Terry, My philosophy on this has always been that if I have to rent an item and I have to pay a cab to go get it and again to take it back to the rental s hop then I'll probably be money ahead buying the item from someplace that will deliver it to me somehow. This "rule" has served me well because just everything I've bought vis-a-vis this tactic has been needed again at least once. Not that I've always needed to redo whatever it was I did in the first place, but these items usually find themselves being quite useful for other projects. -------- Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - "A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents." - German Aphorist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799) ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Klarich To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:46 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rent or own, that is the question
Hey all: Over the past 4 years or so, I've needed a roofing nailer 3 times. If I add up all the money I've spent on renting one, I have purchased one for the tool rental company out right. In my mind, I'm thinking I won't use one enough to purchase one; but, evidently, this isn't the case. I've wasted about $250 so far. On the other hand, I don't think I'll need one for the forseeable future. Unless, I have to replace another roof plumming vent as I did last weekend. Having a nailer sure makes the job go much quicker and easier than a hammer and box of roofing nails. I'm half way tempted to get one the next time I have to do any roof work. What do you all think? Terry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]