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Here's the drill.(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)
In "Cordless Drills" (December 2007) you say that most impact drivers can handle car-wheel lug nuts. In fact, none of the ones that you list should be used to tighten caror truck-wheel lug nuts because they are all only 3/8-inch drivers, which isn't enough torque to safely tighten lug nuts.
JOHN BELL ...
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