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  1. #351
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    Why does a vacuum need a remote control
    Kill all the telemarkers
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    Telemarketers! Kill the telemarketers!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rideit View Post
    Not exactly… They also sometimes (rarely) sell grey market overruns.
    But upon further reflection, yeah, fuck that noise.
    (Pre-coffee train of thought…duh)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Core Shot View Post
    Why does a vacuum need a remote control
    It would be convenient when the vac is hooked to another tool for dust collection.

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    This is your seasonal reminder to move your batteries out of sheds and detached garages and store somewhere warmer. I hosed an almost-new EGO battery by leaving it in the garage over winter, now I have about a 15 minute charge on the leafblower before it dies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MarsB View Post
    This is your seasonal reminder to move your batteries out of sheds and detached garages and store somewhere warmer. I hosed an almost-new EGO battery by leaving it in the garage over winter, now I have about a 15 minute charge on the leafblower before it dies.
    And another pro tip on shop vac maintenance. Hold my beer and watch this:



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    Quote Originally Posted by MarsB View Post
    This is your seasonal reminder to move your batteries out of sheds and detached garages and store somewhere warmer. I hosed an almost-new EGO battery by leaving it in the garage over winter, now I have about a 15 minute charge on the leafblower before it dies.
    Yup, that’s the main reason that I keep my tiny little workshop at about 58-60 degrees all winter, Ann the ego batteries, bike light batteries, bike batteries, etc.
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    Been happy with my Ego mower as a "leaf vacuum" this fall. My yard is too small to justify the high end mower (2150SP), but that tree covers the whole thing and is 60' tall so I used to spend a lot of time raking. Nicely mulched leaves are a bonus for the garden bed too.
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    Finally got a true test of our Ego [emoji638] stage snow blower. Got just over a foot of snow in town. Woke up early for a powder day and was able to blow through the [emoji639]-[emoji640] foot tall snow bank from the street plow in no time. Didn’t wake the wife or the neighbors, the electrical whine does carry like a gas engine. Didn’t even use half the battery. Easily as much power as the gas Arien’s it replaced, likely more with how far this thing throws snow. Glad to have finally tested it.

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    Honda has new electric mowers coming out this year. Four walk-behinds and a zero-turn. The zero-turn is going to be north of 15k.

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    I just moved 6' of snow from the last Mammoth storm, plus the street shit the city blows onto the driveway and refreezes. Try that with a battery powered snow blower. Plus it needs to arch up into the air 20-30 feet just to get on top of the city piles.

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    Scoping mowers and looking at the Greenworks CRZ428 zero-turn. 80v system. 42" deck. The Costco version comes with 12 4Ah batteries. Looks like the mower takes 6 batteries at a time, and run time with 6 is more than enough for my use case. How are these things?

    https://www.costco.com/greenworks-80...000242229.html

    Really want a stander for the ergos and smaller footprint but electric standers are $$$$.

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    Anyone have experience with the Milwaukee sixteen inch bar M eighteen chainsaw? It’s a hundred bucks off right now

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    A 42” deck electric mower? wtf. 12 batteries? You got money to burn I guess. A gas version will last several lifetimes unless you are a landscaper. Then it will only last ten years.

    As for any electric chain saw fuck yeah. For a homeowner it’s so much easier. Still need bar oil and chains. But grab it and go is so nice. Not as fast. But quieter for stealth work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by altacoup View Post
    Anyone have experience with the Milwaukee sixteen inch bar M eighteen chainsaw? It’s a hundred bucks off right now
    My buddy said he almost never runs his gas saws any more cuz he likes that m18 one so much. Great tool
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    I have a yard full of old trees so I’m always trimming branches. My Milwaukee M12 Hatchet chainsaw is the perfect tool. With a few straps and a long 2 x 4 it makes a great pole trimmer also.


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    You'll shoot your eye out
    Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
    Cletus: Duly noted.

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    battery chain saws rule. You can't buck rounds all day but killer for limbing and taking down smaller trees. I have a battery one in my arsenal of saws.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crashtestdummy;[emoji[emoji6[emoji640
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashtestdummy View Post
    I have a yard full of old trees so I’m always trimming branches. My Milwaukee M12 Hatchet chainsaw is the perfect tool. With a few straps and a long 2 x 4 it makes a great pole trimmer also.

    I bought the Dewalt version for Christmas.
    I liked the balance of the Milwaukee better but I'm invested in Dewalt already. I'll have to try the ghetto polesaw mod. Thanks for that.
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    The Milwaukee cultivator attachment works better than expected for tilling. Forward is shallower than pulling backwards which grinds down a couple inches. The [emoji638] speeds are nice. It’s very handy for grinding up gopher mounds.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mazderati View Post
    Scoping mowers and looking at the Greenworks CRZ428 zero-turn. 80v system. 42" deck. The Costco version comes with 12 4Ah batteries. Looks like the mower takes 6 batteries at a time, and run time with 6 is more than enough for my use case. How are these things? https://www.costco.com/greenworks-80...000242229.html Really want a stander for the ergos and smaller footprint but electric standers are $$$$.
    Passing on this one. Likely going gas stander. Reluctantly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mazderati View Post
    Passing on this one. Likely going gas stander. Reluctantly.
    I like small electric mowers...but I can't imagine this monstrosity. Just feels like a half-assed attempt. 3 separate chargers? 6 batteries in the machine with 6 more on standby for larger areas? Who wants to mess with all of that.

    At that point its not about living within a battery ecosystem...you're creating a new ecosystem. They should just go all the way. Big purpose built battery pack and ability to plug it into a car charger for speed or slow charge off 110v.

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    Right. They have a commercial line with on-board batteries but the entry point is well north of 10k.

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    https://www.protoolreviews.com/doge-...-same-battery/

    This won't happen. There are benefits to the end user, but it just goes against free markets. And how would it work with existing tools...it couldn't, so that would be incredibly wasteful.

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    Can we sic them on MTB companies next to force just one single standard???


    Checking the date on that article....Apr 1 lol.

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