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Metabo cordless tools

stevedave

Member
Is Metabo stuff any good? My impact driver is on the way out and I could do with a cordless grinder and I had the hard sell off a salesman in a show the stuff seemed good but I don't know of anyone who has their kit.
 

S J H

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
I had a cordless drill once, it didn't seem to do an awful lot before being knackered. Makita 18v is a much better bet I'd say.
 

Landyman

New Member
Used to work for an engineering suppliers, bury council changed all their powertools to metabo ( to save money ) every tool packed in within months of the warranty running out . It cost more to fix the kit than it cost to buy, so they went back to using bosch, which they used beforehand and never had any problems with (y)
 

Muck Spreader

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Limousin
Power tools are like most things no one manufactures products are necessarily the best across the ranges. Metabo used to be tops for sanding equipment, Bosh for jigsaws, Milwaukee for drills etc no idea how they shape up nowadays.
 

T C

Member
Location
Nr Kelso
Got a 18v cordless drill and it is very good. Battery holds charge after several weeks so always good to go. Had it a couple of years now - was quite expensive but worth it.
Had a bosch 14.4v lasted 18 months before the battery would not hold charge.
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
Been using my milwaukee impact wrench today.it really is an awesome bit of kit.changed a load of plough metal and widened furrow width on plough,then changed it back as i wasent happy with the work quality at 16 inches
Nick...
 
think everything bar maybe one or two manufacturers such as Milwaukee are now all built to a price.

Sign of the times I think as everyone since the advent of the net is price savvy. Nothing is really built by engineers anymore that is built to last. Instead theyre built by accountants who make the product last only a few years by making all the components as cheap as possible in order to get the price as competitive as possible . They are designed to last til the warranty runs out.

Now I buy cordless drills such as Makita/Hitachi/Bosch etc. These are all middle road tools. Recently I bought for £100inc vat from Screwfix, a Hitachi cordless drill 18v, c/w two Lion 1.5amp/hr batteries for the sum of £83 plus vat and these will last about 3 years. Chuck them in the bin then and buy another. This works out at less than £30/yr Buying expensive they still get lost, stolen or damaged !
 

JonL

Member
Location
East Yorks
Use a lot of Metabo tools. All well built backed by a good warranty. Forget how long (2 years?) but had a few things swapped for new no questions asked!
 

General-Lee

Member
Location
Devon
Been using my milwaukee impact wrench today.it really is an awesome bit of kit.changed a load of plough metal and widened furrow width on plough,then changed it back as i wasent happy with the work quality at 16 inches
Nick...
Don't know what model you've got but see you can get 1 with up to 610nm of torque, can you have too much and strip threads/snap bolts on more delicate jobs like triple k tines, plough tips etc. or is it controllable?

Sorry to hijack stevedave.
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
I got a big one with nearly 1500nm of loosening torque.spins of tractor wheel nuts easily.im very wary of stripping threads but no done so yet.its a half inch drive with the snap ring coupling thing
Nick...
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
Nick...
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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

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