G'day ladies and gents,
I'll be honest- I need to eat my words a bit here. I'm an apprentice diesel fitter and although I have a lot of the tools I need I've been stocking up on new bits for the stuff I don't already have. I have avoided Snap On so far for two reasons. The first is the crazy pricing... I can't really afford to spend $300 on a ratchet. The second is after using their spanners I found them to be far to thin and they hurt my hands (I'm a sook I know).
When the Snap On truck turned up the other morning (a rare occurrence for me) I decided to have a look inside... Long and the short of it is I bought myself a breaker bar with a ratcheting head. Thinking was this should make my life easier and not bend like a banana when I give it a good tug. $350 in Aussie money. :eek::eek::eek:
In two days it's paid for itself just in saving my lifting my socket off of fasteners and stuffing around trying to undo things in stupid places that a normal bar is difficult to get into (track frame removal comes to mind). Makes undoing level plugs in excavator finals a breeze. It doesn't bend even when I just about lifted myself up on it trying to undo a very tight bolt (I'm only little and light haha)
Regarding the strength of the ratchet mechanism itself (Dual 80 I believe)... I mean it's lifetime guaranteed so I suppose I'm going to find out exactly how strong it is. Going to get used a lot.
I was wondering what your opinions are of the trade off between price and quality of Snap On tools. I know they are almost the industry standard but for one bar it's a very large investment for me. Also, what're your opinions of these bars in the long run?
Thankyou in advance everyone :)
I'll be honest- I need to eat my words a bit here. I'm an apprentice diesel fitter and although I have a lot of the tools I need I've been stocking up on new bits for the stuff I don't already have. I have avoided Snap On so far for two reasons. The first is the crazy pricing... I can't really afford to spend $300 on a ratchet. The second is after using their spanners I found them to be far to thin and they hurt my hands (I'm a sook I know).
When the Snap On truck turned up the other morning (a rare occurrence for me) I decided to have a look inside... Long and the short of it is I bought myself a breaker bar with a ratcheting head. Thinking was this should make my life easier and not bend like a banana when I give it a good tug. $350 in Aussie money. :eek::eek::eek:
In two days it's paid for itself just in saving my lifting my socket off of fasteners and stuffing around trying to undo things in stupid places that a normal bar is difficult to get into (track frame removal comes to mind). Makes undoing level plugs in excavator finals a breeze. It doesn't bend even when I just about lifted myself up on it trying to undo a very tight bolt (I'm only little and light haha)
Regarding the strength of the ratchet mechanism itself (Dual 80 I believe)... I mean it's lifetime guaranteed so I suppose I'm going to find out exactly how strong it is. Going to get used a lot.
I was wondering what your opinions are of the trade off between price and quality of Snap On tools. I know they are almost the industry standard but for one bar it's a very large investment for me. Also, what're your opinions of these bars in the long run?
Thankyou in advance everyone :)
Ratchet Breaker Bars and Snap On tools
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