Tool - which one do you hate and why?
 

For me - every fkin' weed whacker I've ever owned. I've never found one that wasn't a pita when it came to keeping string on it.
I don't like either of my Lincoln grease guns either. It may not be the fault of the gun. Thanks to Paul's suggestion I'm getting a Lock-N-Lube end for one of them. My birthday is coming up. I'm telling MrsWD I want a Lock-N-Lube. Can't wait to see the look on her face.

There's this guy who posts in PARF...

edit-and what LWJ said about flat head screwdrivers

My Craftsman Jack Stands. They support fine, but pulling the pin to drop the jack will result in a blood blister on the side of my hand 50% of the time. I never remember to be cautious.

I want really really good ones that I don’t have to jack a vehicle to match up with one of the elevation holes in the adjustment range.

You all have done it. Jack up vehicle, slide jack stand under. Up a notch it won’t fit, down a notch...too low! Hmmm, let me jack it up some more..oh too high, pull pin..clank! Ouch! Blood blister. Kick jack. Cuss.

I don't care for standard screw drivers.

Great for prying and doing other non screw twisting stuff. But screws? Give me Phillips, torx, Allen, star, or ???

Those L-shaped allen wrenches. They will strip an allen head far too often. They can be almost impossible to even get into the allen head to begin with.

Guddamned, POS, f'in worthless, cheapass shoplight gift from my daughter that somedamnhow knows how to shine directly into my eyes no matter what I'm doing.

Jackstands are usually a pain in the rear. I prefer the kind that's like this to the hole in the center. It's a bit easier to lock and unlock, although they do have to go up a bit to unlock.
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headlight....

Headlight? You mean one of those...

...Whoa.

Kind of a love hate relationship with sheetmetal shears. When they work they are great. But when the blades get funky an absolute nightmare. My milwaukee was crap from the get go i had to modify the head to stay on the damn thing. Too much abuse its all wore out and cracked on the buisness end now i use a porter cable air powered one. It didnt work worth a damn from the start I had to rework the blades a bit. Now its acceptable. But man there has to be a better way. Plazma cutter? I think so

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Yeah, I know what you mean. I do it about every time I use a jackstand. I have the ratcheting kind (like Steve posted), but they still have specific heights that they lock in. There are more options than with the hole and pin kind, but still - I go through the same dance you described over and over with them.

I hate when that happens! Every time I hate when that happens.

The straight tip screwdriver, because it means a POS slotted screw. Why slotted screws are still made, I don’t know.

I have the 6-ton ratcheting stands, and some that are even heavier than that. For the Porsche I use Esco stands with the pin.

Husqvarna 4-cycle weed wacker with pro quality Husky string is what I normally use, but when it's time to get serious, I use an Echo with a saw blade on it. Heavy as hell, but it'll cut small trees down.
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When you get way out there in the boonies, you want your gear to work.

Those old cheap job site table saws fence (contractor's saw). The damn fence constantly need adjusting. Not mine, but someone else's that was on the job. I started out with a Grizzly but I built a fence out of a 4" alum sq with a uni-strut similar to the Biesemeyer. What a waste of time adjusting those stupid thing on the job, or the shop.

The stupid ball joint tool for the 914.

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I purchased a L-N-Lube....then proceeded to drop more $ on a set of attachments in a case....this place sucks when it comes to buying stuff you've never heard of before...or mebbe it's just me :D.

I've had a pro-grade Stihl 2-cycle weed whacker for years...keep it loaded with Echo .90 Crossfire (I think that's it) line. It's a beast and I abuse the hell out of it clearing around ponds, with small trees starting to grow, etc.

But the PITA line deal is just part of it's charm too ;)

Hilarious description :)

Ive decided never to jack up a car again and instead obtained a display cabinet that I can look at each day to remind me of all of the fun without the blisters :)

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THIS! Before I even opened this thread that's what my mind immediately thought of...

Cheap locking pliers that loosen over time, and won't grip strongly, also Crescent type adjustable wrenches that the thumb screw locks up on.