:::RHMT::: Real Home Made Turbo
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: 88dx on July 01, 2010, 11:30:08 AM
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So about a month late I finally got my new box from Matco, As soon as I move back to WA i plan to fill this fucker with ice and tall cans :noel:
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fail all i get is red Xs
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fail all i get is red Xs
should be fixed, this damm interaweb in alaska is slowwwwwww as fuck :'(
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I wish I had a fancy tool box.
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I wish I had a fancy tool box.
Its so nice to have good tools/box, but i have spent a lot of $$$ on tools over the years. I got a pretty good deal on this box it was about $1700 shipped :yes:
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I wish I had a fancy tool box.
Its so nice to have good tools/box, but i have spent a lot of $$$ on tools over the years. I got a pretty good deal on this box it was about $1700 shipped :yes:
Fuck, that's almost what I spent on my CRX...
Does it come with a free fleshlight?
GPS navigation?
Stripper pole?
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I sure hope it dose, I haven actually see the box other then these pics since it took so long to ship it.
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I could put a few of those boxs in mine, its cute though :P
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I could put a few of those boxs in mine, its cute though :P
I call BS ur wifey always tells me mines way bigger :P
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I could put a few of those boxs in mine, its cute though :P
I call BS ur wifey always tells me mines way bigger :P
What that you have a biger box them my wife? Weird :-\
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U didnt know that ???
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Donna has always told me mine was much bigger so who here is lying?
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Ima bend yer momz over it and give you brother
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i want to know why a box costs 1700$ ... can you tell me about the features, practical improvements, etc? having never been a mechanic I do not know the value of a good box over a typical 300$ craftsman piece and would like to be enlightened.
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A few years ago when i was still a technician i wroked with a guy that had a matcobox custom made for him i dont remember exactly what it costed him but i know it was well over $10k he used his current matco box as a partial trade and got 7k for the one he was using already. I have a $300 craftsman that is filled to the top and wont fit all my tools and i dont plan on ever buying something bigger
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I bought my snap-on box when I was in school, it was around $1,000 at 50% off I am an airplane mechanic. The quality on those boxes from companies like snap-on, mac, matco compared to craftsman is like night and day. They are built very sturdy, the drawers slide like they are riding on warm butter even when stuffed with 50lbs of tools. I personally push my box around alot probably 100yards a day and the metal is nice and thick and the welds are nice quality where a craftsman cracks at the spot welds and what not. I work with guys that have $10,000 tool boxes, when you are using it every single day for you're job it really is worth it to have a nice quality box/tools. Those tool companies rape the fuck out of people though, the prices on tools is so crazy.
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my roll cab, top box, stainless work top and locker is $29,000. Thats just my box, no tools. I want to get a riser and one more locker but its already so fucking big if I ever left work I dont even know what I would do with it :?:
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my roll cab, top box, stainless work top and locker is $29,000. Thats just my box, no tools. I want to get a riser and one more locker but its already so fucking big if I ever left work I dont even know what I would do with it :?:
Holy shit. I though my box was expensive LOL :?:
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Car tools in a bag that I gots for free
rest of the tool sit in m a crastman box I hit at a yard sail for 5 bones
fuck yor over price rooling poop
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haha if u guys had to use tools all day everyday ud understand why we spend the money we do on tools ;)
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i want to know why a box costs 1700$ ... can you tell me about the features, practical improvements, etc? having never been a mechanic I do not know the value of a good box over a typical 300$ craftsman piece and would like to be enlightened.
1700 is super cheap for a good box.
Load up a drawer with 200+ pounds of tools, open and close said drawer 50 times a day, then tell me how a Craftsamn box holds up. They cost a fuck load because they are built to take a beating for many many years. Granted, you can get by just fine with a much lesser box.
I paid 5K for my Snap-ON KRL top and bottom used. I'd rather have a newer KRL 1000 or even a new EPIQ series roll cab to have a work surface, but there is no point since I am trying to get away from turning wrenches for a living.
Mreh.
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I understand the need for a good box, but it doesnt have to cost that much, a box is a box is a box, it wont make you a better mechanic, just like an expensive fishing pole wont make you a better fisher. They are just tools that do not have a much higher return when comparing a lesser priced one to a more expensive one. Take alcohol for example, a $40 bottle will be up to twice as good tasting as a $20 bottle, but they both do the same thing, get you drunk.
Mreh.
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I understand the need for a good box, but it doesnt have to cost that much, a box is a box is a box, it wont make you a better mechanic, just like an expensive fishing pole wont make you a better fisher. They are just tools that do not have a much higher return when comparing a lesser priced one to a more expensive one. Take alcohol for example, a $40 bottle will be up to twice as good tasting as a $20 bottle, but they both do the same thing, get you drunk.
Mreh.
You are correct. The tool truck boxes come with tool truck tax.
:D
There are other good ones out there, but comparing a standard baller bearing drawer Craftsman to MAC, Matco, or Snap On box is ridiculous. I started out with a baller bearing Craftsman box, and it did it's job, but I needed more room, and the weight capacity of the truck boxes is ridiculous. I dunno how much my socket drawer weights, but the full width drawer on the S-O box handles it like a champ, all while not wanting to tip over. Hell my socket collection pales in comparison to a lot of techs.
