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Posted by ConcreteFinishing&StuccoGuy on June 16, 2005, 12:28 am
Porter cable is a fair prod for the money. Milwaukee has a bad habit of not
standing behind prods and just ripping people off.
Troweller^nospam^@canada.com
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Concrete Finishing and Synthetic Stucco application in the GTA.
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> 5p5 wrote:
> > borgunit Wrote:
> >>I believe Hitachi is getting out of the power tool market. Check out
> >>their web site. As for Milwaukee, they are great. When I purchased
> >>mine, they had a lifetime warranty. I see they have changed it to 5
> >>years. 5 years is still fantastic for a power tool and I can attest
> >>that my Super Sawzall is running great after 9 years now. I have cut
> >>the occasion limb with it, but they do feel a little awkward doing
> >>it. Milwaukee does sell pruning blades for them though.
> > I've been a plumbing contractor for almost 30 years, and I've never
> > ever been treated so badly by anyone as by Milwaukee when I took a
> > sawzall in for repairs. Without going into details, that one incident
> > will forever keep me from buying anything that says Milwaukee on it. I
> > don't know what caused this, I wasn't rude or pushy, just wanted to get
> > a sawzall repaired. I wrote to the company headquarters about it, and
> > got a less-than-worthless reply.
> > I have had very good luck with Hitachi tools and am sorry to hear that
> > they may be leaving the business.
> Hmmm,
> I am using Porter & Cable saw. So far so good.
> I think De Walt(B&D) is not so good lately?
> Tony
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> > borgunit Wrote:
> >>I believe Hitachi is getting out of the power tool market. Check out
> >>their web site. As for Milwaukee, they are great. When I purchased
> >>mine, they had a lifetime warranty. I see they have changed it to 5
> >>years. 5 years is still fantastic for a power tool and I can attest
> >>that my Super Sawzall is running great after 9 years now. I have cut
> >>the occasion limb with it, but they do feel a little awkward doing
> >>it. Milwaukee does sell pruning blades for them though.
> > I've been a plumbing contractor for almost 30 years, and I've never
> > ever been treated so badly by anyone as by Milwaukee when I took a
> > sawzall in for repairs. Without going into details, that one incident
> > will forever keep me from buying anything that says Milwaukee on it. I
> > don't know what caused this, I wasn't rude or pushy, just wanted to get
> > a sawzall repaired. I wrote to the company headquarters about it, and
> > got a less-than-worthless reply.
> > I have had very good luck with Hitachi tools and am sorry to hear that
> > they may be leaving the business.
> Hmmm,
> I am using Porter & Cable saw. So far so good.
> I think De Walt(B&D) is not so good lately?
> Tony