Why Buy Snap-On Anything?

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Justin Dow

Justin Dow

Күн бұрын

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@downshiftingisfun7046
@downshiftingisfun7046 Жыл бұрын
Justin please jump on some more day in the life of a mechanic videos! I would love to see some more videos of you working on stuff in Timelapse and of you explaining more in depth of things your working on through out the day. Love the tool truck videos as always!
@bronzebuilder2115
@bronzebuilder2115 11 ай бұрын
Never seen anyone excited over a $500 wrench set before 😂
@donaldhollums3278
@donaldhollums3278 Жыл бұрын
You’re spot on, Dow. One of the few Snap-on products I have is the SGA102BR, 2-pc hose removal set. Good ole Mr. Clay from Koon Trucking showed them on his channel a few years ago. I liked the design better than what anybody else offered and not being pointy, so I bought the set from the local Snap-on truck. I haven’t poked a hole in any radiator or fuel line hose yet. Then close to a year later I see a similar set offered by NAPA in their Carlyle line and Cornwell. The Snap-on rep probably wasn’t to keen on me just paying cash for what I bought.😜
@jrbpit1
@jrbpit1 Жыл бұрын
I’m not a mechanic, I like wrenching on my own stuff and I like to buy good tools. I have Wright, SK, Snap-On, Proto, Mac, Matco, Craftsman, Tekton, Dewalt, & few Harbor Freight pieces. Last major purchase was a Snap-On MG325 3/8 impact. Buy what you can afford, buy what you want.
@joedirt1712
@joedirt1712 Жыл бұрын
Glad to be at the point where I’m loading my boxs with quality tools. Nice boxes as well. But started out with a red $300 craftsman box $100 Lowe’s tool set my wife made me get 😂 was going to put it back. And determination.
@jeffro221
@jeffro221 Жыл бұрын
The tool trucks are pricing themselves out of business. Technicians today have lots of decent alternatives that allow you to have the tools you need and not carry tool truck debt. Techs need to ask themselves who they want their hard work to benefit......themselves or tool companies that got greedy. Snap-on and the others........fugget about em.
@d1986ben
@d1986ben Жыл бұрын
To many arnt saving for retirement. It doesn’t magically get there in the last 15 years. Being disciplined by your choice is as much skill as it is choice.
@jeffro221
@jeffro221 Жыл бұрын
@@d1986ben Very true! Young people have to start early. If they would live on 85-90% of their income, and save/invest the leftover, when they got old and ready to hang up the tools, they would be all set. But everybody wants to live beyond their means and have instant gratification right now.
@mikey358976
@mikey358976 Жыл бұрын
Old school mechanic here. Hope you got those for free as for like an advertisement. One of those pliers is $53.50 & the other is $61.50, HELL,NO! I would not pay that price for two pliers. Hell you can get a 10 piece pliers set by Kobalt for $44.99 & there are good pliers. Or a set of Gearwrench 6 piece pitbull pliers for $64.21. Overall, Snap-on is crap and there products in tools are way overpriced, The only thing I think, that there is quality in Snap-on products is there wrenches, and that's about it. But hay, that's just my opinion.
@timmueller1314
@timmueller1314 7 ай бұрын
I really miss Sears before they were bought out and still had tool catalogs. All the sockets and ratchets were US made with a full warranty. They were a great deal when on sale. They'd have tool sale catalogs where you could buy master sets of every socket they made. Their biggest mistake was shutting down their catalog operation just before the internet took off. It would have transitioned over perfectly. The only Craftsmen socket I ever had break was a sparkplug socket. Probably because I has trying to take out a plug when the engine was too warm and I was using a breaker bar.
@peytonallie9604
@peytonallie9604 Жыл бұрын
The 100 year argument of Snap-on vs who ever lol. My opinion If your going to be a mechanic for a long time you should buy at least buy Snap-on ratchets, torque wrenches, compression and leak down testers just for the quality and knowing its accurate. Of course only if you can afford it.
@NatureRecycleFlorida
@NatureRecycleFlorida Жыл бұрын
Snap on makes awesome tools that last I buy snap on at yard sales pawn shops or storage auctions
@antilaw9911
@antilaw9911 10 ай бұрын
I would buy couple snap on ratchets because they're nice. But others tools, cheaper stuff will do the same thing. Snap on impact sockets are not one spec better than Pittsburgh
@bryanfuentez7640
@bryanfuentez7640 Жыл бұрын
Because of your channel I bought the snap on brute long reach cordless ratchet. It’s my go to on every job. I also still use my Milwaukee electric ratchets. Different tools for different reasons. Like you said if you can afford it do it.
