Impact sockets (was Re: [AT] Check out Harbor freights sale on8000lbwinches

[Dallas and Kathy]

this spring I was disking and Kathy brought lunch out to me ,  I noticed a 
bolt had come out on the harrow that is mounted on the disk.  a few days 
earlier I bought some pry bars at TSC that were made in china.  she took the 
mule up to the shop and brought back the line up punch type pry bars still 
in the sealed package, I told her to watch how easy it would be to get the 
two holes lined up with the new bars, the 2 pieces to line up were light 
sheet metal I stuck the punch in and it bent like rubber.  I couldn't 
believe it.  we both had to laugh,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Harner" <sharner at starband.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:30 AM
Subject: Impact sockets (was Re: [AT] Check out Harbor freights sale 
on8000lbwinches


> Well said Mike.  I quite often buy a cheap tool if I know it is not going 
> to be used much, thus saving my $$ for something that I really need to buy 
> quality.  My thinking is that if circumstances change and I start using 
> the cheap tool enough to wear it out or break it, then I truly have a need 
> for a better one.  In the mean time, I have usually gotten my $$ worth of 
> use from the cheap one.  There are exceptions where the cheap stuff does 
> not pay for itself, and there are exceptions where I get way more use from 
> a tool than I expected.
>
> Not too long ago, I broke a cheap gear puller that I had used for several 
> years.  Following my own advice, I went to town and bought a quite 
> expensive one (stamped made in USA) and promptly broke it with the same 
> box end wrench I was using on the old one.  Sometimes you don't get what 
> you pay for, but most times you do.
>
> I for one appreciate places like Harbor Freight and Wal-Mart.  They 
> provide me with products I want at prices I can afford.
>
> The discussion of prices, trade, CEO salaries and stock dividends is 
> interesting and many myths need to be dispelled.  But, not here.  For 
> those interested, I would recommend "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sewall. 
> It is an easy read with great examples.
>
> If it ever warms up today, I need to get to the shop and do some 
> wrenching.
>
> Stuart
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 6:39 AM
> Subject: [atis] Impact sockets (was Re: [AT] Check out Harbor freights 
> sale on 8000lbwinches
>
>
>>I don't want to start a p***ing contest over this, but regardless of which 
>>make you buy, impact sockets are not designed to be used with regular 
>>ratchets wrenches and regular sockets are not designed to be used with 
>>impact wrenches. (That is regardless of the quality of the item, and if 
>>the tool is junk/defective to begin with, it will still fall apart even if 
>>used properly.) I have some Chinese impact sockets, and they have held up 
>>as well as my USA made sockets, although I willingly admit that I don't 
>>use them all that often. The problem for me is the cost difference between 
>>USA made and Asian hand tools - if it were only a matter of a couple of 
>>bucks, I would buy USA, but when a set of USA impact sockets costs 3 or 4 
>>times as much as Asian for something that I might only use two or three 
>>times a year, I cannot justify the higher cost. Tinkering with tractors is 
>>my hobby; if I was a professional mechanic who depends on his tools for 
>>his livelihood, I would buy the best equipment I could find.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Rob Wilson wrote:
>>> Dean,
>>>  I admit you are right I should say most. I bought a couple things from
>>> there to save a buck and the only thing it did was cost me money in the
>>> long run. The worst was a set of impact sockets that I broke one of them
>>> with a ratchet. Cracked it right down the side. I drove all the way back
>>> their store and the clerk said to get another one out of the sets they
>>> had on a cart. Ironically each one of the "new" returned sets had at
>>> least one or two broken sockets in it. I wasted at least $10 in gas, a
>>> couple hours of my time and some skin. Rob
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Sloane
>> Allamuchy NJ
>> mikesloane at verizon.net
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>>
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