What do you consider when buying specialty tools?
Are you mainly concerned with the brand reputation? Or are you looking specifically to the ROI of a tool that can save you time on one or two particular fixes? What else?
Let me know. I will pick comments from one writer to send a yet-to-be-named tool from the PTEN toolbox.
- Brendan
See the Lanair MX Series waste oil heaters on display at AAPEX during the 2008 show in Las Vegas. The Lanair MX Series of waste oil heaters and boilers are EPA approved, run on used oil and are available in several packages.
Visit Lanair on the web at www.lanair.com.
For more information on this product, be sure to check out the Online Buyers Guide.
AIRCAT unveiled its new Kevlar pneumatic impact wrench to Professional Tool & Equipment News magazine at the 2008 AAPEX show in Las Vegas during Auto Aftermarket Industry Week.
For more information on this product, be sure to check out the Online Buyers Guide.
The Mayhew Tools Dominator Bar Vault lock box is demonstrated at the 2008 AAPEX show in Las Vegas. The Dominator Bar Vault lock box holds and securely locks up to four large Dominator Pry Bars, and mounts to the wall for added security.
For more information on this product, be sure to check out the Online Buyers Guide.
Montezuma’s medium aluminum portable toolbox, on display at the 2008 AAPEX show in Las Vegas, has a 5,260ci capacity and weighs 40 lbs., holds SAE or metric tools, locks securely, secures tools when closed, is weather resistant and comes in black, white or red powdercoat.
For more information on this product, be sure to check out the Online Buyers Guide.
Everyone’s talking about the down economy and the Big Three, but when it comes to independent repair, many are saying times won’t be as bad. How’s your shop been lately? Are you buying any more, or different tools than normal? Are you as busy as the newspapers say you should be? Are you seeing more routine maintenance as consumers hold onto their cars longer?
Share with us how your shop is doing, how it’s affecting your tool-buying decisions lately, and what you see coming for the first half of 2009. I will select someone’s comments to win some new tools from PTEN!
- Brendan, PTEN editor