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SullyZX2SR

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

I have...6. 4 in my toolbox in the garage (1 1/4", 2 3/8" and 1 1/2"), and 1 each in my truck and car tool kits. The only reason I have 2 3/8" ratchets in my garage is because you can't get the ratchet off the tensioner when you pull the serpentine belt off the car, so one is sacrificial for when I have to do that.
 

Jeeper

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

23

In roughly the order that I purchased them.
3 Craftsman Raised Panel
3 Sk Palm Controls
1 SK bent handle spark plug
1 Sk 3/8 stubby
3 JC Penny (made by SK, took them from my dad)
3 Armstrong Maxx Locking Flex
2 Gearwrench roto heads
1 Proto 3/4"
1 Matco 3/8" flex head sparkplug
1 Matco 8" 1/4"
3 Duralast (the 1/4 and 3/8 are flex. For loaning and travel)
1 Matco 15" 1/2"
 

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

19 or so. My favorites are the long handle Armstrongs and the gearwrench roto head ratchets.
 

Olafur

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

1/4 - 4
3/8 - 5
3/8&1/2 - 1
1/2 - 4
3/4 - 1
=15

Didn't know I had that many. :headscrat
 

adamsredlines

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

22 actual ratchets
3 thumbwheel ratchets
3 socket adapters to turn ratchet wrenches into ratchets

28 if combined.
 

archirelic

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

17 Ratchets total

1/2 - 3
3/8 - 10
1/4 - 4

My go to ratchet is oddly enough a 3/8 Stanley pearhead quick release...it's never let me down after years of use. I've just recently added two F80s within the past couple months so I might start putting them through the paces to see what the love's all about!!
 

sumner52000

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

Last count was about 60. I sold off a few so i'm guessing about 50 now. Most of mine are pawn shop, flea market or garage sale finds. I only purchased a few of them new.
 

Trey T

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

1/4" two
3/8" three
1/2" one

I'm keeping things simple and gets all my jobs done and get on with my life
 

Jim C.

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

A total of eight.
 
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rsanter

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

fewer now that my psycho Xwife stole a bunch of them to feed her drug habit

bob
 

Danglerb

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

Weird thread, part way through I was thinking, oh yeah I've got one of those too, and upping my ratchet count, but by the end I was thinking, I really need a few more ratchets ...

Stubby swivel head 1/4 drive HF maybe most used.
Stubby flex head 1/4 drive (POS $6 for set of 3) HF, a lot, maybe hoping to see it die.
Long handle soft grip 80 tooth flex head 3/8 Snapon when I need more torque.
25" extra long handle flex head 1/2 drive Titan, when I need a lot more torque.
Tiny Mactech or MicroTech 1/4 drive, when I don't use the first two.

Tiny Rotating handle 1/4 drive SR14 EZRed, new still playing with it at my desk.

Dozen or so backup ratchets, some collected just to have, some preferred for infrequent tasks, some I'm waiting to play with. I tend to use a wrench or impact in a lot of cases where I might otherwise use a 1/2 drive ratchet, so the big ratchets don't see a lot of use.
 
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JSBriggs

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

1/4" - 4
3/8" - 12
1/2" - 4

Total - 20

4 of them need to be reworked or rebuilt.

-Jeff
 

Outlawmws

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

Eleven in the "main" box (Counting four "wrist ratchets), five in "road boxes" and two in the "Vintage/antique box". so eighteen that I can find...

Two go to ratchets: a Snap-On 3/8 swivel head, and a rare double sided Proto 3/8 and 1/2 in a long handle 3/8 handle.

Great idea for a thread!
 

franzdom

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

I'm with canuckian, especially since most of mine are some sort of F80.
 

GTO

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

Around 14 total.(95% SO)
My favorite is my FL80
 

byoungblood

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

1/4 - 5 (one is a old Snap On converted from 9/32 drive)
3/8 - 5
1/2 - 4

14 split between two toolboxes, and I'm still looking for more for some reason...
 

rocco

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

around 38 if i don't count the ratchet/socket sets in my truck, trailer, cars and at work here. Then add another 15 or so.
 

GoodoleBoy

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

I have two Duplicate/similars I have For the main garage socket set on each size 1/4, 3/8 1/2. Of those sets are the ratchets that came with Husky/stanley taiwan set that work great and came with my instal 338 piece mechanics tool set. the extras are S&K, sears, and Blackhawk i picked up used.

As for specialty flex head, long handles ect. I have zero to one for each size.

My portable tool kits and boxes and bags get one ratchet per drive size.

I buy alot of good USA ones but usually sell em here on the board. I cant talk myself into keeping them having a $30-$40 ratchet sitting on the shelf with no chance of being used when I need to saveup and buy a compressor for the front garage for my wife to air up tires.
 
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sumner52000

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

Last count was about 60. I sold off a few so i'm guessing about 50 now. Most of mine are pawn shop, flea market or garage sale finds. I only purchased a few of them new.



It's raining off and on so i can't get the grass mowed. So i decided to take a count. Looks like I was off in my first post. These are the ones i could find. Probably a few others somewhere. Hopefully I will find more this weekend.

3/4 -2
1/2- 21
3/8- 30
1/4- 15

Total 68
 

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dankicksass

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

How many ratchets? I lost count but I think it's around 50-60. My father looked at one of my boxes the other day and asked me why I had so many of the same ratchet in there. I think the drawer he looked in has twelve, it's little.
 

ndoran

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Re: How many ratchets do you own ?

1/4 in drive: 10
3/8 in drive: 10
1/3 in drive: 9
3/4 in drive: 1

Total: 30

guess I need another 1/2 in to make the numbers even on the main drive. The 3/4 ratchet and socket set started when I owned a truck
 
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