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Posted: 5/15/2024 7:31:23 AM EDT
With as many kids as I have and what I earn, Snap On should not logically be something I can afford. Yet here I bask in the glory of American made hand tools. Now how have I achieved this feat of man? Not massive loads of credit card debt, not an inheritance or trust fund, but this one simple hack.
Government Auctions. You see the government is fucking wasteful and when they lose a couple tools out of a box they sell the whole damn thing and buy a brand new one. So where do all these lonely tools go when their friends go missing. To the auction, where we buy them and keep what we need from the box and then sell the leftovers on marketplace and garage journals to pay for the purchase. Now that I have amassed boxes for myself and the next 3 generations, I feel it is my duty to share the wealth. So go forth and buy tools. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 7:33:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/15/2024 7:35:12 AM EDT
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Thanks for the links to said auctions, OP. I cant believe those deals!
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Posted: 5/15/2024 7:39:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By laxman09: Thanks for the links to said auctions, OP. I cant believe those deals! Right? |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 7:41:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By laxman09: Thanks for the links to said auctions, OP. I cant believe those deals! @The_Like_Button |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/15/2024 7:43:22 AM EDT
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Or just buy the same tool without the snapon name on it? There's a mega thread over at the garage journal forum with part numbers that cross reference to get the same tool with a different brand name on it.
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Posted: 5/15/2024 7:48:22 AM EDT
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hey, thanks for those links
 
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Posted: 5/15/2024 7:48:47 AM EDT
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Wrenches aside I really don't see the roi on Snap On. But their wrenches are really nice.
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Posted: 5/15/2024 8:21:50 AM EDT
[Last Edit: The_Like_Button]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By laxman09: Thanks for the links to said auctions, OP. I cant believe those deals! You act like you’ve never heard of government liquidators, Ritchie Bros, or Iron Planet. Not here to hold your hand. Here |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 8:32:34 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Paul]
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When March Air Base closed and became March Air Reserve Base in Riverside CA the local DRMO had Snap-on tools out the yin-yang by the pallet full.
If you don't mind that your sockets are engraved 822nd and your wrenches with 830th they're pennies on the dollar. If you live near a DLA Disposition Services (formerly known as the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service) they are gold mines of computers, tools, and office materials. Another crazy cheap source is Amazon pallet liquidators. They buy pallets of returns or remains from Amazon and sell the stuff. It's like very clean swap meet stuff. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 8:33:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: pale_pony]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By The_Like_Button: You act like you’ve never heard of government liquidators, Ritchie Bros, or Iron Planet. Not here to hold your hand. Here Over 2200 posts in one year? We thought you'd know the rulez already |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 9:05:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Bunnysriflestock]
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There is no warranty on those government Snap on tools.
I prefer the Williams wrenches they have a better beam and not like a butter knife. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 9:51:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By The_Like_Button: You act like you’ve never heard of government liquidators, Ritchie Bros, or Iron Planet. Not here to hold your hand. Here That link didn't take me to any Snap On tools. eta- Or maybe it did, IDK, I didn't click on it. I just assume that OP sucks and didn't do his job. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 9:56:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sublimeshooter: That link didn't take me to any Snap On tools. eta- Or maybe it did, IDK, I didn't click on it. I just assume that OP sucks and didn't do his job. Apparently we gotta work to find that link. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 9:56:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wakeboarder: Buy Icon I used to be an auto tech, so I have a fair bit of Snap-On, Matco, and Mac tools in my box. I don't need to buy hand tools much these days, as what I already have is sufficient to keep the cars and mowers and shit running. Every once in a while I need something, and I have a hard time buying crap made in China. I also can't justify paying $87 for a screwdriver just to fiddle with lawn equipment. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 9:57:56 AM EDT
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Snapchat makes tools now?
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Posted: 5/15/2024 10:02:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By giantpune: Or just buy the same tool without the snapon name on it? There's a mega thread over at the garage journal forum with part numbers that cross reference to get the same tool with a different brand name on it. Are you referring to a subforum here on Arf or a different website? This is relevant to my interests. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 10:08:06 AM EDT
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Snap on and other similar tools are worth buying if working with them all day. Not because the quality is better but because they do need replacement occasionally.
