I WAS HOPING FOR REALLY GOOD THINGS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE XT 12 VOLT 3/8THS CORDLESS XTREME
TORQUE RATCHET WRENCH KIT 60 FOOT POUNDS I WAS HOPING FOR REALLY GOOD THINGS BUT I DON'T
WANT TO SAY FULL THUMBS DOWN AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY FULL THUMBS UP WHY DO I HAVE 2 BOXES
HERE WELL I HAVE ONE RATCHET ONE CORDLESS RATCHET HERE I HAVE 2 BOXES BECAUSE THE FIRST
ONE I BOUGHT I ACTUALLY WHEN IT GOT REALLY HOT WHEN I USED IT FOR I DON'T KNOW I THINK
THE FIRST TIME USED IT FOR 8 MINUTES ON AND OFF FOR 10 MINUTES DOING A TIMING BELT AND
WHEN THE RATCHET GOT HOT THE TRIGGER WOULD STOP WORKING I WOULD PUSH THE TRIGGER ALL
THE WAY DOWN AND IT WOULD STOP WORKING THE RATCHET WOULD STOP WORKING SO I RETURNED IT
TO HARBOR FREIGHT I FORGOT TO GIVE THEM THE BOX BACK SO WHEN THEY GIVE ME THE NEW ONE
THEY GAVE ME ANOTHER BOX HENCE 2 BOXES SO WHAT DOES IT COME WITH WELL NOT VERY MUCH
INSTRUCTIONS RIGHT HERE EARTH QUAKE XT AQ3R XT - 12 VOLT ITEM NUMBER 63538 YOU HAVE THE
RATCHET ITSELF YOU HAVE A CHARGER AND IT COMES WITH ONE BATTERY AND IF YOU PLAN ON USING
THIS THING A LOT I WOULD SUGGEST GETTING 2 BATTERIES I THINK ANOTHER BATTERY IS ABOUT
$22 BUCKS IT ONLY GOES IN ONE WAY SO I HAVE MY SCALE HERE IT'S SET TO ZERO 2 POUNDS AND
15 OUNCES 15.1 OUNCES SO IT WEIGHS 2 POUNDS 15 OUNCES WHAT ARE THE PROS THE PROS ARE THAT
IS WAS CHEAP IT WAS A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING BUCKS A HUNDRED AND TWENTY BUCKS IT IS CHEAP
IT'S OF QUALITY I MEAN IT'S IT'S HEAVY THIS IS MORE LIKE A RUBBERIZED SECTION DOWN HERE
YOU HAVE A TRIGGER RIGHT HERE GOOD HANDLE THIS IS METAL ALL THAT'S METAL RIGHT THERE
THAT'S ALL METAL THE WHOLE GREY AREA HERE IS METAL IT CHARGES UP RETALITEVILLY FAST
UM DIDN'T TAKE A LONG TIME FOR THE BATTERY TO CHARGE OUT OF THE BOX NOR AFTER USING IT
FOR AWHILE I KNOW I READ ONE REVIEW WHERE THE GUY SAYS ACTUALLY IT WAS ONE VIDEO SAID
HE USED IT FOR ABOUT 8 HOURS AND STILL HAD STILL HAD A LOT OF POWER STILL WAS WORKING
DON'T KNOW ABOUT POWER BUT THE ONE THING I DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS COUPLE THINGS I GUESS
SO NOW FOR THE CONS IT IT A LONG RATCHET LETS SEE HOW LONG IT IS WITH THE BATTERY IT COMES
IN AT 13 AND A HALF INCHES 13 AND A QUARTER INCHES SO IT IS KINDA LONG KIND OF MAKES IT
DIFFICULT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO GET INTO TIGHT SPOTS I DID IT WHEN I WAS I BOUGHT THIS
CORDLESS RATCHET TO DO A TIMING BELT ON A HONDA V6 WHAT I FOUND IS THAT IT WAS REALLY
HARD AND DIFFICULT TO GET INTO TIGHT SPOTS I KNOW MILWAUKEE HAS ONE OF THESE A 3/8 CORDLESS
RATCHET THAT IS ACTUALLY QUITE A BOT SHORTER THAN THIS NOT AS LONG SO MAKING IT A LITTLE
BIT EASIER TO GET INTO THOSE TIGHT SPOTS BUT THE ONE THING THAT I DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS
RATCHET WAS THE FACT THAT IT IT AUTOMATICALLY STOPS WHEN IT GETS TO A SPECIFIC TORQUE YOU
