Now, I wonder which is costing more...

[kmealy]

I had a local guy, retired mechanic from the power company, help my by fixing a portable generator last week.  He had several of the large mechanic's chests.  When he needed a tool, he's walk right over, open a drawer and there was a neatly organized, rows in graduated sizes, set of tools.  I wouldn't say he's OCD, just organized with years of experience.

[BillyJack]

You don't make money chasing tools..

[Grandpadave52]

Or losing them either. Over the years I found screwdrivers, sockets and end wrenches left inside farm tractor transmissions either from the factory or previous repairs. I lost very few tools over the years and all went missing during field service calls mainly repairing combines, hay balers or corn planters.

[Gunny]

2 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

I lost very few tools over the years

 

When you have an apprentice, yeah it becomes a reality...  And they find out the hard way it will cost them....

[Grandpadave52]

12 hours ago, Gunny said:

 

When you have an apprentice, yeah it becomes a reality...  And they find out the hard way it will cost them....

Yeah farmer helpers thought I was a "tool nazi" until I asked to borrow their trucks or tractors.OTH, a few had some very well equipped farm shops and were pretty good helpers.

[Al B]

A number of years ago i was working on my son's Toyota. Since everything was metric sizes I took my metric wrenches and kept them in the car. No issues for several days.  One day I went to work on the car and discovered all the tools were gone. Obviously, someone who knew I was working on the car helped themselves to the tools. I highly suspected a former neighbor but had no proof.

 

[kmealy]

19 hours ago, BillyJack said:

You don't make money chasing tools..

Especially if you are paid flat rate.

[Artie]

On 10/19/2022 at 6:28 PM, BillyJack said:

You don't make money chasing tools..

That would make a good sign to hang in the shop.

[Grandpadave52]

51 minutes ago, Artie said:

That would make a good sign to hang in the shop.

I still have a couple of decals on my tool boxes a Snap-On rep gave me. Had a farmer ask me once, "you don't really mean that do you?" My response, "the investment in this box and the knowledge in my head is how I feed my family. Take either away, my family goes hungry." He wasn't much of a customer or farmer for that matter. He had inherited his ground and equipment.

 

I make my living with Snap-On Tools

Please don't ask to borrow them

Edited October 22, 2022 by Grandpadave52