Recent content by Daslucas

my vote is 100% extended, they will usually fit in places standard ones don’t more often than the reverse. I just picked up the Milwaukee high speed extended reach and am loving it so far. Previously had two different Snap on ones.

I’ve heard of specialized high line auto techs making 180k US, I’m sure the average is much lower and depends heavily on geographic location and type of work.

Depending on the work you do and the hours you put in, 100k is very possible. Not what it used to be but not bad either.

I haven’t seen any but I’m going to guess that they cost the same or more as the pre-filled units. There are videos on youtube of people refilling them or swapping in other lubricants.

I have a push ‘n lube grease gun, they’re sold for chainsaws but work great on the snappy ratchets and are cheap too. (Oregon 26365) I find the snap-on greaser tends to leak out a bit of grease over time when sitting so it’s kind of messy.

I mean yes, absolutely but at 65$ US per socket and potentially no warranty when I break it? Gonna sting a little bit but it’s the only game in town.

Hello Astro! As a person who works on European cars full time, I’ve noticed a total lack of impact swivel sockets in e-torx. Closest thing I have found is snap-on’s swivel extensions for transmission bell housing bolts like...

Hey Astro, any chance your extension sockets will be coming in Torx as well?

I have a set of VIM external torx swivel sockets and they are trash. Pins keep walking out of the holes and they fall out. Warranty replacements did the same. Ended up buying snap-on ones which while costing 5x as much don’t need to be replaced after every use. Would not recommend.

Get the 60 epiq, then bolt another one onto it when you run out of room💰

Snap-on’s pricing on tool boxes in general is majorly out to lunch at the moment. They’ve been selling everything they build and capacity is booked out for months so it makes sense I guess from a business standpoint but no way in hell should anyone pay more than 5k for a ktl1022, that’s nuts...

an apprentice at the shop I work at recently bought one, he paid roughly 7500 and traded in a milwaukee box for 500. Not what I’d consider a hot deal, but it’s a data point.

if you haven’t already got one, t I think Grey Pneumatic? makes a 1/4 E12 socket that is absolutely great for close quarters work.

Oh heck yeah, looks like the Koken sockets are 1/3 the price of Hazets and come in a fair range of sizes, excellent!

Yeah, looks like the Hazet or VIM is best I can do, too bad it’s not locally available but it is what it is.