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The Milwaukee lists it's max torque at 325 ft. pounds. The Snap-On lists a max torque of of 620 ft. pounds.
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If it doesn't have enough torque to do this,
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It ain't worth squat!
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It ain't worth squat!
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+1 Professional grade drills and impact guns.
FWIW, Dewalt is manufactured by Black and Decker; more of a high-end consumer brand compared to Milwaukee.
Other considerations:
Lithium batteries hold a charge longer than NiMH and can be trickle charged w/o reducing battery life.
More power = more weight.
FWIW, Dewalt is manufactured by Black and Decker; more of a high-end consumer brand compared to Milwaukee.
Other considerations:
Lithium batteries hold a charge longer than NiMH and can be trickle charged w/o reducing battery life.
More power = more weight.
The DeWalt and Milwaukee and any other non VSR gun have a real problem in being on/off only IMO. Without variable speed the tool is limited to knuckle dragging lug bolt work only and even in this task also risks cross threading. With a VSR gun you can start off nice and easy running the nut down the stud and not ding the threads if you feel the nut bind. I use my Snappy for all kinds of work from knocking lug nuts loose to resetting plastic 10mm undertray nuts. It has stood up to all kinds of unreasonable tasks and abuse levels normaly reserved for ex wives for many years so far.
Look at the weight of the tool the Mill is 10 pounds and large in frame.
As to reasonable batteries for the Snap-On. You will not find them on the Strap-On truck as they are $150 or so. You can rebuild them yourself or send them out to a battery shop. Google replacement rechargeable battery packs and you will find plenty of shops. You can also get a battery pack of the same voltage from Home Depot open it up and solder the battery cluster into your Snap-On pack. I got a set of two 18V packs for $45 on sale a while back.
LI batteries last for about twice as many charges but cost twice as much and so far don’t have cheap rebuilds. The older batteries will last longer if you do not fully discharge them. When you feel the power drop off, recharge. They are not like the first gen rechargeables and do not take a memory. Most can be left in modern name brand chargers without any issues. I have some non LI that are 3 or 4 years old and countless charge cycles and just swap them out as I use them. The key is recharging when the power drops off not when dead.
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I'm torquing to 90#, and need to use the breaker bar on each nut... its quick but only does part of the job...
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I stopped having a problem once I stopped using a 3/8" socket with adapter. Once I started using a 1/2" socket, I haven't had any trouble unless my battery is almost dead.
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