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Dec 3 2014 06:17am

Quote (R0B3RT @ Dec 3 2014 11:25am)

Really? I always thought SnapOn has real good shit.
My fathers got thousands of dollars in tools from them, swears by em.

I did too, but I wouldn't buy anything impact rated from snap-on.

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Dec 3 2014 06:48am

Quote (ozzyarmy3 @ Dec 3 2014 05:17am)

I did too, but I wouldn't buy anything impact rated from snap-on.

All of my impact sockets, gun(lol), and breaker bars are from snap-on. The only thing i've ever broken was a 9/16" impact socket. Don't remember what we were working on but there were two 200lb guys on the end of a 5 foot breaker bar... snapped the sidewall of the socket.

Replaced next day at no cost.

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Dec 3 2014 10:19am

Quote (ozzyarmy3 @ Dec 3 2014 06:24am)

Actually when I was working at a dealership, I bought a set of 3/8 impact swivel head sockets from snap-on, and they kept busting.. went and got a harbor freight set aND I still have them.

The handle broke on the maul? Or the head?

The head of the maul sheared off. I'm no metallurgist but I suspect the alloy was too hard or the heat treating process was botched.

I have Sunex impact sockets. I've never had one break. The only sockets I use out of my HF stuff are the thin wall wheel protector sockets. The set is like $15 and they only have to hold a little over 100lb/ft so they have lasted.

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Dec 3 2014 02:16pm

hand tools fine, not sure about larger tools

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Dec 5 2014 06:25pm

Is your harbor freight in the ghetto poor area of town? The one in Dayton closest to me is next to a bunch of strip clubs and pawn shops. Place looks like a dump.

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