lastcowboy32
Well-known Member
I have a small air compressor that does fine for tires, but it won't drive an impact wrench.
I've been able to do quite a bit of work without one over the years. I do have one of those old fashioned-hit it with a four pound hammer-hope that it works-twisty kind of impact driver, but I've found its utility to be marginal.
Every once in a while, I find myself craving the ease of a true impact wrench. A couple of times, I've driven over to my brother's farm 15 miles away to use his.
Next week, I'm going to do one of those jobs that would possibly by impossible without one: I'm replacing the strut assembly on my car. The last time I did one of these, I did it at my brother's place, and I needed the impact driver to get the two bolts off of the bottom of the strut.
So; if I occasionally need the power of an impact driver, but I don't want to buy a 500 dollar shop compressor and all of the ancillary equipment to go with it, just to use an impact driver here and there....are there any viable electric options that anybody has had any luck with?
Or should I stick to using my brother's until I bite the bullet and get the real thing for myself?
I've been able to do quite a bit of work without one over the years. I do have one of those old fashioned-hit it with a four pound hammer-hope that it works-twisty kind of impact driver, but I've found its utility to be marginal.
Every once in a while, I find myself craving the ease of a true impact wrench. A couple of times, I've driven over to my brother's farm 15 miles away to use his.
Next week, I'm going to do one of those jobs that would possibly by impossible without one: I'm replacing the strut assembly on my car. The last time I did one of these, I did it at my brother's place, and I needed the impact driver to get the two bolts off of the bottom of the strut.
So; if I occasionally need the power of an impact driver, but I don't want to buy a 500 dollar shop compressor and all of the ancillary equipment to go with it, just to use an impact driver here and there....are there any viable electric options that anybody has had any luck with?
Or should I stick to using my brother's until I bite the bullet and get the real thing for myself?