@BC-ni3sk
@BC-ni3sk 10 ай бұрын
Snap on is very well made but, very, very expensive. If they didn't have a pay overtime approach to selling they would be under tomorrow.
@d1986ben
@d1986ben Жыл бұрын
Tool trucks are great for the lifer whose making master tech wages. But, I’ve worked with so many young techs that are not putting anything into retirement. Before I bought a single tool truck brand my house was paid and I had zero debt. I’ll add I worked 2 jobs to get that accomplished for 6 years straight. Even after this I was very selective (pliers, ratchets, sockets, wrenches). On the way there I found out what lasted and what actually would warranty. Best of luck.
@anthonybutterbaugh4252
@anthonybutterbaugh4252 Жыл бұрын
Because if you have ever been on the side of a catastrophic loss and your franchisee’s got out of the business, then there is ZERO Snap On support regarding your past purchases. When I called Corporate to get a proof of purchase for ten’s of thousands of dollars worth tools for my insurance company….the sweet lady from Kenosha told me they don’t keep a database for purchases, unless it’s done from SO credit. Tool truck purchases don’t count for that, and if your SO guy gets out from the business, then you’re on your own. That’s why.
@BillyBob-op6lg
@BillyBob-op6lg Жыл бұрын
That’s nuts!! You’d think they’d just warranty their damn tools! I mean it’s their tool regardless! That guarantee should carry on with that tool forever considering the price, harbor freight don’t even ask for proof of purchase
@hilltopmachineworks2131
@hilltopmachineworks2131 Жыл бұрын
I kept every receipt I got from my Snap on dealer and at the end of the year I would have him print out all my purchases for the year. File it away until needed.
@BillyBob-op6lg
@BillyBob-op6lg Жыл бұрын
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 that shouldn’t be necessary
@hilltopmachineworks2131
@hilltopmachineworks2131 Жыл бұрын
@@BillyBob-op6lg I agree. but the way dealers come and go and having to deal with corporate to get things warrantied out, we have to play their game.
@Kenpeters007
@Kenpeters007 Жыл бұрын
Good points in this video. I feel having nice brand name tools are good but you won't get back what you paid and that's what people don't understand when hard times come and no one is willing to pay what they are asking for the tool box,tools, etc
@jasonhoyt8232
@jasonhoyt8232 Жыл бұрын
I have Snap On tools and love them. But with Icon now on the scene (which is easily 99-95% as good in terms of quality and performance), I will probably only buy Snap On for specialty tools.
@chrisevenson9454
@chrisevenson9454 Жыл бұрын
I have a pile of broken and worn out snap on tools and no dealer rep anymore . Snap on are nice but they break too.
@ausservice
@ausservice 10 ай бұрын
Tools i purchased 20years ago i thought were expensive then, well are 150% more expensive now
@Richard-yi3us
@Richard-yi3us Жыл бұрын
Snap on does make specific tools that are the best in their category. But definitely not the bsst brand period.
@DavidWeinberg-cm9xd
@DavidWeinberg-cm9xd Жыл бұрын
The deep offset Snap On wrench set I got used, is one of my favorite go to wrench sets I own? Thought my Craftsman Pro set was just fine, until I got the Snappy set, and there is no comparison in strength? Definitely worth buying if nothing else from Snap On, in my opinion?
@Jack_all
@Jack_all 9 ай бұрын
I used to knock my mechanic brother for spending 80k on his snap on tools until I learned he can charge $2,000 for an oil change on a Lamborghini or 15K for a clutch swap.
@Sean-bp6xb
@Sean-bp6xb Жыл бұрын
Watching from Ontario Canada 🎉
@ronaldjohnson1474
@ronaldjohnson1474 Жыл бұрын
Without a doubt, that was the most disorganized tool truck I've ever seen!
@petepoling5199
@petepoling5199 Жыл бұрын
i keep my snap on tools in my u.s. general tool boxes! it doesn’t have to be all snap on for me but some things gotta be snappy!
@fixitallpaul4847
@fixitallpaul4847 Жыл бұрын
I have several broken tools in a box. They all say snapon.
@hp7093
@hp7093 Жыл бұрын
Good question why would anybody buy snap on when there is harbor freight. Breaks buy a new one
@WaydeFerguson-ll5pf
@WaydeFerguson-ll5pf 6 ай бұрын
Snap on is way too expensive now. I can’t justify the price. For the price difference, I’ll go to Harbor freight.
