Re: Vote for your favorite - Milwaukee or Dewalt portaband
Originally Posted by
monsoon-mech
just had a friend of mine who buys the cases of power tools that get returned to Home depot/ lowes etc.. at auction (no they don't go back to milwaukee or dewalt or porter cable etc.. they go to auction and get sold by the pallet) he asked if I wanted to upgrade my trusty old milwaukee 6230N (the very first made in china and what the HF saw is based on) I said sure but ain't worth the $300 he said he'd swap my 6230N straight as I help him out alot... the saw is brand new 6232-21 never had a blade on it I went to put a blade on and the tires were missing..... someone bought it, stole the tires and returned it.. new tires will be here tuesday $25
I asked him what was the most returned tool as far as ones that really are defective he didn't even take a breath instantly dewalt... said he sees more dewalts in the 20 volt versions than any other followed bu porter cable which makes sense they are actually the same company now.... said he only finds 25% of milwaukees that are actually defective most are just returned outa buyer remorse but outa the pallets of dewalts he says the DOA rate is close to 75%
I don't know the guy only buys 15-20 pallets a week sells on ebay as well as craigslist and Amazon and is such a hustler ya will find him at the swap meet every friday night and saturday night monday morning hes at an auction buyin pallets...
In the days when the Milwaukee Hole Hawg was still breaking wrists, elbows, and ripping shoulders Porter cable introduced a monster drill they called Timber Wolf. It had more power than the infamous Hole Hawg, but featured a clutch, and had more length for more human leverage to control it. Tool manufacturers outdo each other often. By the time I bought, DeWalt had even better specs.
The internet wasn't much then, but I researched the best price mail order. I went to my local farm store, explained I could buy it elsewhere for X number of dollars. If they could match the price, I'd rather buy local. My "friend" I'd known lifelong could match price.
It arrived six weeks later. Cardboard box was gone, he apologized. I didn't buy it for the cardboard box.
Metal case was damaged. I allowed that it'd look worse after I had used it a few weeks.
Chuck key, manual, depth guide, and aux handle were missing.
I still took it.
I drove less than a mile, plugged it in. The noise was BAD! sparks, and bits of molten metal spewed from the brushes.
I took it back, had the Monty Python Dead Parrot argument. He assured me he would send it back for warranty repair.
I had a new one a week later. Still have it. It is on limited duty. Milwaukee Super Hawgs now have better specs.
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