I have decided to put tools for sale ads up at CL and FB

[OR VietVet]

I am getting older by the day, my inguinal hernia gives me fits at times and I have to take breaks more often when doing these jobs. I also want to start taking more trips with my girl and eventually.....I hate to say this.....I will be stopping most work except for simple oil changes and just under hood simple work or maybe.....dare I say it.....stop working on vehicles altogether. If that happens, my complete set of tools will be for sale. Both Snap On boxes and all tools in them plus 1 of my 2 floor jacks and other items that are not in my boxes. Such as ramps, battery charging stations for the powered tools, jack stands.....etc. This set of tools is for a hard core DIY'er or an existing tech in a shop or for a guy/girl that wants to start a career that A-I will not take over. Depending on how my body holds up over the spring and summer, that will determine how quick I "MAY" sell the tools. This is an opening notice of what will eventually happen and to see who is serious.

I will not, I repeat, WILL NOT, sell these boxes and tools separately. This is and will be a CASH PRICE TAKES ALL and whoever gets them can stay off the tool trucks, where you would be in debt for years to come, and have a career that the dreaded A-I onslaught cannot touch. Or, you will have a DIY set of tools that you can be proud of. I am a retired ASE Master Tech and want these tools to go to a serious career tech or serious DIY'er.
There will be only 2 pics posted here and I will only share multiple others to who contacts via CL email....ONLY. If I believe you are serious, I will have you to my house to view them. The 24 pics limit is not even half of what I would need to be able to do the advertising of what I got, justice. Like so many big sets, there are numerous tools that are still completely new and never been used. Happens when you buy kits/sets, instead of piece by piece.

I still have the desire to do the work but those final days are coming, likely within the next 2 years.

I am putting this out there to make sense of what I am going to say next. When I stop, I stop and will pay someone else to do the work, including oil changes. At that point, I will be selling my tools. Both Snap on boxes and all tools in them. 1 floor jack and any related stands, ramps and tools that are outside the boxes.

This set of tools is for a very hard core DIY'er, an existing shop tech or a guy/gal that wants to get in a career that A-I will not replace. The tools are 90% Snap On, Mac, Matco, SK, Craftsman USA, ICON, Blue Point, Gearwrench, Autel, Foxwell, Klein, Milwaukee.......etc. Not counting batteries and charging stations, I have 10 different powered Milwaukee tools. I also have a like brand new, shop battery charger.

They will not go cheap and will not be sold separately. Retail price is between $60k to $70k. Out the garage door is no where near that and any reasonable price will be accepted. Again, I am saying this now so that if someone is serious about this, they will have time to mull it over and also get funds together.

To still stay in the game, I am looking for either remote or at shop, service writer/advisor/manager positions.

 

[homesick]

It sucks, I know. I feel it from here.

joe

 

[OR VietVet]

It sucks, I know. I feel it from here.

joe

Who knows. I could still own them and use them for a year or two more before someone actually buys them. I have already had multiple contacts with "prospective buyers" that CANNOT READ. Common questions: "How much for just the boxes"? "How much for the floor jacks"? "How much for just the wrenches"? "How much for the sockets"?

Then I get back to them and tell them they are not what the post asks for....."Serious Buyers". They are not paying attention. It all goes at once. I have explained, again, to them, that I posted now so that if there is a serious buyer, then they have time to get money together and work out logistics.

 

[homesick]

Who knows. I could still own them and use them for a year or two more before someone actually buys them. I have already had multiple contacts with "prospective buyers" that CANNOT READ. Common questions: "How much for just the boxes"? "How much for the floor jacks"? "How much for just the wrenches"? "How much for the sockets"?

Then I get back to them and tell them they are not what the post asks for....."Serious Buyers". They are not paying attention. It all goes at once. I have explained, again, to them, that I posted now so that if there is a serious buyer, then they have time to get money together and work out logistics.

It sucks that time is forcing you to think about these things, and plan for them.

joe

 

[OR VietVet]

It sucks that time is forcing you to think about these things, and plan for them.

joe

Yea, it sucks, but Linda wants to do some traveling and if I go before her, I don't want her to have to deal with the sale. I have to be realistic.

X-rays and MRI have shown a curved spine and two worn discs. Ultra sound has shown some blood flow problems in my legs that meds is taking care of now. I am scheduled for an Echocardiogram on 22nd for a slight calcification of my blood but that will be controlled by meds as well.

I have a feeling that a lot of the wear and tear on my body, is accelerated a bit from doing the work her, in the driveway. That is a guess.

I do want to do some traveling too. No flying....driving. Hell, our birthdays are in December and she is now 78 and I am 73. Gotta be realistic. But I will still do some work.

I have an alternator replacement on a 2008 Toyota 4Runner with the 4.0 engine and all the idler pulleys and the belt. If I get the belt off and I feel some roughness in the tensioner assembly pulley, I will be replacing the tensioner, too. Check out a video at you tube. that tensioner is not gonna be fun. Gonna do all this tomorrow.

 

[homesick]

Yea, it sucks, but Linda wants to do some traveling and if I go before her, I don't want her to have to deal with the sale. I have to be realistic.

X-rays and MRI have shown a curved spine and two worn discs. Ultra sound has shown some blood flow problems in my legs that meds is taking care of now. I am scheduled for an Echocardiogram on 22nd for a slight calcification of my blood but that will be controlled by meds as well.

I have a feeling that a lot of the wear and tear on my body, is accelerated a bit from doing the work her, in the driveway. That is a guess.

I do want to do some traveling too. No flying....driving. Hell, our birthdays are in December and she is now 78 and I am 73. Gotta be realistic. But I will still do some work.

I have an alternator replacement on a 2008 Toyota 4Runner with the 4.0 engine and all the idler pulleys and the belt. If I get the belt off and I feel some roughness in the tensioner assembly pulley, I will be replacing the tensioner, too. Check out a video at you tube. that tensioner is not gonna be fun. Gonna do all this tomorrow.

My cardio doc did ultrasounds on both legs, last week; and checked blood pressure on all 4 limbs at once.

Whatever they were looking for, they're happy with the results.

joe

 

[swathdiver]

After trying to work on my truck yesterday, I started thinking the same thing. What do I need all these tools for if I can't use them?

There's a Youtuber I watch named Mike Beliveau who builds and shoots muzzleloaders and such. He recently got a terminal cancer diagnosis and has only a short time left. His heirs will keep the channel alive but he's going to spend his last days with friends and family, not working and doing the hard stuff anymore. Like you, it's the right decision to make Ron.