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Ah gotcha. I just misread that. Looks nice. They let you take home things that are thrown out like that?

Can't hardly get any shorter without making the trigger shallower

If an impact wrench twists your arm, then doesn't that make it a poor impact wrench?

Formerly a farm manager/mechanic/everything else. Currently doing ag-construction as a way to sell maintenance and repair service. Also a dealer for dairy automation products. The goal is to get to where we are solely focused on servicing and installing products we sell. Gotta start with a 250 yard concrete pour for a dairy barn though.

Yah. This is the first job I've gotten since morning the LLC so I have yet to bill anything out. Last company I was a manager at I had zero time doing 70-100 hr work weeks and no money at minimum wage and since they didn't want to increase my rate I'm trying to do it myself.

Just need time to get locks fixed and that can only do so much. The other pickup's locks were out of my control.

Yeah moving is on the list of things for if I can make this thing start flowing cash. When I move it's going to have to have a shop big enough to lock a truck in. Other option is leasing a shop for the business, but that's at least a few months down the road. I do have a dealership agreement with one equipment company and a few more lined up so if any of that moves then a building with a shop to park in will be faster than buying a house with a shop or building one.

Yeah that's not a bad deal. I did that one two years ago when I ran Metabo. You get what you pay for for sure. Great little drill and the best grinder. Cost effective for going with Metabo. After this 200 yard concrete job I could probably swing it. If there was either another kit option or another bare tool option I would do it. Free impact with drill would work but then it would be free drill with grinder which then I'd have to sell and that would be a whole process. If I get my next work lined up working on pumps and more servicing/fab stuff it would be the way I'd go, but it's looking like the work readily available is barn construction where I'll need more carpenter focused tools.

Yeah it becomes a whole issue of quantity at a certain point. The power tools I'll have to do, but it takes a good hour or more to unload a service truck and then another hour to load which cuts into time that could be either billable hours or sleeping. You are right though. If a thief can unload it before anyone notices anything then I should be able to unload it each night too. Live in a small town and decent neighborhood can't see into any houses from the street because land was cheap when they were built, just one of my neighbors grandkids is a real pos and gets traffic through the area that likes getting things for free. Small enough town that we don't have any pawn shops that sell tools. They just sell them for pennies on the dollar to guys who take them four hours west and pawn them off in Seattle. I watch pretty much every Craigslist listing in the state, but they seem to know better. One of those things where my blood pressure can't really handle getting pissed of every night lugging everything in when people should just stick to not being a holes or catch a bullet. That's not going to change anytime so you're right, I'll just have to find a better way.

That's not a bad price at all.

Yeah seeming like the way to go. Haven't had a tool for long enough to wear it out yet. That's what I used growing up. By no means beneath me. Would rather have DeWalt or metabo for the same price but I can't really find that option.

First time was my car when I was 17 and didn't know to lock, second time (not current) company truck that didn't have locks at my house when I was 18 or 19, third time out of the (not current) company equipment yard when I was 19, and this time out of my new old pickup at 20 so it's a yearly thing. Almost 18k at this point.

Long story short, I got a new service truck that didn't have keys for the boxes. Made the mistake of thinking I could leave my tools in overnight if I parked behind the house until I could get keys made. Local cops won't do their job. Have to buy new power tools again for the fourth time. Money is really tight. Need to replace them quickly. Open to any brand other than Milwaukee. Only looking for help finding deals or the best price on these tools. Don't have a lot of free time to shop around so if you guys remember seeing a sale or promo on them let me know. Tools: 1/2" sae impact socket set Cordless recip and circular Cordless drill and impact driver Cordless impact wrench Cordless grinder Thanks in advance for any help

Usually only see a use if you are doing a lot of panels. Not something I'd recommend as a screwdriver. A decent 6 in 1 driver will do just fine.

Been there a few times. Sucks bro. Nothing makes your gut sink like putting your pickup in reverse and seeing the ground in your rear view.

Yeah it also definitely has to do with preference too. I know a lot of truckers who air their seats down to the floor so they can see bare minimum and feel like a badass. I always air my seat up as high as my feet will still reach because I prefer better visibility. The chevy felt like it was designed for guys who put their seat to the floor.

