Don’t worry bud I’ve been at it for 3 years got all my solid basic tools but ima till buying stuff to this day!! Just be patient and be smart with money don’t get too over your head with a tool truck if you choose to. I’m not knocking the tool truck entirely but I’ve seen people with out even realizing it getting into stupid stupid debt
Awesome video man! I appreciate the tour! I’m a new diesel tech just getting started so thank you for all the help! I recommend the snap on wire strippers! I use them more than any other tool!
Great tour man. Love the bag of o rings everyone has lol. Having your grandpa’s adjustable wrenches is awesome 🤩. The power and long drawer option is awesome great choice.
@@TheDieseldog it’s not how many or how much. It’s how effective what you have is. I should start ta aka tools Anonymous. Hi I am heavy wrench I have a problem.
I watched your video about 5 times this week, I'm so impressed what a beautiful box you have and you have the right amount of tools to do your job. You're not the kind of guy who must own 500 sockets and 300 wrenches, I wish I was 40 years younger just getting out of high school because this is the path I should have taken. I've watched a million toolbox tours and I must admit yours is number 3 on my list. Keep up the great work you do
I used my 1/4 driver screw driver handle all the time the last shop I was at. Made tightening hose clamps in tight places easier with some wobble plus extensions stacked on it.
Very nice toolbox ,with a nice start to a good collection of tools, & pretty well organized too. Thanks for sharing you toolbox inventory with us. Gregg Critter Muse
I love your tool box. I think this would be my ideal setup. I’m always looking at boxes with several long drawers, but I love this all long drawer set up with the power drawer.
When it comes to the bigger wrenches I just got mine from HF. 1 3/8”-2”. Right about $100 but I also love the Mac precision torque wrenches. Love the box tho. I like the long drawer set up.
It was nice to hear someone else that calls it trans gel. That’s what we called it an my old shop, and now people in my new shop look at me funny when I say it
That’s badass you got some legacy wrenches (your grandpas). I’m a first gen mechanic in my family (at least what they’re passing off as a mechanic nowadays lol). I’m looking at boxes now. Hoping one day, I’ll pass it down to one of my sons. Hell, maybe I’ll buy another later and have one for each of em lol.
Manual vacuum pumps work great to remove oil and coolant out of cylinders or oil down dipstick tubes or axles. No oil showers from pulling transmission pans or axle covers in the driveway for me. Mityvac is the brand, make sure to get the extended lines for it.
Dieseldog 1988 Garage... Nice toolbox tour. I love the Epic toolboxes especially with all long drawers like yours.. I would love to trade my Matco toolbox for a Snap on toolbox. Probably won't ever happen but I can dream, right?
not gonna lie. this took me from the day you posted until this very moment to finish this video.. now i can say nice set up and im waiting for my mac air hammer to die, i hear the snappy one is really good (it just wont die tho!)
The tire inflator the trick that I do put an air fitting quick check on it then you can use all your air fittings with it without Unscrewing them. Great Video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Great video, I love your tour. You can for sure tell you use to be an auto and light truck technician. It is funny because some of those tools I own as well and I am in auto and light truck and I have not used them in forever. just came across exhaust manifold spreader tools in my box and this is what I think about when seeing alot of your auto/ truck tools. thank you for the tour.
I have had good luck with Snap On tap and dies. I just bought the sizes I needed. Some days I would use a single tap 10 times a day and it still cuts threads and has not broken yet. Tap holding sockets are way better than that T handle piece of junk. I found a my tap sockets at a Napa.
The snap-on tap and die set I have both the full metric and standard sets I use them all the time and I have only broke one die and no taps. I have probably used them hundreds of times and they still work like new.
In my young mechanic days every other job I had left over damn bolts that don't go anywhere, I just chucked them in my drawer and called them a trade secret..🤣🤣 My bolt drawer was so heavy I could barely open it, if I weight them all would be like a took a whole car off the roads.. thanks goodness i moved on to other jobs.
