what happens to broke hand tools?
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1950mercury
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Thats crazy talk
I break truck brand tools all the time and get them traded out so I know that it bull squat. That is the beauty of the tool trucks. I buy tools from them and then when they break they fix it or replace it without me having to run change clothes and run to sears (they wont warranty squat for me if I am in my ford uniforms)
Lotek
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Why, they end up on the island of misfit tools, what did you think happens to them.
Why, they end up on the island of misfit tools, what did you think happens to them.
This^.
ffs
jakemac
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They go back to China to get melted down and turned into toasters then sent back to Walmart or Target. It's the circle of life.
I want to say the only tools i have ever really warrantied(not counting power tool rebuilds) are flat tip screw drivers(albeit using them as pry bars), phillips blades(anti cam tip worn out), swivel sockets(pins break), mini picks(shafts break), torx/hex(rounded/broken), punches/chisels(also air hammer bits of the same likeness), and a couple sockets had 19's explode on me from constant lug nut abuse, killed a shallow chrome 17 once(really stuck saab lug bolt didn't want to budge).
I mean there isn't a ton you'll really warranty.
I mean there isn't a ton you'll really warranty.
for me it is my hose clamp pliers, my brake caliper press, my 19/21mm flip socket, my 1/2"female to 3/8" male adapter and some of my torx sockets and my 5mm socket (ford decided that it was the perfect size for exhaust studs and it breaks all the time).
tjmonsen5
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They get sent into the company and then sold for scrap metal.
Loscaldazar
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Sold for scrap at the least. Maybe sent to one of the steel processors that that company buys steel from to be recycled and reused for tools again.
mmack66
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The Sears around here used to take them to Armco Steel to be melted down. I don't know what they do with them now.
How about this:
Turn em into tool box art. Adorn your box or shop with them. I liked the way the 2 pieces of the broken wrench looked when they were positioned a fraction of an inch apart so I epoxyed them on an old tool box for decor.
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twertsy
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They declare bankruptcy? 
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bobcatdan
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They end up at my work. Before my time, but once had a rail car of busted SO in the yard. The maintance guys picked it over like crazy.
not true at all. my FIL worked on the Railroad and was making a stop at a steel recycler many years ago. they gave they yard guy a few dollars each and loaded up a boxcar with totes filled with snap-on tools. guy at the yard told him they get several totes every few months of scrap tools from them. yes I know it was probably illegal and certainly immoral, can't speak to his character, but he has lots of tools he swapped out and sold the rest to his friends. i'm sure they all got returned a second time...and i've seen buckets of craftsman tools behind their counter...I assume they all go to the scrap yard at some point.
Loscaldazar
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I think you all are missing the sarcasm in ducksface message. He's joking that some so highly praise the tool truck brands, that those tool truck tools could never break (or very rarely).
He's not actually saying Snap On, Matco, Mac, etc don't break. He's mocking the fanboys....
He's not actually saying Snap On, Matco, Mac, etc don't break. He's mocking the fanboys....
oh...wasn't awake enough yet to get the sarcasm...
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3baygarage
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How come Home Depot's broken Husky Tools returns are resold over and over? Broken hand tools, vises, air tools, etc. Guys buy them locally through auction and resell them at flea markets. There's a local company that liquidates a ton of Home Depot's returned **** on Ebay.
I don't get it. People just take it back to the store and return it again. Where does the cycle end.
I don't get it. People just take it back to the store and return it again. Where does the cycle end.
PugetDude
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Look to Sears for the answer...
3baygarage
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Well, if you mean changing from USA made to other that happened a long time ago for most Husky tools.
What I mean is how does HD put their returns back out on the market rather than destroy them. I'm talking broken retuned tools with return stickers on them. Is it up to local store owner/management to dispose of these returns?