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[Moots1288]

I use Pittsburgh tools at home and on my truck but when it comes to work I use ridgid, channel lock and snap on. I enjoy using pittsburgh tools though some of the ratchets are comfortable.

[mikekey]

Never have had any problems with Craftsman tools. But I have all old craftsman tools. I also hunt for them at flea-markets and garage sales. A recent hobby has been collecting old hand tools. I could get a lot of basic work done without power. One thing about Craftsman is the no questions asked warranty. I have picked up 3 old broken ratchets for a dollar and took them in and replaced them with brand new ones in the store. Was worth my $1. Speaking of old things, I've got Filson double tin pants that I picked up that have lasted for 4yrs. Combined with my Redwings can't go wrong for working in the garage.

[Moots1288]

Never have had any problems with Craftsman tools. But I have all old craftsman tools. I also hunt for them at flea-markets and garage sales. A recent hobby has been collecting old hand tools. I could get a lot of basic work done without power. One thing about Craftsman is the no questions asked warranty. I have picked up 3 old broken ratchets for a dollar and took them in and replaced them with brand new ones in the store. Was worth my $1. Speaking of old things, I've got Filson double tin pants that I picked up that have lasted for 4yrs. Combined with my Redwings can't go wrong for working in the garage.

I pretty much do all of my work with hands tools. Just feel better about it and I enjoy working.

[HARDTRAILZ]

I don't use air or power tools either.

[navigator]

I can go either way depending on what it is.
An air rachet/impact is nice if you want to get something done fast or for items that are just hard to turn. It is nice sometimes working in the garage by yourself in the quiet listening to good music.

[mikekey]

I use air tools. I just have some old hand drills and saws. Eventually I want to setup a full wood shop, but not at this stage in my life.

[HARDTRAILZ]

I use air tools. I just have some old hand drills and saws. Eventually I want to setup a full wood shop, but not at this stage in my life.

My GrandFather was a carpenter. I have all his old tools, saws, planes, chisels, drill bits, n such from way back when. He was born in 1910 so some are old. Lots of wood levels and such. One day i will set myself up a wood shop with his tools.

[Moots1288]

I use air tools. I just have some old hand drills and saws. Eventually I want to setup a full wood shop, but not at this stage in my life.

I broke Jason's old hand drill, drilling through 3/16th plate. He told me I couldn't do it faster then a drill could.. he was wrong haha

[dvanbramer88]

I've got Filson double tin pants that I picked up that have lasted for 4yrs.

Apparently those pants have a lifetime warranty with basically no questions asked. I wouldn't mind finding a pair of those. New ones are stupid expensive. But they are probably the best thing out there for work.

[Moots1288]

I've got Filson double tin pants that I picked up that have lasted for 4yrs.

Apparently those pants have a lifetime warranty with basically no questions asked. I wouldn't mind finding a pair of those. New ones are stupid expensive. But they are probably the best thing out there for work.

get wranglers haha. I go through boots like it's no body's business so I cant give you a solid referral but I have thorogood boots on now that have been doing good for the last 5 months

[dvanbramer88]

I'm wearing a wrangler work/cargo/BDU style pant right now. They're comfortable, but idk how well they will hold up to work.

[Moots1288]

I'm wearing a wrangler work/cargo/BDU style pant right now. They're comfortable, but idk how well they will hold up to work.

Well they hold up good for me maybe 3 weeks before they're completely ruined. I never buy fancy or expensive work clothes because I run everything, just not worth it.

[ErikSS]

I just wish Moots would wash those pants! 3 weeks???

[Sugar16]

I use redwing boots at work and i wear them out really quick but i have two other boots that i wish we could wear at work, they are slip on. one is steel toe and they are Justin and i have a pair that aren't steel toe i've had for probably 5 years that are Schmidt. i swear by them. i usually just take my work uniforms home when i work in the garage and i've never had any problems with them, but they are FR so i'm sure if that makes a difference or not

[blazinlow89]

I get all of my work clothes through work thanks to the union. They are Cintas, but seem to be good same shirts and pants are 5 years old. Only had to replace a shirt that caught on safety wire. I always use my work clothes to work on the cars though, free replacement and they will clean them if they get really bad. For boots I have always used Timberland Pro, up until my last pair which was having some separation issues between the sole and the leather. New pair should be here next week.

[navigator]

I would think anything durable enough to last very long would be hot an uncomfortable.
I've got a pair of thick corduroy Carhart shorts somebody gave me, I don't wear them much because they are stiff and hot.

I work at a desk so my clothes don't get the wear and tear that many of you guys do.
I like Wrangler jeans, they fit me well, usually last several years and the last ones I bought were about $17 at Walmart.

[TBYODA]

Yea you can get a lot of Wrangler for the price of Filson double tin pants

[blazinlow89]

I would think anything durable enough to last very long would be hot an uncomfortable.
I've got a pair of thick corduroy Carhart shorts somebody gave me, I don't wear them much because they are stiff and hot.

Polyester, they don't breathe worth a crap in the summer, they let too much air through in the winter. They are not stiff by any means though. For free I can't complain and they are better than the Dickies stuff I used to have (stiff and uncomfortable).

Winter requires extra layers, Carhart Arctic gear overalls, and a heavy Dickies winter jacket. It's been 0* out with 25 mph winds and I have stayed warm. Flight line right on the water sucks.

[dvanbramer88]

Yea you can get a lot of Wrangler for the price of Filson double tin pants

Like 10-11 pairs. LOL The pants I'm wearing are $18. The double Tins can hit $200 with options. But with the $18 Walmart pants you just don't get the lofty and prestigious feeling that you get wearing $200 pants, made in the USA, with an awesome warranty.





WE ARE DISCUSSING PANTS in the maintenance thread!!! WTF

[mikekey]

Yea you can get a lot of Wrangler for the price of Filson double tin pants

Like 10-11 pairs. LOL The pants I'm wearing are $18. The double Tins can hit $200 with options. But with the $18 Walmart pants you just don't get the lofty and prestigious feeling that you get wearing $200 pants, made in the USA, with an awesome warranty.


WE ARE DISCUSSING PANTS in the maintenance thread!!! WTF

Not to rub salt in your empty pockets, but let me just enlighten you with something found inside this thing called a book.

Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet."

― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

I don't expect to many of you to grasp the concept. For future self reference I'll remember to to not mention brands again.