I used to have a nuts and bolts collection in my drawer also, until it kept breaking the tracks in my Snap on box. A few coffee cans solved that. Not only freed up space in my box, but made me faster at my job too. Now my nuts and bolts are organized and I don't waste time looking when I need one
Thanks for the video! Killer box. Would you ever consider doing a video on what a starting apprentice would need tool wise in his box for working on semi trucks? If not a video, then just a quick put together list?
I have a nice set of Sunex big wrenches my Mac rep ordered for me! Been working on school busses for almost two years and moving into a Mack/Volvo dealer next week! Any recommendations for tools? Also do you have a recommendation for a diag scanner for the heavy duty stuff? I'm a younger tech at 27, just getting my feet wet in the field
Hey man. I have been a heavy equipment machanic for 40 years and my rual of thumb if you don't have the tool and you have to borrow it twice then buy it. If you buy things you think you need you may never use or you will go bankrupt buying tools. Good luck.
Good looking box. Dont be afraid to venture into the Pittsburgh big wrenches. Or neiko for big wrenches. Torture them and not feel guilty, then warranty them. As for bigger sockets, get proto. They're easier on the wallet but will be passed on to your grandkids.
If it gets the job done it doesn’t matter what the name on the side is or where you got it. Snap on has great tools, but the cheaper brands can be just as good. Especially starting out.
I love how everyone thinks we make the big bucks, not knowing about the 100k in tools we gotta have. I’ve been wrenching since 86, it will definitely wear the body out. Thanks for the vids
As an ex Harley Davidson technician, I have so many extra o-rings and gaskets that it isn’t even funny. One whole drawer is full of o-rings and gaskets. Then another drawer is filled with electric stuff and wires. You become a hoarder of the most random things once you become a technician
There's my tool box! Lol thanks for the tour D. I just started almost three weeks of power technician class as diesel mechanics. Naming tools really helps because, honestly...I came to college with no knowledge of any tools, parts, math, and measurements. Any tips would be awesome :)
@@TheDieseldog i ended dropping two classes, heavy duty brake and CDL class, and basic hydraulics. I love it, but didn't want a bad permanent grade. Long story short, got my text book that came off of my own pocket and looking forward in next year and this is a headstart for me! Btw it is an awesome feeling when getting the right size ratchet the first time to loosen up some bolts
Thanks for the tour. I noticed most of your wrenches are 12 point. Never needed 6 points? I'm trying to build by new box and I was always told only use 6 point and only 12 point if you have to.?
My brother passed and I need to sell his diesel tools and tool cart. 🛠 I'm going to send flyer to mechanic schools and truck repair shops. Can you give me any other areas I should try?
I had a 68 epic with 2 lockers it got broke into the way the locks are they destroyed my box and lockers to get into them so the qaulity of the box is great I lost around 20 thousand dollars that took 30 years to buy everything and 1 weekend to loose everything but you can't get a better box than snapon
Can’t afford the cam and delete right now. Just going cheap and putting new lifters in and ordering a Range Disabler. If they go out again I’ll do the delete with cam and everything.
Finally someone else with all long drawers. Only way to go.
Oh yeah. Love this set up 👌🏼
Wish I would have went all long drawers , but my snap on guy had a smoking deal on cranberry 84 epic so normal drawer layout is what I got
@@TheDieseldog Hey my guy, um I think you might be a tad color blindness.
@@nathanielyoung5737 why’s that
@@TheDieseldog that's red and green not red and yellow
I just started as a Diesel technician apprentice and... there’s a lot to learn, had my first day today 🤯 there’s so many damn tools I need to buy.
Takes time and patience. You’ll get there. Keep up the work 👍🏼
Don’t worry bud I’ve been at it for 3 years got all my solid basic tools but ima till buying stuff to this day!! Just be patient and be smart with money don’t get too over your head with a tool truck if you choose to. I’m not knocking the tool truck entirely but I’ve seen people with out even realizing it getting into stupid stupid debt
Awesome video man! I appreciate the tour! I’m a new diesel tech just getting started so thank you for all the help! I recommend the snap on wire strippers! I use them more than any other tool!
Great tour man. Love the bag of o rings everyone has lol. Having your grandpa’s adjustable wrenches is awesome 🤩. The power and long drawer option is awesome great choice.
