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I got a new tool

I have a wrench for rounded of stuff also. It looks cheap and takes some room to work. But has paid for its self a few time over. I know some one will want s picture. Will try to post it latter.
 
Was a machinist in a refinery for 26 years with most of my time spent in the Central Shop and ended up being the go to guy for broken studs in mostly safety valve bodies and the like. Hated it but had a high success rate things right. Dang it lol
 
I looked at the matco tool, almost pulled the trigger on it, but didn't. I might slide a piece of exhaust pipe over a wrench a dozen times a week as a cheater, but I still have not seen where this would make my life easier.
 
Goofy! Any u lunkheads heared of anti sieze...torque wrenches, Marvel Mystery oil? Hah! I'm new so......
I may b needing on of those on Brutiss after sitting 14yrs!
 
Goofy! Any u lunkheads heared of anti sieze...torque wrenches, Marvel Mystery oil? Hah! I'm new so......
I may b needing on of those on Brutiss after sitting 14yrs!
Hard to control what previous owners have done in the past. I use all three of th things you mentioned, but after I take things apart.
 
Harbor Freight manual tire changer. Trick is to bolt it down to a cement slab.

Works Great, especially in the hot sun with tires nice and soft.

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Happy with the setup, and with the $69.00 price.

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@LocuMob doing some picture posting tests here on TrucksOnly.com and they are working perfectly here. I am having trouble with posting pictures over on the FABO site and can't seem to get to the bottom of it, along with Joey working his butt off trying to figure it out.

Something is kittywhampus with my fabo account, process of elimination, one test at a time.


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I had some issues a couple of weeks ago, haven't tried posting any pics on fabo lately.
 
Yeah Joey was saying that some others over on FABO were complaining about the same issues. I figure one of the Data Storage Servers hard drives over there are giving up the ghost and can't handle the data moving through it anymore....possibly needs some new drives. Lots of data moving through those things on a daily basis, and it keeps building more every single day.
 
Yeah Joey was saying that some others over on FABO were complaining about the same issues. I figure one of the Data Storage Servers hard drives over there are giving up the ghost and can't handle the data moving through it anymore....possibly needs some new drives. Lots of data moving through those things on a daily basis, and it keeps building more every single day.
Joey said the new servers should last decades.

Couldn't upload a picture small enough. Everything was too big.
 
Harbor Freight manual tire changer. Trick is to bolt it down to a cement slab.

Works Great, especially in the hot sun with tires nice and soft.

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Happy with the setup, and with the $69.00 price.

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I built a 'pad' from 5''x5'' square tube and welded a 1/2" steel plate on them then welded on some threaded studs to bolt down my changer and a tubing bender. Problem is I sold my old style tire changer (along with a lot of other stuff) when my divorce started back in 2017 thinking that I would have to move out. But, ended up keeping the house and this month marks 40 years I've been here.....and the house has survived 2 divorces in that time. :) Might head over to HF and check out that changer as I still have that pad and tube bender. Just need to drag it out of the area it's been sitting in and clean up or replace the rusty studs.
So........... you bent the DRAWER too? So the wrench would fit??????
LOL
 
In my opinion, good quality tools aren't cheap. Matco, Mac, Snap-on are some pretty expensive tools but, I paid the price & have a lot of their tools. They would come to the shop in their trucks full of stuff so, they came to you, you could make no-interest payments & you could use them right away. I STILL have the tools I've bought almost 40 years ago & use them all the time. If you buy cheap tools, be prepared to buy 2 because it may break when you're using it. Nothing worse than a tool breaking when you need it & not having a back-up.
 
Note: I am still using tool bought in 1972 that are not name brand overpriced junk. Why do you think those tool truck stop so often?
 
Note: I am still using tool bought in 1972 that are not name brand overpriced junk. Why do you think those tool truck stop so often?
What brand of tools are you using from 72? I still have some from back when but not that many Craftsman anymore but it's mostly a mix of the high end tools along with the low end....ie Craftsman. China Freight (Harbor Freight) isn't one of them. I throw that crap away for scrap. HF tools is some of the worst tools I've ever used!
 
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