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I have the Pittsburgh 1/4 roto, and while I look at others from time to time it seems like a waste to upgrade. Mine has the cheap red soft handle, I think they are green now, but it does everything I ask of a roto ratchet. I would consider one a little longer than the 6-7” this one is, for the...

I have a backpack and a Stihl 56 blower. I kept the blower out all winter to do some of what you mentioned, light snow is a piece of cake, and cleaning my car is simple with it. If the snow is wet, forget it. I don’t think I’d buy a backpack blower for snow removal, unless I was doing commercial...

I’d venture that the quality from my vantage point is that they are as good as the series 1 42 I started with. I think Series 2 may have been a sweet spot for the 56, as my Series 3 seems more geared to pros with the power tool drawers and the deep drawers down low, but quality for the price is...

I see lots of posts about the HF and other cheap grinders. For a home gamer I get the appeal but any time I have a grinder in my hand for more than 10 minutes with a wire wheel the vibration is numbing. I never have issues with my Bosch or Metabo for longer sessions. If you are doing this for a...

I have the Milwaukee Fuel grinder, and it needs at least a 6.0 battery to be useful. I also have several other corded grinders, including Metabo, Milwaukee, Bosch, and others. For a Fab shop with access to 120V power I’d be looking at the upper end Metabo or Bosch grinders with the vibration...

I use a middle grade Garant pusher shovel for our lighter snows. Great value and they last a few seasons and do a good job getting to asphalt for me. Otherwise I have a few different metal edge throwing shovels, they are ok, but if I need them I am firing up the snowblower.

If I was doing it again I’d buy the 6” Festool Rotex or Bosch equivalent to start. I know it seems like a lot of coin, but there really is a huge huge difference difference. The off-the-shelf home center style sanders leave a ton of room to be desired. It’s like going back in time to vibrating...

Reading the replies you already have it looks like most of the bases are covered, I’m all for a full shop setup, but I know that unless you do a ton of similar woodworking projects and just kit up for them there are tools that will sit for long periods of time. I am heavy in the track saw camp...

What is the plan? Most railroad shops use huge bottle jacks and cribbing or large gantry cranes. For your purposes I’d guess cribbing will be your friend, but moving the big parts without a forklift or serious material handling gear is going to be difficult to down right dangerous. I take it...

And the tool cart that really needs to be replaced with a full bank cart.

The old 42” USG with side cabinet gor overflow space.

Here is my USG 56” - still need to work through the screwdriver drawer. Not sure I’ll ever be happy with the deep bottom drawer either.

I had an exhausting time a while back getting my e-brake set on my Silverado, saw these in one of Mike‘s threads and quested after a snap-on one from ebay. Still have yet to need it…

One of the recurring themes I keep seeing over 8 pages is breakage. I could probably count on one hand how many sockets I have broken in my life. And this is a guy who wailed away on a nice chrome SK deep socket set for a decade or more with impact wrenches. Drive wallowed, sure, broken, nope...

Agree, right there with you in northeastern Pennsylvania. When I started wrenching the thought of spending snap on money when 100+ piece tool set from craftsman could do a lot of the work was impossible. That’s said, a professional who ponies up for snap on sockets out of the gate will likely...

I was reading through the thread, and eating my popcorn as the Snap-on against the world discussion popped off. I have had the pleasure of using some really crappy Craftsman and import sockets over time. Depending on the job sometimes they work sometimes they don’t. Very rarely have I ever...

I’d be interested to see how it does with the 8” Dado stack. I have always run 6” sets on smaller saws, or when that was all I could afford. That said, unless you need really deep dados or rabbets, a smaller diameter cutter saves load on the bearings and motor. I have a Bosch 4100 and have run a...

I have the 56” US General from last years 12 Days of X-Mas deals. I really like the box, but everything above is true, the latches ****, so I either delete them or gripe about them, the drawer layout is great on the upper end, but the lower drawers are too deep and don’t make sense for my tools...

I picked one up today, was close to HF around opening time. Did have a pile of them, expect they will be gone by the end of the day. Seems decent for the $$$. I have an older Gearwrench set with a mini ratchet that takes 1/4 and 5/16 bits, but it is not flex head. I can see the utility in small...

Like the group said, not an issue, wipe excess and put to use. The spring seems excessive, but it’s probably more for protection in shipping than lubrication in use. Good saw, enjoy!