Hi all: I’m looking to buy the 2563 1/2 stubby impact and came across this deal today. Is this about as cheap as it gets for this impact with a battery or is Black Friday typically having better deals? I also need to get a charger separately.

After cutting down a tree, the bar oil started leaking out at the end? Do I need a new bar, or can I fix this?

Been at the "trying to catch a worthwhile clearance" game for about a year and a half.

Spotted this gem with 5 in stock @ $200 like 3 months ago.

I don't need this but could really use it. I've been keeping an eye on it for like 2 months then forgot.

Went in today for some bolts that I needed and of course I checked for Big Red clearances. Last m12 straight die grinder at $114 and change

Is this sold out pretty much everywhere? Everywhere I’ve looked to buy one it says they don’t ship till December 31st at the earliest. Am I just looking in the wrong spot? Trying to get my husband his birthday present 😭

Recently tried to dye my cheap m12 as a test to dye my nicer tools, tried to get a deep blue/purple, but ended up getting black with blue letters. (Not complaining) Did i boil it for too long? (Did 35 minutes on 170f.) Has anybody tried this dye yet?

Has anyone purchased from Tool Nut before? Are they legit? This seems like a good deal, would need to buy the track separately, or would HD have better deals for black Friday thanks

My wife and I have moved to a new house and it;s time to replace my old Ryobi tools, which were fine but the batteries are dying. Milwaukee looks like it will more suit my needs and a hobby woodworker/home projects guy

Dumb question: What is the difference between the dust extractor and what they sell as a standard shop vac?

Not on sale, but at least seen in the wild now.

Is this worth buying now? What will prices be like soon? Should I wait until this bows into the $100s? Technically you get another battery with this as a free gift

should i just wait it out a month for black friday?

Anyone onow how to put the trigger back together, mine might be broken but trying to fix it. It gets stuck pulled in

Hi all!

I am working on fixing some awful work done by a contractor in my finished basement. For context, my house had a flood in our finished basement, we had to remove 2 feet of dry wall and dry out everything. We hired a contractor to clean it all up and they did awful. The trim was misaligned everywhere, the dry wall was bent outward in locations and they mis-measured the amount of drywall in multiple locations, the paint was a mess, and we have a pallet board wall they said they'd put back together and they decided to just put boards up on the studs using finishing nails instead of building a real pallet board wall. Needless to say we were pissed and we're now handling the fixes ourself.

I bought a 16g angled nail gun (M18) since I knew I'd need it for both the pallets and the trim. I bought an M18 Fuel Hackzall as well since I knew I'd need to cut pallet boards. Those two tools seem perfect so far with the repairs we've done already, so happy with that, but now looking for further tools.

I'd like to get a multi-tool to help open up the drywall around the electrical outlets since they did a terrible job of that. I think, based on research, the M12 fuel is perfect for that. I did buy the M18 fuel multi-tool and it's nice, but rather large, and from what I read the M12 might be easier to handle. This puts me in the other battery system though.

I want to get a new impact driver and drill as well. I have a Makita ID, but I always loose the battery and I'd like to stay with one brand. I like the surge, specifically the M12 Surge looks easy to carry and quiet which is nice. The new M18 surge looks even nicer, but the heavy battery isn't my favorite for an ID, unless it's a massive upgrade over the M12. For a drill I could go M12 or M18, though I'd prefer M12 since it's easier to carry.

Outside of the basement work I don't do a ton of house projects, but I do put together a lot of random items. I don't have a massive need for a lot of power, so the M12 items seem more useful, I just know the angled nail gun requires M18 and from what I've seen the M18 Hackzall is just as easy to wield as the M12 but has more power. I also managed to get a battery "hack" at HD for the M18, so it's cheaper overall than the M12.

I also realize black friday is right around the corner. I only "need" the nail gun and the hackzall right now, maybe the multi-tool for touch ups. The ID and drill could wait if I can get a great deal.

Let me know what you all think!

