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lightning02

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LXCam said:
They might. Btw, I ordered a set of combo's 6-32mm that should come in Dennis's February order. Now those I'm excited to get. If you're truly interested in going with toptul meece, you should really contact D and talk with him about what you want. His prices are fantastic and I don't think you'll ever be able to beat them going anywhere else.

Btw, I just did a hard look comparison between the SK and the toptul DBE and there is no comparison. The toptul blow them away for squareness of the broach and cut of the teeth by a long shot. Don't get me wrong, I luv my SK tools. I own a fair amount of various SK stuff and I was very surprised at what I saw when I took a hard look at them. Mind you I've used these a bunch and have not had a single failure, but there's a noticeable difference between them.
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What 6-32 set did you order from him? Have a link or any info on them?
 
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Fedwrench, I'll explain it for Mike. The order I'm placing in November, which I expect to arrive in February might be my last TOPTUL order. There are a number of reasons for this possibility.

1) Sales have not been what I expected them to be and the hassle/profit equation isn't very good. Harbor Freight kills me from below and the tool trucks kill me from above. Also, the complete lack of name recognition here in America doesn't help and neither does the fact that a lot of their sets skip sizes that are essential in America like 13, 15 and 18mm.
2) The tools have completely taken over my garage and I haven't seen my table saw for three years now. That's beginning to piss me off as I am once again getting the urge to build something.
3) TOPTUL is a pain in the *** to deal with. If somebody wants something I have to Email Taiwan, wait approximately two weeks for them to tell me how much it's going to cost me, and then I have to add in my profit and tell the person what the item is worth. You would think they would have a price sheet like Astro Pneumatic (another company whose products I sell) and every other company on Earth but NO everything no matter how incidental has to be quoted.
4) It bugs me that I can't offer a warrantee. Now TOPTUL makes super stuff, I'm absolutely convinced of that, and they do have a lifetime warrantee. Well, how the hell do you use it as the cost of shipping something back to Taiwan for replacement is five times was the article costs.
5) It's not a done deal yet that I'm done with selling TOPTUL but I certainly am thinking about it.
 
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it makes sense to me. The issues with 13, 15, & 18 mm size availability by itself would be a pain in the ****, combined with communication delays would send me over the edge. I guess I just don't understand why Toptul wouldn't want to make a dent in the US market. They seem to be pretty popular everywhere else around the world. I get that the US is a established/mature market but, there's always room for more. :dunno:
Good luck with whatever you end up doing :beer:
 
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1foxracing

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I hope Dennis continues to sell Toptul products, nobody else can compete with his prices or service. I have the same 10mm T-handle LXCam posted about and it's one of my favorite tools, I wish Dennis sold a complete set of these or at least in the 8, 12 14, &17mm sizes as well.
 
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dnschmidt said:
Fedwrench, I'll explain it for Mike. The order I'm placing in November, which I expect to arrive in February might be my last TOPTUL order. There are a number of reasons for this possibility.

1) Sales have not been what I expected them to be and the hassle/profit equation isn't very good. Harbor Freight kills me from below and the tool trucks kill me from above. Also, the complete lack of name recognition here in America doesn't help and neither does the fact that a lot of their sets skip sizes that are essential in America like 13, 15 and 18mm.
2) The tools have completely taken over my garage and I haven't seen my table saw for three years now. That's beginning to piss me off as I am once again getting the urge to build something.
3) TOPTUL is a pain in the *** to deal with. If somebody wants something I have to Email Taiwan, wait approximately two weeks for them to tell me how much it's going to cost me, and then I have to add in my profit and tell the person what the item is worth. You would think they would have a price sheet like Astro Pneumatic (another company whose products I sell) and every other company on Earth but NO everything no matter how incidental has to be quoted.
4) It bugs me that I can't offer a warrantee. Now TOPTUL makes super stuff, I'm absolutely convinced of that, and they do have a lifetime warrantee. Well, how the hell do you use it as the cost of shipping something back to Taiwan for replacement is five times was the article costs.
5) It's not a done deal yet that I'm done with selling TOPTUL but I certainly am thinking about it.
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Thanks for the update and letting everyone know. I was going to post why, but I figured I would let you respond. Maybe everyone on the fence will step up and buy something and it will keep you doing selling it for a little while more... I am still looking at stuff, but I hate to have to buy cases of stuff, but really want to try some of the new deep impact sockets for lugs(with sleeves) and the new 45 degree swivels... Also I want to try a toptul adjustable wrench, even though I will be disappointed...
 
