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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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Which one? I haven't got a ball end hook tool....?[/quote]

to the right of your hook tool .
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 07:37 AM
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Nice box above
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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Which one? I haven't got a ball end hook tool....?
to the right of your hook tool .[/QUOTE]

Other than my two Snap On hook tools (neither of which are ball-end) I only have these two other hook tools - again, neither of which are ball-end;



So sorry mate, I don't know which one you mean...
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 12:20 AM
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heres my collection over my 17 years in the trade,i do not have the blue ltd edition rizzla box now as i traded it in ,orange box is tech 1000 patended.the yellow is box thats in ma house garage,thats the slightly smaller tech 1000.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by wul young


heres my collection over my 17 years in the trade,i do not have the blue ltd edition rizzla box now as i traded it in ,orange box is tech 1000 patended.the yellow is box thats in ma house garage,thats the slightly smaller tech 1000.

Nice collection, the orange one rules !

why has it only got 4 wheels ? and the smaller yellow 6 ?

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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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cheers! the orange tech 1000 castors are twice the size and are much more heavy duty m8,cant really see them well in photo as they are black.
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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i used to have the normal size evolution box i got in 2004 just traded it in against this on monday seen as monday was my 25th bday it now sits proudly in the workshop at evans halshaw ford blackpool

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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 06:22 PM
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any of them boxes i would be more than happy with

one day


one day
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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Nice new box good luck to you , tell me do the snap on man resell your old boxes . Neil
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 01:04 PM
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Snap on resell the old boxes....ask them to keep an eye out for one if you are interested. You can get some good deals.

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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 03:59 PM
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Yeah, my box was a snap on refurb. Part ex with a customer, then usually the snap on man sends it off for a clean up and sometimes a full respray. But sometimes if he has just taken one in, you can sometimes have it for less than it would be if you can take it off him before he sends it in for a refurb...
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 06:25 PM
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yeah they have 2nd hand tool boxes, usually apprenti's snap them up quickly coz they are fairly cheap, but you can get lucky and get some good deals
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 03:10 PM
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Here's my old box



De-Stickered



And my current KRL





Both together


(my KRL has got a decal on bottom drawer now, when i bought it, it had a nice dent in the drawer so i got a new one before putting decal on)
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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None of these will fit in my van
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Old May 8, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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My current toolbox. Might fit a strip light just inside the lid to light it up.

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Old May 8, 2010 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by B16JUS
Treated myself in the last few weeks

53" snap on roll cab



That 53" box is well nice ..

I Had a 53" coffin box a few year back that fit in the Vito Van perfect .

Only Pic I have .. Just crashed the Van

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Old May 14, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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Here's mine
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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heres pics of what i went from and into.this time last year it was.got storm box for a good deal too
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 03:09 PM
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am going to stick my krl side cab on ebat as i dont use it now
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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I would get snap on tools and box but my snap on guy is an absaloute wanker. think ill just buy a second hand box. Anyone sellin pm me
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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What a beuty
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by EscoVan
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cheers mate.was umming n arrring over it but dealer gave me a wicked deal on it plus i love the colour scheme esp the different from normal draw handle colours
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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loving the storm box mate very nice
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by EscoVan
I would get snap on tools and box but my snap on guy is an absaloute wanker. think ill just buy a second hand box. Anyone sellin pm me
So use a different Snap-on dealer.......
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 07:17 PM
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I started with a 26" kra 7 draw rollcab and a 26" classic 5 draw topbox

then went onto a 40" KRA Liquid Metal Stack which was stupidly split mint,

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Then went upto a 53" KRA stack.

Left spannering, sold the box.

And now am working for snap on as a dealer, in my element!! lol

Will be buying another box over the next 12 months for the garage, think its going to be a 54" KRA classic roll cab
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Old Aug 12, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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best £50 i ever spent, lol

ps the missing piece's are on the floor, next to the turbo that im failing miserably to strip!

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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 08:58 AM
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Cant find a decent pic of my tool box....found this one where you can see it.

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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 08:39 PM
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Would like a matching cabinet the other side or upgrade to a orange mac maximizer but this will do for now.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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heres mine im only 18 so its not as big as some of the others on ere, its a bit messy lol couple of snap on screw drivers,spanners and about 50% of my rachets/sockets are snap-on


































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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 08:17 PM
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i have seen my mates mates its a mclaren one remote controled nice box
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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try machine mart! they do a full size 56" longc cab and top chest for around £1100, even cheaper on their vat free days. identical to some of the older snap-on/mac stuff, roller drawers etc. Sealey do same box but a little dearer. having worked in tool sales most of the different named boxes and tools are made in the same factory to the same standards, its just the name badge you pay for. (ok snap on offer lifetime guaruntee, but when your paying 3x the price on most things, they can afford to.)
also with licensing rights etc, snap-on and mac get the pick of the bunch first with products, but after a while, the same identical tools crop up from the likes of laser/draper/kamasa/rolson (same company [tool conection]), britool etc, and usually at a much reduced price. I now buy most of my tools from machine mart for price and through laser etc if machine-mart dont stock them yet. ive lost count how many laser tools ive exchanged for identical snap-on ones though! thats a sneaky way of blinging up your collection though!!!
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by hillzy2k
try machine mart! they do a full size 56" longc cab and top chest for around £1100, even cheaper on their vat free days. identical to some of the older snap-on/mac stuff, roller drawers etc. Sealey do same box but a little dearer. having worked in tool sales most of the different named boxes and tools are made in the same factory to the same standards, its just the name badge you pay for. (ok snap on offer lifetime guaruntee, but when your paying 3x the price on most things, they can afford to.)
also with licensing rights etc, snap-on and mac get the pick of the bunch first with products, but after a while, the same identical tools crop up from the likes of laser/draper/kamasa/rolson (same company [tool conection]), britool etc, and usually at a much reduced price. I now buy most of my tools from machine mart for price and through laser etc if machine-mart dont stock them yet. ive lost count how many laser tools ive exchanged for identical snap-on ones though! thats a sneaky way of blinging up your collection though!!!
Yeh, machine mart rocks......
All the top techs know it
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BlacknBlown
Yeh, machine mart rocks......
All the top techs know it
im selling all my snapon gear i here lidl tools are identical made in the same factory
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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This is mine. Its taken me 9 year to get to this size and to fill.

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Originally Posted by rs turbo j
This is mine. Its taken me 9 year to get to this size and to fill.

thats very nice
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Sold my 53" roll cab as it was just silly sitting there taking a big chunk out of my garage

got this little baby + treated to carbon fibre handle tops ( bloody fortune ) + rather than a couple of things in draws etc with the 53" this is all sorted out OCD the mrs calls it every draw is neat and full

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How much are them mate?
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by RS SHAUN
How much are them mate?
£32 +vat each ! ouch but do look nice lol
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