Hey guys, need some quick advice. We have a 1/2" drive air hammer to remove the nuts from our truck wheels and it just is not enough of a tool.
I'm looking at 1" drive units. Craftsman has a 1" drive, extended anvil (which is necessary to reach inside the deep set wheels) unit on sale for $359. There is also a Chicago Pneumatic unit for $599.
For the extra money I do pick up a bit more torque, but we only need this tool about once a month and I am having a really hard time justifying spending almost twice as much for only marginally more torque. In either case I will end up with substantially more torque than our current 1/2" drive unit offers so I'm curious if anyone sees a problem with the Craftsman brand. Again, understand we don't need this tool on a daily basis, nobody makes their living with the tools we use here so top quality is not essential but it has to be at least 'good enough' to get the job done on a fairly regular basis.
Thoughs?
Oh by the way, I just pulled up the HARBOR FREIGHT website. For $129 they have a 1" drive unit that actually has more torque than the Craftsman or the Chicago Pneumatic units.
HELP!!!!
I'm looking at 1" drive units. Craftsman has a 1" drive, extended anvil (which is necessary to reach inside the deep set wheels) unit on sale for $359. There is also a Chicago Pneumatic unit for $599.
For the extra money I do pick up a bit more torque, but we only need this tool about once a month and I am having a really hard time justifying spending almost twice as much for only marginally more torque. In either case I will end up with substantially more torque than our current 1/2" drive unit offers so I'm curious if anyone sees a problem with the Craftsman brand. Again, understand we don't need this tool on a daily basis, nobody makes their living with the tools we use here so top quality is not essential but it has to be at least 'good enough' to get the job done on a fairly regular basis.
Thoughs?
Oh by the way, I just pulled up the HARBOR FREIGHT website. For $129 they have a 1" drive unit that actually has more torque than the Craftsman or the Chicago Pneumatic units.
HELP!!!!
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