Yeah I'm pretty similar sized to you around 6'2" somewhere around 220 lbs. It's hard to describe. Backseats on a crewcab high country were small enough with the seat forward that my boots couldn't pit perpendicular to the seat. In the driver's seat it's like they pushed everything towards you to make you feel bigger but it's just uncomfortable. Somehow hard to see because the windshield almost seemed small. Much preferred the powerstroke. Actually really like the new Ford XLT cabs. Not a fan of the higher end lariat cabs though. It might just be a case of me feeling out of place in high end cabs though.

Yeah wobble extensions or a joint. Impact ones only if you are using an impact. For hand tools, anything other than the standard cross style is going to just be too big for most stuff. It's good to have both.

Yeah this. Don't try and hold carriage or especially plow bolts in their broach with a hand. I got lucky and it only went halfway through my finger when a sharp plow bolt jumped. A mistake I only made once.

The one engine/tranny option is a step in the right direction for the ranger. I would have preferred them to be a little more bare bones and low key get trucks. Instead they went full Tacoma on them which I really don't like. Guys need to really get their act together and put at least a small steel area on the top of aluminum bodies so you can still magnet mount accessories. There's nothing like having to open both doors and run a ratchet straps around your roof to keep a beacon on. About an XLT with vinyl floors is my trim level. Trucks are strangely jumping back and forth between being super ugly and solid looking between each year. The new powerstrokes are really solid. Takes a while for them to grow on you but they work well. Pulled pretty much anything under the sun when I had a 2017 at my old job. I don't fit in the new Chevys. The interiors were designed either for smaller folks or people a lot less claustrophobic than me. New Dodges are new Dodges. Only look good with a welding bed or pulling livestock.

Molybdenum Disulfide is a fairly common lubricant. It functions as a dry lubricant similar to graphite. You see it a lot in high pressure applications because even with zero oil it still lubricates. It is a major component in Teflon. You see it a lot in EP greases more so than you see it advertised in oils. Moly assembly lube is very common once you start building engines. Moly and chrome are often used with each other. Hence chromoly piston rings that wear well. Think metal version of UHMW. Even a lot of tools are CrMo.

Don't use it with any attachment that isn't impact rated. As far as fasteners go, an impact is generally a less damaging option than traditional methods. If an impact breaks the fastener before it comes loose than so would a hand tool. The only exception is when you get down into small seized fasteners, i.e. seized fasteners below a 3/8 socket. Even then it depends. The big thing with an impact wrench is to never use it on something that you aren't sure if the threads are aligned on. That's when you run into problems is when you think the threads are just a little tight and the bolt just needs to get started. An impact will destroy threads before you even know what's happening. Just start all fasteners to make sure you aren't cross threading and you will be fine.

Fair enough. It all works. I've just had bad experiences with the stuff and carbon buildup. When looking for an explanation I was told it's because they go heavy on the graphite as an additive.

Yeah but I mean something advertised for drilling will drill a hole and if it doesn't drill a hole just as advertised, I wouldn't buy from them. All my other tools work just as advertised. The only ones with advertising that are severely misleading is harbor freight. I don't know of any of the major tool brands that have anything fall as short of as advertised as this. If something was advertised as being a drill and could only drill a hole 1 out of ten times under ideal conditions I would be mad and never buy from them again. Same thing if something is advertised as being able to track a tool and doesn't even if I go out of my way to get the perfect conditions. The only information I was ever given was that it tracks tools and any news or "review" of it mentioned a theft tracking and inventory aspect. It does that beyond poorly, if at all. Anything that falls that short on performance isn't worth my time. I understand the whole concept of caveat emptor, and so I'm letting other people know, that at least in my case it failed miserably so they have information on their next purchase. Tracking is the only appeal to me personally for One-Key and it doesn't perform as advertised and so it's not worth my time or purchasing any Milwaukee products. I'm under no delusion that my business will have any affect on their profits even to a 0.000001% or that my feedback affects a significant number, if any, people's decisions. It wouldn't just be bad for progress if negative feedback didn't exist. I mean I started this thread optimistic and as hopeful as anyone could be that this worked. I would only gain if it did. It didn't, so then I bought two ticks to see if I could get better luck with them. The impact was pretty early on. Could have been a fluke. Neither tick worked to where I could use it for personal inventory, much less anything to do with theft. This was trying with both my cat phone, and my Samsung. It may only work apple devices, but that's still poor design and execution on their part. I'm not about to go out and buy a DeWalt version either because even if it was executed perfectly, which I'm sure it isn't, it still lacks the user base to be effective beyond personal tracking. Shoot unpowered RFID tags ping at shorter distances than the tick.

That a typo? At my old job I did twice that in a week.