I don't think there's any reason to own so many different ratchets that they have to worry about how to organize them. Sockets, extensions, wrenches etc. are a whole other story.
To each his own, I suppose. I don't have near as many ratchets as some folks here do. Including breaker bars, t-handles, torque wrenches, a speed handle, a spinner and a thumb ratchet I currently have 17 in my box at work. Could my job be done with less? Absolutely, but each ratchet has a specific purpose to make my work as efficient as possible. It works for me. I find new ratchets all the time, but by now it's rare that I find one that isn't somehow redundant, and in that case they end up in my extremely cluttered box at home, or for sale.
I'm not an auto mechanic. I work on machines, so my box is set up differently than most I see here. 3/4, 1/2, and 3/8 sockets are in the top compartment, organized by drive size. The most commonly used ratchets are packed tightly between my rows of sockets. Next drawer is 1/4 and all 1/4 drive tools, plus torque wrenches. There are of course separate drawers for pliers, screwdrivers, wrenches (etc), but other than that, the rest of my box, you might say, is designed 'job-specifically'. I doubt such a set-up would work for an auto-mechanic who must be prepared for anything, but in my line of work I usually know how most breakdowns will play out. Keeping the tools necessary to knock out a job all together makes my work that much quicker and more efficient.
