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Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 03:13 PM
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wp75169
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Last night one of the boys broke down. Alternator . He had zero tools in his car. What would be a decent cheap set of tools for me to set him up with. I’m not pretending that he will keep up with them long term so I’m not going to make a big investment. Figuring a full set in a case.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 03:20 PM
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unclebubba
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For Cheap tools, my go to is always Harbor Freight.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 03:22 PM
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Harbor freight Budget set Nicer set, has deep wells, good to have for car stuff. Maybe not much more useful unless your mechanically inclined
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 03:27 PM
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I have no idea why I put this here instead of the OT. I’ll report myself.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 04:14 PM
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There are cheap tools and decent tools….there are no cheap decent tools.
I’d rather have a minimal set of good tools than a large set of cheap tools
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 04:29 PM
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wp75169
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The craftsman and the second Pittsburgh set look like what I’m looking for. I have to be careful about the “for a few dollars more” thinking. If it’s mine and I set it on fire I don’t care. When I spend money and someone else does, I tend to not be as pleasant.
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02/28/24 04:31 PM
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I can't bring myself to buy Harbor Freight tools.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 04:54 PM
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Husky at Home Depot are real decent for the price
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 05:08 PM
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I bought the Harbor Freight 39.99 set for my son to put in his trunk. It is not bad for a get by set. You need to add a set of channel lock pliars and 1/4 inch ratchet.
Quality is better than I expected.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 05:10 PM
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Also if any of the Pittsburgh stuff breaks it's a no questions exchange at any harbor freight. Some goes for craftsman at Lowe's, but I think harbor freight is starting to have more locations. I have 4 harbor freight within 45min of me, only 1 lowes
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 05:34 PM
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agree, I'd go with Harbor Freight ... I have many tool boxes for different things, several in the garage, in the shop, my truck, my RTVs, my Tractors, etc. That would be literally thousands of dollars worth of the higher quality/name brand tools or lots of walking ... As stated, the HF has a great no-questions-asked policy on breakage, just adds cheap insurance to have multiple sets around.
most of mine are the old school Craftsman from the old Sears stores. But with the closure of the physical stores in my area, HF has been my more recent go-to
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 05:34 PM
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I’ve been buying Tekton tools from Amazon to build up my garage set for a few years. They’ve been great for home use. Can’t speak to long-term quality in a heavy-use shop environment.
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02/28/24 06:16 PM
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Harbor Freight is ok for about 90% of the things I do. When I started using tools, about 100 years ago, there was only Sears Craftsman and Monkey Wards. I still have some of them so I guess they are OK. I’ve also bought from hardware stores and flea markets. Quite a few are for heavy machinery and tractors.
I have tools scattered everywhere between 4 or 5 tool chests in 2 different places. Grandsons and son in law borrow them whenever needed.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 06:24 PM
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Craftsman or Kobalt from Lowe’s would be my answer.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 06:56 PM
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That $40 kit looks pretty nice and would probably slide right under the seat in a car. It seems like every time I try to build something similar for the kids car or apartment, I end up spending mid 100's for similar stuff. What I really miss are the kids tool bags that Lowes/Home Depot used to sell. They were like $20 and had pretty much everything but a socket set. We had those guys all over the place and they were great for the car/boat.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 07:56 PM
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I have the $40 kit from harbor freight, it's alright. Wrenches are kind of thin, sockets fit most fasteners good except if you have a stuck one, I would not be surprised if the socket stripped out or it stripped put the fastener. I' stick with kobalt for most tools, good quality and easier on the wallet. At harbor freight you get what you pay for. I did buy a 1/2" breaker bar from HF, extendable, I've put some good force on it and it doesn't flex.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 08:01 PM
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I’ve been buying Tekton tools from Amazon to build up my garage set for a few years. They’ve been great for home use. Can’t speak to long-term quality in a heavy-use shop environment. My brother uses alot of tekton tools on his service truck, mainly ratchets,sockets, pliers. He says he's happy with them on the long term
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/28/24 08:16 PM
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Craftsman or Kobalt from Lowe’s would be my answer.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/29/24 12:08 AM
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HF is selling a tool line called Icon. They are supposed to be really good quality, they are priced accordingly. We used to use their cheap tools on tear down jobs. sockets broke & cracked pretty often. The boss took em back every month & they replaced them with no issues.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/29/24 12:23 AM
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HF is selling a tool line called Icon. They are supposed to be really good quality, they are priced accordingly. We used to use their cheap tools on tear down jobs. sockets broke & cracked pretty often. The boss took em back every month & they replaced them with no issues. Supposedly icon is identical to snap on...
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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02/29/24 12:29 AM
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HF is selling a tool line called Icon. They are supposed to be really good quality, they are priced accordingly. We used to use their cheap tools on tear down jobs. sockets broke & cracked pretty often. The boss took em back every month & they replaced them with no issues. Supposedly icon is identical to snap on... That is false. Broke one in 3 uses. Look similar but it usually takes 10 uses to break the snap on ones. I’m talking impact swivel sockets. Neither are worth it.
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/29/24 01:29 AM
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Husky at Home Depot are real decent for the price Worked in the garages for years using husky and easier to take care of warrant than craftsman was Bought my son a small set for his first tools
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Re: Decent Cheap Tools
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02/29/24 01:56 AM
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I just bought a new Weather Guard toolbox for my oldest Son's new truck for an early birthday present, we met up and put it on the truck together in the parking lot of TSC. Now comes the fun part, putting tools in it. He has tools, some that he's bought/few I've bought, but most he is using for work so I'm looking and thinking about truck tools. The way I see it, whatever I buy him now he may have long after I'm dead and pass down so buy some quality stuff. He's a responsible hard working young man that got married and gave me two Grandsons..... the other part of me says dude buy him some Harbor Freight tools because it all might get stolen......
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02/29/24 02:23 AM
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HF is selling a tool line called Icon. They are supposed to be really good quality, they are priced accordingly. We used to use their cheap tools on tear down jobs. sockets broke & cracked pretty often. The boss took em back every month & they replaced them with no issues. Supposedly icon is identical to snap on... That is false. Broke one in 3 uses. Look similar but it usually takes 10 uses to break the snap on ones. I’m talking impact swivel sockets. Neither are worth it.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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