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    5HP Compressor on 120V, how is this possible?

    I have the same one used it for years till i got a bigger one its good for impact guns and ratchets and airing up tires It is very noisy because the compressor is oilless .
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    Proper preassure for impact wrench??

    I have ran my air tools at work at 175 psi with no problems it sounds like you have hub pilot wheels and they should be torqued down at 450 to 500 lbs . Your gmc probably has dayton wheels which should be torqued down to 250 lbs which a good 1/2 gun will do at work we always used a 1 in gun you...
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    Walmart Tools

    I have a stanley set of sockets i bought 10 yrs ago use them all the time sears has a 20 piece gear wrench set sae/metric for 49.99 i just bought better than the advanced auto deal.
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    recommendation for large open/boxed end wrench set

    I had big wrenches that i used working on garbage trucks that i used for years i have never broke one i bought mine from the guys that used to go around selling tools off the back of their truck. I bought a set of big crows feet at a hyd shop that i used to go to and did break the 1 1/2 i was...
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    crimping pliers for terminals

    I have the thomas /betts spring loaded ones I'm on my third set now in a 15 year span .
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    Got tired of pushing dead vehicles inside

    My friend has a automotive repair shop they have a couple bays with a slope they use a ford diesel riding mower to pull cars in .W hat they do is pull the cars in with a short chain and when they get in the tractor pulls off to the side then they put the car on the lift then back the tractor out .
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    Stanley 201 Piece Mechanics Tool Set

    I have a stanley set i use the sockets a lot I've had this for about 9 years well worth the money .
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    Tools that you miss

    U can still buy those crimpers were they spring loaded thats what i use . the tool that i miss using that i still have is a 3/8 easco flex head ratchet it started slipping a year ago and i have 10 other ratchets . I found this ratchet in the trash 30 years ago along with a set of snap on yellow...
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    How to turn a cheapo HF Blast Cabinet into a pretty good tool

    A guy i know just bought one of these HF cabinets i told him its gonna leak and he should look at this thread to modify it . Well he used it and it leaked .
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    Name that auto tool thread

    It looks like a drum mic.
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    Name that auto tool thread

    For ford axle nuts on 4wd trucks i have one .
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    Help me identify this older snap-on box

    I have the same box and some are messed up to .
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    What's the biggest socket/wrench you used?

    The biggest socket i have used is 5 1/4 on axles i used to work on garbage trucks so there are a lot of hyd i had doubles of wrenches up to 2 1/2 . I made a wrench for a hammerhead it was 10 inches an made of 3/4 plate
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    northern tool must haves? any?

    Their is a northern tool in fredericksburg that opened up a couple months ago on RT3w on your way to va beach .
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    Help ID another tool

    What he said
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