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Essential Tools You Will Never Need to Buy

All you need is a Kenton County Public Library card to be able to borrow these and many other essential tools for your project. These are some our favorite and most popular items.

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  • We have large, medium, and small loppers; ratchet and regular, anvil and crosscut. Here's a trade secret, use anvil loppers to cut dead wood and crosscut for live.
    Equipment, ET0266 Garrett Wade Heavy Duty Anvil (ratcheting with extendable handles)
  • Good for preparing garden beds without turning over all the soil. This tool will may not be essential but it will always have a special place in my heart. It was one of the first tools donated to the Library and the first tool borrowed from the…
    Equipment, ET0111 Valley Oak Tool (5 tine, steel)
  • Different sizes and shapes for different projects. Make fast work of getting those yard edges cleaned up
    Equipment, ET0104 Craftsman 13" 20v Weed Wacker (3 batteries, 1 charger, bag)
  • Good for so many uses in and outside the home. Beats a screwdriver every time. Though we do have those also!
    Equipment, ET0001 DeWalt DCD794 (1/2" chuck, 20v.) includes bag, 2 batteries, charger
  • Make short and safe work of that limb that rubs against your house and scares you every time the wind blows.
    Equipment, ET0128 Leonard (2-6' fiberglass poles, 1-3/4" cutting capacity)
  • Not only good for cleaning up yard waste. I saw somebody cleaning their car out with one the other day. Remember to check your ear protection when using one of these.
    Equipment, ET0180 Greenworks 24-volt light duty
  • The small but versatile C-Clamp. Good for so many projects around the home and office.
    Equipment, ET0148 Irwin 1901234 (4")
  • We have several ladders to choose from;
    Equipment, ET0140 Werner Step Ladder (3-step, 225 lb)
  • This baby chain saw runs on batteries and makes short work of clearing brush and taking out small trees and bushes, after nesting season of course!
    Equipment, ET0132 DeWalt 20v, 12" bar (includes 2 batteries, charger and case)
  • The perfect tool for taming those hedges.
    Equipment, ET0132
  • Use with your own tools or borrow our brad nail gun, stapler, and flooring gun.
    Equipment, ET0175 Bostitch 6 gallon, 150 PSI, pancake
  • Last but not least. For those of us who prefer the quiet meditative nature of raking our yards and garden beds.
    Equipment, ET0086 Leonard (aluminum, 24")