What happened to Snap-On Trucks?

[Escape08]

They used to be all over the area where I live. Now, 2 - 3 years had passed...None

 

[joekingcorvette]

I don't see any around my area either. They were all over the place years ago.

 

[atikovi]

People figured out they could get similar products online for a third the price.

 

[E150GT]

There's quite a bit of shops near my office. I see them fairly regularly. I do not see ever Mac trucks

 

[demarpaint]

There are a few around here, along with a lot of shops in the area. Not many Mac trucks though.

 

[oil pan 4]

They used to be all over the area where I live. Now, 2 - 3 years had passed...None

Covid

 

[Zee09]

I don't see any around here either. Years ago they were common. I guess the tool "fleece a rama" scam is no longer in vogue...strike the pose...vogue

 

[RitcheyRch]

I too don't see them as often as I used to. Guess more people buying off of Amazon

 

[RAR]

I see Matco more often than Snap-on…

Although the Snap-on guy hangs around the local Exhaust Pros shop each time I’ve seen him.

No Mac or Cornwell trucks in our area (Northern MN).

 

[Chris142]

The tool trucks only come around if you spend big $$$ on them.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Those guys don't make a lot of money, at least the handful I've seen over the years and I imagine fuel costs have taken a good chunk out of their net profit.

 

[MParr]

When you can buy a product of equal quality at a lower price, it makes zero sense to buy Snap-On.

 

[D60]

SnapOn still going strong here. I actually see a Cornwell truck once in awhile. We have a Matco guy but he's terrible. No MAC for a long time

 

[fantastic]

Harbor Freight's came out with their "Professional Line".

 

[GON]

Those guys don't make a lot of money, at least the handful I've seen over the years and I imagine fuel costs have taken a good chunk out of their net profit.

Those guys are "route salesman". I suspect it was always a tough business, even tougher now.

If one "owns" the route to locations like the Boeing assembly plant, or to the American Airlines maintenance facility in Tulsa, maybe a decent route. I suspect routes like those two are few and far between. The articles I have read about Snap On franchisee usually end in a sad ending for the tool route salesperson.

 

[Zee09]

Those guys don't make a lot of money, at least the handful I've seen over the years and I imagine fuel costs have taken a good chunk out of their net profit.

Compared to you, nobody makes any money

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Compared to you, nobody makes any money

LOL. Living in a large city and netting $40k/yr selling overpriced tools isn't my idea of making a lot of money.

I've been looking at people's earnings for more than two decades so I see a lot of things.

 

[Hermann]

Maybe they take orders online and now have a delivery day or two. No need to drive that BAT around to bat the breeze.

 

[cb_13]

We still have a local Snap On franchisee.

The previous route owner told me he went out of that line of work due to having to chase people for payments. He wasn’t getting paid so he started struggling to buy inventory. He had a very lucrative run for quite awhile. IMO his issue always was that he’d run a truck account for ANYONE.

 

[demarpaint]

We still have a local Snap On franchisee.

The previous route owner told me he went out of that line of work due to having to chase people for payments. He wasn’t getting paid so he started struggling to buy inventory. He had a very lucrative run for quite awhile. IMO his issue always was that he’d run a truck account for ANYONE.

There's a reason for running a person's credit. Hopefully he learned from that valuable lesson.