From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/18/2021 08:42 PM, fos wrote:   
   > On 2021-12-19, The Real Bev  wrote:   
   >> On 12/18/2021 07:23 PM, fos wrote:   
   >   
   >>> People, don't piss away good money on department or big box store power   
   >>> equipment. That deal you think you're getting is 5 year recycle bin scrap,   
   >>> if even that long. Invest in quality products from knowledgeable and   
   >>> reputable dealers, maintain them well, and they'll last you nearly a   
   >>> lifetime.   
   >   
   >> Haunt the estate sales.  I bought a new Craftsman 10mm socket maybe 10   
   >> years ago and I peeled some of the chrome off with my thumbnail.   
   >   
   > Bought my first Craftsman tool set when I was but a wee young lad in the   
   > late 70's. The ratchets that came with that set were indestructible. I   
   > still have the severely abused 3/8 drive ratchet that came with that set   
   > and it has never been rebuilt.   
   >   
   > The 1/2 drive ratchet I left setting in an engine compartment in the   
   > late 80's and I'm sure it's still decomposing into iron oxide on the side   
   > of a frequently traveled road. That motherfucker was much more severely   
   > abused than the 3/8 ratchet. I have a 30 inch piece of pipe leverage   
   > extender I used on that 1/2 inch Craftsman ratchet to break either nuts   
   > and bolts loose or failing that, break sockets, including impact sockets.   
      
   When we had new tires put on our monsterhome the shop REALLY tightened   
   the lugnuts.  We bent the good lug wrench (one of us pulling up, the   
   other pushing down with pipe cheaters) until we were afraid it would   
   break.  Had to drive back to the shop to have them re-set to something   
   WE could deal with on the road.  Fortunately, we never had to change a flat.   
      
   > I was a broke ass bitch back then, had to make do with what I could get   
   > my hands on. I've stood and bounced on that ratchet with the 24 inch lever   
   > extender attached and it never winced. I really miss that ratchet. I've   
   > broken 3 1/2 inch Craftsman breaker bars with the same leverage extender   
   > since.   
      
   In contrast, I broke a Harbor Freight open-end wrench loosening an   
   oilpan drain bolt.   
      
   The problem with us old farts is that we have no one to leave our GOOD   
   tools to.  My friend has his dad's tools -- the huge ones he used on   
   earthmoving equipment back when we were still building freeways.  Same   
   problem.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
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