Cordless gardening tools...No thanks

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Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
Saw a Makita wheel Barrow in the hardware shop.
Two batteries, three wheels, brakes and a headlight.
This is of course after I have barrowed many tons of soil, sand, gravel etc up the hill behind the house.
Now, with a nice cement path up the back, it would do that very nicely.
But wait, it is nearly all done, so I don't need it anymore.
Drats.
Cheers.

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Bahhaha you weren't joking, Milwaukee needs one of these[emoji106]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a800c0fb36.jpg

The cordless demo saws are very good - we’ve just bought a heap at work and most people only need to cut a couple of slots, etc and this does the job well. Customers keep hiring them and giving good feedback. Wouldn’t want to cut a whole slab with one though but like all cordless devices they serve a purpose very well. 👍

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Originally Posted by Homestar

The cordless demo saws are very good - we’ve just bought a heap at work and most people only need to cut a couple of slots, etc and this does the job well. Customers keep hiring them and giving good feedback. Wouldn’t want to cut a whole slab with one though but like all cordless devices they serve a purpose very well. [emoji106]

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Good to hear ill keep it in mind I hate using them indoors, we use kennards and they changed to huski which is VERY disappointing. The husky demo saw bogs out when you tilt it forward, it has to be at least 3/4 full to run properly. May have changed it now but the fella at kennards said i wasn't the only one who had complained.
What batteries do you guys hire out with them? Have you had any comments on other cordless stihl gear?

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Originally Posted by LRJim

Good to hear ill keep it in mind I hate using them indoors, we use kennards and they changed to huski which is VERY disappointing. The husky demo saw bogs out when you tilt it forward, it has to be at least 3/4 full to run properly. May have changed it now but the fella at kennards said i wasn't the only one who had complained.
What batteries do you guys hire out with them? Have you had any comments on other cordless stihl gear?

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PM me your number and I’ll see if I can change your mind on Hire Companies. 👍. Not sure what goes as part e package - will find out. Ask me about generators, I seem to know a thing or two about them - and no, we don’t have battery powered versions. 😁

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Originally Posted by Homestar

PM me your number and I’ll see if I can change your mind on Hire Companies. [emoji106]. Not sure what goes as part e package - will find out. Ask me about generators, I seem to know a thing or two about them - and no, we don’t have battery powered versions. [emoji16]

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Bahaha ill keep you in mind, FIL has the account with em but lately they have been giving us the ****s, its a small branch though that we have been using its been close to the jobs so cant knock them too much.
I have an old 6kva genny here that I wanna fix up, apart from the engine the dynamo could do with some refreshing, has old ceramic fuses but all still works pretty good. Might have to pick your brain on it one day [emoji848]

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Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

Any body had this happen ? Best price in Aus $953 with one 12 amp battery. This one had two and at over $300 apiece seemed like a no brainer .The seller looses his saw also[bigsad] AM https://rover.ebay.com/roveropen/0/e...&sojTags=bu=bu

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No problemo - just use a US freight forwarder like Shipito. The agents give you an address in the US, so no delivery restrictions and then they on-forward the item for a fee. Auspost actually offers this service too.

ShopMate and US freight-forwarding services compared

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Originally Posted by Rok_Dr

Nope. Its the lithium ion Battery. These days they can't generally be shipped by airfreight, because of the potential to self ignite. If you fly now most airlines expect you to pack your lithium ion batteries and devices where they are sealed in (eg phones) into your hand carry on.

The regulations cause us all sorts of pain at work with our tools that use lithium iron batteries.

Cheers

Steve

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Had a funny one with that issue a couple of years ago. I ordered a dynamo bike light from Germany: this one has a "stand light" powered by a lithium battery (so that when you've stopped pedalling your lights don't go out). They delivered it to me by airmail, took a couple of days. The light turned out to be badly faulty, they agreed to take it back. Then I got told that I couldn't airmail it back because of the lithium battery - but no-one was willing to explain why shipping it to me by airmail wasn't dangerous, but shipping it back was. Maybe because it's uphill to Germany?