Essential tool to have

Now.

Go with that bolt from Mr Rusted Semi wheel to a good shop with many quality bolts for that wheel.

Buy a box of them. 20, 30, 50 or whatever. As much as you can lift and carry home. Why? You will start breaking bolts with that easy pull tool.

Getting bolts out is a form of lever. If you are trying to turn something with a 5 foot bar, it might come out. With a 10 footer... well you will get it out with one finger and maybe break it. But it will come out.

Sure beats the old 5 spoke wheel system where i can have a nice stroke trying to get that bolt loose or tight. It's a good way to erase any possibility of driving 400 miles today. =)

 

How small was the air line feeding the air gun?

I worked for a farm equipment dealer in my younger days. I have been in more than one farm shop that is nicely equipped with tools, air tools included. But for some reason, the farmer would buy a 3/4" drive impact wrench, capable of 1000ft lbs or whatever, and only have a little 3/8" hose to supply it. There's just not enough air to do the job.

Gotta have at least 1/2" air hose to supply enough volume to turn a big air gun. And a good air gun as well. Those ones you see at Lowe's, or Harbor Freight are usually garbage.


But a good torque multiplier is a nice thing to have. Can't go wrong with old technology!

 

Boss is cheap, go find another one who will pay for road service.

 

Or better yet work for one who IS road service. =)

Ive hauled home tons of stone by the shovel gratis from the plant for my land in rain season. Eventually I learned filling the same holes require concrete left over from nearby mixers who had it.

 

I change all my flats, which are few and far between, with my cell phone.

 

Go to Harbor Freight and you can pick up a 1" impact rated for 2000 ft lbs for less than $200. While it may not hold up if you work at a tire shop using it 8 hrs per day 5 days per week, for a farm or O/O that only has to mess with tires once in a bue moon, it'll serve you well.

 

Before my shop size twin piston compressor with the 1" line.

I had a 20 gallon tank I would feed with 2 smaller compressors and use a 10' airline to supply my impact. This gave me the volume and pressure I needed to run the large impact.
But I had to wait often for the tank to fill to use.

Spray those lugnuts with penetrating oil.