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Pretty pumped to get these things into use next week, still waiting on my fuel m18 grinder.
Santa came late because he went broke with all of that lol. Let us know what you think of them.
Nice haul! Look forward to hearing how you put all that hardware to use.
Wow! Those are some great tools. Congratulations!
Have fun with the Fuel Sawzall that it’s a beast 🙂
Impressive
Well the excitement was short lived, I took the 12v drill out of the box and pulled the trigger and she smoked like it was on fire and got very hot. So this was a dud, everything els seems ok except I’m wondering if the brushless 18v impact is suppose to sound kinda rough? That’s the best way to describe the sound. Almost like a crackling sound, this normal? I’ve never had brushless before and my old dewalt was pretty quite.
That sucks 🙁 I hope you get the drill swapped out quick. Brushless motors don’t scream like the brushed motor drills.
Holy $&@# Talk about a haul!!! Sorry to here about the drill, hopefully you will have no problem getting a new one because its a beast. And brushless motors do sound different than brushed.They do have a hire pitched sound.
The fuel m18 impact sounds not high pitched but more rough like crackling sound.
YukonPlumber wrote:
The fuel m18 impact sounds not high pitched but more rough like crackling sound.
Hmmm its funny you say that, my old 20v dewalt impact that i sold would crackle sometimes. it sounded like it was coming from an area inside of the vent area, but it still worked like a charm. I would not worry about, make sure to keep and eye on it, does it have good power and drive screws and what not ok?
Haven’t had a chance to try it out.
You think it’s grease in the gears Yukon? I’ve the M18 Fuel Impact and it is a nice sounding machine.
ya the impact sounds sooooooo much better after using it a few times with some screws, must of just been some grease. Now the 12v drill isn’t smoking anymore but it wont let me throttle the speed with the trigger, if i pull slow the battery level indicator just flashes and nothing, if i pull the trigger fast it works.
Sounds like a bad trigger unit :/
Ya that’s what I was thinking, but in all honesty I think I’m going to return the 12v drill and impact, the 18v stuff is so compact it’s basically the same size, and the lesser weight isn’t noticeable enough for me. I’ll take that money and grab a rotary hammer drill.
That’s probably a wise decision. I do like the M12 fuel stuff I have, but if its not going to meet your needs why have it.
Yeah i second that decision, and glad to hear the impact is running fine.
I picked them up for pure convience thinking they would be smaller and sometimes be easier to carry around, but in all honesty side by side the 12v is literally 1/4″ shorter. I might keep the impact. Now i just need to order some 4.0 12v batteries for the impact/hackzall.
YukonPlumber wrote:
I picked them up for pure convience thinking they would be smaller and sometimes be easier to carry around, but in all honesty side by side the 12v is literally 1/4″ shorter. I might keep the impact. Now i just need to order some 4.0 12v batteries for the impact/hackzall.
I do agree the 12v drill, especially with a 4.0 battery on is the size of a small 18v, it does pack lots of power and beats most brushed 18vs. Alot of people love that impact. I know Harold has it, maybe Chrisk, Dr? Not sure…but that may be a good choice to keep that.
The 12 volt fuel impact is narrower than the 18 volt due to the smaller motor and impact mechanism.
Ya the 12v impact is quite a bit smaller then the 18v.
YukonPlumber wrote:
Ya the 12v impact is quite a bit smaller then the 18v.
I remember seeing the comparison that it has more torque than an 18v from Makita.
Wow. What great way to kick off the new year. Congratulations.