@nitrous07me
@nitrous07me Жыл бұрын
Your talking about snap on & the video goes into a harbor freight commercial 😂
@soaringbumnm8374
@soaringbumnm8374 Жыл бұрын
I have to admit, the short double end offset box have served me well working on airplanes...3/8-5/8
@CharlesLease-ei1ee
@CharlesLease-ei1ee Жыл бұрын
I see the drug dealer pulled up snap on dealer. It’s a bad habit to break but snap on harbor freight yes they have quality at the US general and they have junk but they dealer comes right to you as far as snap on you don’t have to go to the store they don’t have it in stock. You have to go back the dealer goes right to you, and if you buy enough from him, he gives you deals sometimes but it’s the hard and steel in the tools
@craigjorgensen4637
@craigjorgensen4637 10 ай бұрын
You didn’t pay him!
@StrongerThanBigfoot
@StrongerThanBigfoot Жыл бұрын
We need a Harbor Freight truck. I’m a diesel mechanic and most of my stuff is HF and so far I’ve had nothing break
@Coyote-wm5op
@Coyote-wm5op Жыл бұрын
Going to school to be a tech. I’ve had cheap brands at home. For home use they don’t get used an awful lot and it’s fine. It actually makes me appreciate having the the nicer tools.
@VorsprungDurchNik
@VorsprungDurchNik Жыл бұрын
Your Snap-On dealer's truck is an absolute mess, BUT he has all the summer deal stuff in stock that my dealer is still waiting for...
@NatureRecycleFlorida
@NatureRecycleFlorida Жыл бұрын
Justin bought a new Snap on 3/8 ratchet for $30 at pawn shop
@db7040
@db7040 Жыл бұрын
Dudes tool truck is a freaking mess. Back in the 80’s when I started I’m the buiz Snap-on was the staple these days with Mac and Matco the Snap-on truck is a over priced corporate run rolling rip off.
@ismaelescalera7879
@ismaelescalera7879 Жыл бұрын
When you make 50+ dollars in California there’s no excuse to buy garbage freight
@joedirt1712
@joedirt1712 Жыл бұрын
Hf makes some tools SO don’t. Or tool you use once every 6 months? Then I buy less expensive. Other then that I’m with you
@kwd57
@kwd57 Жыл бұрын
I had the smallest, cheapest, ugliest box in the whole dealership, but still made more money than anyone else in the shop.
@Tyronetrinity
@Tyronetrinity Жыл бұрын
Snapon hardlines like sockets, wrenches and maybe tool boxes but other than that theres lot more choices that might even better than snapon.
@jeremydawkins8399
@jeremydawkins8399 Жыл бұрын
To me the sockets and wrenches are their most overpriced and overrated tools. Their $400 set of 3/8'' sockets last as long and do the same work as a $30 Sunex set.
@mph5896
@mph5896 Жыл бұрын
I use Sunex impact sockets on just about everything. All of the chrome sets I own collect dust.
@keithnoyb7487
@keithnoyb7487 Жыл бұрын
Being a tech means paying to work lol..really wish you could be a mobile mechanic like me or own your own shop..worken for wages is tough
@wallyg.2409
@wallyg.2409 Жыл бұрын
I say its okay to treat yourself once in a while, you just can't go crazy.
@johnreynolds1527
@johnreynolds1527 9 ай бұрын
But you will 🤣
@peterchristlieb
@peterchristlieb Жыл бұрын
My Snap On tools are heirlooms. The nephew will get them when I’m gone unless he pissed me off, then they go in the cryogenic conex box with me, the toy safe, my bike, the TV and all the other shit I’m taking with me to the afterlife
@donotrobme9295
@donotrobme9295 Жыл бұрын
Hey, do u do work on the nights and weekends for cash. I get several listeners are in your area and would love to use u
@JustinDowDIYcentralhighway
@JustinDowDIYcentralhighway Жыл бұрын
Sometimes 😊
@richardkluesek4301
@richardkluesek4301 10 ай бұрын
Snap on offers exclusive proprietary items of which many are arguably the best in ergonomics, materials, annd workmanship since 1920. But they also market and charge a premium for other merchandise available anywhere else, the same things sold for less. Dedicated fans dont mind paying that extra premium. Management is top heavy compared to "the competition" (as Snap on management fearfully refers to them) and those guys get hefty compensation at their following's expense.
