Picked a hydraulic cutter over a manual one for a job in Tacoma

Had to choose between renting a $220 hydraulic cutter or using the old manual cable cutters for a 4 inch line near the port, and I figured the hydraulics would save my arms. Took the rental, but the hose kept kinking on the barge and I lost a solid hour fighting it instead of cutting. Anyone else regret going with the powered option on a tight deck and wish they just muscled through with hand tools?

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charles_knight2mo ago

Hour lost on a kinked hose beats two weeks of messed up wrists, right?

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