Triangle Bar said:
The best tool I bought recently is a Dewalt impact drill driver, cordless. It's great for roofing screws, deck screws and lag screws. Been working on the corral, using some 4" lag screws and it works great. What a labor saver.
About 20 years ago I bought a "Starter set" of Ryobi cordless tools - - - Drill, circular saw, reciprocating saw, vacuum and flashlight with 2 batteries and a charger. I no longer use NiCad batteries so the charger is no longer used ( still works ).
I have sense added a 1/4" impact driver, 1/2" impact driver, saber saw, radio, caulking gun, chain saw ( yes it really cuts up to 6" limbs very well ) 4 1/2" body grinder a lithium ion charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter and will charge a dead battery in about 1 hour another circular saw and I have a total of 4 drills.
While putting up the new grain bin several of the helpers had their own impact tools and the 1/4" Ryobi preformed with any of them.
With selling and installing 2 or 3 modular homes ( http://www.rochesterhomesinc.com/ ) each year my tools get a workout and I have become addicted to them. I even converted my Lincoln grease gun to 18V Ryobi about 5 years ago and it works better than when new. Lithium ion batteries from Ryobi start at $29.00 and work great.
I also like that the Ryobi tools are made about 50 miles from me in Shelbyville Indiana - - - not china!
Looking in the back of my service truck you might say I'm addicted!
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This is an adapted grease gun, was 12V but the Lincoln battery went bad and they wanted $89.00 for another NiCad so I modified it about 5 years ago. Just a little 2 part epoxy!
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This chainsaw is very handy when checking fence - - - several 6" limbs will not even slow it down.
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The caulking gun has speed adjustment and automatically pulls back when you release the trigger so that you will not have drips while waiting for the next use.
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The green button on the front of the lithium ion batteries is a charge indicator, comes in very handy!
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