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To: Qiviut
My brother is bringing his pole saw up & after mom sees that, we might be getting one of those, too!

I was eyeballing those as well and need one around here and also had a thought. I could lop off most of the branches of a downed tree without even bending over.

Also had another idea.

For all the years I've owned an air impact gun and thought about it when changing a flat or needing one to do something else not near an air compressor.

This is what I was looking for 4-5 years ago when I wanted to revive my old Ryobi stuff but the one they had back then got bad reviews. This one gets good reviews.

Just put my Stihl chain saw and string trimmer on the tailgate of the truck and will work on them in the morning. Couldn't start the trimmer a couple of months ago but it ran 3-4 months before that. Last time I used the chain saw, it would fall flat when I pulled the trigger. It started just now but died pretty quick. I'm sure a thorough fuel system cleaning will fix them and will look at the plugs and get them if needed. I've got fresh 91 octane gas too. Get those running and the cordless saws and trimmer can take a back seat for a while.

After the impact gun, a pole saw might be next as I do have an immediate use for one. I've got branches nearly scuffing the roof. $130 and comes with 2.0 Ah batt plus charger, 9.5" reach.

I've owned and used nothing else for drills at home and when self employed for 30 years now. First the Ryobi 18V ni-cad and then a Porter Cable 20V lithium, both with 1/2" chuck and using 4.0 Ah batteries. Hammer drills were the corded exception. When I was younger, I might have to swap batteries before I was done but these days, a battery will wear me out before I wear it out.

161 posted on 08/05/2025 4:18:06 PM PDT by Pollard (Sick of the weather? Wait a minute.)
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To: Pollard; MomwithHope

No worries about the little Nigerian Dwarf goat being lonely. She is getting a 2nd Nigerian Dwarf from a friend locally, so there will be two.


162 posted on 08/05/2025 5:10:16 PM PDT by Qiviut (Imagine waking up in the morning & only having the things you thanked God for yesterday. (S. Peters))
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