pl_silverado
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I probably have about 50 snap-on ratchets in my box.....its those damn impulse purchases.
How many ratchets is enough?
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bobcatdan
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If you buy one ratchet a day for the rest of your life, it will not be enough. The only way to die with dignity is to be crushed to death under an avalanche of ratchets when you open the door to your ratchet storage unit.
RRmech
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If my wife KNEW how many ratchets I have?
I'd be at the bottom of the Rio Grande River, with ALL my ratchets duct-taped to my body.
Steve
I'd be at the bottom of the Rio Grande River, with ALL my ratchets duct-taped to my body.
Steve
woody 73
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I am so sure it must be a simple formula like:
One for every new occasion.
One ratchet for every socket.
One new ratchet for every time you get a hug.
one new ratchet for every good job that you have done.
one ratchet if you had a drink with your friends.
One if you just got_______by your wife/girlfriend/lover etc.
One for every time you went to an AA Meeting.
One for going to a place of Prayer.
One for being kind to strangers day.
One for just reading this post:
you can never have just one like the potato chip ad....
One for every new occasion.
One ratchet for every socket.
One new ratchet for every time you get a hug.
one new ratchet for every good job that you have done.
one ratchet if you had a drink with your friends.
One if you just got_______by your wife/girlfriend/lover etc.
One for every time you went to an AA Meeting.
One for going to a place of Prayer.
One for being kind to strangers day.
One for just reading this post:
you can never have just one like the potato chip ad....
Jeeper
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Thats funny
bobcatdan
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Last count, I'm somewhere around 65 ratchets or so. That said I don't own a 1/4" mac spinflex, sk roto ratchet, any wright, proto, only one armstrong and just one rhft craftsman. I'm only 28 and my best ratchet buying years are still ahead.
humpdawg
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For normal use- 10 sound like enough to me if you exclude torgue/angle wrenches.
T72, TF72, THLF72, RAT72
FHD80, FHLFD80, RAF80(maybe)
SH80A, SHF80A, SHLF80A
*ratchets i plan on buying* I already own the rest.
This list is just based off of my preferances. Ive only had 1 moment when an offest or bent handle would be perfect, I manage without, so they didnt make the list.
I dont like locking flex heads, and I rarely need to use my 3/8 ratchets.
I cant say anything for the round swivel heads bacause I've never used one.
T72, TF72, THLF72, RAT72
FHD80, FHLFD80, RAF80(maybe)
SH80A, SHF80A, SHLF80A
*ratchets i plan on buying* I already own the rest.
This list is just based off of my preferances. Ive only had 1 moment when an offest or bent handle would be perfect, I manage without, so they didnt make the list.
I dont like locking flex heads, and I rarely need to use my 3/8 ratchets.
I cant say anything for the round swivel heads bacause I've never used one.
BigAl62
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It's like "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop: 1,2,3,CRUNCH!" The world may NEVER know!!!!!!!!!!!! You can NEVER have too many ratchets!!!!!!!!!!!
zjrog
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Even with 12 or so, not counting breaker bars or torque wrenches, I "NEED" more. N+1 is a grand formula. I used to apply that to bicycles too...
Heavy Metal Doctor
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I think I have 5 or 6 for each drive size in all the various major styles - short straight, long flex head, long straight, along with the odd angle head / indexable head (like the top of OP's picture) and jump-size type (1/4 handle w/ 3/8 drive). I like having all my options availbalbe, but I'm too cheap to buy many extras of the same style just for the sake of collecting (my only weakness there is the old hard handle SO's). There are some are boubled up just from being part of a set, though.