We abuse and wear them out. After working all week don't want to spend my Saturday dealing with some 18-year-old cashier arguing with me about a replacement. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 10:30:59 AM EDT
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When my son was the Lt in charge of the motor pool inventory at Carson he told me about this. He kept the kits with missing tools in his lock up area and pulled tools from them to complete the kits. Also started making the mechanics responsible for shit they lost. Funny how shit quit growing legs.
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Posted: 5/15/2024 10:32:14 AM EDT
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Yeah gov deals has all kinds of shit, tools, storage, machinery and so on
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Posted: 5/15/2024 10:35:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By laxman09: Thanks for the links to said auctions, OP. I cant believe those deals!  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 10:36:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gearjammer351: Are you referring to a subforum here on Arf or a different website? This is relevant to my interests. Not sure about arfcom's rules for posting links to other forums. I never read the rules, and I'm not about to start now.  YOLO link! https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-truck-tool-equivalents-thread-2-0-expanded-with-part-numbers.249851/ |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 10:47:44 AM EDT
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Auctions, market place, garage sales, pawn shops, forums, retirement sales.
The vast majority of my tools are snap on. Never had a tab on a tool truck. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 10:48:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wakeboarder: Buy Icon They make some nice tools. They released some great stuff this year. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 11:00:18 AM EDT
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you're still missing the 10mm.
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Posted: 5/15/2024 11:10:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By laxman09: Thanks for the links to said auctions, OP. I cant believe those deals! |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 11:12:24 AM EDT
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Sanp-on tools. Anyone around Fayetteville, NC?
https://www.govplanet.com/for-sale/Tools-General-Mechanic's-Tool-Kit-North-Carolina/11578028?h=5000%2Cc%7C1321%2Cmode%7C2&rr=1&hitprm=&pnLink=yes |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 11:13:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: gearjammer351]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By giantpune: Not sure about arfcom's rules for posting links to other forums. I never read the rules, and I'm not about to start now. YOLO link! https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-truck-tool-equivalents-thread-2-0-expanded-with-part-numbers.249851/ Lol - I never had to before, but after more than a decade, I finally got a warning/notice here recently. I had to look at the rules to try to figure out why using the same language CNN used in the linked video was a CoC violation, but it is what it is...  Thanks. 
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Posted: 5/15/2024 11:17:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wakeboarder: Buy Icon |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 11:18:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Turd-Ferguson: Sanp-on tools. Anyone around Fayetteville, NC? https://www.govplanet.com/for-sale/Tools-General-Mechanic's-Tool-Kit-North-Carolina/11578028?h=5000%2Cc%7C1321%2Cmode%7C2&rr=1&hitprm=&pnLink=yes fuck.
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Posted: 5/15/2024 11:25:14 AM EDT
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Any mechanic worth his salt is going to be in arrears with the Snap-On man.
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Posted: 5/15/2024 12:20:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pale_pony: Over 2200 posts in one year? We thought you'd know the rulez already Must’ve missed that one. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 12:22:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RC03: They make some nice tools. They released some great stuff this year. The spline extractor set is awesome. My guys have a talent for stripping out fasteners. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 12:31:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HK_FTW: Wrenches aside I really don't see the roi on Snap On. But their wrenches are really nice. Proto (ASD) has some really kick dick wrenches also. MAC resells them as the Knuckle Savers. Right up there with the Flank Drive and FD+. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 12:37:24 PM EDT
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90% of the Snap On I have came from flea markets, swap meets and garage sales.
Use it until it breaks and trade it in on the truck. |
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Posted: 5/15/2024 12:40:30 PM EDT
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Who would have thought that buying used was cheaper than new at full price..
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Posted: 5/15/2024 12:44:51 PM EDT
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It’s only $200/week.
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Posted: 5/15/2024 2:49:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subpar: Any mechanic worth his salt is going to be in arrears with the Snap-On man. When I was an apprentice, I talked to one of my mentors about this. He was Vietnamese and had a thick accent and slightly broken English, so I hear it in my head this way: "When I start fixing cars, I make no money like five year. Just pay rent - buy tools." |
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