Starting to watch local markets.
This one feels like a scam or stolen at $175 even if all the batteries are shot.
I doubt they are stolen because they have hardly been used. Clearly not a contractor’s set.
Probably the homeowner had it sitting around collecting dust, realized all the batteries are toast and it’s not worth it. On to the next chump.
Thats the old standard.
If you want to, you can get an adapter that will allow you to use the newer lithium batteries on the older tools.
https://www.dewalt.com/product/dca2203c/20v-max-battery-18v-adapter-kit
I feel like all tool sales are stolen, who parts with good tools?
A man getting out of a trade because his knees are shot.
A retiree, just can’t really do projects in the garage anymore.
“These were my dad’s; he passed in April, we’re going through his garage, and nobody in the family needs tools.”
“I’m moving to Shri Lanka in October, and I really can’t bring these with me.”
“They stopped making batteries for these, so I took out a fourth mortgage, went down to the Homeless Despot and bought everything Makita makes.”
Might be legit? That is the old battery style.
Ahh yeah old battery style aside if I rebuild one battery this would be good for a first set vs some generic new.
Dewalt doesn’t make those batteries anymore, but they do make a couple adapters that let you use the new style batteries with old tools. There’s a couple different ones though that don’t necessarily fit everything, so you might have to try a few before you find ones that work with each tool.
Power tool batteries seem like a racket.
Have they stabilized and standardized in recent years? Or do they change every few years?
It seems like a common industry wide standard is in order at this point. But I’m just an outside viewer who buys such things every 7-10 years
Ryobi introduced the ONE+ battery format in the mid 90s and all subsequent batteries are compatible with any tool for that format. Newer batteries use newer materials and better charges and whatnot, but it is similar to how AA batteries fit in AA battery slots whether they are lithium or whatever else they make batteries out of.
So that is one company that has had a stable battery format for about 3 decades. They do have different versions that have more stored energy, which are thicker packs, but every one fits every tool because the connection is the same.
These were 100% stolen
I feel bad for the guy who lost it
Nah, those are ancient (source, I bought those around 2003).
The batteries for those are long worn out, and replacing them, even with newer lithium setups, will still cost a lot, and your runtime will still suck. Again, I say this as someone who still uses that saw with a giant Milwaukee lithium battery, and the runtime is still short, because motor designs have changed.
My same Milwaukee battery on a new Milwaukee saw will cut 4x as much lumber.
From the owners perspective, it’s a better value to buy a new setup with batteries than to just buy batteries. I wouldn’t give $50 for these old units, let alone $175, and I have adapters to use either new Dewalt or Milwaukee lithium with them.
