3/4 " ratchet price.

[Ton ton]

H.D. Supply has a 3/4" Wright ratchet for $149.50. Is that the going price?

 

[81turbota]

Sounds like full retail. Zoro tools via EBay has brand new Wright 6400 for $115 shipped.

 

[Ton ton]

Thanks,81turbota.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

Having more than a passing familiarly with 3/4" ratchets, mostly company supplied ,I'll offer an opinion . Any time you use one, it's heavy work. After almost losing my life when a Westward slipped, for work, it's Proto or Gray, period. At home I bought an ITC, on sale, a Taiwanese clone of the Proto, since I'm not up high, merely working on a Jeep or a trailer, it's good'nuff.

Care to elaborate?

 

[Downwindtracker 2]

We were installing wear plates on conveyor chute for at a coal mine. The conveyor went across country , I think it was over 20 KM. This chute was where one conveyor dumped into another one. I was at the top on some marginal scaffolding when the ratchet slipped. It was close, and scared the **** out of me. We had another ratchet, a Proto.

 

[Ton ton]

Thanks for the story, down wind tracker

 

[crane operator]

I don't believe the cost of a 3/4" ratchet is significant enough to worry about things like: if the tool breaks, where does it get warrantied?




I don't foresee you breaking any 3/4" ratchet anvil or gear. These ratchets can easily take 1000 ft*lbs without failure. I don't see the reason for worry? Are you consistently breaking these things? Bruce Banner, is that you?


r.

Not bruce banner, but I've done in some ratchets.

Installing new stuff isn't where the big stuff gets broken. Just because you haven't broken one, doesn't mean it can't be done. I've broken several 3/4", I've unfortunately ended two 1" ratchets, thankfully without anyone getting hurt.

I have the long handled wright in 3/4" drive, and the short handled wright ratchet in 1" drive. Nothing but good to say on both. The long handle one in 3/4" is really nice- saves some monkeying around with the 2' cheater pipe. The sk is really good too.

Don't cheap out on a big ratchet. It isn't that much more $ for a good one.

 

[Ton ton]

Thanks, crane operator.

 

[Ton ton]

Since there's a member on garage journal looking for a 3/4" drive ratchet , I decided to bump this thread. Old thread Nazis please ignore. It's not my intention to get you ticked off.

 

[sparky 1971]

Since there's a member on garage journal looking for a 3/4" drive ratchet , I decided to bump this thread. Old thread Nazis please ignore. It's not my intention to get you ticked off.

Did you ever get one? I'm thinking about getting a new old stock SK from Harry Epstein since they are $135. I don't need one, but am intrigued by the fact that it's 72 tooth. I have three other 3/4 ratchets and don't know if they have 72 teeth combined.

 

[Ton ton]

I did buy an SK 3/4" drive about a year and a half ago. I paid $150 for it. Not from Harry Epstein unfortunately. I mostly use a craftsman 3/4" drive ratchet because of it's long handle. My SK is a backup ratchet. I do have warranty support for the craftsman ratchet. But the craftsman is not my favorite, more of a street club. LOL.

 

[BarrelRoll]

I have a gearwrench 19" 3/4" quick release ratchet at work. It's held up fine the couple times I used it though feels like chinesum. My 3/4" breaker bar is Icon and it's a nice bar for the money. I almost never use a normal length ratchet on 3/4" stuff, usually it's coming off with an impact, breaker bar, or we have 1 particular job we do with the shop's extendo handle 3/4" ratchet. Unless you find yourself really needing a 3/4" ratchet a lot I wouldn't break the bank buying one. I'm not sure which brand our 3/4" extendo ratchet is though I'd look into one of them instead of a standard ratchet. If I was to do it all over again I'd buy the same ratchet and breaker bar though this will really depend on what you are doing with your 3/4" stuff.

 

[Bockscar]

Did you ever get one? I'm thinking about getting a new old stock SK from Harry Epstein since they are $135. I don't need one, but am intrigued by the fact that it's 72 tooth. I have three other 3/4 ratchets and don't know if they have 72 teeth combined.

