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Yeah major storm tore through. Lasted all of an hour but we got nearly instant 60mph winds. It's a HUGE tree from the neighbors yard. This is just one of the limbs..

$4k for tree company to remove it. Insurance claim opened obviously.

The pool damage is possibly substantial. One "panel" the top got crushed down and the side is bent outward. Also it's leaking, I think from a hose but will reassess.

Fuck my life
 
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BrutulTM

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Sticking with dewalt myself, so far only one impact failed (the compact one, normal one has been fine)and I beat the shit out of them daily in nasty environments.
Co-worker using Milwaukee and same, I do like his impact better because it is lighter and the battery is smaller. Pick a battery economy and stick with it they all expensive as fuck.
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I started out with some black and decker stuff that I got as a gift but it was crap and quit working after a couple of years plus the lithium batteries were coming out so I did research and at the time decided that Makita were the best so I bought their starter kit. Now I probably have 20 tools and 8 or 10 batteries. I also convinced my brother to go Makita (he was DeWalt before that but only I had a few tools so he's got quite a few Makita tools as well and we pool them. 15 years later I find myself occasionally coveting Milwaukee but not nearly enough to switch over.
 
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All my battery stuff is Ridgid and will probably stay that way for the foreseeable future. Everything is very comfortable to use and has never had an issue so no major reason to change. Even their little battery circular saw I use more than my tethered Makita. That thing is nice. My tethered stuff is Makita for whatever reason. Probably b/c the 1st circular saw I got was one.

In other news, probably going to have to replace the double sink bathroom vanity in the kid's hallway bathroom. Just don't know if I want to do it now or wait for 2-3 years until we sell the house. Some pretty bad water damage under sink in the cabinet bottom. Honestly isn't worth changing now but is irritating. If I change it it'll probably get ruined again before we sell.
 
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Well I had ryobi because it was cheap. I got a few drill/impact sets for here and up in my cabin. It was good stuff for what I I used it for around the house and cabin. But once my son got into trades he started buying up all sorts of dewalt shit. Like ALL of them, lol. So he was giving me a driver or a impact here and there, because he got a "better" one, lol. And then we had some car trouble so I bought the dewalt monster impact, the 1200FT/LB mo-fo. Worth every penny. So now I guess im a dewalt main.

Edit: Oh and I have the ryobi 16" chain saw too. That thing is a fucking beast. We had some oak root rot up in my cabin, oak trees everywhere were dead. That little fucker took down like 10 trees and cut them all up like butter. Same fucking chain too. I even bought another chain for a spare but the thing just keep cutting lie a champ. Ive had the thing for like 4-5 yrs now and it starts right up, no problems. I would rate that little saw 5/5.
 
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I love my electric chainsaw too. I have 2 24" blade gas saws but if the little electric can handle the job that's what I am going to use. So light and quiet and it just works unlike the gas saws.
 
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I’d like to try a chainsaw and maybe add one to my Ego setup. I just bought an Echo 2620 trimmer because my yard is just too large to run a hedge trimmer, string trimmer, and blower on two batteries and anyways even buying extra Chinese batteries was irritating so I just got a gas edger.

I find the Echo significantly lighter than the Ego with a 5AH battery. Way more comfortable to use and I can do my whole front, back, beds, and other stuff on like 1/4 tank. Love this damn thing.
 
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I’d like to try a chainsaw and maybe add one to my Ego setup. I just bought an Echo 2620 trimmer because my yard is just too large to run a hedge trimmer, string trimmer, and blower on two batteries and anyways even buying extra Chinese batteries was irritating so I just got a gas edger.

I find the Echo significantly lighter than the Ego with a 5AH battery. Way more comfortable to use and I can do my whole front, back, beds, and other stuff on like 1/4 tank. Love this damn thing.
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well your ego batteries are also like 1lb per ah and so unwieldy
 
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BrutulTM said:
I love my electric chainsaw too. I have 2 24" blade gas saws but if the little electric can handle the job that's what I am going to use. So light and quiet and it just works unlike the gas saws.
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We had a large downed tree (different one than this debacle) across several yards and all the neighbors pitched in cutting it up.

Everyones gas chainsaws just had so many issues. Then my father in law is there with his little rinky dink electric one that just worked all day with no issues. It was kind of wild.
 
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