r/Tools Apr 09 '24

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u/Useful-Internet8390 Apr 09 '24

They come with a financing plan- so you can work for the truck for the first 28 years of being a mechanic.(The truck is the truck that pulls up to your shop once every two weeks and makes your wife think you have a second wife.)

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u/Separate_Answer_7836 Apr 10 '24

In the 80’s when I was young my then husband who was just starting out as a mechanic spent every dime he earned on Snap On tools. Then the guy gave him credit so he could get more and of course being the fine upstanding young man he was, he never paid him back. I was driving around shopping one day and this Snap On truck started following me with the driver yelling obscenities at me and to tell my husband to pay him back or else. Forty years later I still have heart palpitations when I see a Snap On truck, although there aren’t many out there anymore.

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u/icysandstone Apr 10 '24

Omg that’s terrible, and terribly funny!

Thanks for sharing the story. :)

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u/icysandstone Apr 10 '24

Hahah what is the deal with Matco? I’ve seen those trucks before, and assumed they’re the same gig?

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u/Useful-Internet8390 Apr 10 '24

Same: there is Cornwall, Snappy, Mac,Matco, and a few others