Some one asked me to show them my tool kit that I carry on the ST the other day.
I was laying out the tools and explaining why I carry each one etc.
He was shocked when he picked up my breaker bar, and asked what I needed that for, and why didn't I just carry a ratchet instead?
Too many years to admit, when I was young and building engines and working on diesel engines, my father taught me the the correct way to use tools (ratchets).
His Snap On box is probably over 80 years old, and all the tools are still in perfect working condition.
He's never broken a ratchet wrench, or air ratchet in his all his years of working as a professional mechanic!
Every time he needed to remove a part, he would walk over with the correct socket and breaker bar, and break all the fasteners loose, before using his ratchet or air wrench.
This was passed onto me at a very early age.
I still use several of his older tools to this day.
I use a breaker bar in my tool kit instead of a ratchet because it is stronger, and more reliable, and less likely to fail (KISS).
While I may be a little bit slower removing something, I'll never be stranded with a jammed or skipping ratchet that I can't use.
I have two Snap On flex head ratchets ( 3/8 and 1/2 ) that I have abused by using them instead of using a breaker bar, so before all you tool truck junkies throw down the "its a snap on", "it can handle it", "they'll give me a new one when I break it", speech, save it, I am not interested in hearing how you abuse tools, but rather interested in how you take care of your tools.
So, do you use a breaker bar?
I was laying out the tools and explaining why I carry each one etc.
He was shocked when he picked up my breaker bar, and asked what I needed that for, and why didn't I just carry a ratchet instead?
Too many years to admit, when I was young and building engines and working on diesel engines, my father taught me the the correct way to use tools (ratchets).
His Snap On box is probably over 80 years old, and all the tools are still in perfect working condition.
He's never broken a ratchet wrench, or air ratchet in his all his years of working as a professional mechanic!
Every time he needed to remove a part, he would walk over with the correct socket and breaker bar, and break all the fasteners loose, before using his ratchet or air wrench.
This was passed onto me at a very early age.
I still use several of his older tools to this day.
I use a breaker bar in my tool kit instead of a ratchet because it is stronger, and more reliable, and less likely to fail (KISS).
While I may be a little bit slower removing something, I'll never be stranded with a jammed or skipping ratchet that I can't use.
I have two Snap On flex head ratchets ( 3/8 and 1/2 ) that I have abused by using them instead of using a breaker bar, so before all you tool truck junkies throw down the "its a snap on", "it can handle it", "they'll give me a new one when I break it", speech, save it, I am not interested in hearing how you abuse tools, but rather interested in how you take care of your tools.
So, do you use a breaker bar?