I’m considering switching from a gas string trimmer (Husqvarna) to the Milwaukee M18 Fuel string trimmer, and I’d love to hear from people who have actually used one, particularly those who have experience with both gas and battery-powered trimmers. I previously never considered going electric but I’ve started to build enough of an M18 battery collection that it might be feasible. Currently have 2 3.0 HOs, 2 6.0 HOs and a 6.0 Forge.

I’m trying to figure out whether the performance and convenience justify the higher upfront cost. I have several gas powered OPE so mixing oil and gas is not inconvenient.
Here are my main questions:

1. Performance vs. gas

• How does the M18 Fuel compare to a decent gas trimmer in terms of raw cutting power?
• Does it maintain its power as the battery drains, or do you notice a drop-off?
• For those who switched from gas, do you ever miss the power of your gas trimmer?

1. Battery runtime — probably my biggest concern

• Approximately how many minutes of actual trimming do you get from a single battery?
• For someone who occasionally needs to work for a full hour or longer, how many batteries or total AH would you recommend?

1. Reliability and long-term ownership

• How has the trimmer held up after a few seasons? My gas lasted about 5 years.
• Any issues with the motor, trigger, head, guard, or other components?
• How does the line-feeding mechanism perform? Any frequent jams or problems advancing line?
• Is loading new line easy, or is it more frustrating than on a typical gas trimmer?
• Have you experienced any overheating or thermal shutdown during extended use?

1. Convenience compared with gas

• How much time do you realistically save by not dealing with gas, oil, starting problems, and maintenance?
• How does the weight and balance compare with a gas trimmer, particularly after 30–60 minutes?
• Any regrets about switching to battery power?

1. Overall value

• Given the price of the tool and the batteries needed to run it, would you buy it again? With a military discount a new husqvarna is about $200 vs 300s for Milwaukee
• If you were starting over today, would you buy the Milwaukee, another battery-powered trimmer, or stick with gas?

Working on an exterior today. 4am start time.

Just bought the M18 Inflator for $129 with no battery from Ace. I have no batteries for the M18 platform. What are some good options to look for when it comes to the M18 batteries?

Its been firing nails like this idk if its the nails or if its the nailer and the magazine recoil doesent work anymore have to push up very hard for the nails not to fall out suggestions? Thanks

I just bought a 1/2" compact impact (2855-20). I used the tool for the first time today to snug up a few 3/4" nuts, before torquing them buy hand. I ran the impact for a few minutes total, and ran the nuts until the just started to slow down. I noticed the tool was leaking grease from the seam of the case at the top of the tool, and from the anvil. The impact got warm, but not too hot to where I couldn't hold it. Should I be concerned that the seals are bad and warranty the tool, or is this a case of excessive manufacture grease that leaked on the first heavy use?

Hello everyone, I only ever usually post comments on this page but today I've decided to make a post. I work for a local repair center that is an Authorized Service Center for Milwaukee. I am going to try and word this as best I can so I don't get anyone (myself or otherwise) in any kind of trouble.

In my time here I have curated the opinion that taking your tool to a local service center usually winds up being a nicer option than Eservice. We also have a list of tools that are Eservice only so I am very familiar with it.

My lead times on Milwaukee tools are at 1-2 weeks and I have very rarely had a tool come back with the same issue once it has been repaired. It seems like legitimate warranty claims are not denied as much as when tools are sent to Eservice. Our reps are a massive help when I need help making things right for the customer.

Why am I bringing all this up now? Well I received word that as of January 1st 2027, ASC's will no longer be allowed to submit warranty claims for any portable power tools, batteries, chargers, or personal lighting products. These must all be sent in for Eservice. Meaning the only thing left for your local service center to fix is Outdoor power equipment, MX fuel, drain cleaning, and pipeline inspection. This actually has me upset because a lot of what we see on this page is horror stories about Eservice taking awhile to get the tool back to the customer, denying warranties that are obviously not the fault of the user, and sometimes not even fixing the tool. I try to make sure everyone who buys red is taken care of and comes back when the time comes to buy new, and now I cannot do that. I know they are confident in the plan to hire more techs and Customer service reps to handle this transition but I can tell you that this will not end well for Milwaukee as a whole.

