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My 2 cents here. I'm with trucker40 and stan. There is a difference in the chinese tools. You can tell by looking how it was forged, the thickness, grinding on the facings, the detail in the wrench points, etc. To thin and they bend or strip out. There is some good stuff. I haven't looked at the HF wrenches lately but it is a matter of looking. I've seen some cheap stuff at HF (and the other semi truck sellers that come to town once a year) that I wouldn't touch and some stuff that will work just fine for me. I buy a lot of cheap stuff cause I lose stuff and I don't do that much with them. I am not afraid of chinese but you need to look and compare. Same for wally world tools. They have some good stuff. I have learned that cheap vise grips are a waste. They twist, strip out, don't hold, etc. so I threw out my cheapies and bought some Craftsman's. Same for screw drivers, it is nice to have some good metal there but I use a lot of cheapos too. Good crescent wrenches are handy too. Wrenches and breaker bars aren't made for cheater pipes. I've busted them changing tires. Good chance you will strip the threads first with a cheater and/or strip and ruin the socket. Time for a cheap HF chinese impact wrench with some impact sockets to break those stubborn nuts and bolts and maybe a cheap HF chinese propane/mapp gas torch for a little heat. I like the HF 1/2" impact wrench and HF impact sockets that I have. Put a 3 foot cheater on my neighbors lawn mower blade bolt and it wouldn't break loose last month. Pulled out the impact and 5 seconds later it was loose. Had a 1 1/8" hyd. plug on my 2606 that was all messed up and wouldn't come out with a wrench. All my weight on the impact and 20 seconds of pounding and out it came. Bought a chinese 1/2" hammer drill. Don't use it much but it hurts when I do because it keeps throwing off little pieces from the brushes when it runs. But it is still working and I keep bare parts away from the brush area. Now I know why it came with extra brushes in the box.
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