{"id":8329,"date":"2013-01-07T06:30:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=8329"},"modified":"2012-12-28T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T16:22:18","slug":"black-and-decker-alligator-lopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/black-and-decker-alligator-lopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and Decker Alligator Lopper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First off, know that I&#8217;m scared to death of chain saws, so much so that I&#8217;d never used one until I ordered this puppy.<\/p>\n<p>Why was I so leery? Because they strike me as portable mayhem machines, based on injuries I read about as well as those I&#8217;ve seen in the hospital and OR over the years.<\/p>\n<p>But I finally decided to take a flyer on this one because clearing tons of brush and stuff out back has taken a toll on my delicate C3-4 and C4-5 interspaces, to the point where I have occasional numbness in both hands after long sessions using my trusty Fiskars lopper to take down the substantial unwanted growth \u2014 often 2-3 inches in diameter \u2014 out back.<\/p>\n<p>All the stuff I read about this device extolled its safety features and it looked worth a shot, especially after I dropped nearly $200 for a highly praised manual ratcheting lopper that proved useless since I am evidently too stupid to figure out how to use it properly.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this machine arrived and it is thrilling, to say the least, to see how easily I can take down substantial wood that would&#8217;ve required tons of effort manually.<\/p>\n<p>The only negative about the lopper is its short battery life: It works about 20 minutes before the saw goes dormant, and the battery takes about 9 hours to recharge.<\/p>\n<p>The good ole&#8217; boy who tried it out a couple days ago while fixing up some stuff around the house thought the saw was exceptionally well designed and very safe, but noted that the first thing he&#8217;d do is buy a spare battery \u2014 or even two \u2014 so he could work as long as there was work needing to be done.<\/p>\n<p>I wished I&#8217;d listened then &#8217;cause after today&#8217;s abbreviated session I was vexed about having to quit till tomorrow for the requisite 9-hour recharge.<\/p>\n<p>I just ordered two more batteries for so the next time can be an all-day chopfest. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brush clearing made less back breaking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8329"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8357,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8329\/revisions\/8357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}