Thanks brother 👍🏼 it’s no Heavy Wrench set up but gets the job done lol
@@TheDieseldog it’s not how many or how much. It’s how effective what you have is. I should start ta aka tools Anonymous. Hi I am heavy wrench I have a problem.
I watched your video about 5 times this week, I'm so impressed what a beautiful box you have and you have the right amount of tools to do your job. You're not the kind of guy who must own 500 sockets and 300 wrenches, I wish I was 40 years younger just getting out of high school because this is the path I should have taken. I've watched a million toolbox tours and I must admit yours is number 3 on my list. Keep up the great work you do
I dig your setup and box dude!! I work at a diesel shop myself. I like looking at other techs boxes for ideas. Nice set!!
Like the tour and enjoyed seeing the tools you use every day. Cool to get ideas from others guys in the trade :)
Great tour mate, intersting and good to see another automotive tech whod switched over
I used my 1/4 driver screw driver handle all the time the last shop I was at. Made tightening hose clamps in tight places easier with some wobble plus extensions stacked on it.
Very nice toolbox ,with a nice start to a good collection of tools, & pretty well organized too. Thanks for sharing you toolbox inventory with us.
Gregg Critter Muse
Nice bit of kit. The bigger and longer and taller the drawers the better and the more space for more tools.
Don't see many boxes with full length drawers all the down. Awesome set up 🤟I know I'm 2 years behind seeing this video.
I love your tool box. I think this would be my ideal setup. I’m always looking at boxes with several long drawers, but I love this all long drawer set up with the power drawer.
Thank you 👍🏼 it’s a pretty good set up. I have no complaints.
U know u got a lot of stuff when u say " I don't remember what's back here" lol
Nice to see a tour where tools get used
When it comes to the bigger wrenches I just got mine from HF. 1 3/8”-2”. Right about $100 but I also love the Mac precision torque wrenches. Love the box tho. I like the long drawer set up.
Good video Mate 👍, I'm a diesel mechanic, warren Lane from western truck and tractor repair inspired me to become one, good man 🤝
It was nice to hear someone else that calls it trans gel. That’s what we called it an my old shop, and now people in my new shop look at me funny when I say it
It will always be trans gel to me lol
That’s badass you got some legacy wrenches (your grandpas). I’m a first gen mechanic in my family (at least what they’re passing off as a mechanic nowadays lol). I’m looking at boxes now. Hoping one day, I’ll pass it down to one of my sons. Hell, maybe I’ll buy another later and have one for each of em lol.
I’m on my third box. Hopefully it’s the last lol
Don’t get me wrong, the epiq boxes are great but the extreme tools box I like more, it’s thicker metal and it’s a fraction of the price of course.
Thanks man!! I’ve been wanting to see this video.
Thanks for a great tour. Love that all long drawer set up.
Good to know Matco makes impact allen bits. Looks like the same packaging they did on the magnetic sockets they sale .
Good work man nice looking starter set it will get it done!
Manual vacuum pumps work great to remove oil and coolant out of cylinders or oil down dipstick tubes or axles. No oil showers from pulling transmission pans or axle covers in the driveway for me. Mityvac is the brand, make sure to get the extended lines for it.
Been waiting for this
Nice 😃👍 Love that you went with long drawers..
Yeah I’ve been super happy with the long drawers.
Very nice tour! I may have to pick up one of those stubbies. I have a gutless Ir stubby that I’m too stubborn to replace haha
It’s worth it.
Dieseldog 1988 Garage... Nice toolbox tour. I love the Epic toolboxes especially with all long drawers like yours.. I would love to trade my Matco toolbox for a Snap on toolbox. Probably won't ever happen but I can dream, right?
not gonna lie. this took me from the day you posted until this very moment to finish this video.. now i can say nice set up and im waiting for my mac air hammer to die, i hear the snappy one is really good (it just wont die tho!)
Hey thanks for coming back and finishing it 👍🏼.
Dude ur box is perfect get two or even three just like that stick them together and your set for life.
Thanks for the video. Nice set up.
You have a nice set up
The tire inflator the trick that I do put an air fitting quick check on it then you can use all your air fittings with it without Unscrewing them. Great Video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That’s good info man. I’m going to try that.
