jesseshoots
TJ Enthusiast
Brushless all day! I'll gladly pay extra for the tech. The lighter weight and ability to package in a smaller housing is also a benefit over brushed.
It just happened!
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Simple, clean.. it's splendid I like it !! Congrats @Irun !
I had 2 TJs for few months last year while moving to a stock 4.0L from a 2.5 and that was such an emotion.. open garage with an upper view from the living room!
Damn, I'd buy another one ahahah
That's a pic of the street view out of the house.
I had 2 TJs for few months last year while moving to a stock 4.0L from a 2.5 and that was such an emotion.. open garage with an upper view from the living room!
Damn, I'd buy another one ahahah
That's a pic of the street view out of the house.
Looking forward to the reviews on the HF stuff.
I used to have some stuff from Black and Decker, then I got Bosch and I was amazed at how much faster I could work with the Bosch and I had always been happy with the B&D stuff. Then I got Milwaukee and it was night and day better than the Bosch. Things have come a long way in this tech though.
MountaineerTom
LJ Enthusiast, Retired USAF Weapons Loader
Supporting Member
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I’ve been happy with my Dewalt brushless tools. I have a 1/2” impact, 1/4” driver, regular drill, hammer drill and an angle grinder. Plenty of power and battery life for what I’ve needed.
4 or 5 years ago my Makita batteries all went dead, I went to buy new ones for my older Makita cordless tools and Makita went and changed the footprint of the battery. That was the 2nd time Makita did that to me over the years. Whilst I was at Home Depot looking for said batteries I struck up a conversation with the Milwaukee tool rep, he swore to me that the CEO of Milwaukee Tools vowed to never change the footprint of their batteries, even as technologies change, so that the end customer will always have the tool and not have to worry about battery footprints. Based on that claim, I am now a Milwaukee guy and love them...I hope his claim holds true...
That's great to hear. I was excited when DeWalt changed form a few years ago they released a reasonably priced adapter so you could keep using all the older tools with the new batteries which saved me alot of upgrade pains.
I’ve run the Dewalt cordless stuff for many years, and was also a bit irritated when they changed the battery style. That said, I’m glad they did because that old style was bulky, heavy, and underpowered compared to the current style. I do like the new batteries much better. So in this case, not changing the form factor would have been a negative. Hopefully this one lasts quite a while, but I’m sure it will happen again as technology changes. Despite their stance on the matter, I suspect that Milwaukee will face this again as well sometime in the future.
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This Jeep is testing my patience. Third week and third rock in the windshield. Also, with warmer weather, this showed up today. After installing a kit for this. I received a"hot start" code. 
Get one of those DIY repair kits for the windshield. I've had good luck with them on those bullseye type spots.This Jeep is testing my patience. Third week and third rock in the windshield. Also, with warmer weather, this showed up today. After installing a kit for this. I received a"hot start" code.
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I now have four windshield strikes, between the TJ and LJ, in the last month. Something the size of a golf ball hit the TJ and put a crack like I've never seen before!
I think it might be time to back off the vehicle ahead of you a bit! LOLI now have four windshield strikes, between the TJ and LJ, in the last month. Something the size of a golf ball hit the TJ and put a crack like I've never seen before!
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Every damn one of them was on the interstate, specifically 66. I saw the big one coming and there was nothing I could do but grit my teeth and cuss like the sailor I was!
Nice pickup on the tools.
I thought ryobi and Milwaukee were owned by the same company. I picked up a brushless ryobi impact recently that is a beast! It also has an auto mode so you don't over tighten things. They seem to be switching a lot of their line to brushless too.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...vtCWeA7oKCvrgtoT3ARoCoi0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
I thought ryobi and Milwaukee were owned by the same company. I picked up a brushless ryobi impact recently that is a beast! It also has an auto mode so you don't over tighten things. They seem to be switching a lot of their line to brushless too.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...vtCWeA7oKCvrgtoT3ARoCoi0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
OP
That's way nicer than the old Ryobi 1/2" impact I had. Looks like they are upping their game!
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On the positive side, the Savvy LJ rockers, w/step, will be delivered Monday. The control arms came in a couple weeks ago, but I'm holding up on installing them until I see if there's any movement on selling the TJ.
Awesome! I just got my shipment notification today too! Should be here Wednesday. I was just out there for work too and joked about checking them on the plane lol
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Glad we ordered when we did. They went out of stock fast!
This Jeep is testing my patience. Third week and third rock in the windshield. Also, with warmer weather, this showed up today. After installing a kit for this. I received a"hot start" code.
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To be positive, that is an OEM windshield that already had one fixed spot, so she lived a good life. That being said I hate construction in this area and windshields. Always a dump truck that gets me. Last one was going down 81 in the Gladiator, not following anyone closely and then bam, sounded like a shotgun went off. Insurance enjoyed that one with the adaptive cruise control.