Recent content by Newstuffsucks81

I’ve been on arboristsite for 20 years, I’ll have to check that thread out

I’ve had about 4-500 saws thru my shop over the past 15 years. Started picking them up cheap, rebuild the carb sharpen the chain and sell them for a few bucks back when I had not a lot of cash substitute teaching. As far as the stihl vs Husky debate goes it’s simple. Both have made legendary...

I have one, real old got with a bunch of tools in a tool chest I acquired. I’ve only used it once when I was de-scaling and re-enforcing the frame on my 84 c30. Made short work of heavy rust also will find weak spots fast.

Wife picked up the blower and saw and she found the trac vac that I later got with my trailer. People put descent stuff on the side of the road in my town. The toro tractor had a broke axle bolt, the 2 stroke mower needed nothing but fuel it’s like new. I recently picked up a nice snap on...

My wheel horse has 12hp cast iron Koehler it mows and bags better than my neighbors new tractors with 8-10 hp more. With the dozer blade I’ve graded yards and pushed deep snow pulled stumps. With the low amp drills I suspect the torque is achieved through gears.

Another sneaky thing they do now is instead of “made in China” you’ll see “made in PRC” bummed me out when I saw that on my Dads new Briggs generator

It’s very important to me. Now more than ever. When I bought my first 72piece craftsman tool set as a sophomore in high school I bought the best I could afford. In 1997 probably around $60 or so. Snap on, S-k, Mac were out of the question but I wasn’t going to buy some Chinese junk either. Back...

That bench is a center piece, it’s a pexto stake plate bench. Has 2 machined cast iron anvil plates that different stakes lock into. Made for metal working. The rest of the bench is 2”x2” maple held with threaded rod and angle iron sided. 48”x96” and 350lbs + with both plates in. My old...

That’s the first time I’ve heard that one…never gets old

I am new to the site but not to tools. I run the upper grounds at a small private highschool. We have a small crew and we do everything from mowing and field painting to metal fabrication and tractor repair. I have more experience in mechanic work, trucks, tractors small engine. But I’ve...