Air tools question...

[buffalobo]

The biggest issue you are going to have is a lack of volume from a pancake compressor.

+2 on the electric.

+1, for light use go electric.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

The biggest issue you are going to have is a lack of volume from a pancake compressor.

+2 on the electric.

Even with my 33 gallon tank, it seems like it is running nonstop when using the impact wrench and really doing car work.

[Erni]

Another vote for electric.
But if you dont use the impact wrench too often get the impact driver and a socket adapter. Break by hand, drive with the driver, torque by hand.

[Grant H.]

Another vote for electric.
But if you dont use the impact wrench too often get the impact driver and a socket adapter. Break by hand, drive with the driver, torque by hand.

Even with a big impact, one should always torque lugnuts with a real torque wrench.

[Grant H.]

The Ridgid 1/2" 18v impact I bought on here pulls lugnuts with any issue.

For your use case, if you decide to go with air, I'd go buy one of the Earthquake impacts from harbor freight. They're cheap, they produce a lot of torque, and they hold up just fine for home and lite business use.

[cstone]

Maybe an early Christmas present.

[DFBrews]

I am fully invested in both the Milwaukee and snap on cordless line snap on at the shop and Milwaukee for the side job. I use them hard and If I would do it again I would go all Milwaukee fuel with duplicate tools for both the batteries are beasts my snap on ones are crapping out and double the price of the Milwaukee. Picked up the m18 weed eater last week and the 9.0 ah batteries are amazing

[Graves]

I am fully invested in both the Milwaukee and snap on cordless line snap on at the shop and Milwaukee for the side job. I use them hard and If I would do it again I would go all Milwaukee fuel with duplicate tools for both the batteries are beasts my snap on ones are crapping out and double the price of the Milwaukee. Picked up the m18 weed eater last week and the 9.0 ah batteries are amazing

As this guy knows I'm fully invested in the snappy boat bc I already had tons of batteries and chargers but I'll be replacing them with MW as they go tits up as well. Not only are they half the price, but they're warrantied for 5yrs compared to the 2yr from Snap On. We have a few guys in the shop beating on their Milwaukee stuff, only downside I've noticed for the micro lithium line is how the battery covers like to pop loose for hard use...but that still won't affect function.

[Wulf202]

I've got a husky air impact I used once I'd let go cheap. $20

I replaced it with electric Milwaukee 18v

[Colorado Osprey]

To answer the OP original question, one of the best buys in air impact guns that is adequate but definitely not state of the art is the Ingersol Rand 231. This was a staple in auto and tire shops for over 20 years. Amazon has them for $99 w/ shipping. For personal use it will probably last a couple of generations. You will need at least a 10 gallon compressor at 100 psi to run it at full power to run it for at least one tire removal.