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Well Mike if you want to check out a TOPTUL adjustable wrench just drive over to my house. On my last order I bought two 15" adjustable wrenches and I only really need one. It's very well build but it looks pretty much like every other adjustable wrench on planet Earth so I'm wondering what the attraction is.
 
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1foxracing, The problem with the swivels, which I have openly stated in the description I have for the 10mm that I sell on EBay, are among my favorite tools. As I told you these are indeed available in 8mm, 12mm, 13 and 14mm but they come 10 in a box minimum quantities. At one time I did buy a box of each and took two of each size for myself (as I normally do). It took me YEARS to sell these out. All that while they were taking up space on top of my beloved table saw. Finally, I can actually see part of my table saw and I like the view.
 
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Dnschmidt, do you have a list of what you have? I just looked at your eBay store. Didn’t know if you had more than that.
 
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Got my order in from excess tools. Good shipping and decent prices. The monster tools I have are china made and low quality. I'd be sending them back if i hadn't got them so cheap. Also got a few sockets to fill the hansen trays.
 

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My new transmission jack!

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The cheap $100 HF transmission jack performed beautifully. This 6-speed Getrag is the biggest transmission I've ever pulled, but with this jack it was the easiest trans pull I have ever dug into! Should have bought this 10 years ago! Simple 1/2" ratchet driven scissor jack, so dont bother with any extended warranty. Try the 20% coupon, they say it doesn't work for floor jacks, not sure if they will catch this in that category.
 

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New FHLF80 and barely used FHOF936

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onthefence777 said:
My new transmission jack!



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Z8UZP6




The cheap $100 HF transmission jack performed beautifully. This 6-speed Getrag is the biggest transmission I've ever pulled, but with this jack it was the easiest trans pull I have ever dug into! Should have bought this 10 years ago! Simple 1/2" ratchet driven scissor jack, so dont bother with any extended warranty. Try the 20% coupon, they say it doesn't work for floor jacks, not sure if they will catch this in that category.
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I like mine, it's actually been holding my th400 up in my k10 for the last year while I have the engine out
 
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Just Snagged some HF 60* offset MM Wrench set, The Extra long Combination MM Wrench set and Vintage proto Challenger Sockets sets with ratchets, extentions and combo wrenches... the hook for me was the Vintage boxes with ads stuck in place like they were day one... used, and dirty, but some simple green and a toothbrush revealed little wear!!

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-Chall...-Extensions-1-4-3-8-1-2-/311966724735?txnId=0

Wish I had a useable photobucket account...
 
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LXCam said:
Tell ya what meece, if you're going to try out anything and you do a lot of metric wrenching I highly suggest you get yourself this set of super extra long combo's. They're completely different then anything out there in the same class of wrench.


I'll second this. All of the Toptul purchased from Dennis is absolutely top notch stuff. I reach for the extra long combos before anything else. Great quality and great pricing.
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I was needing an extra long 1/2" flex head ratchet and was wanting to try the Mac axis line. I prefer locking flex heads but Mac didn't make them. Well Mac finally made locking flex head ratchets. So I got one this morning.
 

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When did those come out ? So getting one. I really like the new axis ratchets.
 
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jcoreyw said:
I don't understand the industrial finish. Is it just a personal preference over chrome?
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The industrial finish is used in manufacturing situations where chrome may flake off and contaminate the products being produced. This is important especially in an environment such as food grade products.
 
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bassbone52 said:
LXCam said:
Tell ya what meece, if you're going to try out anything and you do a lot of metric wrenching I highly suggest you get yourself this set of super extra long combo's. They're completely different then anything out there in the same class of wrench.


I'll second this. All of the Toptul purchased from Dennis is absolutely top notch stuff. I reach for the extra long combos before anything else. Great quality and great pricing.
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Just placed a Toptool order with Dennis, got those extra long wrenches, LXCam, and two other wrench sets. Now just have to hide them from the wife. I been spending way too much on tools recently and she decided to have a "talk" with me. :)
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