Sounds like my Aunts and Uncles....My dad has 7 brothers and sisters and they were all having dinner with the spouses as well....someone made a joke that between them all they was lucky to have one full set of teeth

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

I only am interested in a new ratchet. Not someone elses under-lubed worn-out piece of junk.

They are not hard to inspect. My Plomb was $20, and about that much fuel driving to San Francisco to get it. One of the screws was wrong, but no sign of wear, it works perfect.

 

[MarkH]

X2 on Craftsman, not sure how someone could break a 3/4" drive ratchet.

12 foot cheater bar with 2 guys on it. 20 foot with one. Over those sizes that is the range for 1 or more inch drive tools. We usually use the industrial brands. We seem to break less. We seldom warranty we know the abuse we give a tool.

 

[Steve_P]

I said this in another thread, but, with a long enough pipe, the handle on the 3/4 SK will bend before the ratchet mechanism fails.

 

[Firebrick43]

Did you ever get one? I'm thinking about getting a new old stock SK from Harry Epstein since they are $135. I don't need one, but am intrigued by the fact that it's 72 tooth. I have three other 3/4 ratchets and don't know if they have 72 teeth combined.

I would personally skip the SK. They bend the handles up near the head pretty commonly. The only two I have found worth a damn for heavy work is the snapon or wrights with the 42" handles. I have broken macs, protos, craftsman, and armstrong. And bent the SK. Seen several on ebay with bent handles as well. Plus they are only 18" or so long, way to short for a 3/4 ratchet.

 

[sk farmer]

I said this in another thread, but, with a long enough pipe, the handle on the 3/4 SK will bend before the ratchet mechanism fails.

i won't say that the handle won't bend as long as you don't say that the mechanism won't fail. i grenaded the whole head of an sk ratchet that was in very good condition. split the head open and mangled all of the little bits. shitcanned the guts of a proto on the same job.

never, ever underestimate the amount and type of damage that can be done with a cylindrical handle extender.

 

[Steve_P]

Ok, well my handle bent ~15* .... I guess there is some variation

 

[Ton ton]

There's a Williams ratchet 3/4 " drive and a 3/4" SK breaker bar listed in garage journal classifieds currently in case anyone is interested.

 

[lentuk]

I got this 3/4 bundle off e bay for $75.00 shipped.

 

[dnschmidt]

This is sort of a weird situation. The length of a standard 3/4" drive ratchet is considerably shorter than that of a long 1/2" ratchet and the primary need for a 3/4" drive ratchet is torque enhancement due to lever arm length. TOPTUL makes an extendable 3/4" drive ratchet that goes out to 31 inches. Check this out: https://www.toptul.com/en/product-3...ith-Adjustable-Tube-Handle-Quick-Release.html

 

[mike93lx]

This is sort of a weird situation. The length of a standard 3/4" drive ratchet is considerably shorter than that of a long 1/2" ratchet and the primary need for a 3/4" drive ratchet is torque enhancement due to lever arm length. TOPTUL makes an extendable 3/4" drive ratchet that goes out to 31 inches. Check this out: https://www.toptul.com/en/product-3...ith-Adjustable-Tube-Handle-Quick-Release.html

I don't know if I need this more or less than the carbon/Ti ratchet, but I want both

 

[Professional Tool User]

I would personally skip the SK. They bend the handles up near the head pretty commonly. The only two I have found worth a damn for heavy work is the snapon or wrights with the 42" handles. I have broken macs, protos, craftsman, and armstrong. And bent the SK. Seen several on ebay with bent handles as well. Plus they are only 18" or so long, way to short for a 3/4 ratchet.

i won't say that the handle won't bend as long as you don't say that the mechanism won't fail. i grenaded the whole head of an sk ratchet that was in very good condition. split the head open and mangled all of the little bits. shitcanned the guts of a proto on the same job.

never, ever underestimate the amount and type of damage that can be done with a cylindrical handle extender.

The SK is one of the highest tooth count USA made 3/4 ratchets out there. I never had any issues with using a cheater pipe on mine. The only real downside is that the teeth on the inside wall of the head will eventually wear out and you can't rebuild.