Working to be @ ur level one day man! Ur box setup is sick!
Appreciate that, keep up the work 👍🏼
If you’re not a big fan of the spark plug ratchet try flipping the handle around. I flipped mine and it’s probably my second favorite ratchet now.
Great video, I love your tour. You can for sure tell you use to be an auto and light truck technician. It is funny because some of those tools I own as well and I am in auto and light truck and I have not used them in forever. just came across exhaust manifold spreader tools in my box and this is what I think about when seeing alot of your auto/ truck tools. thank you for the tour.
You say you may not have as much...but your doing it right...little at a time and your not tool poor like other people on the tube
Great looking set up.
Thank you
I saw “DieselDog1988Garage” and clicked right away 😂
Nice tool box and collection 👍😃
Thanks man!
Nice tour!
I have had good luck with Snap On tap and dies. I just bought the sizes I needed. Some days I would use a single tap 10 times a day and it still cuts threads and has not broken yet. Tap holding sockets are way better than that T handle piece of junk. I found a my tap sockets at a Napa.
The snap-on tap and die set I have both the full metric and standard sets I use them all the time and I have only broke one die and no taps. I have probably used them hundreds of times and they still work like new.
Wish I would of went snap on for sure. Oh well.
You can warranty those which i didnt know.
God i love these. Love the ford blue
Whoa there, I don’t claim it as Ford blue. Holding up too well lol
@@TheDieseldog haha, come on! Fords hold up well.....(in my dreams) but hey job security my friend.
I love heavy truck mechanics it's my field if I could find a job with you one day
In my young mechanic days every other job I had left over damn bolts that don't go anywhere, I just chucked them in my drawer and called them a trade secret..🤣🤣 My bolt drawer was so heavy I could barely open it, if I weight them all would be like a took a whole car off the roads.. thanks goodness i moved on to other jobs.
I’ve been waiting 😂🙌👍
Finally got it done 👍🏼
Love the box man, have you thought bout getting the workstation hutch ?
I used to have a nuts and bolts collection in my drawer also, until it kept breaking the tracks in my Snap on box. A few coffee cans solved that. Not only freed up space in my box, but made me faster at my job too. Now my nuts and bolts are organized and I don't waste time looking when I need one
I been wrenching since 87. You wouldn't like to see my tool boxes. It's not pretty, but damn my check is good.
Thanks for the video! Killer box. Would you ever consider doing a video on what a starting apprentice would need tool wise in his box for working on semi trucks? If not a video, then just a quick put together list?
Perfect video thank you!
Awesome box!
Thank you 👍🏼
They’ll get some stuff loose. Hahah. I say the same thing about that same hammer!
That’s where my stubby standard wrench went, lol!
Great Video
I have a nice set of Sunex big wrenches my Mac rep ordered for me! Been working on school busses for almost two years and moving into a Mack/Volvo dealer next week! Any recommendations for tools? Also do you have a recommendation for a diag scanner for the heavy duty stuff? I'm a younger tech at 27, just getting my feet wet in the field
Hey man. I have been a heavy equipment machanic for 40 years and my rual of thumb if you don't have the tool and you have to borrow it twice then buy it. If you buy things you think you need you may never use or you will go bankrupt buying tools. Good luck.
great setup 👍🇨🇦
Thank you 👍🏼
Tim is my snap on man now.
If we are talking about the same Tim, that’s awesome. Tim’s my boy 🤘🏼
Heavy truck mechanic and job
Great video 👍🏼
Thanks for watching 🤙🏻
Everything what he's talking about is true and I can learn from him also
Good looking box. Dont be afraid to venture into the Pittsburgh big wrenches. Or neiko for big wrenches. Torture them and not feel guilty, then warranty them.
As for bigger sockets, get proto. They're easier on the wallet but will be passed on to your grandkids.
Yeah I’m not as Snap On loyal as I was in my younger years.
That custom dmax injector line tool was awesome genious idea man
What’s your opinion on craftsman
And harbor freight Pittsburg and icon tools
If it gets the job done it doesn’t matter what the name on the side is or where you got it. Snap on has great tools, but the cheaper brands can be just as good. Especially starting out.
