{"id":4116,"date":"2012-12-01T23:48:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T07:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=4116"},"modified":"2012-12-01T23:57:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T07:57:10","slug":"craftsman-c3-impact-wrench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2012\/12\/craftsman-c3-impact-wrench\/","title":{"rendered":"Craftsman C3 Impact Wrench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An impact wrench is one of those tools that you don&#8217;t really &#8220;NEED&#8221;, it&#8217;s just really nice to have. I still prefer the manual way with a ratchet when applicable, but there are a few instances where an impact wrench is essentially required. Although slightly overdue, I figured it was time to add one to my tool arsenal. <\/p>\n<p>I ended up picking up this cordless Craftsman C3 1\/2&#8243; impact wrench from the local Sears for around $100. To put this into perspective, one of my <a href=\"http:\/\/7tuned.com\/2012\/08\/where-dreams-are-built\/\">Snap-on ratchets<\/a> costs as much. Initially, I wanted to get a Makita unit, but it was too expensive and catered more towards professionals. I&#8217;m only a hobbyist mechanic, so I based my choice upon my needs. The Craftsman is rated to 200 ft\/lbs, and even if it&#8217;s overrated, that should still be plenty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/craftsmanc3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/craftsmanc3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"craftsmanc3\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the added convenience it provides makes for a great bang-for-the-buck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An impact wrench is one of those tools that you don&#8217;t really &#8220;NEED&#8221;, it&#8217;s just really nice to have. I still prefer the manual way with a ratchet when applicable, but there are a few instances where an impact wrench is essentially required. Although slightly overdue, I figured it was time to add one to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4116"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4127,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116\/revisions\/4127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}