beater_k20
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jekbrown said:
student loans, credit card debt, and the tollbox payment... $5500 Snap On tool box, i needed it, so i bought it. oh and Fil, i'm not a mechanic. i'm a technician.
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student loans, credit card debt, and the tollbox payment... $5500 Snap On tool box, i needed it, so i bought it. oh and Fil, i'm not a mechanic. i'm a technician.
next time my dad or wife accuses me of being 'to into tools' I'm going to reference this thread. I assume if you have that much into a tool chest, you have at least as much in tools that actually go in the chest. Yikes. My 1-ton'd K5 cost less than your tools. lol!
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ProJunkRacing
1/2 ton status
yeah sorry jeremy techincian is the modern term
Well, I've been a tech for 15 years, so I have quite a collection of tools. If I had to guess, I probably have $15k+ in tools, not including the box. That's just in tools that go IN the box.
ProJunkRacing
1/2 ton status
yeah over the years you accumulate alot but i gotta go to work so have a good day guys
mudslinger99
1/2 ton status
jekbrown said:
That is my way of thinking too 
I know if I told my wife I was buying a $5500 tool box she would ask me was it 2 door or 4 door and what size motor it had in it and would it pass inspection
I have met a few people over the years that have had over $10,000 bucks just in the boxes not counting all the tools.. Even though they made a living with the tools I just couldn't figure out how the tool boxes would ever actually pay for their self.. I asked why not buy a Craftsmen box or something that was a lot cheaper and the only answer I ever got was because it is not a Snap-On
Maybe $10,000 tool boxes are a lot like that Jeep Thing I just don't understand that either
There's not a Craftsman box that even comes close to my box in size, maybe half it's size. I have tools in every drawer and one "junk" drawer. Also, the cheaper boxes are not nearly as secure as the Snap On or Matco boxes. Then there's the best reason,......tax write off.
yeah, you use tools to make a living so it makes perfect sense having bling tools and bling tool chests. I wouldn't like a 'tool chest payment' but I'm definitely jealous of big tool collections. Must be nice to almost always have the right tool for the job. I have the right tool about 90% of the time... but the 10% is what ya remember. 
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If I've needed the same tool more than twice and didn't have it then I buy it.
beater_k20
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you guys may think that's alot, but when you use your tools to put food on the table, rather than just to tinker around at home with, good quality tools are a must. as for boxes, when you open a drawer 50 times a day, the box has to stand up to that abuse.
beater_k20
Banned
beater_k20 said:
i miss it.
but my toolbox is paid off now. mudslinger99
1/2 ton status
I talked to Phil the other day and now he is working on a Dodge Dakota or atleast thinking about it..
ProJunkRacing
1/2 ton status
i still got it i am in school at wyotech right now the dad is finishing it up and driving it out . he got sick of messing with efi so he is slapping a quadrajet on it for now but yeah I has ran just not long motor ran i guess it is loua as #$@! but open hedders is all it has so yeah
beater_k20
Banned
your dad is going to be driving it?
ProJunkRacing
1/2 ton status
well i can't wrench on it so he is either trailering it out here when he is done fine tuning everything or drive it out or i will on one of my breaks home.
