Recent content by MFlanagan

Love the garage! That is along the lines of what we are looking for.

This is all great info. Thanks! I have every intention of getting very specific on my wants and needs but I am also respectful of people's time and wanted to just get an idea of what I was looking at. No need to have a builder come out and sit with me to go over details if a base building is...

Point taken that this is a good sized building. I just didn't expect the kind of numbers being thrown around. I'll take the feedback given here and see if I can get a few quotes to see where I am at. Might just have to scale it back.

Quarter of a million dollars for a garage... No land cost, no appliances, no plumbing... This is depressing. LOL

This will be well away from the primary residence so no need to "match". Looking more for function than anything else. We have a small farm here and have a tractor that will be stored in the garage and also have some "project" cars that my son is working on. Also want to put in a lift but my son...

Looking to put up a 40x60 shop/garage. I have the land and it is "almost" ready for building. Will need a little bit of final site work to get it perfectly level. My son is a mechanic and lives on the property as well so he is keen to have an area to work on the cars :-) We have taken a look at...

Well the tool fair was pretty interesting. I thought it was just going to be a Snap-on rep there but they had all of the majors covered. SO, Matco, Mac, Gearwrench were all there. All of them have student discount programs and the pricing is good for the duration of their schooling. That gives...

Tool Fair is tomorrow morning. I'll try and grab some pics to post if it is anything worth sharing.

Thanks again guys for all the great suggestions! I am seeing many of you recommending radiator picks. I had never heard of them before. Is this a tool that gets used regularly? I found 2, 3 and 6 piece kits here: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=all&Group_ID=17606&store=snapon-store...

I hear you on the moving of the box. He has to move it from school to the dealer every 8 weeks so it will get some bumps and bruises. We do unload all the tools into boxes before we move it as it just makes it easier. We have a separate box for each drawer so it isn't too bad. I agree on the...

He is at school now (just started on Monday) so I don't have access to the box to do an inventory but I do know that I started with one of the 300 piece sets. Cam with 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 rachets and sockets both 6 and 12 point, shallow and deep. The rachets are the "smooth" handle ones which from...

OK - Rachets... There are tons of different styles and shapes. From the reading I have done it looks like the 3/8 is the most commonly used on a daily basis for the pros. Now the question is the angled versions, swivel head, extra long handle, etc. Which ones should he have? He already has the...

I am looking in the online catalog for Snap-On now and I am not seeing "Gold Colored" hex and torx sockets. Am I not looking in the right place? With regards to the Tripple square sockets (I admit I had no idea what these were) they seem to be used on European vehicles. Since he is working...

Wow! This is fantastic. He does plan on doing this as a career. He is taking the Ford ASSET program which has the benefit of him finishing with all of the Ford Certifications, credit for work so that he can take the ASE tests the day he graduates AND (my favorite) an Associates Degree in Applied...

My son is starting a program at Community College for Auto Mechanics. He has a pretty decent set of Craftsman tools that he has been using the past few years but now we have a tool show this Friday where he can buy Snap-On tools with his student discount. My question is what tools do you...