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One of the local scrap guys who cruise the area on trash night brought me this, plus the two iron pots and ladles on top of it. Is there any way to tell the age? All the slides are in great shape, it had a good bit of junk inside but mostly just cheap Kmart type tools. There was one set of...

It can do exactly what it did when it was new with a viable battery. If found the 9.6v CT30 perfect for transmission work, just enough to get the job done with chance of stripping out threads or breaking bolts. The 12v is too much, not as well balanced and the models that followed were...

I worked for a guy in the late 70's and early 80's that had two of those wood grain top chests. They sat atop a single double wide three piece Snap On box that also had wood grain drawers. The Snap On top and middle box were the same and there was no flip top, he had put a piece of wood grain...

I've had one of those reversible vises from Columbia for 40 or more years. Mine came from an SK tool dealer I used to deal with. They're larger than the China clones they sell now with the same number. The Wilton you see online now looks the same as the HF version, all made in China and very...

I think my first one was part of a 'set' too. I have a Snap On racing jacket that came with the three piece set with two batteries and a charger. The rest of mine were bought separate. They also weren't as overpriced as similar tools are today. Snap On's modern equivalent is their 14.4v 3/8"...

Back in 1995 or so I bought a pair of then new Snap On CT30 3/8" drive rechargeable impact guns to use on the bench. Mostly for tear down work. In 1998, I bought 4 more, and over the years have accumulated about 20 of them, plus matching florescent lights, and a couple of 3/8" drills too. The...

Your likely more educated about what your buying than the many eBay buyers. Some of the questions I've had over the years left me dumbfounded. For me, if I list something on ebay and IF I were to do free shipping, I'd have to bump the price up for the maximum the shipping could cost me. That's...

If you don't do auction sales your items fall down on the list and don't get seen. Buy it Now items renew every 30 days, after the first day they're 20 pages down on the list. At least if you do a few auction sales, it gives buyers the chance to click on "Seller's other items". If there's...

I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees this. There's a private shop that just opened up a couple years ago about a block from me out on the main highway. The guy bought a prime piece of real estate along a heavily traveled road and built the cheapest shop he could. Its a dark green...

The problem with that is that you can't take your house to work and park it next to your work area. With as much as guys have invested in their tools, they need to be able to lock them up in something super secure when they go home at night. I'd venture to guess that most dealer techs have well...

I've had issues keeping batteries alive in vehicles that don't get used very often. I bought a stack of those small cigar lighter plug in solar panels, the first were from a trade show, the second batch were from Harbor Freight. I started using them in a few vehicles, but found several had...

I was mowing my lawn yesterday and a woman who I'd guess to be 20 years my senior stopped on her bike. She asked if I really felt I should be doing that at my age? She parks her bike and tells me to 'go sit down before you drop dead in this heat', she proceeded to finish mowing my lawn while I...

I bought a set of short OEX wrenches in 1997 off my local SnapOn dealer, OEX80 through 0EX440. Part of the set came as a 5/16" through 3/4" boxed set, the dealer had taken out the 1/2" to warranty a broken wrench for someone recently and he cut me a deal on the open package, the rest were sold...

I just read through this all and I don't think the OP is looking to sell anything, its all his neighbors and I agree, $99 is way too cheap for a set of Snap On wrenches. I've been searching for a deal on a large Snap on box in mint or very, very clean condition for years. All i find is junk...

I've got a half dozen or more 9.6v tools from Snap On, CT30 and CDR30, etc. I used the 3/8" impacts for transmission tear down for years till the batteries got obsoleted and to pricey, now I've got a drawer full of impact guns, a few 3/8" drills, and several work lights, plus a dozen or so...