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Oliverguy 07-20-2012 15:23:33 75.149.65.181 Report to Moderator	Found this today. Had a bad morning, decided the h-ll with it and went to a garage sale. I knew it was going to be a decent one when there was a 4020 for sale there. Never seen that at a garage sale before. How old do you think this is? Is it a good one? Came with a random assortment of williams, craftsman and napa sockets up to 2". $30. [Reply]   [No Email]
greygoat 07-21-2012 19:02:07 184.158.75.173 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   Industrial grade! [Reply]  [No Email]
cannonball 07-21-2012 04:54:28 98.20.38.146 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   They are stronger than a 3/4 break over..that was all I used in Gas pipeline work..Boss saw us break the ratchet guts and decides to get us some break overs...the break over did not even break one nut and it broke, he looked at us and said go back to your ratchet...always kept spare parts for them [Reply]  [No Email]
bill in colo 07-20-2012 21:36:29 99.196.128.58 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   I paid $7 for mine at yard sale 10 years ago [Reply]  [No Email]
WV2cyl 07-20-2012 18:15:09 198.41.57.221 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   as good as you can get. 40 some yrs ago I bought an estate in western Ohio and it included a lot of Williams wrenches.got 1/4" and 3/4" sets of sockets and a lot of hand wrenches, wish I has a 1/2" set. An older mechanic was at my place some yrs ago and saw the ratchets of which I happened to have 2 - 3/4" drives. he said when he first started to work for Cat after WW2 he bought a set of Williams tools and had lost the ratchet. He wanted to buy one, I didn"t want to sell it but he insisted about buying it for some time, finally I gave it to him,a few days later he gave my son a crisp 100 bill and said it was cheap.I"m sure he has never turned a nut with it and told the son when he was gone the wrenches were his. [Reply]  [No Email]
rusted nuts 07-20-2012 17:47:55 98.17.47.15 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   Best you could get at the time, half wore out it,s still better than 3/4s of the ones you can get today, got one at a fle market 5 years ago for $5.00 still working great never slips, has already lasted Me longer than a napa and S and K did. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bob Bancroft 07-20-2012 17:34:46 97.73.64.151 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   Dad had Williams sockets/ratchets since before me. So they would be 60 plus years old now. [Reply]  [No Email]
wd9garymn 07-20-2012 15:40:14 208.83.206.11 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   I had williams tools at work--as good or better than any on the market!! [Reply]  [No Email]
rufus80 07-20-2012 15:27:10 174.252.213.179 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   All that for $30, good deal. I bought the same ratchet last year at a farm sale for $20. Don't know how old guess 20-30 years. [Reply]  [No Email]
Zachary Hoyt 07-20-2012 15:25:55 74.47.48.18 Report to Moderator	Re: Williams 3/4 in reply to Oliverguy, 07-20-2012 15:23:33   Dunno about the ratchet but it looks nice, the sockets were worth it anyway if you got 5 or 6 or more, I'd say. [Reply]  [No Email]