From: Paul A. Thomas (bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com)
Date: Wed Dec 10 2003 - 19:05:02 PST
02¢ FWIW:
I spent 2.5 years working in a motor pool which consisted of 2 jeeps, half
a dozen pickups, 20 deuces and 30 or so 5 ton tractors ( plus tugs,
trailers, generators with lousy over ride mechanisms etc ) : we pretty
much maintained them at the level the army suggested ( 1978-1981 ) however
we did not have power tools. It was not uncommon to see three of us ( each
of us 200-300 lb ) holding the bed of a Deuce, jumping up and down in
unison on a 6' extender to the .... darn, can't remember the name of the
ratchet which is a right angle tool instead of a ratchet.... but we would
often have to work for five minutes this way, the socket 'right angle' tool
supported by a jack stand and us jumping up and down repeatedly to get it
to break loose.
I vote for power tools when dealing with Deuce lug nuts. <g>
Paul
At 06:01 PM 12/10/2003, you wrote:
>I suggest buying a good 3/4 drive ratchet set. I
>bought assorted components on Ebay until I had a
>complete set. It is all good stuff, Proto, Snap-on,
>Wright, Herbrand. And it didn't cost much more than a
>junk import set. I also got lucky and picked up the
>highly prized gear reduction wrench, cheap. When I do
>tire work I just break them loose with the 3/4 breaker
>bar or gear wrench and zip them off with standard 1/2
>drive air ratchet. The first time I went to change
>tires I forgot that the drivers side is left-hand
>threads and take my word for it the gear wrench can
>tear threads right out of a lug nut. I think this is
>quicker than waiting for the compressor to refill the
>tanks.
>
>As far as a jack, I use a 12 ton bottle jack. I also
>bought a 3.5 ton service jack from sears that works
>ok.
>
>Marc
>
>--- Bruce Kalin <pball@csionline.net> wrote:
> > I have a 3/4 impact and the 90 psi will easily
> > operate the gun
> > adequately. The small reserve tanks do not hold
> > enough air to
> > continuously run the gun. One or two lugs at a time,
> > wait a minute for
> > the tank to fill, and the gun runs again. I have
> > changed many wheels
> > this way without any problem. The gun has always
> > been able to loosen the
> > lugs, even on some older trucks with wheels that
> > probably haven't been
> > changed in twenty years.
> > Bruce
> >
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