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Probably. Like Silentunicorn said, Cheap stuff. you gotta pick and choose. I would not buy anything "precision" or heavy duty from them. waste of cash. But I do have a couple of roll around carts, and engine stands that are ok for 4-cylinder engines. I did buy an electric DA sander from Cummings without high expectations, but it has held up very well. All bought at a fraction of what anyone but Harbor Freight would charge.
A slim-jim lockout kit for less than 10 bucks, inspection mirrors for $1, extendable magnet for less than $5 stuff like that.
 
I'm sure it was Cummings and the only thing I bought was an Allen wrench set. Most of the ends have rounded!! Which brings up a question. Who makes really good, really tough Allen wrenches?
 
ummm.... have ya thought of Craftsman?

After that it's MAC or Snap-On.
 
For Hex wrenches, Bondhus,Eklind,or "Allen" all make the good stuff. They supply MAC,Snap-On,Matco,Cornwell and everyone else. That's why they call them "Allen Wrenches".
 
I have a few sets of "Allen" wrenches. I use them all day every day. The industrial equipment we build is almost exclusively Allen head bolts My craftsman set has held up well. sadly the Allen brand set I got has not held nearly as well. My disclaimer there is that the Allen set I have was even cheaper than the Craftsman set. They may make a higher quality set that I did not see.
So far my Craftsman "Evolv" set of 3/8 Allen sockets has held up well too.
 
I'll try Craftsman next - if Sears (Walmart) isn't bankrupt when I get to NJ next.
 
I want to know where I can by that hex wrench that I never seem to have at the "right" time
 
rlwhitetr3b said:
I think Sears is linked with Kmart not Walmart.
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Sears bought K-mart in 2005. There have been a few Walmart locations converted to "Sears Essentials" stores; but it was just the building that changed hands, not the company.

PS, I've had good luck with both Eklind and Craftsman hex keys. But my Craftsman keys are pretty old and they change suppliers from time to time, so that may not reflect current tools. And I have managed to break one or two of the ball ends on my ball-end Eklind set.
 
I never used the ball ends, but I've also had my Craftsman key sets for nearly 20 years. They are very good quality, but I don't know if it's the same as what's being sold today.
 
rlwhitetr3b said:
I think Sears is linked with Kmart not Walmart.
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Yes. I meant Kmart. Don't know why I wrote Walmart
 
TR3driver said:
rlwhitetr3b said:
I think Sears is linked with Kmart not Walmart.
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Sears bought K-mart in 2005. There have been a few Walmart locations converted to "Sears Essentials" stores; but it was just the building that changed hands, not the company.
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It was Kmart that bought Sears.
 
Thank you again Trevor for starting this thread, what a great idea. The local British car club showed great interest in the idea, I've already talked to the Gorrila Tool rep in my area and he is excited about the idea too. Now it's just down to getting a date set for this tool party and letting the gearhead good times roll :smile:
 
I was sort of joking, but I hope it works out. Maybe you should talk to him about deals and promotions and such to get people motivated. Maybe offer the club a "Host gift" if a certain amount of sales are made... etc.
 
Trevor Jessie said:
I was sort of joking, but I hope it works out. Maybe you should talk to him about deals and promotions and such to get people motivated. Maybe offer the club a "Host gift" if a certain amount of sales are made... etc.
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WE had over 20 members who threw their hands up as being interested, and we can do it a couple of different ways we can have along with our Spring Inspection tech session we have every year, you can put your car on a lift at big, nice shop we have access to, and all gearheads of the club help you look your car over and see if we see anything getting ready to bite you, we'll do small part-less repairs, like adjust rear brakes, and hand brake cables, and such, it's very popular car club tech session, we generally have 20-30 cars show for it each year, we could add the tool party on to it, another thought we have is to have the tool party here, at Acme, and have I a separate tech session. I talked to the Gorilla Tool guy and we plan on having some promotions and specials, I told him a special, on stuff like 1 5/16" 1/2 drive sockets would be good, maybe torque wrenches, 12 point socket sets. Most guys who don't work in this industry, don' get the tool truck experience, this will a chance for them to see a nice tool truck and this guy has alot better deals than Snap On and Mac.

Even if you are not in this industry, most tool truck dealers would want to do this, and be glad to do it, it bring them a another customer base they don't normally get.
 
Seems to me, from the perspective of a tool truck owner, they would be smart to attend some of the local car club meetings/tec sessions on a regular basis.
 
If I weer an enterprising single guy.......I'm just sayin.....there is a market for just about any type of technical help and if you are smart and you address their concerns and don't talk down to them, you could probably start a nice side business.
 
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