@zvonimirfrankovichjr4854
@zvonimirfrankovichjr4854 Жыл бұрын
Snap-on being one of the number one tool manufacturers in the USA impossible the world competing everyone tries to knock them down I'm no good reason
@gregblau8082
@gregblau8082 Жыл бұрын
Do you need it? Probably not, but if you can afford it there's nothing wrong with wanting nice things especially if that makes you happy at a place you spend that much time
@magnumjohnson9628
@magnumjohnson9628 Жыл бұрын
Stay off the tool truck brother justin, you need da cash
@Swampyankeehomestead
@Swampyankeehomestead Жыл бұрын
Good advice, I remember reading something years and years ago about buying tools. Advice I took from it, buy the best you can at that time and stay away from debt. As an airline mechanic we do use toolboxes, I bought my snappy 7 drawer in like 1997. Do I need to upgrade? Yes but, at this point that box is family. BTW you pronounce Hyundai correctly. I worked for the company and that's exactly how the Korean bosses pronounced it.
@BA-pz3lo
@BA-pz3lo Жыл бұрын
you have a good snap on rep he wants you to try out the new tools. mine would never do that if i asked him for that he would look at me like theres a dickfor on my head.
@tedwilliams8766
@tedwilliams8766 Жыл бұрын
ive started with craftsman tools and now i have a collection that would rival most mechanics of 5-10 yrs in the trade. ive been doing concrete for 29 yrs but i enjoy working/fixing/making thing. have nice tools makes it that much more enjoyable. after i filled my split top snappy cart, i started buying the specialty tools because its cheaper to that and do the work myself than take it to a shop. tha basics are truck brand tools, mostly snap on but if i see some review or vid on yt about a tool, i pick it up if its going to make things easier. people are going to buy what people want and all those who reeeee about how other people spend their money......go find a cry closet or a safe space and screech your rainbow colored head off all you want. we dont care what you have to say. after all....we dont tell you what colored rainbow dildo to use, do we? of course not. its none of our damn business because we dont care what you spend your money on thanks justin. one foot in front of the other, brother and youll be back to where ever it is you want to be.
@wertz987
@wertz987 Жыл бұрын
Snap-on will ruin people's life's 😢
@harlo1622
@harlo1622 5 ай бұрын
I had a screw that other screwdrivers just wanted to strip but the #2 snap on got it done…the only problem I see is when people buy stuff just because the color matches their box and they put it on credit smh
@ecleveland1
@ecleveland1 Жыл бұрын
I wish every new tech would start off with a decent set of tools they can afford to pay for all at once and not go into debt. You can do your job without getting on a truck and going into debt. The tool market is flooded with quality tools today that don't cost an arm and a leg. Now after you have been in the field for a while and are sure this is what you want to do and you have saved your money. Then if you want to go buy off the tool trucks go ahead but don't go into debt doing it. Pay as you go and within a year or two you will have a very nice set of Snap-On, Matco, or Mac tools without ever going into debt. Best of all when you buy that set of sockets that are on sale you won't be paying interest on the tool debt and end up paying three times what the sockets actually sold for.
@mikereisner3335
@mikereisner3335 Жыл бұрын
In the long run however quality usually works out to be cheaper
@oblivion._.8294
@oblivion._.8294 Жыл бұрын
I only use those pliers for my air hoses. Don't really see them being useful for something else.
@EarlMantis
@EarlMantis 8 ай бұрын
Anyone that buys snap on is the definition of a tool
@jaymechanic1228
@jaymechanic1228 Жыл бұрын
Alot of it is the service from my dealer. Goes above and beyond. And the tools we can depend on in heavy line work. Btw i want to recommend the new snap on cable fuel line disconnect pliers. Honestly they are the best thing iv brought in years. Same as the hose "cable " pliers but for fuel line
@BillyBob-op6lg
@BillyBob-op6lg Жыл бұрын
When there is a surplus, save it, don’t upgrade your lifestyle. Be content with what you have and save the extra when it’s there. You’ll thank yourself later.
@johnreynolds1527
@johnreynolds1527 6 ай бұрын
Nothin like the smell of a Snap On Truck 🤣
@mikereisner3335
@mikereisner3335 Жыл бұрын
There's a time and place for just about every type of tool. The guy starting out has to have the cheaper stuff usually.
@melvingibson4525
@melvingibson4525 Жыл бұрын
I liked in your video back in the day about $1000 snap on sockets you admitted yourself and a lot of mechanics get "high" on snapon and make bad decisions based on wanting to impress people
@GeoffPesos
@GeoffPesos Жыл бұрын
Guys will literally load their tool box full of stuff that they never use. I understand collecting cool things like cars, vinyl, watches...etc, but collecting tools baffels me.
