Ingersoll Rand 2850MAX 1″ Air Impact Wrench

Went to use this for the first time and the bolts were missing to put the clamp handle on. So we had to find some bolts for that. Finally started to use it but after the second nut was taken off and the impact was set down, it starts to turn on its own. Tried flipping the trigger but just keeps on turning. For a manufacture to boast about how great their products are, I wouldn’t give you 2 cents for this one. I sure don’t recommend ingersoll rand which was supposed to be so good.

These according to YouTube vids are the strongest air impact 1″ wrenches you can buy. I don’t doubt it either. I haven’t used the long anvil much yet but there were some Allen Head bolts that hold the cap on the end of the main boom cylinder on my John Deere 437e Knuckleboom Loader that I needed to get out. I threw everything at them I had on 2 service trucks, including Harbor Freight and Chicago Pneumatic 1″ guns, and they wouldn’t budge. Even broke several impact pieces and still no budge… They used 17mm allen heads and im not that familiar with metric sizes that big but thats a big bolt, probably over an inch and a quarter if they were sae. My short anvil Ingersoll 2850 was at home and I brought it the next day…. I already had owned it a year before buying the long anvil…. It ripped them all right out at about 130 psi and hooked to only 3/8″ fittings (although I do have 30 gallon 2 stage portables on service trucks, I need to upgrade my plumbing)! With 3/8″ connections they will out perform any impact I have ever touched! When you plumb them to my big Speedaire 7hp 80 gallon 2 stage at my shop where there is nothing smaller than 1/2″ carrying the air then they truly go into Mega Beast mode! I mean get in, sit down, shut up, and hang on!! They also easily peel the lock nut off the shaft inside those cylinders and they require a 3.5″ socket. Lugs on road tractor and trailer wheels are childs play for these impacts, short or long. Look at the pic, I know, I have them both! They are crazy light as well. And, they have their triggers on the handle interior, which is so much better than having that snake trigger ready to strike on the exterior! Take it from me…..30 years in logging business and working on my heavy equipment…. you can’t go wrong with these impacts!!

This thing rips. I’ve used several 1” impacts working on heavy equipment in the field. Most 1” impacts are heavy metal this 2850 seems like it’s half the weight as most. My co worker has another brand impact that would not bust a nut loose so he grabbed this from me and the IR spin it off. He gave mine back and ordered one right then. This is the best 1” impact money can buy. I feed this with a 1/2 inch hose and the high flow fittings from flex zilla with a 24 cfm compressor.

It’s a high quality impact used daily on a service truck.

I bought the set where the impact plus a 20 ton bottle jack comes with it.
Let me tell you a lot of people at work struggle with lifting the other model (heavy duty) I laugh my ass off watching them stare at me lift my impact like it’s part of my arm it’s very light , believe me when you are dealing with 1 inch bolts or nuts and have the space to fit this one , this thing will spin those suckers free! Even with rusted bolts , I have dealt with some seized up bolts and had to pull out the torch to get them vary vary hot ! And throw water then torch and water again to make them metal expand. After a coupe tries this thing got them out , just oil and grease daily !!!! I love my ir.

I’m a heavy equipment mechanic and I purchased this 1″ drive impact to remove excavator counter weight bolts, rusted track pad bolts and Volvo A30 hull truck lugs. Let’s just say I’ll never need to borrow the 1″ community shop gun ever again! This thing has some amazing torque and seems built to last a very long time. My service truck has a 3/8″ air hose that I run all my air tools with but I’ve added a second 1/2″ hose just for this beast! It works perfectly! I’m pretty sure Ingersoll recommends a 3/4″ hose for this impact but that’s an awful big hose and I’m not to sure how my compressor would keep up with that. I would say I’m still getting 99% of this impacts torque with the 1/2″ hose though. This gun is still weighty but compared to other 1″ impacts in the same class it’s extremely light weight. I also love how I can position the handle in any position needed for the job. I believe this gun is now tied with my Milwaukee fuel 3/4 impact for favorite tool! Love my Ingersoll air tools and my Milwaukee M18 battery tools!! Ingersoll Rand’s 2850max is a 5 star tool all the way!!!!!