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If you are looking for both, tool-only, this is close to the going rate for "open box/like new" on eBay/FB Marketplace/OfferUp/Craigslist. The added benefit being you are buying from an authorized dealer and shouldn't have any issues with warranty
I have the 1/2" Stubby Impact and it is a BEAST with a 6AH battery.
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This has removed most of the lug nuts I've tried with it. I've had it for over a year now and use it to work on my cars and friends' cars.
Also here is some helpful advise to you. It's you're not your. "Since you're even asking this question and the way you're even asking it"
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Most lug nuts are torqued well under 200ft lbs
Properly torqued ones? Yes. If you get a car back from a moronic tire tech with a 1200ftlb air gun there's no telling. I've broken breaker bars trying to get lug nuts off of some cars.
This has removed most of the lug nuts I've tried with it. I've had it for over a year now and use it to work on my cars and friends' cars.
On the rzr, I do have to use a key also which makes the impact lose some torque. I also only have 2.0 and 3.0 batteries.
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I think this 3/8" stubby will fall in between those, power-wise. The smaller size will always make it more useful just because the other 2 are so big.
I think the best Milwaukee Fuel impact wrench "set" you could make would be:
1/2" High torque
1/2" mid-torque
3/8" stubby
Yes, perfect for working on brake calipers and whatnot.
Way more than enough. It effortlessly removes lugs on my steel truck wheels torqued to 150+ lb ft
This is to be taken with a grain of salt. I have the 3/8 m18 fuel, the new 3/8fuel mid torque, and the regular m12/M18 impacts.
Not a whole lot of difference between them if either of them have a battery that isn't 100% or there is rusty threads to deal with. This little gun will struggle with lug nuts and other fasteners over 7/16" diameter if not crisp and clean or break away torque is much over 90 lb/ft.
Sorry disappoint but this is honest truth I use these impacts day in and day out at my job. They do not compare to air impacts on torque.