We’re juggling Milwaukee M18 and DeWalt 20V across three install teams, and it’s complicating lift-day kitting and charger placement on sites with limited power. If you’ve consolidated, which platform has served glaziers best for rotary hammers, battery sausage guns, and oscillating tools, and did it cut downtime? I’m trying to lock the spec by January so we can rebuild truck kits and standardize spares.
downtime? I’m trying to lock the spec by January so we can rebuild truck kits and Agree on the timing — we standardized on M18 and cut lift-day chaos by bolting two rapid chargers to a rolling Packout with a short 15A splitter, and HO 8.0s keep the SDS+ and sausage guns running all day; only caveat, we still stash one M12 oscillating kit for tight stops — how many chargers per truck are you planning?
Short answer from my side: I’m seeing the same pattern — one concrete thing that helped was writing down the exact handoff and timebox it to 15–20 min. Does that match what you’re running into?
We standardized M18; the one tweak that cut lift-day stalls was dedicating HO 12.0s to rotary hammers and 8.0s to sausage guns, color‑coded and off‑limits for OMTs — no more mid‑glaze swaps, @davis_ron91. Small caveat: DeWalt’s 20V OMT feels nicer for long cuts, but the M18 caulk guns push better in the cold. Want the label key we used?