The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner?

   / The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner? #21  
FEL on my tractor has been a life changing event!
Honorable mentions:
Power miter saw
MIG welder
Porta Band Saw
 
   / The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner? #22  
A grown up excavator.
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If you have the property or needs that warrants it.
 
   / The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner? #25  
But try a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone. That actually works." TMK. Yes! This is something I learned HERE from TBN. :)
 
   / The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner? #26  
Forklift. I have a smallish 5k 3stage CAT forklift. Won't ever be without one.
Bobcat Skid Steer. Best dam wheelbarrow ever... this year we put a big old brush hog on the front of it.
It did a job of the 5 ft tall stuff. Best of all when you cutting in front of the tires.
 
   / The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner? #28  
Wow, great thread!

My list is very similar to others...Mini Excavator, tractor with FEL, 18v grease gun, 18v air compressor.

Oscillating saw, pocket folding utility knife, four way screwdriver with the bits that flip around, Construction Master Pro calculator, Grip6 belt...
 
   / The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner? #29  
A loader tractor WITH power steering. Now they all have it. There's a reason for that.
But there were decades where they didn't. You could spot heavy equipment operators by the shape of their arms.

Second place goes to battery-powered tools of all kinds.

Third would definitely be the thumb on our backhoe.

Fourth is yet to come, but I'm sure noticing that the 4 post lift got mentioned so often.
BTW, how many lifts are outside? I don't have an inside space for that.
 
   / The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner? #30  
For years, the way I did things was to find a way. That was partly out of necessity (lack of money), and partly out of philosophy (being poor doesn't mean living poorly). I have a lot of things, and there are those that I wish I'd gotten (or made) sooner, but I didn't buy them. But to your point - my battery Milwaukee drill goes where I go, extreemly useful, should have been done sooner.
 

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