot, but its to be expected.
The Milwaukees are the worst, they are strong, but the battery connections short out and the cast hammer assembly has fallen apart on about 5 of them out of about 10 that we used. Milwaukee rep says its not design flaw...  |
We have the IR 20v cordless on our farm, we wore one out in 5-6 years, but I consider that really good. Considering it gets used on the daily. Beat banged, dropped in cow poop, you name it.
Tough as nails, I replaced it with one exactly like it!