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Just used one for the first time today, servicing Dale the Builder's excavator.

At around $200 I always thought they were just an expensive toy but on a big job like the excavator with joints that take a LOT of grease, they're a real time saver.

Now I'm debating as to whether or not I "need" one. I'd get the Milwaukee M18 as all my other cordless tools are Milwaukee and I have batteries and a charger.

The only things I have that take more than a couple of pumps are the spindles on my finish mower and my rototiller. Don't really need it, but...

I figured I could count on you clowns to help me spend my money.
 
Just used one for the first time today, servicing Dale the Builder's excavator.
At around $200 I always thought they were just an expensive toy but on a big job like the excavator with joints that take a LOT of grease, they're a real time saver.
Now I'm debating as to whether or not I "need" one. I'd get the Milwaukee M18 as all my other cordless tools are Milwaukee and I have batteries and a charger.
The only things I have that take more than a couple of pumps are the spindles on my finish mower and my rototiller. Don't really need it, but...
I figured I could count on you clowns to help me spend my money.

Hi DE,
money spent on tools is ALWAYS a good investment. Bought me a framing nailer one time. If I ever build another garage I'll not have to buy one.
 
Well RTOB,..........I'v been enlightened, have a grease gun but never thought about, or knew there were cordless ones........

Depends on if your going to be servicing dave's excavator regularly, 6months/12months and how much it's worth $$$$ or ccc.......Any tool that pays for its self on its first job is worth buying.........there will always be another job where it will save time and who knows the next big thing in the district might be "Downeasters Grease Service"..........just make sure there are no regular visits to the widow down the road and there will be no confusion/gossip about what your service provides
 
I can’t remember the last time I used a corded tool. I even got a cordless band saw to replace the grinders with cutting wheels at work to bypass getting a “hot work” permit and the requirement to have an extra guy standing there as a “fire watch” I even bought a cordless weed wacker last year and I love it. Wait until you use a battery caulk gun, you’ll wonder how you got by without in the past.
 
I could make a smart a$$ remark about all my grease guns are cordless!

Like the welder at the quarry did when someone was bragging about the cordless screw driver they had just got. He said "what's the big deal all my screw drivers are cordless"!

While talking cordless tools one of the handiest ones I have is my reciprocating saw. Like using it for trimming branches off trees around the yard and even use it for cutting down the smaller ones. Like it for that because if you try to use the chainsaw the dirt does bad things for the chain. Where with the reciprocating saw the worst thing would be dulling up a cheap blade toss it and pop in a new one and I can cut right down to where the mower doesn't hit them. Battery last just about as long as my ambition so we are a good match.
 
Battery last just about as long as my ambition so we are a good match.
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When I retired all the cordless tools went back when I returned the company truck. Its was nice being able to go out to my truck and get anything I needed. So I have been replacing things slowly as I need them.
 
Just used one for the first time today, servicing Dale the Builder's excavator.

At around $200 I always thought they were just an expensive toy but on a big job like the excavator with joints that take a LOT of grease, they're a real time saver.

Now I'm debating as to whether or not I "need" one. I'd get the Milwaukee M18 as all my other cordless tools are Milwaukee and I have batteries and a charger.

The only things I have that take more than a couple of pumps are the spindles on my finish mower and my rototiller. Don't really need it, but...

I figured I could count on you clowns to help me spend my money.

Remember Pete's Rules of Toy 'n Tools....

1) There is no such thing as "too many tools or too many toys".
2) He who dies with the most toys and tools - wins.

All seriousness aside, I have a friend here who makes A LOT of money servicing people's trailers. Equipment like boat, snowmobile and general use trailers always work better if the wheel bearings and hitch linkages are greased at least annually and all of the lights are checked and working. The key thing is that very few people know how to - or have the equipment to - do those tasks and NOBODY likes doing them. Most guys are willing to pay to offload a crummy job - and he's happy to take their cash. He also services lawnmowers etc. - and those two activities fund his toy purchases (and provides a dynamite excuse for more tool buys as well).

The work is not onerous, the profits are substantial and the money is all HST-included, discount for cash....(if ya know whattamean Vern).
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Actually, that all sounds a heck of lot more fun that the boring indoor sh!t I do to fund my toys/tools....

hmmmmm.....

Pete
 
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We use all that stuff at work. The cordless grease gun is AMAZING in those hard to reach zerk scenarios. No room to pump the handle, hanging upside down? No problems. Also on old far equipment with 100 zerks. Lol Also we've been playing with the Lithium batteries. Took one apart and it appears ya just change the lithium "AA" inside if whole battery pack goes bad. We jumpered a 18v lithium to a kids Powerwheel. Hauled Ass! I left but was showed the video. Cordless caulking gun to seal asphalt cracks. Works well!
 
I use several different types of grease so I have a few different grease guns. If you've ever tried swapping out a half used tube of grease, you'll understand why, lol. I finally got around to building a wall mount or rack for them. It also incorporates several small shelves for extra grease tubes, gun fittings, and a drip tray. The tray has a cardboard strip I can easily and quickly swap out once it gets too saturated from the drips. The mounts are labeled for the type of grease in the gun, except the one on the left. That's my newest, a piston grip pump type with a flex hose. It's pretty fancy, lol .....

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I use several different types of grease so I have a few different grease guns. If you've ever tried swapping out a half used tube of grease, you'll understand why, lol. I finally got around to building a wall mount or rack for them. It also incorporates several small shelves for extra grease tubes, gun fittings, and a drip tray. The tray has a cardboard strip I can easily and quickly swap out once it gets too saturated from the drips. The mounts are labeled for the type of grease in the gun, except the one on the left. That's my newest, a piston grip pump type with a flex hose. It's pretty fancy, lol .....

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You have The Best organized garage! :thumbsup:
 
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