Originally Posted by
Barry_White
Thanks for that information Gerhard.
I have TE17 that I purchased back in the early 70's. That was probably one of the best investments I made in my contracting life. I still have the machine but is rarely used these days. Maybe once or twice a year.
I had to drill 5/8 holes into 30MPA concrete to insert loxins in. I had a 1/2 Bosch percussion drill and it was taking all day to stand one set of door jambs. There was a carpenter there and he said to me the Hilti rep was downstairs and my reply was who is Hilti. He said he sells drilling machines. So I said send him up. When he came up and he flashed this fancy looking drill at me. I said how much is that and he replied $350.00 and my reply was nobody pays that much a drill and all he said was what size hole are you drilling. He then puts a 5/8 drill bit in the machine and says try that.
I put the bit on the concrete and pulled the trigger and it buried itself quicker than I could say hell!!!!. The next words out of my mouth were "I'LL TAKE IT" He then had the hide to charge me another $90.00 for the 5/8 drill bit.
As I said it was the best investment I ever made in my contracting life.