[CurlyDave]

I have a few of the less common tools from HF that should be mentioned.

1. A plate compactor. I think I got it for ~400 on sale. Certainly not the quality that I would expect from a name brand, but so far it has compacted every trench I have had to cut across my gravel drive, and there has not been a low spot generated over time. Compact the bottom of the trench right after digging it with the backhoe & then compact the fill in lifts. There is a low spot on every trench the contractor dug across the driveway. Maybe this summer I will dig those out to ~ 8" deep compact and then backfill with gravel and compact again.

2. Pallet jack/dolly. On sale for $149. I used this to move my gun safe from the driveway to a spot where my tractor can't drive up to it. Worked very well. Supposedly rated for 4000 lbs, but the heaviest item I have to move with it is 1250 lbs. perfect for that application. I think I will now start using it to move implements around in the garage, instead of making a dolly for each one.

3. I don't think the HF electric grease gun can be beat for the price. On sale they are $35. They are hard to bleed, but once I realized that the trick is tomake a little mound of grease over the intake port of the high pressure pump when changing cartridges, I have not had to bleed it.