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On my daily travels around London I am noticing more and more impact wrenches being used,I have never used one myself but what I am curious about is when you do the back of a ledger up with it is the wrench that powerful that the double won't slip if weight is landed on it or do you double check it with your spanner so you can feel how tightly done up the double is?.
 
The impact wrench will do it up tighter than you can with your spanner!
 
2 sec blip on the trigger= 50-60kn but like everything in life with experiance you can hear the difference as welk if ur batts getting low
 
No m8 - wouldnt be poss..its in addition to your spanner not in lieu of it but to be honest mine hardly get use during a normal day - its 99.9% the IW but sometimes may need it but I struggle if I cant find the on button lol
 
Drill is twice as fast and even faster when stripping
 
Good to see that the IW still generates interest, I have seen it come from a bog standard IW to the present, in my humble view the M Brushless ranks at current Nunber one choice… Southern's choice of preference too I believe. It was never conceived to wholly replace the Traditional 7/16 Tartan Banner…it was conceived as a control measure, H.S.E.F considerations being for most in the mind…

Health: Control Repudiative Wrist and Upper Arm Motions, ect…
Safety: Comply to BS1139 ( Torque Values )
Environment: Maintain Couplers Integrity
Fiscal: Reduce the acquisition of replacement Couplers

In the early days the Scaff looked upon the speed of the IW would work against then citing that the Co would look for more production with the same wage, Im glad to see that its worked out for those Scaff who are willing to embrace evolution and can see all the advantages that the IW can offer…I'll say this though I'll always have Elsie Tanner on my belt…indeed it will have to fall from my nerveless hand before I give it up…
 
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The way I see it with using an impact wrench is firms/bosses are going to expect a quicker finish erecting/dismantling then send u onto the next job quicker all for the same pay but working like a robot.......just a thought.:sad2::sad2:

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Soz Garry. Didn't read ur post properly. But see what other ppl have to say.

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What gets me is you get the old school scaff who when fastening a fitting wraps it a few times but then u get a wet behind the lugs youngun who will literally jump on his spanner to make sure it's fecking solid. Then when the next crew come along to strip say 6 months later feck me it's off to the hospital with a strained wrist. Would the iw sort all those probs out. Have they got the power to do the job.
 
Of course they have - being a mechanical device with set max torque values they will allow for a more consistent fixing rather than the difference between a 18 st bloke & a 12st bloke hanging off the end of their spanners.....theyre also g8 for when you get a load of cement muck on the fitting & used 2 have to beat it off b4 you could access the nut wiv ur spanner - but an IW will just rattle it clear...
on the other statement that your boss will expect more work thats just a crazy thing to say...speed is purely a byproduct of an IW yes its true your looking at a 20-30% increase in the speed you can do up fittings & faster when striking but it makes your working day easier not a heavier workload! Uness your working on price & want to lol
 
@ southerpoofter…well said…the main driving force was to promote ( where Practicable ) was to improve the Health of the Scaff and Safety of the Scaffold Structure everything else is a bonus…

@ jef.watts...As for Bosses exploiting the Speed and ease of use…your all big boys now, tell the Boss you'v done your meterage for the shift, or just tell him to fek off…

IW, great for self employed and Small to med Operators...
 
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