Check out adt wrench’s, 1 1/4 to 2 inch. Mine have been work good for a few years
Awesome !!!
Nice set up. Any chance you have a part number on the clutch throw out bearing/ clutch brake measuring tool?
I’ll see if it has one and get back to you.
Thanks for sharing
I love how everyone thinks we make the big bucks, not knowing about the 100k in tools we gotta have. I’ve been wrenching since 86, it will definitely wear the body out. Thanks for the vids
True but it feels great to go into my huge box and know I have a steady job and the right tool to do the job…
That’s awesome,you use your tools,there not for show.
As an ex Harley Davidson technician, I have so many extra o-rings and gaskets that it isn’t even funny. One whole drawer is full of o-rings and gaskets. Then another drawer is filled with electric stuff and wires. You become a hoarder of the most random things once you become a technician
You can say that again. Always thinking hey I may need this next time but most of the time it collects dust in the tool box lol👍
@@7dioclau Then when ya do need it, takes longer to dig through the drawer and find it than it would be to order another 😂
Check out a "air comb" IPA makes them i think.
Nice !
Nice setup although I have a hard time buying snap on.
There's my tool box! Lol thanks for the tour D. I just started almost three weeks of power technician class as diesel mechanics. Naming tools really helps because, honestly...I came to college with no knowledge of any tools, parts, math, and measurements. Any tips would be awesome :)
Glad you can get something out of the vid, thanks for watching. Keep up the hard work brother, hope you’re liking your classes 🤙🏻
@@TheDieseldog i ended dropping two classes, heavy duty brake and CDL class, and basic hydraulics. I love it, but didn't want a bad permanent grade. Long story short, got my text book that came off of my own pocket and looking forward in next year and this is a headstart for me! Btw it is an awesome feeling when getting the right size ratchet the first time to loosen up some bolts
Thanks for the tour. I noticed most of your wrenches are 12 point. Never needed 6 points? I'm trying to build by new box and I was always told only use 6 point and only 12 point if you have to.?
12 point box end wrenches are the standard.
Wright tools for the big wrenches and icon for the stubby wrenches 10-19 50$
My brother passed and I need to sell his diesel tools and tool cart. 🛠 I'm going to send flyer to mechanic schools and truck repair shops. Can you give me any other areas I should try?
This is the career I want to do. Well being a cat tech.
Go for it!
Always gotta have the cracked mirror
Mines not cracked yet... i must not be using it right 😂
3/8 impact yes
he is color blind he called his socket tray yellow when it is clearly green......GEEEZE lol jk ....nice set man
Not even 3 seconds in.... Great a rain for rent truck... Worked for them for a few years.
Right down the road from us so we get most of their work.
I want that box I don't need it but I want it
What is the width of the drawers?
10-4 on Matco stubby.
I’m 18 what can I do to become a diesel mechanic or technician??
Awesome box! I cant stand triple banks or the small drawers.
Yeah I really like this set up.
I thought i saw a hutch in a previous vid.
I hope to f**king god it’s still holding up.
Still going strong 👍🏼
Is Snap On as expensive in the States like here in the Uk?
Probably lol
Buy tekton angled wrenches if you need them an harbor freight big wrenches have made me so much 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
I had a 68 epic with 2 lockers it got broke into the way the locks are they destroyed my box and lockers to get into them so the qaulity of the box is great I lost around 20 thousand dollars that took 30 years to buy everything and 1 weekend to loose everything but you can't get a better box than snapon
Dang, hate to hear that. Hope you were able to build your set up back up.
Take the wedding ring off safety please
What did u end up doing to your Silverado for the lifters
I’m working on it right now replacing them. Had one collapse again. Hopefully getting it running this weekend.
@@TheDieseldog mine just went out too I work down at 111 salvage did u end up getting the cam
Can’t afford the cam and delete right now. Just going cheap and putting new lifters in and ordering a Range Disabler. If they go out again I’ll do the delete with cam and everything.
And here's where I keep assorted lengths of wire
Right on brutha 👍🏼
Are you colorblind? That's a green socket tray...
I am haha
You need a side locker