RE: [alfa] Breaker bar vs. impact wrench

[White Anthony <anthony.white@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Just buck up and get a damn impact wrench and be done with it!"

That would be fine if we were all wealthy enough.  But an electric impact
wrench costs a good wad of money, and an air powered gun, though cheap
itself, needs an air compressor to run it, which is another good wad of
money.  I could buy all of the parts I need to rebuild an engine for that
same wad of money.  Or have a good chunk of body work completed.  That's a
lot of money for a tool that I would use to undo one nut on my car.  

Sure, an impact gun is a tool that might be nice to have, but I already have
a tool that does the job in a perfectly adequate manner.  Combined with a
short ten-pound hammer, it also has an 'impact' function.  Furthermore, my
tool is convenient, space efficient, and doesn't require an external
power-source, so I can leave it in the trunk of my car for when I need to
rescue people on the side of the road because some clown has tightened their
wheel nuts to virtually an immovable degree with an impact wrench.  

Regards,
Anthony White
Wellington, NZ
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