Sioux air tools?
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low_dakota94
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Destroyed both there 1/4" and 3/8" black handled air ratchets. Went Ingersoll rand and haven't had any problems yet.
espyking83
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They're top notch from what I've seen from them. As mentioned above, IR is a good choice as well. Have one of their air drills and it's done everything I've asked it to.
mailpup
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As far as I know, Sioux Tools are owned by Snap-on. I don't have any so I can't tell you anything else about them.
low_dakota94
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That was just my experience with two ratchets I had, a few friends of mine swear by them and have really good things to say about them.
vssjim
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Sioux tools was a great company in years past then snap on bought them and only cared about what they wanted out of them. Thirty years ago every thing they made was very well made and top of the line after S-O you need to look at the stuff real hard to see if it's cheapy import or ok made for SO stuff that is middle of the road quality at a lot of cost for what you get.
ZRX61
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Yup, the pre-Snap-On stuff is great quality.
Not for nothing but Snap-On actually rescued them from going out of business. Their import stuff is pretty much limited to their "Force" line. I have an air hammer that I purchased about a year ago and its excellent quality. Pretty happy with my Snap-On die grinders as well which are made in the same facilities.
bsaint
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Sioux, Dynabrade, Dotco - best brands.
AV tinker er
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Best Air motors, IMHO, out there. I have burned up two, I oiled daily, in a few years.
I haven't had as good a luck with IR as I did in the 80s-90s I got 2 Sioux 3/8" impacts from feebay (2 for 1 deal) last week Not as powerful as the old S-O 3/8 gun I used to have and wore out horribly after many years (no S/O guy no more so that gun went to scrap otherwise I'd have sent it in for overhaul) these are Japan which I'm a bit disappointed about I was hoping for USA made. seems like every gun that I have ever tied with these guns' style F-R lever (rotating dial on back face of gun, no numbers for reverse but 1-2-3 for forward) has been less powerful than the push pin style where you push the lever towards center (from either side of case) for direction change
but so far these 2 Sioux guns don't seem "bad"
On 1/2" GUNS; I have had a couple of instances where my S/o gun would struggle so I borrowed my co workers' impact... the IR "Titanium" was very weak in comparison and so was the other guy's Matco
still need to replace my 1/4" air ratchet (MAC that I wore the snot out of) and my long barrel air hammer due to age and over use another case of IR going to $#!t I have a tired Matco that will still out chisel the last 2 new I-R air hammers I have bought... but still not as good as the S/O one I had and wore out, before my current Matco one
if I can find Sioux for a decent price I thought I'd try theirs out too along w/ the 3/8 impacts
I did just get me a 1/4 air ratchet from Feebay, a S/O still waiting on Pony Express...
but so far these 2 Sioux guns don't seem "bad"
On 1/2" GUNS; I have had a couple of instances where my S/o gun would struggle so I borrowed my co workers' impact... the IR "Titanium" was very weak in comparison and so was the other guy's Matco
still need to replace my 1/4" air ratchet (MAC that I wore the snot out of) and my long barrel air hammer due to age and over use another case of IR going to $#!t I have a tired Matco that will still out chisel the last 2 new I-R air hammers I have bought... but still not as good as the S/O one I had and wore out, before my current Matco one
if I can find Sioux for a decent price I thought I'd try theirs out too along w/ the 3/8 impacts
I did just get me a 1/4 air ratchet from Feebay, a S/O still waiting on Pony Express...
Jbizzle
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We used a lot of Sioux at the last hangar I was working in. Great tools but out of my price range. We also used Pan American tools. I liked them so much I bought some of their stuff. I don't know the COO? Here is their link check them out.
http://www.panamericantool.com
http://www.panamericantool.com
Jbizzle
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Actually was checking out their website and it looks like Pan American Tools are made in Florida! This is from their website...
"NOVA®Pneumatic Tools
Pan American Tool manufactures our own complete line of high-quality, competitively priced aerospace pneumatic drills and fastening aircraft tools for the aviation and aerospace industries. If quality, longevity and outstanding performance are important to you—and they should be—then Nova pneumatic aircraft tools, designed and built by our engineers to demanding NAS specifications, should be in your toolbox.
The drill housing is milled from one piece of solid stock for precision operation. Nova tools are made with hardened alloy gears and have heat-treated closed-case bearings top and bottom with a one-piece, hardened spindle-gear.
The drills are equipped with a rear exhaust with bronze muffler and hardened alloy-steel planetary gears, motor cylinder and rotor, with grease fittings in the motor housing and head."
"NOVA®Pneumatic Tools
Pan American Tool manufactures our own complete line of high-quality, competitively priced aerospace pneumatic drills and fastening aircraft tools for the aviation and aerospace industries. If quality, longevity and outstanding performance are important to you—and they should be—then Nova pneumatic aircraft tools, designed and built by our engineers to demanding NAS specifications, should be in your toolbox.
The drill housing is milled from one piece of solid stock for precision operation. Nova tools are made with hardened alloy gears and have heat-treated closed-case bearings top and bottom with a one-piece, hardened spindle-gear.
The drills are equipped with a rear exhaust with bronze muffler and hardened alloy-steel planetary gears, motor cylinder and rotor, with grease fittings in the motor housing and head."