This will also ruin someone's day

This will also ruin someone's day

I'm OOTL Please fill me in?
If the ICE vehicles don't have wheels, they can't move very fast...
ICE as in Internal Combustion Engine, or as in the US neo-brownshirts?
Your problem is you are probably using an impact driver numbers vs impact wrench. Even compact battery impact wrenches can get over 300 ft-lbs of breakaway torque. The beefiest consumer cordless can get over 1000. That'll rip those lug nuts right off.
You can get 11000 ftlbs in a battery handheld. https://www.radtorque.com/products/b-rad-x/
Ha, I haven’t seen these, the Torque Test Channel needs one!
Looks like a standard drill/driver with a torque multiplier bolted to it. I wonder what that does to the impact force?
The harder the hit the better generally, but cordless sometimes substitutes speed of hits, these multipliers would slow that way down.
They have a huge lineup of tools, some corded, some air, and then the battery lineup. Probably something for everyone.
I think at those torque levels the hit of impact doesn't matter, because its not doing an impact to try to torque a resistive nut, there will be a bracket that touches the workpiece to resist the 11000 counter torque.
I also wonder what kind of bolts will need that amount of torque to tighten or loosen. They use much heavier impacts on train tracks (even gas powered ones with shoulder harnesses).
It would seem like when torquing things that large that bars and multipliers would still be the most accurate. But there must be a need for this kind of tool.
Some of their models are super accurate for aviation etc, and have PC connection so you can feed bolt torqure values back to your inspection reports. The planetary gearing reduction seems to mean you don't need to lug around giant bars and mutlipliers. But what needs 11000 ftlbs?? Ships maybe?
Battery powered impact driver plus a deep socket set = you can remove lug nuts or bolts (securing a wheel to a vehicle) in very quick fashion.
Here's a compact socket set that will handle most every consumer vehicle too: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EHK86WS.
Almost the same one at HF where you can pay cash: https://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-drive-impact-flip-socket-set-3-piece-62491.html
A pair of wire snips will cut tire stems right off, and quickly.
A can of expanding foam up the tailpipe into the muffler, and/or emptied into an engine compartment will ruin anyone's day.
5 lug nuts can be loosened in about 5 seconds with a heavy duty impact wrench. If you've ever seen tires get stolen it only takes about 15 seconds to pull off.
That will be enough to disable the car. It'll get moving before they notice it.
Make sure the battery is at full charge. Chevy typically uses 12mm or 14mm lug nuts in their trucks.
Used motor oil and sand in a water balloon also completely obstructs the view through any window and can't be cleaned off.
Those nut sizes seem way off. The smallest I have seen are 17mm, with most cars and light vehicles being 19-22mm
Don't forget you can also ugga dugga them with an impact gun and cause the bolts to snap, so even if they get new lug nuts they aren't going anywhere unless it's up a flatbed
Also don't forget your locking nut key for those pesky lock nuts
Also don't forget your locking nut key for those pesky lock nuts
Leaving only those will make for a bigger surprise a few minutes later when they take a corner at speed. Or hit a bump.
If only one is locking just break the others. Locking will break in short order.
Just be careful because the pictured drill will break your wrist if you let it.
Know your tool before you use it.
Slashing tires is faster and quieter.
Or, a small pair of pliers can open a brake bleed valve.
Fucking with the brakes risks getting bystanders involved, though.
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