Two Door Tuesday Lets See Them Two Doors

[EvilJim1971]

I saw a video where a mechanic claimed Snap-on requires use of impact drivers with their Torx bits, and will not warranty twisted or broken bits if a ratchet is used. So I was going to research that statement and HOLY SCHNIKIES!!!! $501.00 FOR A STANDARD TORX BIT SET! OMG! I thought $350 (minus some discounts and points) was expensive for the branded Bronco roll-up tool kit. Geez Louise, no wonder professional mechanics get super sensitive about people being in their box.

BTW, I was unable to verify or disprove the statement about impact drivers.

There is a reason I refer to the Snap On truck as the R@pe Van.

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[ThunderFlash]

There is a reason I refer to the Snap On truck as the R@pe Van.

I knew they were very proud of their tools and priced to show it, but that is out of hand!

 

[Valhalla]

I have never had one question asked with a Snap-On warranty.

 

[ThunderFlash]

I have never had one question asked with a Snap-On warranty.

Nor should they. I'd say mechanics are buying at least 5 complete sets (including a reasonable profit on each of the 5 sets) when they pay for the first set.

 

[VoltageDrop]

A day late but here's one I like of @66GT from Monday's PNW Broncos run

 

[NORCALGXP]

For removing
… think they are actually better than a ratchet… because you will keep pressure on the bolt keeping the insert against the bottom.

Hopefully people clean the hole first.

I love a clean hole.

 

[Q1svt]

I love a clean hole.

… guess you haven’t turned 50 yet.

A whole different level than doc saying ‘son let your elbows hit the table’. ;^)

 

[Valhalla]

Nor should they. I'd say mechanics are buying at least 5 complete sets (including a reasonable profit on each of the 5 sets) when they pay for the first set.

I was a mechanic for a while, a big part of why you use professional tools is professional service. You buy the tools for your whole career of work. you break one or have issues they come to you and rebuild or replace on the spot. No charge. when you use tools 10+ hours a day this quickly becomes dollars and cents. Snap on owns Stanley tools black & decker, that is their regular joe line. Matco outsources most of their line. Mac is also Stanley Black and decker.

 

[zuke]

I was a mechanic for a while, a big part of why you use professional tools is professional service. You buy the tools for your whole career of work. you break one or have issues they come to you and rebuild or replace on the spot. No charge. when you use tools 10+ hours a day this quickly becomes dollars and cents. Snap on owns Stanley tools black & decker, that is their regular joe line. Matco outsources most of their line. Mac is also Stanley Black and decker.

This ^^^^^^^^^

As a hobbiest typically it's not worth the cost for Snap-Ons quality and service, especially the service, when I can run anywhere and buy a replacement for a Craftsmen torx bit that breaks, But I have a few Snap-On tools that are worth the cost because of the time lost if I use a crappy tool...

The Biggest being all my line wrenches are Snap-On.... Cuz there's nothing more frustrating then rounding off a brake line fitting on a hard line you can't buy replacement for easily.

 

[Valhalla]

The Biggest being all my line wrenches are Snap-On.... Cuz there's nothing more frustrating then rounding off a brake line fitting on a hard line you can't buy replacement for easily.

And they all said! "AMEN"

 

[ThunderFlash]

I was a mechanic for a while, a big part of why you use professional tools is professional service. You buy the tools for your whole career of work. you break one or have issues they come to you and rebuild or replace on the spot. No charge. when you use tools 10+ hours a day this quickly becomes dollars and cents. Snap on owns Stanley tools black & decker, that is their regular joe line. Matco outsources most of their line. Mac is also Stanley Black and decker.

This ^^^^^^^^^

As a hobbiest typically it's not worth the cost for Snap-Ons quality and service, especially the service, when I can run anywhere and buy a replacement for a Craftsmen torx bit that breaks, But I have a few Snap-On tools that are worth the cost because of the time lost if I use a crappy tool...

The Biggest being all my line wrenches are Snap-On.... Cuz there's nothing more frustrating then rounding off a brake line fitting on a hard line you can't buy replacement for easily.

I totally understand the importance of having the highest quality, most reliable tool possible for a professional mechanic vs a hack like me in my garage. It's their lively hood/career and many tools get used day in/day out...or for a manufacturing company, it might be their production and revenue stream. A single tool might see several thousands of cycles per day, every day. I worked designing tools for aerospace which is on whole different cost level and that Snap-on mark-up shocked me! At $100 for that set, I would have thought, "Wow, Snap-on is really bending the mechanics of the world over!" In fact, I was getting angry about it yesterday while walking my dogs. For the service aspect, it BETTER come with a "happy ending" everytime something gets warrantied.

As a side note, Wikipedia suggests that Snap-on has an agreement with Lowes for some portion of the Kobalt line. I'm guessing that AIN'T $500 12-pc Torx bit sets.

 

[zuke]

As a side note, Wikipedia suggests that Snap-on has an agreement with Lowes for some portion of the Kobalt line. I'm guessing that AIN'T $500 12-pc Torx bit sets.

That's interesting, a lot of the hand tools and battery tools I use are Kobalt, mainly cause I have a lowes literally 500ft from my shop....

While I'd say all the Kobalt tools I have are "Better" Quality, I can't think of any that I would say are exceptional.

 

[Oldhippie]

I was gonna do a long post basically to say tools is tools…get what works for you…honestly I have not broken many tools in my 50 years in the business…but sure there is some junk to stay away from and snap-on stuff sure is “pretty…my bronco bag is full of HF stuff I hope to never use…

 

[Iowa Hawkeye]

All of my mechanic friends have a few Harbor Freight tools in their arsenal, one friend is a former Snap On dealer, I rib him when I see some HB utensils

 

[ThunderFlash]

All of my mechanic friends have a few Harbor Freight tools in their arsenal, one friend is a former Snap On dealer, I rib him when I see some HB utensils

HF has upped their game. Even the super cheap stuff seems better than 20 years ago, but the Icon tools can be pretty damn nice.

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