God-dayumn.
I see you've got the DeWalt cordless. [pause] Your nailgun. DeWalt four-ten.
Yeah. Trouble is, ya leave it in the truck for a while, and need to step up and use da bitch, da battery don't hold up, ya know?
Yeah. Cordless'll do that. You might want to consider the powder-actuated tool. The Hilti DX460MX or the Simpson PTP. These two are my Cadillacs. Everything else on this board is second best, sorry to say. Are you contracting or just doing some work around the house?
Nah, we work all over.
Full time?
Nah, we had about five jobs last month.
At that rate, the cost of the powder actuated gun justifies itself.
You say ‘power'?
Powder.
Like gunpowder.
Yeah. The DX460 is fully automatic, with a 27 caliber charge. Wood, concrete, steel to steel, she'll throw a fastener into anything. And for my money, she handles recoil better than the Simpson or the P3500. You understand what I mean by recoil?
Yeah. The kickback. I'm wit cha.
That's right.
27 caliber, huh?
Not large ballistically, but for driving nails, its enough. Any more and you'd add to the recoil.
Aw shit, I seen a tiny ass .22 round nose drop a nigga plenty a days, man. Motherfuckers get up in ya like a pinball, rip your ass up. Big joints though? Most the time they just break a bone and they just say “fuck it.” I'ma go with this right here, man. How much do I owe you?
Six-sixty-nine, plus tax.
[Snoop counts out money]
No no, just pay at the register.
No man you handle that for me, and keep the rest for your time.
This is $800.
So what man? You earned that bump like a motherfucker, man. Keep that shit.
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