TOOL BOX TOUR!! What Do I Have In My Drawers? Everything You Need To Start Small Engine Repair!
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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We saw over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!
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Thanks for showing us your drawers, lifting your top, and crawling around on the floor with us. LOL
You and I both have a dirty mind...
@@MLenninger She is kinda hot looking
I keep red fingernail polish in my chemicals & Loctite drawer to mark the first chainsaw tooth I sharpen, when comes back around, turn saw around, sharpen other side.
Mine's pink metalflake. Gets lotsa comments. ;)
I use a red sharpie. It don't stay on there long, but it only needs to stay on long enough to sharpen the chain.
Great for marking bolts, you torqued.
I use a white paint pen
Blue sharpie works for me, but I need to start buying paint pens again. Hopefully the technology has improved over the last 6 or 7 years.
Thanks for being so much fun…and not taking yourself too seriously…and being very informative!😊
Great video and recommendations! One very common tool that I use a lot that you didn't mention is the camera on my phone. I take pictures so I know how linkages and springs were before I started ripping and tearing.
I do if I think it’s going to be mouths getting Chinese equipment parts for compactor and saws
Best channel on UA-cam! I saw a few things I need to get. Heading to video description now 😁👍
Cute play on words!
Mighty big drawers for such a little lady! 🤣
Nice visiting with you today. Lots of one of my favorite tools there. I'm a HF ITC member. I've been using the Bauer line a bit. Years now actually. Drills, drivers impacts, tire inflator and the newest was purchase a 5 AH battery and charger= get the lube gun free. It sure has been nice lubing deck spindles and such. Helps with the rhymatiz in my hands. Have a good one and my best to both you and Ron. Mark
I have a place for everything in my boxes in it’s place, I hate looking for tools and digging thru a pile of them, once I’m thru for the day it all goes back in it places 😊
I am 66 and I started working on my Fathers lawn mower and small engine shop at 7 years old so I have been doing for a few years
Awesome! Would love to see a video of you restoring that old craftsman toolbox 😍
Great stuff! Thanks Bre. Hopefully Ron is rehabbing well?
I actually have a channel myself, showing exactly that. How to fix different small engines, from lawnmowers and generators, to weed trimmers.
Small now, but channels like yours were quite the inspiration to get started!
Thanks for all the great tips and advice!
I just checked out your channel. I subscribed to it.
@@Rick-Williams59 thank you so much!! That means a lot! 🍻
@@Mike-anic I also went to your channel. Watched a couple of your videos and subbed as well. You're gonna do well my friend.
@@garyalensr Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! ❤😊
I'm a ex heavy equipment mechanic and now have the adult children and their family all living in the same home. So, some one is has a low tire/dead battery constantly. My mower gas can mysteriously is empty all the time as well. Once in a while they will remind me to refill the gas can! Those small portable air compressor and the power pak jumper unit lets them handle their own disasters and I can sleep in on the weekends. Your common sense "how to" videos have help me to keep the fleet of Lawn maintenance machinery running. Thank you ever so much! Oh, and I too am a Bad Boy mower fan boy. I've a ZT Elite 48" deck with mulch kit. I love the heavy construction and serviceability on the mower. It has the little plastic oil reservoirs for the drives and they're the 3100 series. I have to mow some, not a lot, of orchard grass pasture, so I appreciate the power and dependability.
I've had a small engine repair business for over 30 years and have accumulated so many tools that I could fill up 3 53ft truck trailers floor to ceiling. I've been call a hoarder. 😅
Enjoyed the tour of you're tool box drawers Miss B
Well, THAT was a provocative opening, Bre. You're a hoot, sister. 🤣
Thanks for letting us take a peek in your drawers, and Alex's, and Ron's.
Always take a tool tip from someone who's been there up to their elbows. I used to think it weird when my Dad would make custom wrenches for access to hard-to-reach places on our boat. After owning that boat myself, I too needed special wrenches. If This lady finds something that saves time and frustration, I'm all in. I already got myself one of those plastic repair guns. I have a John Deere that screams for it.
Oh!!! I saw the open end ratcheting wrench in the top drawer. These were made by craftsman ( out of production now). They came in a set of four with eight sizes.(SAE)
I use mine all the time.
Thanks for the long video. It was great to unwind after a long day at work.
Still got mine. Still use them.
