A local tool/hardware/hydraulic fabrication shop is closing down and I have a chance to go tomorrow and buy out all the Wright Tools for what I think is a steal of a price. All of the tools are brand new. Some are not complete sets but most are. Includes tool boards, socket boards etc. plus many other things I am yet to find. I don't really need much (HA!!) and will likely flip most of what I get if anything. Just gauging the market for Wright Tools and well bragging a bit lol. I will of course post what/if anything I get. Here is a pic of just some of the stuff available.
Wright Tools
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terrapinwheeler
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I'd buy all of that in a heartbeat.
JRPAviator
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It is too bad another business is closing. On the other hand that is an amazing opportunity! Wright tools are excellent.
Crabman
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Looks like great stuff.
Wakefield
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It is a good brand. Think HJE is having some delay getting inventory. (HJE/Epstein's is a Wright dealer)
four.cycle
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Wright = premium quality.
3/4" drive socket sets = not selling on Ebay. (Probably the result of sellers ridiculous asking prices for heavily-used, greasy, sockets.)
I recently sold an almost new Wright 3/4" drive set to another member here - he got it for 1/4 the current retail price (including shipping)
just so I could get it out of my garage.
YMMV
3/4" drive socket sets = not selling on Ebay. (Probably the result of sellers ridiculous asking prices for heavily-used, greasy, sockets.)
I recently sold an almost new Wright 3/4" drive set to another member here - he got it for 1/4 the current retail price (including shipping)
just so I could get it out of my garage.
YMMV
Kscardsfan
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If you don’t buy it you’re insane. And I wish I could paw through it all for myself.
Man, I am jealous! I just checked Ebay and they seem to bring in pretty good money, but it's probably hit or miss. Back in the day, they didn't sell for very much. Now, if you're selling locally...I wouldn't get too excited. It takes a certain buyer to know what that stuff is.
seber
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There are people who will pay big for those boards even without the tools.
Kscardsfan
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Your hometown hardware store had a bunch of merchandise boards like that back in the day to help sell product. Now nobody uses good advertising like that anymore and they’re collectibles.
four.cycle
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^ There were just two "Thorsen" tool boards listed on Ebay day befor yesterday: (https://www.ebay.com/itm/265368149872)
and a solo "Thorsen Allied" board listed Sept. 4th (https://www.ebay.com/itm/114970786235)
You might want to keep an eye on those to get a feel for the "board" market, although Thorsen and Wright is apples and rutabagas, and that "Thorsen Allied" board might collect dust in that guy's garage until hell freezes over twice.
The shipping on those would be a killer.
On the sockets.... I'd bundle up sets and put them up with reasonable minimum bids and see what happens.
The 6400 ratchet (new) should easily fetch in the neighborhood of $80, but you're competing with online retailers who are willing to work on slim margins, so it might take some time.
Just my two cents.
and a solo "Thorsen Allied" board listed Sept. 4th (https://www.ebay.com/itm/114970786235)
You might want to keep an eye on those to get a feel for the "board" market, although Thorsen and Wright is apples and rutabagas, and that "Thorsen Allied" board might collect dust in that guy's garage until hell freezes over twice.
The shipping on those would be a killer.
On the sockets.... I'd bundle up sets and put them up with reasonable minimum bids and see what happens.
The 6400 ratchet (new) should easily fetch in the neighborhood of $80, but you're competing with online retailers who are willing to work on slim margins, so it might take some time.
Just my two cents.
quickfarms
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The set is sitting on top of my new, to me, snappy cabinet right now, it is waiting for me to give it a good cleaning before I put it away
let me know what you have in 3/4” and 1” drive and let’s make a deal
I would even be interested in the empty boards for the right price
Doylee4693
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Im with everyone else here, it wont sell fast.. gonna be sitting on it for awhile.
KnurledNut
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I believe Wright already offers their tool boards to the public, unlike some that only provide them for merchandisers.
So I went this morning and grabbed everything plus a few extras including the Hose Clamp racks and 2 Weatherhead cabinets. Super nice older guy who is retiring and selling the building. It's an old warehouse style building from the 1800's that was originally built to build trucks. There is a fabrication shop upstairs and all of the equipment is for sale and they will be having an auction soon. I unfortunately had to just throw everything in the car and run and need to sort it back out and see what I want to keep and sell. Most will likely be for sale. There's 13 boards and a lot of 3/4" and 1" sockets, impact sockets, ratchets, extensions etc. Also a lot of other stuff. Here's what I got:
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Kscardsfan
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That is absolutely amazing. Awesome score man.
Ton ton
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Nybodyman, you ****.
HAHA thanks. If I told you what I paid you'd really think I sucked.
four.cycle
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quickfarms said:
Hope it met with your expectations. Sorry about the oil - that mess is all on the P.O.
I called Wright yesterday and asked them if there was an "MSRP" on that set. The lady on the phone gave me a number just north of $2500.
finn
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Not sure where all of this Wright love comes from. I have two sets of Wright combination wrenches and don’t see anything special about them. In fact, they’re sort of clunky campared th some of my seventies SK combination wrenches.
What am I missing?
What am I missing?
Ton ton
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Wright is little hard to find @ a brick and mortar store. It's just a love for USA made wrenches.
demarpaint
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Nice score. I would have gone with a fist full of cash.
Kscardsfan
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For us poors, it’s a relatively cheap way to get Flank Drive or ASD technology in our hands without going to imports. And there’s something to be said about not having that knife edge handle like Snap On does.
finn
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Agree on the knife edge, but, overall, the Wright just don’t impress me.
The SnapOn, at least the ones I have, aren’t my favorite either
I hate you.
ThePostman
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13mm Wrightgrip 2.0 open end sees action all the time on inner tie rods for alignments. That long pattern Pittsburgh set and the wrights are alignment killers, and a torch.
msharley
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Hey NY,
Fantastic score...
I am still using some of the Wright Tools I purchased............(a real long time ago!)
Later, Mark
Fantastic score...
I am still using some of the Wright Tools I purchased............(a real long time ago!)
Later, Mark
ThePostman
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May I add 18mm too for alignments . The box end is strong, if not the strongest, in videos/tool **** I watched for research, the open end sheared off the head of the grade 8 bolt, along with the snap on, without bending. Only those two, did that, don't ask me who the competitors were. A common complaint is the marring of fasteners, I have found that to be rare. Sometimes, depending on the scenario, even something "simple", like the belt shield on a 2001 Northstar Cadillac DeVille, where only an open end works, if you get it to move, be happy, and replace the nut. At half the price, or even less, I have 7-24mm. I have been highly impressed with their performance
All for sale. Let me know if your in need of anything.I hate you.
boom10ful
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Do the weatherhead cabinets have weatherhead sockets?
There's a few miscellaneous items in there.
four.cycle
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Weatherhead was a line of brass fittings and such. My old man carried Weatherhead until about the mid-1960s - hundreds of little drawers filled with shiny little widgets.
msharley
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3baygarage
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Wow, that’s a nice load of stuff.
vssjim
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They were bought by Eaton and the name is going away after all the fall out from DANA failing as they owned Weatherhead
Yes. I just need to sort everything out. Send me a PM of anything you are looking for and I will let you know as soon as I have it sorted out. I hope to get it done this week if work doesn't get in the way.