TEMCo TH0036 Heavy Duty 1000 MCM Ratcheting Wire & Cable Cutter for Copper and Aluminum

This will be the 2nd time I’ve purchased a TEMco product. I originally purchased there high leverage crimper to install 4/0 crimp lugs and other misc. crimp products so far I’ve had it going on 2 years and it’s been great. So decided to look them up on Amazon to see if they had a ratchet cutter to replace my old south wire that just broke. Just received the product and the quality definitely shows it’s looks and feels great in hand decided to give it a test run on some old 4/0 SER and cuts it like butter. Now I’ve had 2 south wires and a few kliens that all broke or wore out in different ways. It’s definitely great to find a product that can potentially last just as long and not burn a hole in your wallet to replace. Compared to some of these ratchet cutters costing $200 plus & and even if it fails with in a year just let TEMco know and they will replace it. However judging buy how good there crimper has been I doubt they will fail that soon.

For the price they are amazing but I will say the reset in between pumps is a little longer compared to your name brand ones but it doesn’t bother me I just use both hands which I do anyways with which ever brand of ratchet cutters I use. These cutters are as well built as any other name brand one, I spent a week cutting 500mcm(which is limit of these cutters) in tight spots where sawzall wouldn’t fit and they did not loosen, break, jam or chip 100% recommend for price, temco is underrated but they are an amazing company

This is a great value for your money. We are an electrical contractor and we use these daily. They hold up great and work like the high dollar ones (Klein or Greenlee). The only flaw is the spring tends to rust and deteriorate if used outdoors. Working on trying to find replacements and will follow up with the MFG. Other then that, I highly recommend these to anyone looking to cut wire manually.

This tool is pretty well-built and worth the money.

This is an excellent tool. I recently had to make about 40 4/0 cables for a trailer solar and battery setup. The tool works flawlessly and the cut's were very consistent. It made crimping 3/8 hole copper lugs on the cables much easier(as welding wire has a much higher wire count and it can be a pain to ensure all threads are fed into the lug as a group).Would recommend.

Unit is well built and feels solid in your hands. Cuts everything I have asked of it, from 535 to #2. Also does a good job on finer strand battery cable. I would definately buy again. I have used ratcheting cutters from Ideal and Greenlee and this one is just as good.

TEMCO tool are a good value. They are tough & do a good job. They are a little more than Chinese brands , but less than bigger name tools .

Bought this to cut piping to fit in our gayloard boxes from objects we can not fit under our circular saw or tight places. This cuts really good, we really like it. The only thing is, I wish the extended handles would lock in place. When you extend them and start the cutting the extended handles slide up and down, it makes it really hard to make a continuous cut, I have to stop and pull the handles out over and over. Little annoying. If there is something to lock them in place I did not find it. But these cut really nice and very quickly. very nice cutters.