I am not saying that it is rational to spend thousands on a tool box, but neither is spending thousands of dollars on a car just to make it go faster or perform better.
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I've really been thinking lately of ordering a 72" krl.
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I've really been thinking lately of ordering a 72" krl.
Just bolt together several HF boxes, and save yourself thousands of dollars.
:P
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Fuck, and here I thought I was baller with my $600 Matco box.
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I worked in a shop as a mechanic and I had a Craftsman box because I don't believe in spending money to work.I have a Snap on box at home but i would never at work unless the company paid for it.I get upset at spending $5 on lunch to go to work.Don't be silly a real man doesn't need 30G in tools to fix a jalopy of shit anyways. It isn't your car flat rate that beast out the door.
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If you dont like paying for lunch then bring a lunch you bozo. I understand why the boxes are so expensive but what the fuck is up with $40+ sockets? I was on the matco truck one day when i could not find my 17mm short socket and the guy wanted $40 for one. I went to hf the next day and got a bunch of shit for ~$30. Also i dont feel bad when i have to "modify" hf $1 wrenches to do a job
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If you dont like paying for lunch then bring a lunch you bozo. I understand why the boxes are so expensive but what the fuck is up with $40+ sockets? I was on the matco truck one day when i could not find my 17mm short socket and the guy wanted $40 for one. I went to hf the next day and got a bunch of shit for ~$30. Also i dont feel bad when i have to "modify" hf $1 wrenches to do a job
Yeah untill you snap sockets everyday. I have broken more shit sockets trying to get things loose. I have only broken a snap on wrench that one could argue i was being abusive with. never broken a socket yet.
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I've only worked on Hondas, which may be the reason for this, but I've only snapped sockets trying to remove the crank pulley bolt... Quarter mile away to the auto-parts store, bought some cheap impact sockets, no snapped ones since...
It'd be nice to have a baller box, but I don't need to use tools often enough to justify it.
$29k? Goddamn. Did not even know there were boxes that pricey... That would buy me at least 14 CRXes.
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I have about 75,000 in tools including my box. The shop I work at fixes everything, mods everything, fabricates everything. I get payed flat rate, in theory the more tools you have the more you get payed. I like getting payed but some places have more shop tools then my place also, The only thing I dont like is all the guys at the shop just use my shit and they just have the basics.
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I hope they kick you back some money. That would be gay as shit to have my stuff borrowed all the time by a bunch of cheap asses. :?:
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I love putting my tool in a box! :noel:
Pegboard/hooks. 16' workbench.
Crapsman sockets, ridged screwdrivers, snap on ratchets, crapsman ratcheting wrenches. = 95% of the jobs I do are in my garage. If I have to take them with me, it goes an a bag and away I go.
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I love putting my tool in a box! :noel:
Pegboard/hooks. 16' workbench.
Crapsman sockets, ridged screwdrivers, snap on ratchets, crapsman ratcheting wrenches. = 95% of the jobs I do are in my garage. If I have to take them with me, it goes an a bag and away I go.
Same here I use a peg board for most of my tools and have small boxes for different tool groups.
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I have more tools than hooks. I'll get that fixed soon. ;D
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All this talk of new box, made me feel the need to go get a new box too...
Okay really I saw a flyer for a post Canada day sale (I know, I know who would give Canadians there own day). It was Today only for $299. I went to the Home Depot right by my house, literally 5min walking distance. I was there at 7:03am, on the way to drop the wife off at work, they open at 7am and they were already sold out. I saw about 5 guys loading them into there vehicles in the parking lot >:( . The wife suggests we try this newly built Home Depot about 30min drive from where we are at I argue that there is a closer one, she counters that it is like the busiest one in Calgary. So I loose and we goto the just built one, get there and I get the last one:
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It is no Snap On/ Mac / Matco box, but for $299 I can't complain. I have one Snap On KRA series box, that you can just make out in the left side of that picture. The reason I bought this new box was this other new toy:
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I needed the room in my little craftsman box for machining tools. Big thanks to Dave (Passenger) and Tmathis for helping me line up the purchase and get that beast to my house, @ 4500lbs it isn't that much fun to move.
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I understand the need for a good box, but it doesnt have to cost that much, a box is a box is a box, it wont make you a better mechanic, just like an expensive fishing pole wont make you a better fisher. They are just tools that do not have a much higher return when comparing a lesser priced one to a more expensive one. Take alcohol for example, a $40 bottle will be up to twice as good tasting as a $20 bottle, but they both do the same thing, get you drunk.
Mreh.
You are correct. The tool truck boxes come with tool truck tax.
Exactly.
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I needed the room in my little craftsman box for machining tools. Big thanks to Dave (Passenger) and Tmathis for helping me line up the purchase and get that beast to my house, @ 4500lbs it isn't that much fun to move.
FUCK YOU!
Any tooling come with it? I would kill to have access to a mill and a lathe.
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No tooling at all. So it will be another ~$2k or so just for some basic tooling, and I still need to pick up a rotary converter. Lathe is on the list, but behind a proper car hoist. I still need to build another garage / shed for dirt bikes and snowmobiles and things like that, so I have enough room to actually fit both the mill and a lathe, and a fab area.
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I'd love a mill. Could build AR AK47 VZ58 1911 receivers all day long, and a whole shitload more firearm receivers.
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