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Last year I watched a homeless guy change an engine at a rest area over the course of a couple weeks. Few weeks ago I watched another one swap the transmission in a Chrysler 300 on the street in front of my work with a bucket of hand tools, a scissor jack and some wooden blocks. The old...

In my off road vehicles I probably carry to much stuff. So my daily driver gets jumper cables, a really nice air compressor, and a pretty nice little Williams 1/4” tool kit I got on sale, all the pieces stay in their spots. I’ll probably pick up a few wrenches to toss in the bag at some point...

For many years I had the “I don’t need impacts” mentality. About 7 years ago I ran into a situation where my truck needed new struts, brakes, rear shocks and a few other small things. I ended up buying the parts, a craftsman compressor and the impact gun and sockets from harbor freight. All that...

I just got a bit of orange to put in the hand tool mix l. And one very large orange box… no idea why I said orange when they asked what color I wanted. I was pretty dead set on blue or maybe green. I’m not upset at my choice though. *Edit, I missed the “Snap-On” part of the thread title.

Agreed. And the last time I had to exchange a clutch master cylinder that went bad after 2 weeks with a receipt the parts counter guy accused me a trying to scam them because it had flash rusted where the leaking brake fluid removed the coating. I was pretty pissed and haven’t been back there in...

If I were a professional tool user I would probably avoid Koken, Nepros, etc for this type of situation. As a heavy DIY’er my set of Koken sockets will probably last forever. If I depended on my tools I would want to be able to walk on a truck and get a replacement with no BS. It will be...

I have the Mac 13” and 18” locking flex-heads. I use them both about equally. Really like them both.

Add Facebook marketplace to your searches. I have scored some good deals on there. Also if you want a HF box just wait for a sale and sign up for their credit card for a extra 10% off. I just bit the bullet and got a 72” box after watching the prices go up and up.

I spend my time looking for quality tools. USA made is great but not a deal breaker or requirement.

Good to hear. I think I am finally going to bite the bullet and get the 72” box tomorrow before it gets any higher in price. I’m not a pro, and I keep my “every day” tools in a Snap-On cart, so the Harbor Freight box should last forever.

On the lower priced end I have Tekton chrome sockets and Capri impact sockets. Either are hard to beat for the price. On the more spendy but not horribly high cost this year I picked up some Koken mid lengths in metric and “new” in package but used Snap-On mids in standard, love them both. I...

I agree. My 119MAX kit showed up yesterday and it’s really really nice for the price.

You sound kind of needy. Online is probably the best route for you. I have been happy with both MAC and Snap-On’s online shopping/customer service when ordering.

In a home use environment I think you can get by fine with just battery powered tools if you just need air for small jobs like filling car tires. I have nice air tools and nice battery powered tools. If I need an impact more than 30’ from my garage I’m grabbing the battery stuff. For everything...

I bought the gold Icon ratchet from harbor freight because it made me chuckle. Then I returned it because $60 for a laugh was a bit much. But that good Nepros ratchet posted above looks amazing, I might search out one of those for the lols.

Found a good deal on a set of wrenches. Just missing the 7/16, ordered a replacement from MAC along with a 1”. Excited to try these out.

I always try to support my local guys first. The phone numbers are pretty easy to find on line so I just text a short introduction, ask if they have what I need, then set up a meeting time around their schedule. I haven’t gotten a negative response yet. Since time is money For sub $20 stuff I...

Around me it would sit unsold for months at $3500. At $2500 eventually someone would buy it, at $2000 or less it would probably sell fairly quickly. The toolbox resale market will is great for buyers and horrible for sellers. Nice looking box, I really like the Line-X coating on the top of my cart.

The MAC and Snap-On guys live in my neighborhood so I see them all the time. I pass the Matco guy on the highway frequently time. I have never seen a Cornwell, SK or independent truck.

I have the Williams catalogue saved to my computer. I pull the part #’s from that. I just checked 5 of them and each one pulled the correct tools up in Toolsource. You could also give them a call. Their customer service is pretty good.