I went to the Ebay candy store.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 03/30/2019 at 17:46 • Filed to: None

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I gave just under $100 for the pair of them. (Doesn’t that Pixel 2 take nice pictures?)

MM54 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/30/2019 at 18:11

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Very nice! I keep thinking about that 3/8 drive one ever since you posted about them before.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > MM54 03/30/2019 at 18:20

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Feels good in the hand.

SmugAardvark > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/30/2019 at 18:48

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Cé hé sin > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/30/2019 at 18:50

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That seems an awful lot for two ratchets.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Cé hé sin 03/30/2019 at 19:09

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Snap-on. $100+ apiece new.

Racin'Jason002 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/30/2019 at 19:28

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Sometimes you just need a 1/2 inch ratchet to do 3/8ths things.

Hey Julie > Cé hé sin 03/30/2019 at 20:27

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The most I’ve ever paid for a ratchet is $280, that’s not even an insane amount 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Racin'Jason002 03/30/2019 at 20:31

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I don’t like the smaller drive ratchets to have a lot of mass. Leverage, at times, yes, but not a lot of mass.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/30/2019 at 23:53

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Ohhhhhh!!! Very nice!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 03/31/2019 at 00:40

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Yes. They feel good in the hand, too. I’m going to take them in for Show and Tell. Seriously.

I have some Craftsman “slim profile” ratchets, but they’re quite heavy and I just don’t like all of that mass in smaller than a 1/2" ratchet. So I’m getting rid of them.

This is my preferred 3/8 ratchet these days if I don’t want the mini:

Feels good in the hand as well.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 03/31/2019 at 20:54

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Unrelated: are there any cars that are especially good at holding up under snow and salt conditions? I worked on a Nissan Versa yesterday that may have spent a winter or two in Utah, and you could tell. Ten winters and the thing would probably be entirely dissolved.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2019 at 22:18

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Some are better than others, but ten winter s is hard on anything. How you take care of something is a huge factor though.

Nissan s are particularly bad from the last 15 years, as are Sprinter vans and Dodge trucks, but salt kills everything over time. This winter was especially unkind to my now 13 year old truck. At the beginning of winter, the rust was really just starting to show under the paint on my rocker panels. This is what my left side rocker looks like now.

I also found this nasty surprise when changing a brake light bulb.

At 140k miles, it won't be miles that kill my truck someday. It will be rust. It's figuratively killing me. The weird thing is parts of the truck are spotless. The floors look like you could eat off of them.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 04/01/2019 at 13:41

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I might try some sandblasting and etching primer/spot painting.