What tool did Santa bring you?

[ultrarunner]

Ultrarunner,
Try one of these Montezuma tool boxes. They're pricey but you can easily see the tools and what's missing. I have mine mounted on my flatbed truck. The best purchase I ever made. I bought the one in the link because I needed to carry SAE and metric. If you only need metric, one of the smaller ones would work fine.

Montezuma tool Box

Looks like a good system... have never seen one close up.

I customized my service van many years ago when I had free run of the machine shop where I use to work...

Built shelving, added rat pack pull outs and mounted a Craftsman top tool box to the pack rat... it has worked well but 30 years ago crawling in and out of the van was no big deal... I can see where a van with head room would be like heaven...

Things I use a lot are a pull out for my Wilton Vise, Compressed Air and my 2000 Watt Inverter... it's nice to be able to thread pipe, cut, etc. at the truck for repairs...

The 1985 G20 scales over 9,000 lbs. with just the tools... and is powered by the original 305 carbureted V8... it taught me patience negotiating the steep hills in the SF Bay Area... I just drop it into low and take my time... no strain on the motor this way.

Not quite Santa but I got the keys tonight for the house I bought 4 months ago... the seller did leave behind some tools which I was not expecting... craftsman bench top metal lathe, Oxy-Acetylene Tanks and Torch, Craftsman Arc Welder, Craftsman Radial Arm Saw... so it was like Christmas... and a 54" Flatscreen TV... suppose to be working but decided against moving it...

 

[joeyd]

I got a Stihl Kombi System KM131 with pole pruner, extension and a brush cutter. Now I have no excuse to clean up around the house and park out the forest.

KM 131 R KombiSystem with Most Powerful KombiMotor | STIHL USA

 

[gsganzer]

I got a Stihl Kombi System KM131 with pole pruner, extension and a brush cutter. Now I have no excuse to clean up around the house and park out the forest.

KM 131 R KombiSystem with Most Powerful KombiMotor | STIHL USA

I have a Kombi system. I only have the "chainsaw on a stick" with an extension and the tiller. Both work well.

 

[ultrarunner]

I got a Stihl Kombi System KM131 with pole pruner, extension and a brush cutter. Now I have no excuse to clean up around the house and park out the forest.

KM 131 R KombiSystem with Most Powerful KombiMotor | STIHL USA

Very interested in your review... I have need on occasion for a pole saw and hedge trimmer... just don't want to add to the collection of my internal combustion engines.

 

[goeduck]

Very interested in your review... I have need on occasion for a pole saw and hedge trimmer... just don't want to add to the collection of my internal combustion engines.

I have a Stihl 131 Combi with:

Pole saw
Brush head with metal star blade
Weed head with string
Hedge trimmer
Graphite extension

Of the above I use the hedge trimmer the least. If I had tall hedges or I had to trim over the top of a wide hedge I might use it. I just found it to be too awkward with the cutter so far out. I ended up buying a Stihl hedge trimmer for close work. I use the weed and brush attachments the most and the pole saw often.

 

[joeyd]

Very interested in your review... I have need on occasion for a pole saw and hedge trimmer... just don't want to add to the collection of my internal combustion engines.

This fall we decided to trim back the brush along the road. A few of the neighbors and I spent 3 1/2 days clear cutting anywhere from 6-8 feet back from our road this included brush and trees up to a 12" base. the first two days one of the neighbors had his Kombi tool with the pole saw and extension. It was great for it's reach and cutting ability. After the third day another neighbor went out and bought one and after the last day I was sold on it. The pole saw will cut just about anything, we were easily cutting trees at 12" diameter with it. Some pine but a lot of mountain maples.

 

[Alan W.]

Got a Kubota Orange HF toolbox which will hold my metric tools. Seem fitting.
And a 20v Porter Cable jigsaw to go with my other Porter Cable tools

 

[kenmac]

got my present in today

Gearwrench 85988 12 Piece Metric XL o GearBox Ratcheting Double Box Wrench Set | eBay

I see he raised the price since I bought too !

 

[goeduck]

got my present in today

Sign in or Register | eBay

Asked me to sign in.

 

[JimWalch]

Pole barn up last year without concrete floor. Wifie ask me what i wanted this year and I off the cuff said a hundred yards of concrete! Then thought try putting that under the tree.. ha ha It did fit in the check book nicely though