A quick tip on the drawers of the first chest you showed us; put a small colored dot or piece of colored tape on the end of the drawer that has the latch. Your eye will quickly tell you which end to use and you wont even think about it. It only takes a minute or two to do and will remove those tiny frustrations that you experience.
Why don't you remove the latches?
Thanks for walking us through your tool set. Many people interested in getting started working on small engines are intimidated when they see all the tools many mechanics own.
Starting with a set of basic tools can get one started repairing their own stuff and grow a clientele of satisfied customers.
I've never had a problem emptying out my magnetic trays. I used them my entire mechanic career, and for 20 years beyond.
You don’t have drawers you have pan tea’s, which is is my cup of tea!
The drawer locks have there place, Im a Chief Engineer onboard ships and its a must for your tools when you’re rock n and roll n!😂❤
Excellent review! Thank you!
I bought a battery operated Plastic Welder on Amazon. It uses my Dewalt 20 V battery. Used it to repair a Dolly with plastic connectors holding the wheels. Awesome! Love your videos.
darned things are really good to havae. Everyhthing is plastic, even American stuff.
I love that intro i got a good laugh out of that.
The maneuverable endoscope is badass! Not ready to order one yet but I will be using your amazon store when I do. Great suggestion.
It’s very handy when you need it but I hardly ever use it 😢
@@philliphall5198 Good feedback. I agree that It's a tool you won't use often but inspecting cylinder bores in small engines (Motorcycles in my case) gun barrels, and even hard to get to home inspections like behind a shower enclosure to look for leaks would make it invaluable. Even though its uses are few.
Great video Bre. Thanks
I wasn't ready for that opening line!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the tidbits of knowledge, tips and tricks. Sure helps.
One thing I've learned as a heavy equipment mechanic is copper never seize, just works better and is conductive unlike silver...not so. Also I bought the sparkplug adapters to keep valves closed while replacing stem seals.
I did my own water/ ethanol test, and found ethanol shield even w non ethanol the humidity puts water in gas.
I've used Wiha tools for years. They make great stuff, and the prices are really reasonable. Their bits and screwdrivers in particular are top-notch. Thanks for the peek! All the best to you.
Had to watch it a second time, lots to see and hear about how we never get enough even after retirement, I still buy tools and equipment for small engine businesses 😢😢😢
Stay blessed and happy 😊
Finally get to see what you have in your drawers!! Yes!
Ta for the video Hun... Hope you and the big man are well
Love looking in your drawers LOL
Thanks for letting me peak inside your drawers. lol have a good one
Remember the two stroke fuel metering diaphragm video? Was able to help my neighbor with his engine since it had been sitting for a while. After getting fuel to it with some patience, it started running like a champ. Thanks!!!
Thanks, Bre! Hope Ron continues his recovery & starts driving a manual shift car soon. - another Gemini.
Thanks for the toolbox tour. Funny my toolboxes look a lot like Rons lol, especially the tops of the boxes. I have probably 6 rolling toolboxes between my garage and wood and misc. shop ranging from Craftsman to Kenedy and a small Tool Rite for electrical. Hopefully this winter I might be able to organize them a litter better.
Great tool box tour. I work mostly on cars and the thermal camera's are great for finding parasitic draws.
Tools and Tricks of the Trade!! In the tool box between your ears Knowledge !🇨🇦😂
I had two three tier rolling ball bearing drawer tool boxes, a 60 gallon two stage standing air compressor and a 9kwatt electric start generator on wheels all in my 1950 Croft 4'x6' trailer when I was doing 70mph on I-4 NB in Florida and my left rear tibe blew, fishtailing, jackknifing and flipping the trailer,it's entire contents went down an embankment. My Pickup was totaled. I sold everything to the junkyard to satisfy the two bill as I couldn't get it all to NY. 47 years as a Mechanic, 37 years worth of Air, electric and Hand tools, regular and impact in every drive size wasted. If I needed it once I'd need it again (even if I never did) I bought it. I had two sets of O wrenches and ratchets, oxwall ratcheting wrenches. Every conceivable tool. V-8s, V-6s, straight 6's, 4 cyls, one lungers. Small power eqpt. I miss it so much. Thank goodness I can still live vicariously through your videos, Bre. After 30 years as a Wood Cutter and a 15 year hiatus I'm getting back into it for a project in my Hometown of New Haven, CT.
