Nice 3/4" drive find on EBAY

[John Galt]

Price for this 3/4" drive General Service Set set on Snap-on's website with shipping & tax is 3,370.72.

Picked it up on EBAY for $1250.00 last week. Listed as "used" but looks new. The largest socket (2-3/8) is as big as a coffee cup. This set weighs 85lbs.

Not exactly sure what i'll do with a socket the size of a coffee cup but you just never know

 

[Thedroid]

Very nice.

 

[Big Bad Jon]

You ****!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Big Bad Jon]

By the way "who is John Galt"?

 

[wreckercologist]

Congrats on the 3/4" set. It's the best you can buy IMO. I love mine but don't use it much. I find the sockets get used more on the hydraulic press more than on the end of a ratchet! LOL!

You never know, now that you have one you might finds ways to use it.

 

[Art From De Leon]

By the way "who is John Galt"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt

 

[jdcompman]

Avatar = WOW!! Love it! Oh yeah... That Rat set is a killer deal! Good score!

 

[alex71]

Good deal at 1250, if you need it... do you work on buses, or heavy equipment, or something of that sort?

 

[elect]

Yep you ****!!

 

[vc-onthepc]

Start a new job in heavy truck and bus repair ....some eaton / rockwell and meritor axles use the 2 3/8 socket to hold the pinion nut on ...

 

[speed bump]

I would say its an okay deal I passed on a set of 3/4 drive SO sockets up to 2 1/2" with Proto and Armstrong drive tools last year for $300.

Big industrial stuff can be had pretty cheaply at auctions and off CL so I would of waited until one came along for a more reasonable price. Also what are you doing with it? 3/4" drive is pretty much the standard size we use at work and almost all of the $40 chinese sets we have are still holding up fine.

 

[isr2kba]

That's an awesome set! It makes me drool to see it there! If I could afford it, I would even pay retail off the truck. Congrats on a great deal.

That said, I have the equivalent Craftsman set which I probably paid 400 all-in for. That was probably 5 years ago. They don't get tremendous use, but when they do, usually I use them with an impact wrench and they hold up very well.

As another poster said, they do get more use on the hydraulic press than removing large fasteners.

 

[John Galt]

Good deal at 1250, if you need it... do you work on buses, or heavy equipment, or something of that sort?

Nah... I'm a prepper - one of those guys with 1200 cans of Beanie Weenie's in the basement.

I'm getting these "just in case".

Hopefully I'll never need to use them

 

[isr2kba]

Nah... I'm a prepper - one of those guys with 1200 cans of Beanie Weenie's in the basement.

I'm getting these "just in case".

Hopefully I'll never need to use them

I'm not sure what a "Beanie Weenie" is, but by the sound of it, I would not want to be stuck in a bunker with you and those 1200 cans.

 

[toolnut]

That's a sweet set! Great deal! Years ago I was looking through a tool flyer debating on which overseas 3/4" drive set I was going to buy. Never knew when I was going to need it but wanted one. I think at the time the cheapest one was about $159. So I kept looking really wanting a USA set. Than this retired garage owner /mechanic said he would hook me up with a set for $100. I thought what was I going for $100??
Than he showed up with this>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Of course I offered him more $ but he wouldn't take it.....

Eventually I'll add some more sockets. It's a 17 piece William's that goes from 1 1/16 to 2".

 

[The Rusty Gear]

Nah... I'm a prepper - one of those guys with 1200 cans of Beanie Weenie's in the basement.

I'm getting these "just in case".

Hopefully I'll never need to use them

Wow, I hope all your other preps are in place! $1250 buys alot of "Beans, Bullets & Band-aids"!

 

[Big Bad Jon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt

"Who is John Galt?" was the opening line to Atlas Shrugged. It was repeated numerous times throughout the 1300+ page book. Sorry it was a lame excuse of trying to be funny.