thats the law here in Cali too.. but in other states it isn't. if you are caught with lock picking tools and aren't a licensed locksmith you can be fined .

 

****- he can probably buy that Husky tool 10 times before he reaches the price of one Snap On

 

its the fact the you have too that bothers me

 

way I see it is I hit home depot every other week or so anyhow.



Who has one of a tool anyhow? I have spares of everything

 

Yeah, I've probably got at least two of most of the commonly-used stuff. Something like a 3/8 ratchet I've probably got three or four by now. Most of my stuff is Craftsman. I recognize that Snap-On is better, but I could never justify paying that much for tools.



I think my air impact wrench is Husky. Looks pretty, except for where it's been slid across the concrete floor in my garage. Works great. Nice tool.



Just a couple weeks ago I needed a 3/4" thinwall socket to get the flexplate off a SBC. Ended up tearing up the bolt heads with the Craftsman, but I got them out. One of these days I'll get some thinwall sockets.

 

Like I said for the most part it's hard to warrant the extra expense, but there are a few things like ratchets I don't waste my time on. I prolly burned through 5 or 6 crapsman **** *** pushbutton ratchets and i've NEVER fucked up one of my strap ons. same with sockets, i've busted the side out on one 1/4 inch drive strapon socket, i've busted dozens of crapsman sockets. The strapon guy also came by the hanger every other day at a minimum, so as a matter of convenience if you lost something, needed something or needed something replaced it was nice. I know smaller auto shops don't have that advantage, but it was damn nice.

 

I don't have any husky air tools, but I work with a guy who has all husky air tools, and he beats the **** out of them on a daily basis. I remember when he got that **** new, about 3 years or so ago, day in day out, beats them up. And husky costs easily 1/4 of the price.



Husky's 1/2" drive air impact can take a beating, I'm impressed. Doesn't have the same output torque, but it doesn't matter. Not everybody needs 500 ft/lbs break force. It's not that far off anyways, the one he has is probably 400. I've only ran into a couple situations where his gun couldn't break free something that my snap-on could. At that point anyways you could add a little heat and get the same effect. That husky gun can twist up 7/8" thread (1-1/8" head) bolts for truck shocks no sweat. That's pretty huge for any automotive application, so you'd be in the clear for anything.



I really can't believe the quality/cost of husky's pneumatic tools. I thought it wouldn't last as long as my snappy, but it definately does.

 

I dunno about husky, but snap on and craftsman are Ingersoll Rand. You can go to (of all places) harbor freight and buy the IR branded for about half the price of the craftsman and even cheaper then the snapon, same specs. I've had an IR 650lb Revers Torue wrench for 10 years, it shows some serious use, but it still works as new. I wouldn't be suprised if the husky air tools are made by IR too, but I dunno.



Also all the toolboxes I've ran accross including home depot's, snapon, craftsman, etc... no matter how different they look if you look closely on the bottom back there is a stamp which will say "Waterloo Industries" so far i haven''t found a major brand that isn't made by waterloo

 

Home depot is great. I'm gonna start breaking tools on purpose.

 

You beast! You're dastardly! You wouldn't dare!