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Bare-Tool Milwaukee 9079-20 18-Volt 1/2-Inch Drive Cordless Impact Wrench (Tool Only, No Battery)

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This Milwaukee 18 volt impact wrench is unreal!!!!!!

I have owned it for three months now and I have yet to find
its limmit. Tire lugg nuts are a joke evan on a 18 wheeler!
I have driven 3/4 inch by 10 inch long lag bolts with no pilot
holes, straight thru 4x6 beams into stucco and thru the wall studs no problem!!! Yes I said with no pilot holes.
And just for fun I drove a one inch by 12 inch long lag bolt into
the end of a pressure treated 4x6, with ease.

I removed a rusted 7/8 inch nut that was imposssible to do by hand. The tool is big and heavy no doubt about it but not too
big or too heavy. It does have excellent ballance and is extremley rugged. This much power in a tool does have its down
side, after removeing 4 tires and replacing them the battery is
showing signs of fatigue and after 4 of the 3/4 inch by 10 inch
lag bolts the battery is dead. (those are huge bolts)

If you do this kind of thing often your better off with a corded
impact gun. But I have found the cordless to be very handy.
If the tool stands the test of time its a huge winner!!!!!!

This Milwaukee 18 volt impact wrench is unreal!!!!!!

I have owned it for three months now and I have yet to find
its limmit. Tire lugg nuts are a joke evan on a 18 wheeler!
I have driven 3/4 inch by 10 inch long lag bolts with no pilot
holes, straight thru 4x6 beams into stucco and thru the wall studs no problem!!! Yes I said with no pilot holes.
And just for fun I drove a one inch by 12 inch long lag bolt into
the end of a pressure treated 4x6, with ease.

I removed a rusted 7/8 inch nut that was imposssible to do by hand. The tool is big and heavy no doubt about it but not too
big or too heavy. It does have excellent ballance and is extremley rugged. This much power in a tool does have its down
side, after removeing 4 tires and replacing them the battery is
showing signs of fatigue and after 4 of the 3/4 inch by 10 inch
lag bolts the battery is dead. (those are huge bolts)

If you do this kind of thing often your better off with a corded
impact gun. But I have found the cordless to be very handy.
If the tool stands the test of time its a huge winner!!!!!!

I have a 2003 GMC Diesel 1 ton "dually" with 6 aggressive off road style tires. These tires need to be rotated frequently to get the maximum life out of them, the front tires on my truck wear "funny" if I don't rotate them, probably due to the aggressive tread pattern and the weight from the diesel engine, 4,000 lbs on the front axle empty. This tool makes a hard and tedious task almost fun. I only drive this truck when I need to do "1 ton work" so it doesn't get a lot of miles on it, I think it only has about 30K on it now, so the lug nuts get a good chance to rust/weld themselves in place between rotations. The Milwaukee impact has never failed to remove and replace all the wheels on a single battery charge! The first time I rotated the wheels they had been on about 5 years and I thought that there was no way that this little battery operated toy of a tool would take them off....so I got out my 24" breaker bar and prepared to do battle, I had been down this road before.....it spun all the factory installed lug nuts off without hesitation. I couldn't believe it! This is one of the best labor saving (grunt and sweat) tools I have ever bought. I already had 8-18 volt Milwaukee batteries 2 Ni-Cads and 6 Lithium Ion so it was a no brainer to get a "bare tool" Milwaukee 1/2" Impact. I am glad I did. It exceeds my expectations. It does a lot of work on a battery charge. I am sure that some day I will find something that it needs help with and I will break out the huge breaker bar and extension...but it hasn't happened yet. If it ever does I will update this review.

Update

I used this tool today to dissassemble my rather large boat trailer that was in my barn fire. Taking it apart was the only way I was able to move it since the tounge was twisted and the wheels were siezed on the axels. It spun out all the rusted bolts even the axel/spring hanger bolts without breaking a sweat. I carried the entire trailer out by hand after breaking it down to its individule components. The trailer has been sitting in the weather for about a month and has become very rusty. It was one of the last items to be cleaned up because I couldn't figure out how to move it. I love this tool.

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18v Milwaukee tools are my favorite and I've used a lot of different ones. I've got the drill, reciprocating saw, light, and now the impact. The impact is powerful, the only draw back would be it's weighty. The way I've compensated was sliding the battery on the backside, seems to make it more balanced. Bought this as alternative to an air gun when I wasn't home.

Bought this "bare" on Amazon for $100.00. What a great deal!! Tool works FANTASTIC, took 5 bolts off my Tundra in less than 1 1/2 minutes easily. Can't wait for a Patio project to see how it handles installing large lag bolts.........

We hardly ever use our air impact anymore..... this impact might be the most handy tool on the farm. We added two rings to our grain bin and used this impact and it performed extremely well, when we were taking out the old bin bolts, some were very rusted so i turned the setting to tighten and this thing had enough power to just break the 1/2 inch bolts right off!!!! ........... just make sure to buy two batteries and you'll be set... one for backup. i've also bought the light, saw zaw, and the grinder, they all work great... Milwaukee has got it figured out in the cordless department and these things will last!!!

DO NOT buy this product from this company. I received this product this evening, opened it up out of the UPS box and immediately saw that the Milwaukee box had been opened up quite a few times. I took the Impact Wrench out of the box and it had scratches and dust all over it. This had clearly been used and I couldn't believe it. BTW, this tool does not come with a charger or battery, that cost extra.