CAN ACTUALLY PUT THIS ON A BOLT AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TORQUE IS
MAYBE IT'S 60 POUNDS WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT RIGHT HERE BUT IT JUST STOPS IT DOES NOT KEEP
TRYING TO TIGHTEN IT DOWN IT JUST STOPS IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THAT FEEL SO I'VE USED AIR
RATCHETS MOST OF MY LIFE AND AN AIR RATCHET WILL ACTUALLY KEEP TRYING TO TWIST THE BOLT
UNTIL YOU STOP THE TRIGGER THIS HARBOR FREIGHT RATCHET WILL ACTUALLY STOP ITSELF FROM TIGHTENING
DOWN THE BOLT EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR HAND ON THE TRIGGER NOW I USED A MILWAUKEE 3/8
CORDLESS RATCHET AND I'LL PUT UP A PICTURE OF THAT RIGHT NOW BUT THIS THING WAS AWESOME
AND IT'S ABOUT $300 BUCKS WITH A BATTERY AND EVERYTHING OUT THE DOOR THE MILWAUKEE 3/8THS
RATCHET I'M TALKING ABOUT IS CATALOG NUMBER 2557-20 THIS THING WAS A WORK HORSE IT WAS
A BEAST EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE HARBOR FREIGHT CORDLESS RATCHET IT
WOULD KEEP TORQUEING THE BOLT DONE IT DIDN'T STOP IT DIDN'T STOP WHEN IT WANTED TO IT STOPPED
WHEN YOU PHYSICALLY TOOK YOUR HAND OFF THE TRIGGER I WISH I COULD SHOW YOU AN EASY WAY
TO SHOW THIS TO YOU.
OK TOOK THAT OUT I'M GOING TO START IT BY HAND TURN IT AROUND AND TIGHTEN IT UP YOU
SEE WATCH WATCH IT'LL GET THERE IT WILL OBVIOUSLY PUT THE BOLT IT BUT THEN IT STOPS AT A CERTAIN
POINT WHERE AS WITH AN AIR RATCHET OR THIS MILWAUKEE THAT I USED IT IT KEPT RATCHETING
UNTIL I UNTIL I LET OFF THE TRIGGER
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT'S ONE FEATURE THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT THE FACT THAT IT STOPS
ITSELF WHEN IT WANTS TO AND NOT ME TELLING THE TOOL WHEN TO STOP I SHOULD BE ABLE TO
TELL THE TOOL TO STOP NOT THE TOOL TELLING ME WHEN TO STOP I'M GOING TO TAKE IT BACK
TO HARBOR FREIGHT I JUST I DON'T KNOW I JUST DON'T LIKE IT I DON'T LIKE IT I KNOW THERES
A LOT OF REVIEWS ON HARBOR FREIGHTS WEBSITE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY LIKE THIS RATCHET
BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE IT AND IF YOUR A WEEKEND WARRIOR DONG STUFF EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE AND
YOU WANT TO SAVE THAT TIME YEAH GO AHEAD AND GET IT DON'T EXPECT A LOT FROM IT IF YOUR
A PROFESSIONAL AND YOUR DOING THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN AND OUT AND THIS IS HOW YOUR MAKING
A LIVING DO NOT BUY THIS SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY AND GET THE MILWAUKEE I'LL PUT
A LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW WHERE YOU CAN BUY THAT MILWAUKEE AS WELL I'LL PROBABLY
GET SOME HATE DOWN IN THE COMMENTS BELOW ABOUT HATING ON HARBOR FREIGHT BUT MOST OF THE STUFF
I GET FROM HARBOR FREIGHT I LIKE QUITE A BIT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PURCHASE BUT
AFTER USING IT GETTING MY HANDS ON IT I JUST DON'T LIKE IT I JUST DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT
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