@billyadams9985
@billyadams9985 Жыл бұрын
Its like anything else, strokes for folks...
@NatureRecycleFlorida
@NatureRecycleFlorida Жыл бұрын
It's nice to a have alot tools to make automotive work easy I am not even a paid mechanic just do my own work .
@BigChillingGoingDown
@BigChillingGoingDown Жыл бұрын
Tools are arguably cooler to collect. Actually useful and hold their value if you buy them right
@RUM123
@RUM123 Жыл бұрын
​@@BigChillingGoingDown no, no they won't
@OldBeaterGarage
@OldBeaterGarage Жыл бұрын
that one tool might save you hours of Labor and while used 1x or 2x might pay for itself during that 1 job. I understand the collectors too who might have a connection to a brand or trade. I have plenty of tools that I have used just few times but they paid for themselves in just 1 use.
@keithnoyb7487
@keithnoyb7487 Жыл бұрын
Sweet set buddy..
@timmueller1314
@timmueller1314 9 ай бұрын
The one time I wanted to buy a sparkpug socket from Snap-on, the guy that covers my area never bothered to contact me, so I went with something else.
@RadDadBMX
@RadDadBMX Жыл бұрын
Truck is loaded!
@jasonleatherwood2172
@jasonleatherwood2172 Жыл бұрын
Snap on power steering pulley puller and swivel impact sockets are the best
@OldBeaterGarage
@OldBeaterGarage Жыл бұрын
Snap-On buy it, use it for 30+ years and at the end of your career sell it for more than you originally paid or pass it on to your kid who can use it for another 30 years.
@motorbreath7174
@motorbreath7174 11 ай бұрын
Used to be true. The old Snap on ratchets aren't even up to par with a Pittsburgh anymore. Trust me I have plenty of S.O. in my boxes. AND they won't warranty the old stuff because they don't make it anymore. Snap On is on borrowed time. My new dealer knows this. He only stops in every 2 months now. Anything I buy is pretty much charity.
@nickbarlow5038
@nickbarlow5038 4 ай бұрын
@@motorbreath7174 The driver at my workplace will give you the current version of the tool if they don't make it anymore or can't fix it. Old S.O. tools still can be warrantied depending on if you have a good driver or not. Mine also doesn't care if you are the original owner or not. As long as it's S.O./Bluepoint, he'll warranty it.
@HiFiInsider
@HiFiInsider 5 ай бұрын
Buy once, cry once and buy better, buy sell are my model.
@sirkdopsah1081
@sirkdopsah1081 Жыл бұрын
Hi-Vis all day💪
@hdrider2071
@hdrider2071 Жыл бұрын
Thats right , do you boo boo.
@ronniesand3594
@ronniesand3594 Жыл бұрын
Huh? Dude it’s a lifestyle no matter what you use…but snap on is the best! Hands down
@TONYSTARK-jh2wu
@TONYSTARK-jh2wu Жыл бұрын
ha no if snap on was the best they wouldn't rebrand anything. they would. make 100 percent of what they sell.
@nordicpride9708
@nordicpride9708 Жыл бұрын
You’ve obviously never used KOKEN Japan. Snap On is one of the best, but not THE best! Sorry
@TONYSTARK-jh2wu
@TONYSTARK-jh2wu Жыл бұрын
@@nordicpride9708 exactly koken nepros knipex
@StrongerThanBigfoot
@StrongerThanBigfoot Жыл бұрын
@@nordicpride9708 My dream is to have all Koken tools lol
@nordicpride9708
@nordicpride9708 Жыл бұрын
@@TONYSTARK-jh2wu You and me both man!
@scct82
@scct82 Жыл бұрын
I got them pliers they are the best
@johnnyramirez9082
@johnnyramirez9082 Жыл бұрын
💯
@imbowser
@imbowser Жыл бұрын
i need me some wikity whack on that truck
@ihavethedocuments2580
@ihavethedocuments2580 Жыл бұрын
That is a good question They are overpriced Way overrated
@ihavethedocuments2580
@ihavethedocuments2580 Жыл бұрын
Proto and Wright are just as good At a better $
@ihavethedocuments2580
@ihavethedocuments2580 Жыл бұрын
And they are American made all the way
@ihavethedocuments2580
@ihavethedocuments2580 Жыл бұрын
50 bucks for a pair of pliers? That is stupid That is stupid
@ihavethedocuments2580
@ihavethedocuments2580 Жыл бұрын
I have been "turning a wrench" much longer than that you have
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