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Old 12-04-2021, 03:57 PM   #47
Hippocampus
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City: Newport, R.I.
Vessel Name: Hippocampus
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 42
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 3,892
Have battery weedwacker, trimmer, leaf blower. Wife didn’t like the weight of gas powered. Still, for spring and fall doing the yard I pick up the gas powered units. They remain more powerful with current tech. Especially notable with the leaf blower. For chainsaws it’s a huge difference. Wife’s family collectively own a hunting camp which gives us 25 acres of wood lot. Cut fresh oak and other hardwood . Then a gas powered splitter. Then stacked under house for use 3-4 years later. No question in my mind unfortunately for small engines there’s still a place for gas. Agree it’s a pain to mix, run carbs dry, fog, gap plugs etc. but the tools are older than my children and still work. Other than plugs and air filters all parts original.
Biggest thing I hate in tools and boats is the replacement of sturdy, long life metal parts with friable, brittle junk.
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