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I have the Milwaukee lithium ion 18v drill and impact driver for most stuff. an 18V dewalt hammer drill for light to mid weight hammer drill stuff. and a bosch for my heavier hammer drilling. I also have a Milwaukee 12v that I find myself using more and more for mounting stuff and installing plates.

I love the little Milwaukee 12v series of tools. Light and powerful, and does 95% of what I need a drill or driver to do. Every now and then you have to get into the big tool box!

yep..thing is great and it fits in the front pocket of a hoodie when on a ladder

must be talking about this one? I think this is the one I used. Did a great job.

https://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/tls/2124970896.html

This one is even a better deal. I think the recession is still bad here.

https://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/tls/2060126657.html

I fail to see how either of those two links would fit inside the front pocket of a hoodie when on a ladder.

Home Depot will rent different sizes of different types of concrete drills/chippers. So next time there will be no need to lose a job because of a lack of tools.

I use a Bosch Bulldog Xtreme or a DeWalt corded rotodrill. Either will swing up to a 1 1/8" bit, which I believe is the largest that can be put into a SDS/TE-C chucked drill. Id say the bits are way more important than the drill, I use the Hilti X-head bits, they are so much faster and smoother than standard bits. Even if you are just drilling a floor for rack mounts, get good bits: it's a supreme pita to get a broken bit out of a hole.

for putting in floor anchors, any standard 18V hammerdrill ought to work. I have done it with my B&D Firestorm and cheap bits, it's slow going but works.

Jack

Fletcher, Picked up a used firestorm pretty cheap and works. It was used did not have a charger but, the nice thing is its a 1/2 inch chuck. Now I can used some of my larger drill bits and whole saws.

We have companies around here (I think Hilti is one of them) that come out to your site and bore holes of any size in concrete floors with steel rebar in them. I had 4 floors done with 4 inch bores through a 4 inch thick floor for 160 bucks. that was several years ago. It took the guy about an hour. They used a big ass drill with water coolent through the bit. As few times as I have needed stuff like that, I prefer to pay for the services of people with the right stuff.