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It’s time for me to upgrade my cordless tool game after losing three trailer tires attending the YORR Big Sky 200 this weekend.

Still not home yet, one trailer tire took out another, the flailing cables took out the trailer brakes. We changed the first tire before departing the race because some belts were beginning to show.

We figured it out at 1:30 am on the side of the freeway with hand tools and the three spare tires I had.

What Milwaukee 1/2” driver would you recommend? I’m set on Milwaukee now after seeing how many racers had so many useful Milwaukee tools in the pits. Lighting being one of them.




Keep an eye out on Slickdeals for a better price.
 
I have a mid torque that is awesome for taking wheels off. it even works great on my 3500hd which has big lugnuts.
 
This made me think. Does Milwaukee have an electric bottle jack yet? If not then why. Even better a one with cordless control so you dont have a to lay under your junk while lifting.
you know them screw jacks that came under the hood of basically every 90s ford and others?
Weld a nut to the input pinion the same size as your lug nuts
 

Fao has 20% off pretty much everything on eBay.

Milfuckee also announced a lot of new shit at the pipeline event, packout drawer with wheels being the biggest quality of life adjustment day to day for us. Still probably be a year till we see it on shelves.
 
It’s their event where they launch new tools every year, although things they launched last year are still not available yet.


 
It’s their event where they launch new tools every year, although things they launched last year are still not available yet.



Do they not know what the fuck a framing nailer is?
 
I just linked that one because they are one of the few that actually “demonstrate” everything. A lot of the other “professionals” only demonstrate what they like. They are some of the least annoying of the review shills on the YouTube, but still incompetent and her voice is squeaky.

Rr buildings did a video and he only showed about 1/3 to half of the stuff they offered.
 
Do not use the M12 compressor to get 2 tires to 65 psi back to back. One was at 35psi to begin with, the other at 55psi. Hit the thermal overload right as it finished the 2nd tire and bubbled out the sticker
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Dang...that's a pretty good deal.
 
I believe they will be clearing them out because those size ah are all being replaced by the forge pouch cell packs. If you don’t mind the weight I don’t see a downside to the “older” packs.
 
Do not use the M12 compressor to get 2 tires to 65 psi back to back. One was at 35psi to begin with, the other at 55psi. Hit the thermal overload right as it finished the 2nd tire and bubbled out the sticker
Get the M18 :p
 
I believe they will be clearing them out because those size ah are all being replaced by the forge pouch cell packs. If you don’t mind the weight I don’t see a downside to the “older” packs.

I'd bet your right. but i didn't think they were going to discount them that much until Christmas time.


that deal was absolutely perfect for what I wanted. I don't even know how many batteries I have but every so often i'd run low and be swapping tool to tool when doing on site work.

my dumb ass even bought some the of the eBay fraud batteries to hold me over, dumb idea... but lucky I got both of them refunded.
 
the other day I was looking a blower specs and came across the back pack deal with 4 bats!!


kinda got me thinking, they should do a M18 battery backpack with a quick connecter to the tools. could come in handy for allot of tools



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the other day I was looking a blower specs and came across the back pack deal with 4 bats!!

kinda got me thinking, they should do a M18 battery backpack with a quick connecter to the tools. could come in handy for allot of tools
Throw in room for a peltier device and a camelback bladder and you'll make a landscaper very happy, especially as California and Colorado (I'm sure there's more, but those are all I know of so far) have outright future-banned small engine landscaping equipment in at least some segments of market and/or contracting.
 
That battery deal is kickass. Ordered one and they even added my military discount. After taxes, I was at $318.
 
Anyone have this "hydraulic" impact driver?

Do I need it?

I never heard of it.

Milwaukee ELEC TOOL 2760-20 M18 Fuel Hex Hydraulic Driver, 1/4" Amazon.com


About this item​


  • Fluid-drive Hydraulic powertrain reduces metal on metal contact within the tool, delivering quieter operation, smoother performance and increased durability over a standard impact
  • Powerstate Brushless motor outperforms all leading competitors
  • Redlink Plus Intelligence prevents damage to the tool and battery due to overloading or overheating
  • Red lithium batteries deliver more work per charge and more work over the life of the battery
  • 4-Mode drive control provides greater control over output speed and power
 
Throw in room for a peltier device and a camelback bladder and you'll make a landscaper very happy, especially as California and Colorado (I'm sure there's more, but those are all I know of so far) have outright future-banned small engine landscaping equipment in at least some segments of market and/or contracting.

The day that happens, I'm selling or auctioning everything off.

East Grand Rapids is talking about it...I have a couple customers there. If they pass it, I'm dropping them.

They also have a completely asinine noise rule. I can plow snow at the hospital during the night, but I can't haul snow during the night. Well, not supposed to.

Got a new Bobcat for plowing and forgot to unplug the backup alarm...had a call after the first snowfall asking us to unplug it.
 
Anyone have this "hydraulic" impact driver?

Do I need it?

I never heard of it.

Milwaukee ELEC TOOL 2760-20 M18 Fuel Hex Hydraulic Driver, 1/4" Amazon.com


About this item​


  • Fluid-drive Hydraulic powertrain reduces metal on metal contact within the tool, delivering quieter operation, smoother performance and increased durability over a standard impact
  • Powerstate Brushless motor outperforms all leading competitors
  • Redlink Plus Intelligence prevents damage to the tool and battery due to overloading or overheating
  • Red lithium batteries deliver more work per charge and more work over the life of the battery
  • 4-Mode drive control provides greater control over output speed and power
It depends on what you're doing. The Surge driver delivers a lot smooth drive with more control. If you are hanging some drywall and trying to get the heads of the screws just below flush without going through the paper like you should be doing, the normal Fuel hex driver is a lot harder to use. Tends to under or over set them, with the Surge, very easy to control the screw depth. It doesn't have the brute force of the other one, so that is good and not so good. We use it a bunch with long extension to pull and install the small driveshaft strap bolts. The non Surge tends to snap them off once in awhile, the Surge doesn't.

I build crates for shipping stuff from time to time and getting the screws flush set in the plywood sucks with the non Surge. The Surge just works stupidly well for that and the plus is the bits last longer before they start camming out of the Phillips drive. Like most things, if you're using the wrong tool for the job, you'll think it sucks. If you're smarter than the tool, maybe not so much. ;)
 
It depends on what you're doing. The Surge driver delivers a lot smooth drive with more control. If you are hanging some drywall and trying to get the heads of the screws just below flush without going through the paper like you should be doing, the normal Fuel hex driver is a lot harder to use. Tends to under or over set them, with the Surge, very easy to control the screw depth. It doesn't have the brute force of the other one, so that is good and not so good. We use it a bunch with long extension to pull and install the small driveshaft strap bolts. The non Surge tends to snap them off once in awhile, the Surge doesn't.

I build crates for shipping stuff from time to time and getting the screws flush set in the plywood sucks with the non Surge. The Surge just works stupidly well for that and the plus is the bits last longer before they start camming out of the Phillips drive. Like most things, if you're using the wrong tool for the job, you'll think it sucks. If you're smarter than the tool, maybe not so much. ;)
That's good info. Thanks for sharing it.
 
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