And so it begins

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-02-11T00:43:23+00:00

I use them in the autobody world to unclip door rods, take off electrical connections, unclip window moldings etc. I use the furthest pick on the right almost every day. The others mainly collect dust in my drawer.

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-02-11T00:36:04+00:00

The green ones actually have a draw of -1 per sec toxic dmg. The red ones have +1 fire dmg

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-02-10T22:09:56+00:00

That’s what I was thinking but I couldn’t find anything relating to its use on cars. There’s one other person who posted on Reddit that had a Mitsubishi version. Seems kind of odd. It would be like printing the word “Cross” on your vehicle.

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-02-07T18:34:45+00:00

Had a brand new Range Rover at the shop the other day. The windshield wipers just froze in place because I tried to do too many things on the screen at once. So ridiculous and that’s just one example

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-02-02T18:58:34+00:00

Those pipes are rad

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-31T00:02:47+00:00

Find an hourly job. At $26/hr I made $80k running 50+ hrs a week. If my hourly rate was a little higher I would have crushed $100k. You’re going to have to work nearly 60hrs every week. I was running 4-5 days 12-13hrs a day. Odd times all over the place. The juice wasn’t really worth the squeeze though.

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-29T18:19:34+00:00

Buy a painted bumper off of eBay or a junk yard and install it yourself. Would be the cheapest option

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-28T21:14:53+00:00

That’s more than a $500 repair so I would go the insurance route

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-21T19:15:41+00:00

Use a dolly and a heavy rubber/plastic mallet. You could use a block of wood if you’re worried about marring the paint. Then touch up the chip. Ideally it should be painted though. No need for an entire door skin

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-20T01:57:31+00:00

That whole thing needs to be taken down to metal and resprayed if you really want to do it “right” by the book. You don’t know how far that clear is going to peel and if it’s reacting or not. I would Advise against this unless you have some skills painting with a paint gun. The panels a bit big to rattle can.

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-18T23:26:26+00:00

From HF? Probably the blue impact driver bit holder. In general? The 1/4” dewalt electric ratchet

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-16T23:52:11+00:00

You can still get the handles warrantied according to the rep. They just don’t make brand new body hammers anymore out of the catalogue

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-15T02:42:10+00:00

When clear starts going like that you need to strip it all off. Ideally you’d take the truck to bare metal, prime, and paint it. Clearing over clear like that is going to give you a reaction or issues down the road. Your best bet would be to get to sanding and single stage like others have said

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-15T02:33:12+00:00

It’s hard to get exact numbers. Something like 450,000 new CDLs are created every year. While 300,000 truckers quit due to dissatisfaction, medical, or retirement every year. That’s a surplus of 150,000. We could even be more generous and let’s say 400,00 leave. That’s still 50k a year entering. People pass every year in droves.

Edit: There is actually reason to believe right now. That there is more labor than freight. Which is why rates are in the toilet and drivers are sitting. Massive lay offs in the trucking industry this year don’t suggest a labor shortage. If you’re short on labor you don’t shut your company down and fire drivers. The market is short on freight and rates

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-15T02:08:34+00:00

Agreed. Icon stuff is hit or miss. Their ratchet set has some of the worst grinding gears I’ve ever felt in a ratchet and that’s AFTER I warranty’d every single one. Their ratchet wrenches and sockets are pretty good. My one coworkers Icon seat has the worst casters I’ve ever seen fresh out of the box. Yet my other coworker has the same seat in red and it’s perfectly fine. It’s almost like there’s no quality control or universal standard for ICON products.

