scootr
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A wife. I don't know why I didn't get one sooner ? 
The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner?
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35 gal fuel caddy makes filling the hard to reach fuel tank on my l4150 no longer a messy balancing act holding a funnel and fuel can chore. rattle canned yellow sharpied diesel on it, and added aftermarket fuel filtration. Can fill both my Kubotas and mini x 2x + before I need to refill caddy.
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CloverKnollFarms
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Tractor. 25 gallon 10’ boom sprayer for the ATV. Cordless impact wrenches and torque wrenches
Bronco82
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Bush Burro ATV trailer. I have used it to haul wood, dirt, rocks, friends, killed game, darn near everything. But also the impact driver and tractor are up there too.
Small battery operated circular saw. So much lighter than the regular size, charge lasts for a lot of cuts and actually bought it for my wife. But I like it so much, my regular sized one is in it’s carry case and doubt it will ever come out.
Cycledude
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- LS XR4155, Ford 6610, Ford 8n
Had a concrete slab poured in front of my 20 year old shop 3 years ago, if I had realized how helpful the slab would be I would have spent the money to have it poured when I built the shop.
CalG
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- Hurlimann 435, Fordson E27n, Bolens HT-23, Kubota B7200, Kubota B2601
I'm really poking myself for not getting a hook-a-roon 35 years ago. What a back saver when working up fire wood. I thought the pulp hook was the end all back then. I recently have proven myself wrong.
If you burn wood for heat, get one!
If you burn wood for heat, get one!
hslogger
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My WoodMaxx WM8-H. Hands down. I have had it about six or seven years now. I agonized over it for a couple years before buying. I chip almost everything from fencerows, orchard, standing trees limbs, blow down. I don't build bigass brushpiles to burn. I can hook and unhook in a matter of minutes with my Pat's quick hitch and be ready to rock and roll in no time at all. It has been a great machine for me. Other thing is top tier pressure washer from Northern. I screwed around with those gypo electric jobs you can buy anywhere that don't last worth a hoot. Big diff from the 89 dollar special to the 1300 dollar Honda/Cat pressure washer. Yabo!!
ultrarunner
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For tools it would be my Stihl AP battery blower…
It was an afterthought since already had the charger and batteries.
Never knew I needed one or would use it often.
It was an afterthought since already had the charger and batteries.
Never knew I needed one or would use it often.
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WinterDeere
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I think someone may have already mentioned one, but since I used it another half-dozen times over the last week, I'm calling out my Bosch StarlockMax oscillating tool. I was mostly doing interior carpentry back when I bought it, so I got the highest-power corded option they had at the time. But lately I seem to be using it outdoors more and more, and wish I had a cordless version. Might have to buy another one.
Somehow I made it through nearly 40 years of life before realizing how damn useful this tool is, for all of those jobs that require a lot of time and elbow grease. It's most useful for undercutting door casings when changing flooring thickness, but this weekend's job was carefully plunging into several buried PVC conduits, believing I had identified which of the bunch were unused versus containing wiring, but never quite sure until you cut. With the Osc, you can carefully scarf out a window and peak inside, before commiting yourself. Since I already had it out in the yard, I also used it for cutting a bunch of drain pipe and even PVC conduit, and found it does a nice clean job of that. Better and easier than the classic hack saw or recip saw.
Somehow I made it through nearly 40 years of life before realizing how damn useful this tool is, for all of those jobs that require a lot of time and elbow grease. It's most useful for undercutting door casings when changing flooring thickness, but this weekend's job was carefully plunging into several buried PVC conduits, believing I had identified which of the bunch were unused versus containing wiring, but never quite sure until you cut. With the Osc, you can carefully scarf out a window and peak inside, before commiting yourself. Since I already had it out in the yard, I also used it for cutting a bunch of drain pipe and even PVC conduit, and found it does a nice clean job of that. Better and easier than the classic hack saw or recip saw.
newbury
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Victorinox Swiss Army Cybertool M.
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I spent about 45 years without one, about 40 of those carrying a pocket knife, leatherman, etc,
The Cybertool fulfills most of my "small tool" needs. First thing in the pocket when I get up, last thing out when I go to bed.
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I spent about 45 years without one, about 40 of those carrying a pocket knife, leatherman, etc,
The Cybertool fulfills most of my "small tool" needs. First thing in the pocket when I get up, last thing out when I go to bed.
WinterDeere
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Damn... how big is your house?!?
RjCorazza
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Ha ha! The first floor is easy enough to navigate, but the spiral ramp to the upstairs is a challenge.
jwmorris
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My pantograph has been around 25 years or so now but I sure wish I had made it decades before I did. Sure it took an entire Saturday to build but has made many metal projects take much less time to build and saved countless grinding wheel lives.
dodge man
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I have two different creepers. I changed the oil in my truck today and use this pad more than the creepers by far, mainly because it’s lower to the ground. I also sit on it a lot as its padded, such as when doing brakes.
buckeyefarmer
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Zero Turn mower
OrangeRidge
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Stihl gas pole saw HT135 with 45 degree angle top . Why the heck I climbed up step and straight ladders with a one-handed saw in the first place , I don't know ............
TCowner
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My Woodland Mills WG24 stump grinder. I had always hired the professional grinders in the past so I had a tendency to wait until I enough stumps to justify the cost. Now I can grind at my leisure and limit the damage I was doing to my mowers and weed trimmer.