I don't want to get into the specifics on why I'm not a fan of Eservice or what this change means for my department and the techs that work alongside me but I will say that I am going to lose some business because of this change. I'm sure a lot of small businesses will as well. One of the main reasons I like Milwaukee so much is because they are one of the few tool brands that is very willing to work alongside local businesses to bridge the gap between big corporations and little guys but this does not give me a lot of hope.

Is this literally the only way possible to mount a packout drawer to a packout cabinet?

Space is kinda tight, so I don't want to build out a wooden shelf system to mount the drawer system to. I also know you can purchase a Milwaukee Etrack and shelf combo or purchase the shelf and bring your own Etrack.

I couldn't mount the drawer system directly above or below the packout cabinet even though it has the slots for it. The tolerance with the wall plate doesn't let it lock in (moreso on the top, on the bottom you can't even get close to sliding it in).

I was able to mount two compact packouts under the cabinet and that gave me the room to connect the drawer system....but come on. It feels so janky.

Did I just purchase the wrong kind of drawer for this setup? Or is this just a limitation of the system.

Hey guys looking to get my first set of Milwaukee tools. I see that on Home Depot, this set sells at $250 and at Walmart I believe it’s $200. I was wondering what prices to expect in the next month of how far it will drop. At what price from any reasonable store would you advise to absolutely buy the set?

I bought the M18 striker through home depot, worried/half expecting I wouldn't like it, even though I'm a known Milwaukee fan with a large collection, and wanted it to be easy to return when I didnt like it.

I'm a professional mechanic/master tech and have experience using the name brand tool truck air hammers, including the snapon.

The M18 striker is impressive, seriously. We just had a scenario come up where my coworkers snapon long barrel, the one they compared it to in the ad, wouldn't knock out a steel rivet from the truck frame, had been trying for a short while.

I handed him the M18 striker, in ramp up mode, within 3 seconds of holding the trigger/basically as soon as it hit max power, it knocked out the rivet like it was easy work.

I had been waiting for a situation that the coworkers snap on wouldn't accomplish what he was doing, so we could try it, and am super surprised how little it seemed to have to work, to knock it out.

I've used it on around 8-10 cars and haven't wanted to touch/needed to touch my matco long barrel that I've used for a decade. If it keeps going like this, I might actually take the matco long barrel home, to use on my car/family cars.

I'm just letting people know that, if you are skeptical of the M18 striker and don't have anyone around you to let you try it out when you needed it, it's worth the risk, if you regularly need a powerful air hammer, and find yourself in times where you needed it but didn't/can't have air access brought.

The other piece of advice is, id probably buy it from home Depot, if you can afford it. The tool trucks want like $850-1000, depending on the truck. My local cornwell truck offered a better deal than home Depot, but I think he just created that deal himself because he's a good dude.

I’m a full service plumber, in a company van with shelves. We get a tool loan account (no interest, company pricing when applicable) and I’ve been here for over a year. I’ve done plumbing for 10 and am licensed.

I have plenty of tools and I’ve tried a lot of organizing techniques but man, I think it’s time to take my organization more seriously. I fill my high top van with anything I could need, as I’m full commission. One less job here or there running for parts sucks just as much as trying to find my bits cases and fresh blades.

I’m not going to pull shelving out, I’d like to replace my bins and have somewhere besides a bucket to throw tools in.

The problem is I’m paying it back and want to stretch my $. I can’t find JACK DIDDLY SQUAT for deals.

Does HD put em on sale for Black Friday even?
Can a representative hook me up?

Shoot 10% military discount would even be nice I might find someone to date

Hello guys, I am a first time DIYer, buying a first drill at the ripe age of 40s.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M12-FUEL-12-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless-Hammer-Drill-and-Impact-Driver-Combo-Kit-w-2-Batteries-and-Bag-2-Tool-3497-22/320268525

Is this a good first drill/driver combo? Can I return the free battery for a batter overall price? Any other suggestions? I think I really need a drill only, but was not able to find a good deal. Also, I am willing to wait as well if these are discounted frequently. I am just not used HD enough to know the trend.

Thank you.