Charles Harris

The M12 Fuel impact is actually rated at 1200 in lbs. So that would convert to 100 ft lbs. It's a surprisingly strong little tool.

If you are looking to get into a M18 tool. I have a nice M18 Impact driver I will sell for $45 + shipping. It's model number 2656-20. You would just have to pick up a battery and charger. _____________________________________________________________ Edit: The impact sold on eBay this morning.

You would sacrifice a little torque going with an adapter. The M12 Fuel impact usually runs about $169 for the kit ($119 bare tool) and is a strong little impact. It also has two speeds which is really handy when you are working with smaller screws. That is the tool I would recommend. I have used mine with an adapter to remove lugs on a utility trailer before and it didn't have any trouble. These are probably torqued to 75-80 ft lbs. You are not going to be able to pull lugs off of an F450 but it should work for a lot of light duty lugs.

I actually think that I use my impact and screwdriver more, but I could do all of it with the drill. The hammer drill/driver can just do a wide array of jobs.

I never really thought about this that much. After thinking about is some and seeing everyone else's replies it does really shine the light on how important a good drill is. I would also conclude from this that since the drill is most important a person should concentrate on getting a really good drill. LOL it sounds like I'm already using this to try to justify another purchase.

I have the k5 and I'm very pleased. I haven't used the k4 for a comparison though.

If you are using one that much, I wouldn't even consider getting anything other than a brushless tool.I have the Milwaukee M12 Fuel screwdriver and it is great. It sounds like what you are looking for. It's very strong and has two speeds just like the M12 Fuel Hammer Drill. The reason I recommended the impact earlier is you said you wanted a tool with zero kickback. If thIs is important to you the impact will have less. The M12 Fuel impact is very easy to control on mode 1.

That would be a hard choice but it would probably have to be a drill/driver. I would probably pick a sawzall second.

Half a snap on tool box. LOL! Seriously: Milwaukee fuel M12 circ saw Milwaukee tool box Milwaukee Fuel grinder Milwaukee Fuel Hole Hawg and bits. Milwaukee M12 Led stick light Milwaukee M12 Fuel 3/8" Impact Dewalt 20v blower Dewalt 20v trimmer Dewalt 20v miter saw Roll Aire compressor Dewalt or Bosch Palm router. Load of tetkon impact sockets

I was at HD a week or so ago. They were still at $99 they had probably 10 circ saws and 8 grinders. I went back this weekend and they were all gone and at the clearance price. I guess someone went in and bought all of them.

I've haven't been able to find anything interesting. The only thing I saw was $20 off of $100 for Dremel.

That looks like a great fit for the 18v X2 setup.

The runtime is great with the 2 ah batteries. Someone would have no problem keeping up with two batteries. I like the XC batteries in the vac, hackzall, drill, and lantern light.

Those Led lights look cool.

I would recommend the Milwaukee Fuel M12 impact. The screwdriver would work great too, but you said you wanted zero to no kick. The impact no doubt has less counter torque. The fuel impact has two speeds which is very nice for smaller screws.

I agree. There are some places where that extra torque would come in very handy. I think about how useful it would be for heavy equipment. You would still need to use pb blaster and maybe heat for rusted bolts. The 2763 could just snap the bolt off otherwise. I think the kit with the 2763, 2654, and Led light would be awesome.

The 2791 is the combo kit with the non hammer drill. http://t.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-Fuel-18-Volt-Brushless-Lithium-Ion-Drill-Impact-Combo-Kit-2-Tool-2791-22CT/203639357?keyword=Milwaukee+2791 The model of the drill is a 2603. I have that same model. Actually the non hammer 2603 and hammer 2604 are the same size and weight. The kit with the non hammer drill also comes with the compact batteries instead of the XC batteries. I happened up on a good deal on the non hammer drill version. If I was going to buy the combo new from HD now I would purchase this combo. http://t.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-FUEL-18-Volt-Brushless-Lithium-Ion-Hammer-Drill-Impact-Driver-XC-Combo-Kit-with-Free-M18-4-0Ah-XC-Battery-2797-22-48-11-1840/204308875/

That is cool looking. Bosch has 2.5 AH compact batteries now?

Has anyone been able to get one of those here in the states?

Here is a good video on this subject.

I fit into that category. I ended up selling my HT wrench and getting a compact 3/8" wrench. I have a lot more use for it and it doesn't have any trouble pulling normal lugs.

That sums it up pretty well. I guess a person could just hit the back of the impact driver with a little sledge hammer while it's turning to get the hammering action. From my experience a rotary hammer is the way to go. If you don't drill very often or only drill really small holes a hammer drill will work good. I would only want to use an impact driver as a last resort.

What makes you think a hammer drill strips screws less than a regular drill? I haven't seen a cordless drill that can be put in screw clutch mode and hammer mode at the same time.

I think this question should be spit into two questions. 1. Do impact drivers and hammer drills operate the same way? Answer: No. Impacts only rotate. Hammer drills rotate and beat the bit into the material. 2. Can you drill into concrete by only rotating the bit? (Impact driver or non-hammer drill) Answer: Yes. It's not as fast but it can be done if you have the patience.

No. If you stop the bit it will do nothing but make a lot of noise.These are two different tools. They operate in different ways. The impact action of the impact driver only increases the rotational torque. The impact action of a hammer drill beats the tip of the bit against the concrete. So that is two motions rotational and forward-back hammering. The thing they have in common is they rotate like a plain non-hammer drill. The rotation why you can use it to drill in masonry. It will be slower because you don't have second motion of beating the tip against the concrete like a hammer drill.