Had it about 16 months. Machine is great, but I do have a gripe with the connectors being too thin. I have had the 1/2" cables detach a head & cable when they flared open so I'd recommend changing out the cables, although the 3/8" cable is still the Milwaukee brand cable. Its been light & easy to carry around town, for me a real winner.
Hi there. They came with the machine. It has been a great machine, but Milwaukee in my country is not good at supplying all the replacement cable options so I have gone to using just the hand held snake, Flex Shaft & my K50 for small lines.
I’m looking around the market for a 3/8’s drum machine. I am a big fan of the Gorlitz brand. How does the switch pack machine do with galvanized 90’s ? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I would love to move to a battery platform. I’m hesitant because these are pretty new.
Fortunately I rarely have to deal with galv pipe - feel sorry for you poor buggers that have to clean galv lines, what a PITA, so I couldn't really give you feedback on the machine in that type of situation.
Ridgid makes a wheeled 3/8 drum machine. I bought mine several years back and has worked without any issues. I'm thinking of switching to the Milwaukee because of the sheer weight of the Ridgid. Consider weight specially if you'll be doing stairs. Also a drop down attachment is good for galvanized drains. I remember a few years back the snake going astray and coming out an adjacent bathroom.
It's pretty powerful against drains/clogs like that. If you don't care for manual feeding, you can also get a SWITCHPACK Cable Drive assembly sold separately which allows for a powered forward and reverse.
My mainline machine has a retriever ( can push out cable or pull it back manually or physically. My small line machine kinda like this is manual only as far as pushing or pulling cable.
I believe that it unscrews......use the handle of pliers wedge in between gaps and turn counter clockwise ...may stick because of the place you are working in .....
About half of them do & about half don't & unfortunately this particular one being as old as it is does't - if you look at the grate you might notice someone has tried it in the past & bent one of the grate bars.
This particular job was a McDonalds & it was absolutely spotless I promise. Every time I have a job at one of them, I have found them to be typically pristine.