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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:43:54 -0500, "Jon Endres, PE"
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I find that if you need to be concerned about too tight, or about snapping
it off, use a cordless drill and predrill your holes, or a hand
screwdriver,
or even better, a bit and brace. I can get a boatload of torque out of a
14" swing brace and a square drive bit.

Jon E



yep, the brace is still king for driving big screws with fine
control...

Maybe not in all instances... ;~)

My partner and I has an odd job 2 weeks ago. I think an impact driver would
have been ideal.
Picture standing on an extension ladder with your feet at about 12' from the
floor. Picture the ladder in a 4 foot wide hall way that limits how much
you can lean the ladder. Now, picture trying to drive a 7" square drive
screw in to a stud 18' above the floor with an 18 volt cordless. The drill
was strong enough but you simply could not apply enough pressure to keep the
bit engaged. No such thing as getting behind the drill unless you had
wings. We yanked the screw and put a lag bolt in with a ratchet and socket.

We did 4 lag screws this way to mount an Elk, 2 Caribou, and 1 Elan. One of
the Caribou's was 6' tall from bottom to top of the trophy with a 46" wide
rack. The second funniest thing to picture was the 2 of us going up 2
ladders with the trophies dangling between us 18' feet up. Never again.