99Sierra2500
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Cheers, my favorite too.
Let's see pics of your tools and boxes/cabinets
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When I moved here from KC, Mo., in 1995, I had sold my house and all belongings and my plan was pulling a small U-Haul trailer behind my 1996 2 door Tahoe Sport. That meant that I would not be moving my Snap On tools, simply because of the amount and weight. I was running shops by then and not in my tools for a living. I sold all of them and when I got to Eugene, Or. I bought a large SK lower cabinet and sets of SK tools for home and then bought piece by piece what I ended up needing as I moved along.
I have since bought a large Snap On 3 tier lower cabinet and still have some SK and added Snap On and Mac and Icon and Craftsman and so on. If I made my living still with tools, I would not hesitate to buy a bunch of Icon because what I have bought so far, has been good quality.
Cadillacmak
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I never would have trusted Icon, but I might give them a try now.
99Sierra2500
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IIRC SK was euro brand snap-on. I had the trucks come by, snap-on, mac, matco; a healthy investment in tools, no regrets, I love tools. Other stuff, fluke multi-meter, knipex, klein, and a pc on a cart running alldata, racks of shop manuals. I was an engine builder so everything had to be super clean.
I started as a teen in Texas, apprentice at a shop doing scut work. Later going to school in the rust belt cured me of wanting to do that. Went out west, started doing it again on the side, plus racing stuff, and then opened a shop. It was in a warehouse spot, behind a tall fence with razor wire, no drop ins. Though with tech guys, rappers, whoever, stupid money, I'd build them cars.
edit: In the old days my shop was called a speed shop, today I guess I would have been called a tuner. It grew from that, word of mouth, had plenty of regular work; enough for three of us.
Where it all began:
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ICON is owned by Snap On.
I said this and then researched because I thought I had heard something about Harbor Freight and ICON Tools.
Turns out that ICON Tools is owned by Harbor Freight. There are "rumors" out there that HF owns 45% of Snap On Tools. Whenever you see an ad about HF sold tools, there is always a comparison to Snap On Tools.
So, ICON is owned by HF and HF possibly owns a % of Snap On. Clear as mud?
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Drinking too much beer, after I got out of the service, led to my 40+ years in the shop industry.
I used to love photography. Did it at my high school yearbook and school newspaper and then I worked part time at a small town Excelsior Springs, Mo. newspaper. All as a photographer. Draft # was "2" and my fate was sealed. I wanted to control my fate and joined the US Navy because my dad was in the Navy during the Korean War. 3 years of Vietnam War and 1 year of peacetime and I got out and was living in Paradise, Ca., yes-where the big fire was, and I drank beer with my cousins and friends. A lot of beer. My uncle was an aircraft mechanic during the Korean War and he had his own auto repair shop in Paradise. He got tired of seeing me drink my life away and he reminded me my dad had shown me some auto work on family cars and therefore I was coming to work at his shop, whether I liked it or not. First was sweeping, a lot of it. Then I started asking questions. That's all he was waiting for. He made me buy some tools and started out with oil changes and inspections and then on to more detailed work. I was there for 9 months and moved back to KC, Mo. where I lived when I joined. I could not find any photography, except for weddings and portrait work. Found plenty of shop work and stayed there. 10 years as a tech and 30+ years writing service. Now I am retired and work on what I want and when I want, in my driveway.
someotherguy
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See my edited correction. Sorry about the confusion.
99Sierra2500
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Haha just saw a reel of someone opening all the drawers on a big box and it tipping over. My Dad and Stepdad were both in Korea, my Dad wounded bad as an infantryman. I tried joining though they wouldn't take me because of a bad leg. My Stepdad used to work on cars on the side in the garage, learned stuff from him. I have had people say I have the aptitude, or am a natural, don't know how true all that is. Used to drink some beer before marriage and kids. I had a lot of fun working on cars, nothing like getting to test drive some big block 632 in a 1st gen camaro, stuff like that.
Soooooo....yesterday I finally took the new Snap On tool cart and started arranging the tools in both boxes for easier access and also took out some stuff that I listed for sale at CL.
Hopefully I am now done for a while and can get back to the work in the driveway. Got some big jobs coming up on a 2005 Tahoe and a 1991 K2500 for an A/L widow friend of mine.
Hopefully I am now done for a while and can get back to the work in the driveway. Got some big jobs coming up on a 2005 Tahoe and a 1991 K2500 for an A/L widow friend of mine.
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