Originally posted by Racer X 69 I bought this floor jack, 35 years ag, I think. It has jacked up a lot of vehicles, some hundreds of times. When I was racing it went to the tracks, in three states, hundreds of miles of traveling in the race trailer.
It was a couple hundred bucks new.
Recently I put Eddie in the shop to do some deferred maintenance, and the jack struggled to get Eddie on stands for the work.
So I decided to rebuild it.
The rebuild kit cost $35 delivered. Nearly a quarter of what I paid for the jack.
That tiny package near the jack is the kit.
Doesn’t look like $35.
But hey, if I get another 35 years out of it, I win, eh?
I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to get another 35 years of use out of...but...lessee...Racer's age + 35 years....hmmmnn.
Always have had a respect for Snap-On tools. Never had one, although for awhile about a decade or so ago, I thought about getting a Snap-On socket wrench...to use with my non Snap-On sockets...just to have something made by Snap-On.
As it happened, I never did.
I'm getting to that point where I'm not buying a lot of new, anything .
Age, the artificial shoulder and the fact that I don't use my tools, etc. as much as I used to....and also I have more than enough tools, wood working, mechanics tools, etc.
However over the decades, one thing I learned after initially just buying the cheapest stuff I could find, is that it is false economy.
I got tired of rounding off bolts, breaking tools, burning 'consumer' level portable power equipment , etc. So I started to buy the best I could afford and it's worked out. Excellent tolerances...no more rounding off, slippage, durability, no more burn outs (not tires, tools
), etc.