I sure wish they still had that lol but it doesn’t bother me I’m not the type that everything has to be Snap-on some of my coworkers are that way but I’m not. A lot of guys laugh at me because I have a variety of brands.
Yes I have some of the Williams sockets they are great. And honestly I don’t care if they laugh or not. They also laugh that I use knee pads but that’s because I care about my knees and they don’t. And I have bought many used tools I am perfectly fine with used.
lowes has a really nice kneeling pad in their ppe section. much thicker and larger than most anything else..
Yeah that’s where I got mine at actually. I think the brand is like McGuire- Nicholas or something like that they are really nice and work fine.
There are tools I don't want in my box. But in no way do I look down on what others buy. I don't care want others think of what I put in my box.
I have the same brands you listed. And yes that’s what I do is just buy what works and stick with it. I might start saving to buy one of those Snap-on or Matco boxes or something they are nice for sure currently I have the Harbor Freight US General 72 inch top, bottom and side cabinet and it is working perfect for me right now.
I have the HF us general 72 bottom 56 top. Works perfect for me.
That’s great a lot of the guys I work with have the same box as I do just we all have different colors we also use the Daytona jacks at work and I use them at home too they are amazing.
My buddy who works at Ford hasn’t been having much luck either. They have been getting just as few as we have today I didn’t do anything but just stood there and hung out from 8-5 went to the pawn shop across the street though and got some tools there. And I also know a guy who I have known for years he owns a shop or did own one but this stuff put him out of business in June it was really unfortunate. I noticed the local Firestone’s and Jiffy Lube hasn’t been very busy either. I used to work at an independent shop I just hate having to memorize how to do things on several different vehicles and brands and stuff and got tired of being treated bad. Also got tired of doing the Ford broken spark plugs lol
. We have this one guy at my shop he is new just started Monday and today bought a Matco box I told him he was crazy he only done an oil change today and has 3 kids at home I said you were better off keeping that Husky for awhile till things pick up. If they don’t pick up by the end of the year I am going to have to do something cause I can barely make it on this all my bills are due my insurance and my car payments to my parents are due too.
You are definitely lucky then. I wish everything for me would speed up again. We haven’t had a lot of warranty come in either surprisingly. One thing I don’t miss though is the customers using all of our hand cleaner in the bathroom because our dealership is so small we don’t have our own wash area and stuff so we share the customer one they put our dispenser on the wall and the customers use it and so sometimes we don’t have any left. The boss put a note on there but that didn’t help
. We had 6 cars yesterday for 9 of us and who knows what will be next week. Today they told me and a few others not to even come in because they didn’t have a single appointment. The body shop has been the same way too nothing hardly for them either.
If parts would stop being on backorder that would help a lot.You are definitely lucky then. I wish everything for me would speed up again. We haven’t had a lot of warranty come in either surprisingly. One thing I don’t miss though is the customers using all of our hand cleaner in the bathroom because our dealership is so small we don’t have our own wash area and stuff so we share the customer one they put our dispenser on the wall and the customers use it and so sometimes we don’t have any left. The boss put a note on there but that didn’t help
