Reading this reminds me when I saw people using drills to raise and lower the stabilisers on their vans, I did not have a cordless drill just 240v ones. I was at the recycling shop at the local tip, I spotted heaps of cordless battery drills, I remembered having these, they had heaps of power but batteries were not the modern ones, I bought a 12v one and a 9v one without a battery for $2. I wired up a ciggy lighter plug and cable to it and used it on my jump start battery and it was brilliant, it worked great winding up and down the legs. The 9v was a scream and had heaps of power from the 12v battery. They both lasted about a year. then I got an 18v cordless Li Po and it is the best tool I have, got it cheap at the closing sale of the Masters when they closed. I has been going for years and hardly have to charge it. I always goes in the caravan and used just about every second day in the shed. Love the new tech.