$30 Snap-on Tool Haul

[AlabamaClay]

Was first at a barn sale this weekend and did some digging. Found the tools at various places around the building. I don’t know how well they will sell since some have some rust but I should clear a profit. Snap-on tools seem to be popular. The second picture is the entire haul. Spent $50 total.

 

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[JimDon]

At my local fleamarket people drool over tools. Probably 20% of the booths are tools. You should find a ready market for them

 

[ARC]

Hey what's that lure with the box I spy ?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Snap-On tools are highly sought after!

 

[trdking]

I was expecting to see 2 sockets. What a great buy! The soda boxes are worth the money by themselves. Maybe even more

 

[Kray Gelder]

You're gonna make all and more of your money back on the coca cola crates, and the other three crates. You did good!

 

[bigcaddy64]

If you don't have Evaporust laying around, you should go buy yourself some. Soak the tools in it for 20 minute intervals and wipe the rust off with a rag. Beats hand cleaning each piece with steel wool and liquid wax. I will throw my dirty tools in an ultrasonic cleaner for a while to get the insides and nooks/crannies clean too! Thats a fantastic haul and you did very well. Each piece should be marked with a date code but i would guess the bulk of your tools are 70s or 80s but there will be a few early ones in that pile of combo wrenches

Make as many complete sets/lots as you can and start them at a buck each, then watch the number shoot up quickly. Snap on tools are very expensive to the point where many people would rather buy clean, used tools instead of financing new ones.

 

[tamrock]

I bought some Snap-On tools really cheap at a yard sale once and later on in Utah I had a fuel pump go out and I had to wait at the shop as the one man shop did the job. I believe it cost about $300.00 on the job, as the guy had to lower the gas tank out to pull the pump. I noticed the guy had all Snap-on and asked if he'd be inclined to do some trading for these Snap-on tools I have on hand towards the bill. He said heck yeah, I only use Snap-On tools, so that's what I did and he knocked off a hundred bucks on the bill. So with that, you can say that having Snap-On tools is like having cash in your hand. Some pawn shops will pay or loan top dollar on Snap-On tools just the same.

 

[Toecutter]

If you have an account with Snap-on you can trade in rusty tools for new tools same with Cornwell, I used to do it all the time back in my wrenching days, buy em at a flea market cheep trade em in for new

 

[AlabamaClay]

I did get some Evaporust as you suggested. The stuff works great. Here’s before and after photos. I did take some steel wool to the small wrench and to the punch afterward.

 

[randywa]

Buying from the Snap-On or Mac tool truck, I would try to wait for a sale so that each piece of the set averaged $10 or less (rarely less). It made it go smoother when my wife would find the big stack of receipts in the tool box. If I couldn't wait for a sale, just had to grease up and bend over. I don't even want to know how much is in those 4 tool boxes but I bet it would be equal to a nice truck and bike.

 

[ARC]

? heh

 

[lookindown]

You have $500 to $700 worth there.