Enjoyed a peek in your drawers
Didn't we all! 🤣
Organized chaos for sure😮. I am a Gemini as well. I am the opposite of you guys. Over organized keeps me sane. Thanks for the video. ✌️
I chuckled when you threw the black fuel line on the bench... 19:40 Also, it must be in the name, as Ron's organized chaos area looks just like mine, only he has less of everything than I do.
I love your videos, they have me doing all the maintenance on mowers. Would love to see something on the hydraulic drives
I have a Snapper Z Rider Yard Cruiser that I have been getting up and running but haven't had any luck with hydraulic trans info. Keep up the great work. Hope Ron is doing well.
Naughty love it. But thanks for the tour. Been slowly collecting the tools. Just for me not business.
Thank you for the video and links.
I have wondered what you had in your drawers😊. I like what was in there. I need to get me some of them long hemestats and maybe one of those camera devices and I'm golden.
Thanks for the tour 👍
Great video. Organizing takes time. Especially when you have multiple disciplines that you work in. I have tools for automation and small engine, electrical repair, Drywall and tile, woodworking and finishing. Welding and metal
Work, I’ve been in my current location since 2001 and have just now really got a decent bit of organization going on. I’m probably a hoarder as well. I’m still using up nuts and bolts from when my dad retired as a maintenance man/Machinist and brought home in his toolbox in 1982. You all are making excellent progress while still being able to crank work out for your customers.
Tools everywhere!
I would like to see a recommendation video of what equipment you would think is best in several categories:
String trimmers
Blowers
Chainsaws
Mowers ( walk behind, tractors, and zero turns)
Hedge trimmers
Etc.
Thank you!
My best tool in my toolbox is Starting Fluid haha.
The Echo torx bits, awesome tools. I've got a part number. 😊 😉😆
A peek inside your drawers…. You are the gift that keeps on giving. You have my absolute attention 😁
Love your show. I need to organize as well as you.
That Jegs toolbox is identical to the US General 5 drawer mechanics toolcart. The drawer locks are to keep them closed when rolling it around. I got it for $200 on sale from Harbor Freight. It must have come out of the same factory. I have 3 of these and two top and bottom US General tool cabinets. They can be had at a very good price when on sale. I am very happy with the US General tool cabinets. I sat and compared yours with mine because it is in my computer room.
Hi Bree, you can easily remove those drawer triggers on your jegs toolbox. They unhook and slide out of the handle. I have the same on my big snap on boxes. They are for if you roll your box around. Good video. Stay cool
How is everyone,I have been missing your videos,I have seen them all.Thank You
Thanks I’m definitely going to try an fix my own tool and chainsaws and mowers.
Thanks for sneaky peak, great to know what you need to get things done,.
I subscribed not too long ago, but I have to say young lady, You are a wealth of knowledge and I love watching you.❤
Awesome video thank you for sharing this with us.
The top of your Jegs toolbox is almost identical to mine, although mine definitely hasn't been cleaned out. Think I've found my job for a rainy Saturday 😄
Nice peek inside those drawers 😂 Thank You
I literally was laughing my head off, when you said ithat 😂
Thank you for your time.
Now that's a nice collection of tools thanks for the video
It's always intriguing and interesting to see whatcha got in your drawers..lol
I have the exact same Sears Toolbox. Got it with my first VW Super Beetle and I have my angle grinder bits and pieces in it now!
Hey Brea! Thanks for the tool box tour. Really liked messing around in your drawers. That box with the latches looks like a U. S. General. I have a much larger one. I hated those latches so I took a popcycle stick and slid it behind the latch and cut off the excess. Now I don’t have to look for the latch any more. If I ever want to sell the box I can easily remove the wooden wedge to return the latch to original function. I like your channel and have used your tips and tricks often. Thanks, see ya!
Another awesome video thanks for sharing and the free advice a fan
I never got past reading the title. Had to toss my shirt in the laundry to get the coffee out! Hahahaha I'm just a DIY guy like my dad was. I did not know that someone would come to your house to fix stuff. My dad would say why hire someone and buy his tools when you can buy your own tools and do the job?