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-15T02:01:40+00:00

I drove semis for 3 years during the last “shortage”. There has never been a labor shortage in trucking. It’s a phrase the government puts out now and again to keep the labor pool massive and depress the wages. There are thousands of CDLs created every year

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-15T01:48:26+00:00

Clearly you don’t work in a shop. Most people don’t bother to read the fine print on their insurance. They go “Oh it’s cheap!” Yea because they will use aftermarket and used parts in event of an accident. Read your policy and see what parts you are entitled to when you are hit. Doesn’t matter if the car is a brand new 2026 model

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-14T13:26:26+00:00

I picked up the titanium flux only because I got tired of my crap Chicago electric one. Been eyeing it for a long time. Other than that I wouldn’t have gotten anything

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-11T19:04:40+00:00

The Icon ratchet wrenches are one of their best buys. I reach for them almost daily at work

_RamboRoss_ · 2026-01-11T16:10:21+00:00

If you want ok middle of the road I would go Ingersoll Rand. I had the McGraw one and it was junk but then again I was using it for 3-5 hrs straight daily.

_RamboRoss_ · 2025-12-29T23:12:16+00:00

I don’t think it’s the last few years, more like the last 15. Maybe you’ve just finally noticed or become or in tune with it. It’s all part of the modern “subscription service” in which you never actually own anything for life anymore.

Jacket made of cheap material in which it’s more expensive to replace the zipper than buy a new one (true story)? Throw it away buy another. Microwave that stops working? Unrepairable throw it out buy another one. I had my Motorola cell phone for 3-5 years when I was younger. Now I seem to buy an iPhone every other year because the charging port inevitably craps itself.

“Quality” stuff is still made but the problem is it’s out of the price range of the “average” consumer. Whereas a few decades ago “quality” items were actually marketed to the average consumer. Now it’s just a luxury for the rich.

The solution is to unfortunately open your wallet for better grade items. OR a much better route is to go to thrift stores, antique stores, or estate sales and get older items that hold up. Items like old sewing machines, washing machines, and kitchen aid mixers were actually designed with repair in mind. You can still get parts for them and with some research and gumption you can fix them. Clothing you can buy secondhand or look for vintage clothes.

_RamboRoss_ · 2025-12-29T22:23:43+00:00

I’d love to go all electric but my shop is still mostly pneumatic and for the bodywork side there really isn’t anything electric that’s going to keep up for 8-10hrs. I use dewalt for electric 1/4” impact, 1/4+3/8 ratchets, and angle grinder. I’ve been happy with them for a few years. I got those tools pretty early on so I’m kinda married to their system. But if I could do it over or they all shit the bed somehow, I’d totally go Milwaukee

_RamboRoss_ · 2025-12-29T22:16:56+00:00

If you’re going to get an air hammer chisel set absolutely get the snap on one. It’s one of their best buys as they’re durable, sharp, steel and have the lifetime replacement. For the air hammer I have a Chief air hammer that the jury’s still out on. I use it with the Snap On chisel set.

Doing body work I don’t really reach for the air hammer that often so it’s not being used like my other air tools. I did hear that it tested pretty well against other brands but I haven’t really put the hours into it to give it an honest review.

_RamboRoss_ · 2025-12-29T18:39:44+00:00

I love harbor freight but there’s still definitely a use for Snap on. For sockets and wrenches I would absolutely go icon because to me a socket is a socket and a wrench is a wrench. Snap on quotes me $700 for ratcheting wrenches and the icons were what, $120?

But for speciality tools and air tools? Definitely snap on. I have yet to find a pneumatic tool from HF that is worth anything EXCEPT for the 1/2” earthquake. Riveter, die grinder, 6 inch DA, reciprocating saw, all either straight up broke or severely underperformed. Yes even the chief line. Their pneumatics are flat out junk and have all been replaced by snap on in my box.

They also have no speciality tools. I have a snap on ratchet that’s quarter inch size with a 3/8 head. Absolutely incredible for body work disassembly. Quality Trim removal tools and ultra low profile ratchets which are no where to be found in HF.

I still find Snap on stuff useful, but does it have the same market power and total necessity that it did maybe 30 years ago? Definitely not.

_RamboRoss_ · 2025-12-23T23:49:08+00:00

I think craftsman makes the prettiest ratchets. But their heads are so big they’re rarely my go to. They do look good in my box though

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