This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. In the past year my wife and I started working a good sized piece of land and have been raising sheep and chickens. All the ancillary activities associated with supporting and maintaining the farm has required a good deal of equipment. In the past, a manual grease gun, though awkward to use, had always been adequate for the occasional greasing that needed to be done, primarily on the small lawn tractor we used. With the substantial increase in equipment to maintain, it was clear that the handheld grease gun was as obsolete as my lazy mornings. I was therefore delighted when Home Depot provided an example of the new One+ 18v Ryobi grease guns for a test spin around the farm. Read on to find out if it’s time to take your grease gun duties cordless with this Ryobi grease gun. Read More
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DeWalt 60V Max FlexVolt Cordless String Trimmer – Pass On The Gas
I un-fondly muse of yanking four score and seven million times on the starter cord of a gas string trimmer that sat idle for the winter. A breathless carb gummed by gooey regret led to a breathless me with phooey regret. 2 strokers are great if used frequently, maintained during down time, you enjoy mixing fuel & oil and love rebuilding carburetors. For me, it was time to go electric. I bought a corded electric trimmer; it was weak and required long extension cords. But then the clouds parted, the angels sang and we received this DeWalt 60V Max FlexVolt string trimmer, a pro quality unit that drains the gas and cuts the cord. Can you hear the harps? Read More
