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That job at the quarry in Ohio made me ditch impact guns for good
I was working on a loader out at the Miller Brothers quarry near Zanesville last fall. My 1/2 inch impact just couldn't budge a rusted bucket pin, even after soaking it with PB Blaster for 20 minutes. A 30 year old guy named Dave walked over with a 4 foot cheater bar and a socket, and popped it off in 30 seconds with no power tools. Has anyone else switched to manual tools for heavy rusted shit because impacts just spin and waste time?
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paulb9817d ago
Switched to a 3 foot cheater and a breaker bar for everything that's been sitting outside more than a year. Realized my impact was just rattling itself loose while the bolt laughed at me. You feel the bolt actually moving with a manual bar, don't you think that's way more satisfying?
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margaretk8917d ago
Nah, I gotta push back on this one. Impacts have come a long way and you're basically saying a cheater bar is better than a high torque 1/2 inch that can snap stuff off without breaking a sweat. That rusted pin probably just needed an electric impact with a good battery, not a 4 foot pipe that could slip and break your wrist or socket. I've seen guys launch themselves off ladders using cheater bars, never seen a battery gun send someone to urgent care. Plus, the time you save with an impact on regular maintenance adds up way more than the one rusty bolt you fight with a bar, right?
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