Personal Consumer Issues • Recs for impact driver for air compressor

I have a Rigid 6 Gal. Portable Electric Pancake Air Compressor.
I wanted to buy an impact driver to easily remove lugnuts for DIY brake jobs and other things. Since I have air compresssor I figured I would buy one to run off that rather than a battery one as it would likely be cheaper.

Can a fellow BH DIY’er recommend one?

I have 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch sockets

I have had this one for over 10 years and another one like it for decades before that. Used in the shop on truck tire lug nuts, tractor, etc.
It is the same as the one's you see in all the tire shops. Will run all day long. Used in my warehouse and shop all the time.

Ingersoll Rand 1/2 " air impact driver.
Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/Ingersoll-231C-S ... 9tdGY&th=1

I bought this cordess 1/2 " air impact and am surprised how powerful it is. Works fine on car lug nuts, stubborn lawn mower blade bolts, etc.
Dewalt 20v 1/2" impact driver cordless.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078W ... =UTF8&th=1

Also have a Hitachi electric 3/4" drive impact driver but it was around $300. Used for heavy farm equipment (brush hog blade bolts/nuts.

Safety:
Be sure to use the dark/black impact sockets, made for that. If you use regular sockets they will shatter/crack.
Harbor Freight has them. Regular and deep socket.

Your 6 gallon pancake compressor will be fine for what you're planning.
Remember: jack stands and tire chocks.

The Ingersol Rand can break lug nuts, as they do at the tire shops. The torque is adjustable. Use 1/2 drive "torx sticks" (harbor freight) instead of a torque wrench if you want to just get in the ballpark.
They look like this:
Amazon.com Torx stix.
https://www.amazon.com/RIMKOLO-Limiting ... r=8-5&th=1

Save your back even more with an "air jack" instead of a floor jack.
Like this:
Amazon (air jack).
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08N4 ... UTF8&psc=1
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Doing a full service on a Honda Pioneer 1000 right now. Here's a pic of the cool "air jack". I wish I had gotten one long ago.
Image may be NSFW.
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Statistics: Posted by Sandtrap — Sun Sep 01, 2024 3:40 pm — Replies 3 — Views 118

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