Ben

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Went to sears briefly yesterday and saw they happened to have gearwrench stubby sets at half off, $30 regularly $60. I picked up a metric set for myself.

MX54PLA

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+1 I got a set the last time they were on sale. GREAT tools...a must have!!

cjernigan

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I've been wanting a set for a while now. Might go pick one up.


Is this a good deal? Seems pretty good to me.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=1#ht_1328wt_0

Looks like it is a pretty good deal compared to Sears price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=1#ht_1328wt_0

y8s

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i love my stubby husky pro ratchet combo wrenches for manifold and turbo R&R

Ben

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Me too. Deb was with me at Sears, and gave me **** about buying my 4th set of metric ratcheting wrenches(they're all different types).
This is the first time I've seen these stubbies under $40-45, including both in store and online.


Not sure really how useful the biggest wrenches are there--and I'm a huge proponent of having an overkill tool box. Here's a BlackHawk (BlackHawk:MAC :: BluePoint:SnapOn) set that I also own. IMO, a much better value. These are even a bit less than I paid for mine
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Blackhawk-Metric-double-box-reversible-wrenches_W0QQitemZ250256369491QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4 3994QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

cjernigan

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I'm going to have to get a job that pays more if I'm going to continue looking at this thread.

silentbob343

http://www.slickdeals.net/permadeal/...-off-Tool-Sale

Ben

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Short of hitting the lottery, I'm not sure the hobbiest can ever earn enough income to totally satisfy their tool fetish--especially when buying the "truck" brands.

Atlanta93LE

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Amen. I love the truck brand tools, but I'm content with HF; I get way more quantity, and they hold up just fine for the usage they get. Plus, they're good about honoring their lifetime warranty on hand tools in-store, at least the one near me, even when it is obvious I "altered" tools for special purposes.

Maybe some day, when I figure out which tools get used to death, I'll spring for some good stuff of those.

cjernigan

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Sales' over, my local store won't honor it.

ChairFaceChippendale

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i picked up a set of gearwrench e torx wrenches sitting on one of those random discount shelves at sears. i was so surprised they had them i think i walked halfway to the register before i really realized what happened. i wanna say i paid like $15 or something silly like that.

i love ratcheting wrenches, but the times when they would be really useful they never quite fit.

Ben

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some ratchet wrenches are thicker than others. that's why I got one set that's standard, no offset, and do not reverse. they can typically fit in limited clearance areas.

my new 10mm stubby got a workout yesterday evening. it was the perfect tool to remove radiator brackets in the exploder. I'm so glad that it decided to fail at 5.30 pm on a sunday

fmowry

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Dam, wish I saw this. I think I paid $18 for a single stubby 11mm gearbox.

Frank