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Originally Posted by flipper35
I bought a 1/2" drive that uses twin hammers from Harbor Freight. Don't remember the brand name but it was $50ish. Runs off my 6 gal compressor to remove lug nuts so it should work well with a good source of air. Works great running them on blipping the trigger and finish with the torque wrench.
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Used one of those for a long time. Maybe 12 years. $36 It did finally peter out. Upset because I oiled it at least three times.
The air Earthquake is much nicer because you have three forward speeds, at least on my $100 1/2 drive bought four years ago. You can put it on wimp mode to drive the nuts on without fear before using the torque wrench.
The new air Earthquake XT 1/2" is $140. I don't know what you would need 1,000 pounds of tightening torque for but it claims to have it.
I just texted my pal with a giant IR battery powered one he uses to take the big center nut off his 911 Cup Car to see how long the battery has lasted. Just for grins. Edit: responded with the IR is still cooking just fine but his Dewalt batteries are tired.