The CH 6gal pancake compressor was on clearance for $46 at Walmart , it's going to be loud as hell as expected but should be better than the HF pancake compressor.
And as always to offset the Chinese purchases I made some American tool purchases, and this time I spent more on the American tools than I did on the imports.
The hickock loppers engrained themselves on my brain recently and I just had to buy them.
The fanno #8 is something i also couldn't resist, they're made about an hor away from me in Chico California and I've always seen their booth at the annual farm show but never pulled the trigger.