Cordless Drill

[Harley]

Wouldn't leave home without the 1/4 impact and the angle grinder.

Aaahh obviously you're a regular victim of wheel clamping?

[JerryAllen]

Thats just funny! That would work! Really they are the master key but not for wheel clamps, we have 175 remote network sites, 4 of them have solor only and we go there once a year in the fall. People cut our locks out or bypass all the time......

The occasional flat or even 2 at a time on the truck and the trailor the small dewalt 1/4 impact can change tires...

Still laughing thanks for that one

Jerry

[67baja]

I was thinking "Storage Wars" myself. I need to get me a Dewalt 18v grinder. It is on my short list of "to get" tools.

[DJ Higgumz]

I say cheap ryobi corded drill . That's what I use, 2 of them, one to run the pilot/countersink combo bit and the other with the philips. they are light weight, and your working 10 ft from an outlet anyways. I have a nice cordless milwaukee drill with the works and an extra battery, it's just too damn heavy and you can't fit it in the tight spaces.

[Monomer]

Not on my Ghia. 40 years has ensured the fasteners are the only parts still firmly held together. I have busted knuckles, stripped tools, and an empty can of propane to attest to this.

OT: my Rabbit (83, 1.6d) just fired up and moved with it's own power. First time in three years.

[el_ingeniero]

I can appreciate Bosch, DeWalt, Makita and all that good stuff. Really I can.

But at $70 I'd consider the refurbed Skil 2898LI-02-RT to be the Behringer EP2500 of cordless drills. Mine's never let me down, a single charge is good for a couple of evenings and has enough torque to rip my arm off.

[Doug Hart]

Ok, so as a followup...
I ended up going with two drills.
(1) The Porter-Cable PC180DK-2 - 18v NiCD.
I bought this one because we already have another one here along with a few other PC 18v tools.
So... all of the batteries can be shared.

(2) Rockwell 3RILL 12v 3-in-1 Impact driver.
I bought this one because it's lightweight and compact.
I wanted an impact, but wasn't too sure about it since it only does one thing.
The 3RILL has a switch for impact mode, but also functions as a regular drill/driver.

Just got it yesterday, so I haven't had much time to evaluate.
So far... I love it.

Also picked up a 29 piece set of pilot point cobalt drill bits.
No more cheap bits for me =)