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Originally Posted by pwd72s
I've been watching youtubes of pro techs going through their rollaways. Find it hell of a lot more interesting than some hollyweird bimbo on a witness stand. What they select, what tools are "can't live without", how they arrange them, what they use for specific jobs, etc. Let's say they select with a lot more consideration than I did...which was a mix of things I bought for a specific job and tools I bought because "might be handy", etc. They also have stuff I don't, mainly because tools for jobs I wouldn't dream of taking on.
Mine mainly craftsman, shopping set sales, etc...combined with stuff I bought as far back as my high school years, etc. I did a lot of shopping at NAPA back in those years, lived 40 miles from the nearest Sears, so still have "New Britian" wrenches, ratchets, etc...and even some really cheap made in India stuff I should toss but can't bring myself to do so. But some of my tools? Like the old saying on fishing lures being designed to catch fisherman...sometimes I suckered for bright and shiny over practical. Sometimes I suckered for too cheap tools that really didn't perform as advertised. Live & learn...
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Paul, as you know, it does not matter the brand, As long as the tool does the job. Few people realize the investment techs make in their trade. Besides school, a lawyer needs a computer, a note pad, a pen and a calculator..... lol.
I probably have 200K in my box, plus what the tools/equipment I have invested in for my shop, maybe another 350K-400K? Minimum
Any tech like the guy in the vid (and a few of my staff) that invest in making themselves successful are a gems. True committed gems....
As for your tools "when you croak"... my "uncle" (not my true uncle but mentor/second dad) passed in August, ton of tools that he left to me. My dad passed just a few weeks ago and left all his tools to me. We had them dispersed to many young folks who are interested in the trade who could not afford to upgrade their tool set up. Gifted them to anyone of them that wanted to come to get them. I know that would have made my Uncle Ted and my Dad happy.
Cheers