I have had sets from Gearwrench for about a year. I absolutely love them
and I reach for them before socket or standard wrench. I paid $40 for each
set during a sale at Sears and I wouldn't trade them for the world.
James Nazarian
71 MGB Tourer
71 MGBGT V8
85 Dodge Ram
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <lrcar@red4est.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: Ratcheting box ends, was Re: Cheap Tools
> I recently bought my self a set of combination wrenches with the
> ratcheting box ends. I think that I paid about $60 for a set made by
> Crescent. I love them. They've almost supplanted my ratchet and
> sockets, though there are some cases where you need the socket and the
> boxend won't work. They ratchet like a socket, but are thinner and get
> into places like a box end.
>
> I find it amusing, because Snap-On got their start by selling one
> ratchet that would work with a range of sockets, rather than having
> each socket as part of it's own ratchet. It seems that we've come full
> circle.
>
> Larry
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