Alternate to Milwaukee Super Hawg

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Just wondering what you guys use when you need to drill a couple holes but don’t feel like pulling out the corded hole hawg. I usually use my M18 Impact and it works great for drilling holes but In time it takes a beating and I don’t feel like spending $149 once a year for a new one. I saw the M18 Fuel Super Hawg but don’t feel like spending $329 for something that big. I see Milwaukee has an M12 Right Angle 1/4” impact gun. Anyone use this to drill holes in framing?
 
I still use my DeWalt 36v cordless. That puppy has the torque of a corded drill. "Arrgh, arrgh, arrgh!" ~ Tim Allen
 
Dansos said:
Just wondering what you guys use when you need to drill a couple holes but don’t feel like pulling out the corded hole hawg. I usually use my M18 Impact and it works great for drilling holes but In time it takes a beating and I don’t feel like spending $149 once a year for a new one. I saw the M18 Fuel Super Hawg but don’t feel like spending $329 for something that big. I see Milwaukee has an M12 Right Angle 1/4” impact gun. Anyone use this to drill holes in framing?
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The M18 is the way to go. Step up with the big boys or stay in the sandbox with the fischer price tools :D
 
I use this thing still one if the most powerful hole hog I ever used, and the bind up control is great for not breaking your arm
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I have never understand why so many people use impact drivers to drill holes. They are designed for high torque applications. I can easily out drill an impact gun with an old school brace and bit. The other day I watched a framer drilling 3/4" holes in 2X mud sills for foundation bolts. Probably took 20 seconds a hole. I could drill that same hole with my cordless drill in about 3 seconds.

I highly recommend the Milwaukee M18 Hole Hawg. My lead guy was bugging me for a while to get some to try but I was leery it could replace a standard Hole Hawg. I finally broke down and purchased 2 to try. I was wrong! They can drill just as fast with the cordless Hole Hawg. They work really well paired with the 9.0 batteries. You don't need the Super Hawg version for most applications.

I have my guys set up with all Milwaukee M18 drills, sawzalls, circular saws, angle grinders, multi tools. The only thing they still plug in at job sites is the charger.
 
Whatever you buy, make sure it can accept a half inch Shank. Otherwise you'll be relegated to drilling small holes.

I've rarely had a need for a right angle drill, getting a right angle gearbox attachment for a standard drill is another route.
 
curt swartz said:
I have never understand why so many people use impact drivers to drill holes. They are designed for high torque applications. I can easily out drill an impact gun with an old school brace and bit. The other day I watched a framer drilling 3/4" holes in 2X mud sills for foundation bolts. Probably took 20 seconds a hole. I could drill that same hole with my cordless drill in about 3 seconds.

I highly recommend the Milwaukee M18 Hole Hawg. My lead guy was bugging me for a while to get some to try but I was leery it could replace a standard Hole Hawg. I finally broke down and purchased 2 to try. I was wrong! They can drill just as fast with the cordless Hole Hawg. They work really well paired with the 9.0 batteries. You don't need the Super Hawg version for most applications.

I have my guys set up with all Milwaukee M18 drills, sawzalls, circular saws, angle grinders, multi tools. The only thing they still plug in at job sites is the charger.
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i looked pretty askance at milwualkee's batteries. they used to suck pretty badly.

badly enough that i started using festool drills in protest. not so any more.
the new m12 and m18 red lithium branded stuff works well. the fuel brushless
motors, while not as spiffy as festoolishness, are a hell of a lot more affordable.

i had both a corded and cordless m18 fuel porta band. they use the same blades.
the m18 cuts faster than the corded. noticeably faster. i ended up selling the
corded one last year to a friend who needed a porta band. i hadn't used it since
buying the M18.

i've got a super hawg. it runs my tugger, among other things. i wouldn't use a
battery driven hawg for that, but i'd use it for everything else.
 
I do recommend the quick lock chuck. At first I was worried I might regret not being able to put non 7/16 hex stuff in it, but not once I have needed to (thats a lot of negatives, hope I got that right).

Back to the OP though, I hear ya and sometimes if Im up in the misery (atttic or crawl space) and want something as small and light as possible for just a few small holes, Ill just bring up my cordless drill with one of those bosch 3/4 self feed spade bits. They cut real nice and are cheap enough you can just chuck it if you hit a nail.
 
Electrofelon, I have never liked self feed spade bits on cordless tools, for the simple reason that when the batteries start to go, you cannot feather how much pressure you put on the bit. It's either full tilt or nothing, most times nothing. The bits without the screw auger on the end, when the batteries wear down, you can back off the pressure and usually finish the hole albeit at a slower rate.

I'll admit that is kind of a holdover from the days of nicad batteries that will run down, unlike the lithium batteries which run wide open then stop abruptly.
 
I found bit/brace drills on ebay

and they weren't old either...

so i guess somebody still manufactures them

~RJ~
 
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