Hydraulic Cable Lug Crimper with Cable Cutter, 10 Ton, 9 Dies

Perfect for cable railing install DIY. Reasonably priced and works.

This generates a huge amount of force. I bought some 120 amp & 175 amp Andereson connectors and upon arrival, I realized that my little crimpers for 10 gauge wire were hopelessly outclassed by the massive tubes I needed to crimp that were as big around as battery terminal wires. I ordered this next day, and when it arrived I was ready. I swapped out the dies with the approprate size and went at it. It worked great. My only complaint is that all of the dies are of the same shape. The "M" shape I think makes a better crimp on a tubular connector, and all of the dies are more hexagonal. Still, they are very easy to swap out. I wish I could find some other dies that would fit this.

I have used the crimper and cutter on 10GA and 0GA so far with excellent results. This type of cutter is for electrical wire (copper or aluminum). There is a warning sticker right on the cutter. If you use it for wire rope (steel), you will be disappointed. The "on/off" sticker on the control knob is reversed. The case is nicer than expected. The cutters have a recess, but do not fit. A few minutes of trimming on the case is enough to make them fit. I wouldn't call this professional level equipment, but for the price, it's 5 star worthy.

Firstly... Regardless of what reviews say, the end point is that these crimpers DO THE JOB. The crimps - WITH EFFORT - are solid and dutifully perform the task. HOWEVER... There are some things to be aware of. (Based on my own experiences with the tool. I am making a ground bus for my house and my network/server equipment.) (NOTE: See included photos for visual emphasis.) 1.) The first crimp was neat...but questionable. I was crimping 6AWG stranded copper wire into a Panduit LCD6-10A-L compression lug. It is possible that I did not crimp it down hard enough. There was about 1/8" of slippage of the stranded copper in the connector afterward. But it did catch it and a hard pull would not extract the copper wire from the lug. My fix for this was to switch from the 6AWG die to the 8AWG die and compress the lug further. This may have been more compression than was desirable as it seemed to strain the copper walls of the lug entry point. But it certainly prevented the copper from slipping afterward. I did an 8AWG compression only on the entry of the barrel but left the other 2/3 of the barrel crimped at 6AWG. So I simply made sure to compress subsequent 6AWG connections until I couldn't compress the handle any further. This seemed to be sufficient for the remaining crimps that I did. Which leads me to my second point... 2.) ...For a PROPER, SECURE crimp, you REALLY have the compress the die until you just CAN NOT press it any further. This took way more force and exertion than I feel should have been necessary. I have issues with my arms and shoulders due to repetitious strain in the past so this is a point of bother. (My arms have been painful today as a result of yesterday's work.) In my opinion, this issue points directly to the die itself not being PERFECTLY machined for the exact dimensions for the gauge indicated. But they work so they'll do. It's not an everyday job thing for me so I'll be happy enough with this for the cost. 3.) They really could have made the "ON/OFF" wheel a bit more precise in it's actuation. You REALLY have to twist the knob quite firmly toward "OFF" to get a full seal on the pressure. But, again, the pressure remains constant enough to crimp. So I'll settle for this. 4.) I realize that a lot of people don't know the difference(s) between hand tools and cutters. Many reviewers tried to use these wire cutters for STEEL rope. These are absolutely NOT meant for that. They're made to cut softer metals such as copper and aluminum. (Even then I wouldn't try to cut SOLID copper in most gauges.) I personally feel that these cutters are not really a value add to this kit and I wouldn't have missed them at all as I have plenty of cutters of various grades anyway. But maybe they ought to consider including cutters that WILL cut the steel rope since many are buying these crimpers for that purpose? Oh... Also... I was expecting a blue handle - as shown. Not a green one. ;) Overall... The price is definitely right for these and they're still far cleaner a crimp than using non-hydraulic crimpers. I'm not mad at'em. ;)

Works great

Nice product

The head cracked and the seals started leaking after about 10 uses. Don't recommend this product after my experience. Warranty would only send a used returned tool.

Excelente producto, muy bueno para la instalación de terminales en el car audio

El producto es bueno muestra buena calidad

I was pleasantly surprised with the good quality of this crimping tool. It is easy to use and worked well during my first use.

Worth every penny spend.. What a great tool..

Product arrived like it was supposed to. Well packaged. Came with calibration ticket for crimping tool. Does what it’s supposed to. Go to use it for the first time and the first die I pull out is made incorrectly and doesn’t seat properly in the crimper.

Good and Useful product.