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fleetcomm

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Here is mine
 

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rees1312

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I admire your love for sockets guys!

Granted you lot clearly use these tools day in day out. But how many of you buy because your just addicted to filling that section of the box up a little more?
 

crewchief888

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pic from a couple years ago
3/8" & 1/2" dr sockets in my service truck.

1/4" & 3/4" dr is stashed elsewhere in the truck


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Updated cart. Since moving out of my main box.
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fleetcomm

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I admire your love for sockets guys!

Granted you lot clearly use these tools day in day out. But how many of you buy because your just addicted to filling that section of the box up a little more?

I have been a mechanic for 34 years and over the years you need to have 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4, shallow, standard, mid depth, and deep, metric, standard, British standard (I had a girlfriend with an MG), 6 point, 12 piont , suare drive, tap sockets, torx, torx+, inverted torx,,allen spline drive, extra deep sockets, oil sending sockets, impact sockets, flex sockets or universal, standard, metric and torx, and shock socket.
 
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crewchief888

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I have been a mechanic for 34 years and over the years you need to have shallow, standard, mid depth, and deep, metric, standard, British standard (I had a girlfriend with an MG), 6 point, 12 piont , suare drive, tap sockets, torx, torx+, inverted torx,,allen spline drive, extra deep sockets, oil sending sockets, impact sockets, flex sockets or universal, standard, metric and torx, and shock socket.

^^ what he said....


and you can easily double the amount by having a set of tools at work, and another set at home.....


:beer:
 

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Had to ditch the hansen trays, ran out of room with my drawer size. 2 sets missing but whatever.

 

crewchief888

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Man, you need to put that box out of its misery!

it's in good shape for being 15 years old, and spending over 10 years in several different service trucks :rocker:


it's been "revised and reconfigured" once again.

i cut out the heavily damaged bottom drawer, and frame, built an angle iron & tube frame for it. removed the lid and it's now mounted on a lyons 3 drawer mid box.

this set up gave me some much needed space for my 3/4" dr sockets, crowsfeet, and some flexiblity to spread out the load of larger, heavier & bulky tools

should last a few more years....:bounce:

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ninjamunky85

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Nothing compared to some of the sets shown, but it is the most colorful. lol :)



+ the go thru's

 
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it's in good shape for being 15 years old, and spending over 10 years in several different service trucks :rocker:


it's been "revised and reconfigured" once again.

i cut out the heavily damaged bottom drawer, and frame, built an angle iron & tube frame for it. removed the lid and it's now mounted on a lyons 3 drawer mid box.

this set up gave me some much needed space for my 3/4" dr sockets, crowsfeet, and some flexiblity to spread out the load of larger, heavier & bulky tools

should last a few more years....:bounce:

:beer:

That looks a lot better.
 

crewchief888

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That looks a lot better.

and serves it's purpose.

i think i got my moneys worth out of it. :D


service truck use is hard on any toolbox, overloaded drawers, and constant shifting loads will destroy a box very quickly

i've been in and out of service trucks for about 1/2 the time i've been wrenching.

i'm in my 4th truck in 10 years at this dealership.


:beer:
 
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Buster21

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First pic: the set in the foreground, are those sticker wraps, or did the sockets come with the red ring?

Those are called Tool Tags. I got them from the Eastwood company probably 20 years ago. I saw them on a show called Shadetree Mechanic. You can see the 10mm is starting to wear off. I've tried getting some more but can no longer find them.

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Picture is a few months old. Added some more since then. Several other torx and Allen sets in another drawer, but they don't fit in this one.


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Tredeh

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Bought some new sockets today from sears for me black toolbox. Spent 45 bucks, not bad
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So these are all the sockets I got (minus the sets I keep in my pickup)-
In my toolbox:
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In my black portable tool box
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BK13

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Those are called Tool Tags. I got them from the Eastwood company probably 20 years ago. I saw them on a show called Shadetree Mechanic. You can see the 10mm is starting to wear off. I've tried getting some more but can no longer find them.

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Cool, thanks, man. Bummer you can't find them any more.
 

6brzina

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That's my work setup. I also have a 1/4" blue point set and a craftsman pass thru set I keep in my truck.
 

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There are some impressive collections in here!

Here is my set. I have a half dozen triple square and hex bits to buy, but then I just need to fill out my axle nut sockets and 3/4" drive.
 

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Ok boys, ya gone and made me do it. I broke out all the arsenal today with the exception of what I keep in my truck. I know it's still not gonna win any awards, but I just had too :p

First the Williams 3/4 set, 7/8-2 3/8 and some misc SK metric stuff I got on sale. I wish I could fit these into the SAE drawer, but it just doesn't work at this time.

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Ya I know it's a waste of space but it does the job for now

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The - I really take decent care of this stuff.......or at least try too ;)

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The pre-rec pass through set, in twenty years I can only remember using it a couple of times, but damn it, I got one. lol

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Most of the misc mobile sets. Funny part is that little 1/4" Stanley unit is a really nice set.

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My all time personal fav, even though I forget I own it when it would have come in handy. I present to you, The Williams Palmster. Every man should..................well ok I guess we do anyhow, but this one is mechanical, so the wife puts up with it.

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And sorry for the duplicate pic's. But the last ones had several sockets out and about and the pics looked extra crappy. So if you guys don't mind, I'd like to take another shot at it. Thanks!

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The total mess one, but everything is 12 point, I just got to finish up a few. Thankfully most of these are SK's

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K, I'm spent and got nothing from this point forwards.
 
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Askme42

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Most certainly still a growing set. Tool cart chromes 1/4,3/8,1/2. Few hex and torx also. All of it is SK


Sk 1/2 impact metric

And 204 piece dewalt as my travel/junkyard set.
 
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abvw

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Chrome 1/4" and 3/8"
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3/8" and 1/2" impacts
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