Saw the ez pour spout and remembered I needed a new one for one of my gas cans lol thanks 😊
Thanks. Very informative and helpful. 😊
I'm out in the West Virginia mountains for some of my doings, and I am thinking of using Corn Hole game boards for a riding mower lift. yep. I might need to do that. Away from my main home back in Maryland, I do improvise. hmmm those nut driver impacts look pretty sweet.
I like that modified spark, plug multi wrench for the chain break tool I need to make one of those. 👍
I'm no pro, and I don't do as much wrenching as I did in my younger days, but I've always enjoyed "good" tools. They are a pleasure to use and can go a long way toward making a huge hassle job a little more bearable. Many of the crappy tools I used in the past simply compound the difficulty/frustration of all but the simplest tasks. Having said that, I do believe there is a point of diminishing returns where bucks per tool is concerned.
Ron's toolbox looks just like mine it is an organized mess but I know where everything is
My wife bought the first tool box you showed but she got hers at harbor freight and I removed the drawer locks. I have an old craftsmen 3 box tool box which I've had for over 30 years and the top stays open and it's full of stuff. Two years ago for a Christmas gift the biggest tool box top and bottom from craftsmen that was on sale from Lowe's. The top has all my chargers for the battery stuff. A few odds and end tools that are used often. I have a roll around cabinet that has nothing inside and thinking about scraping. Take the wheels off before hand. I built a wooden cabinet to hold craftsmen tool storage boxes with the handle up to store bolts, nuts and washers and other items. One has everything for air compressor fittings. One I keep my oscillating tool and all the attachments together.
Your intro made me laugh out loud! 😂. Keep up the great work!
Love the tour what I love is you share everything you know you don't keep it a secret
I hope Ron is doing well with his operation recovery.😊
I trained working on tractors and have tools for that , then cars and more tools, and motorcycles and more tools, gokarts, jetskis, and more tools. And then the last 15 years of my working life I repaired and serviced my own tip truck and the required tools got even bigger!! Now I'm "retired" and working on motorcycles, jetskis, karts, mowers, brush cutters and cars when required. And my mates retire give me MORE TOOLS!! and there are still more tools I need.
Always enjoy your videos! By the way I have worked for people from Germany and Austria over the years.
Anything from Germany that begins with a “W” is pronounced with a “V” sound. So Wera would be pronounced “Vera”.
Conversely anything beginning with a “V” has a “W” sound. For example a friend used to say “Hans, get the Wacuum!” 🤣
I just had to put a new drive shaft and prop shaft in a brand new Yamaha outboard engine and it had a moon key to keep the rubber water pump in place so you might be glad that you keep those if you ever do any work on Yamaha outboard engines.
Nice rack of tools! That old Sears box is a gem, I still have and use my Dad's old "barn style" Craftsman tool box, and have one similar to yours that I repainted and use for specific purpose tools. I used to be all in for Craftsman stuff, but I don't think they are better than HF now. If I need a job specific tool for something I haven't done before, I definitely go to HF. Rarely regretted it.
I've been working on cars and trucks, and small engines since I was 6 years old, I have a front shed for my car/truck tools, and a side shed for small engines, and a back shed full of tools I have collected over the years, I'm 55 now going to be 56 next month, so you can imagine how much stuff I have, oh, and I have a mobile conversion van work shop for cars/trucks/and small engine stuff, you guys have a good start.... LMAO
We are all harware hoarders what you need to do is have your helper or sit in front of the TV and sort them into categories and put them in used coffee cans or food containers. I have my go to hardware in harbor freight 20-Bin Medium and large Portable Parts Storage Case.
Bre, I saw your T-Handled nut drivers. Where did you get them and can you get metric and SAE. Absolutely love your videos. Glad Ron is doing well. Please never stop being YOU
You're very generous. Thanks.
Great video as always, thank you for all you do to help us DIY'ers! Those latches on your Jegs box are annoying - had them on my US General box. I was able to remove them though, should be 1 or 2 sm screws on the inside of the drawer and then they slide out.
Thanks Bre
Aluminum cans make great ring compressors on small engines
Thankyou for sharing have a good day have fun be safe
Great video, thanks for your time!😊
Hah! I guessed your fuel line fishing hook before you said its use. I also admit to being a tool collector. I kept over 400 tools in the truck when I was a handyman, and used darnnear every single one over those 10 years.
Thanks for sharing with hope yall doing good tell olld man hey 👋