G'day ladies and gents,
I'll be honest- I need to eat my words a bit here. I'm an apprentice diesel fitter and although I have a lot of the tools I need I've been stocking up on new bits for the stuff I don't already have. I have avoided Snap On so far for two reasons. The first is the crazy pricing... I can't really afford to spend $300 on a ratchet. The second is after using their spanners I found them to be far to thin and they hurt my hands (I'm a sook I know).
When the Snap On truck turned up the other morning (a rare occurrence for me) I decided to have a look inside... Long and the short of it is I bought myself a breaker bar with a ratcheting head. Thinking was this should make my life easier and not bend like a banana when I give it a good tug. $350 in Aussie money.
In two days it's paid for itself just in saving my lifting my socket off of fasteners and stuffing around trying to undo things in stupid places that a normal bar is difficult to get into (track frame removal comes to mind). Makes undoing level plugs in excavator finals a breeze. It doesn't bend even when I just about lifted myself up on it trying to undo a very tight bolt (I'm only little and light haha)
Regarding the strength of the ratchet mechanism itself (Dual 80 I believe)... I mean it's lifetime guaranteed so I suppose I'm going to find out exactly how strong it is. Going to get used a lot.
I was wondering what your opinions are of the trade off between price and quality of Snap On tools. I know they are almost the industry standard but for one bar it's a very large investment for me. Also, what're your opinions of these bars in the long run?
Thankyou in advance everyone
I'll be honest- I need to eat my words a bit here. I'm an apprentice diesel fitter and although I have a lot of the tools I need I've been stocking up on new bits for the stuff I don't already have. I have avoided Snap On so far for two reasons. The first is the crazy pricing... I can't really afford to spend $300 on a ratchet. The second is after using their spanners I found them to be far to thin and they hurt my hands (I'm a sook I know).
When the Snap On truck turned up the other morning (a rare occurrence for me) I decided to have a look inside... Long and the short of it is I bought myself a breaker bar with a ratcheting head. Thinking was this should make my life easier and not bend like a banana when I give it a good tug. $350 in Aussie money.
In two days it's paid for itself just in saving my lifting my socket off of fasteners and stuffing around trying to undo things in stupid places that a normal bar is difficult to get into (track frame removal comes to mind). Makes undoing level plugs in excavator finals a breeze. It doesn't bend even when I just about lifted myself up on it trying to undo a very tight bolt (I'm only little and light haha)
Regarding the strength of the ratchet mechanism itself (Dual 80 I believe)... I mean it's lifetime guaranteed so I suppose I'm going to find out exactly how strong it is. Going to get used a lot.
I was wondering what your opinions are of the trade off between price and quality of Snap On tools. I know they are almost the industry standard but for one bar it's a very large investment for me. Also, what're your opinions of these bars in the long run?
Thankyou in advance everyone