I was a Cornwell tools dealer for 15 years and you did not just crack some incredible code. They simply make no attempt to hide it like the other companies do. The same tools you pointed to are available rebranded from all of the tool trucks under different part numbers. What absolutely destroyed the business are people buying these products cheaper online, then expecting the warranty service from their tool dealer. Unfortunately, with the prevalence of Internet sales, everyone is quick to find a cheap price without placing any value on service. I was a very strong dealer for many years, but have now moved into another business because of this.
Sure i could go buy all there rebranded tools elsewhere, but if they break good luck dealing with each companies warranty service or lack there of... ive been using cornwell for 15 years now and i appreciate the honest marketing from them... i also like that they will warranty consumables like drill.bits, taps etc...
Knowing who makes them doesnt give you the money to buy them outright though. The money they charge extra is interest. That way they can say their truck accounts are “interest free”. Well it isnt free. You pay a hefty interest, they just hide it in the price
Good Video, I've been buying Snap On, Matco for several years, they are good tools, but the prices are high. 3 years buying Mac Tool is a garbage of tools and garbage of guarantee and I have been 1 year with cornwell tool and honestly I have never had problems with the tools or with the guarantees, very good prices and good offers, I love it. CTM = CORNWELL TOOL MACHINE. Exclusive manufacturer for tool boxes.
just for your information, cornwell and snapon are the only two tool companies left that make most of their own tools in house. yes, every company outsources, but all of them outsource all production except for cornwell and snap on
Your pointing out that Cornwell don’t make tools at all...... They put tool manufacturers together and throw on Cornwell brand. What does Cornwell make?
aaro gant Lol Stacy David is pretty cool. I used to watch his channel all the time back when he was one of the only guys talking about Cornwell Tools. There’s a guy I’d like to have a beer with.
Also if you look at their complete catalog they are very up front with “made in Ohio “ at the tops of pages with tools they manufacture in house. The only 1 that stumps me is Mayhew makes the prybars, carbide scrapers, and striking picks/hooks for Matco, Mac, and cornwell but on the smaller prybars sets in cornwells catalogs they are on the “made in Ohio” page. Been meaning to ask my dealer
Michael Pinheiro cornwell does manufacture their own pry bars, punches and chisels. The only exception to that is the 60” pry bars which are made by Mayhew.
If you go to the Cornwell online catalog, click any of the popular brands. The next window, on the right hand side will show all of the brands. If you like a specific brand, or simply want to know what that company makes for Cornwell, click on the brand name. It will show all Cornwell products made by the brand.
I love cornwell tools and there dealers are generally good people and well go buy it cheaper have fun getting it serviced because most of these companies do not take returns from end users only distributors good luck with internet venders taking care of it
Agreed Agreed Agreed! Thanks for commenting! I too Love Cornwell Tools. My Dealer is very up front with me. Sorry if I miss spoke about certain labels and thanks for clarifying. Cheers!
Apex Tool Group (ATG) owns KD and Gearwrench and in 2014 decided to use the Gearwrench brand for all thier tools. Stanley Tools is part of the Mac Tool company. Doing a little more research found that the ATG also makes tools for Matco under the Sata brand which is not sold in North America. Thank you for the insite. Love you videos.
You sir are incorrect Stanley black&decker bought Mac tools company and own dewalt and various other tool companies why do u think mac tools are using dewalt impacts
And in going so shut down a great American tool company, Armstrong, I am not a fan of Apex tool/Bain Capital/ Mitt Romney but I was mistaken I kept saying they shut down the remaining us manufacturing with Armstrong but that's not true they still have Dayton- Apex where they make some specialized industrial impact products
CAT is a generic code for “cornwell air tool” they are usually made by professional tool products, made in Taiwan. They currently make all of Matcos air tools. Also worth noting that same stubby can be purchased at harbor freight under the earthquake name
Most of the low end tools come from Taiwan. AVE did a video and found the exact company making the “premium” line at harbor freight. Actually pretty darn beefy inside
You just saved me $400 or $500 i found out neiko sells there master torx and hex sets for a 1/16 of the the price same blue storage box and everything just neiko branded
"Cricket" really? This guy seems to know some of the obvious ones like Streamlight which says Streamlight on the page, IR which Ingersoll Rand is extremely popular, and correct on some others, but otherwise he seems to be guessing on a lot of tools
Here's a rebrand for ya. Cornwell sells a hose pinch pliers...........the Snap On truck sells a Blue Point hose pinch pliers. Pull the light blue handles off of both pliers and tell me the difference. Short answer is there is absolutely no difference between the 2, they even have the exact same manufacturer stampings in the exact same places. HOWEVER...........there is one big difference between the 2 pliers, the Cornwell pliers is about half the price for the exact same tool with the Blue Point label on it. Is Snap On rebranding a Cornwell tool and doubling the price, or are both brands relabeling a third party tool, but Snap On is just going batshit crazy in their price markup?? The point I am making is that ALL tool trucks carry rebranded merch. It is not fair to pick on one brand for doing it without pointing out all the other brand's relabeled items. Here is the proof ua-cam.com/video/4XKxSpLK9pE/v-deo.html
Absolutely Right..there is no way around. Everybody does it. And they been doing it for many years... I am a Snap on Rep and we all have to do this to stay in business otherwise some of us will not be in business today.... Sorry at least 50 to 60 percentage of what we sell in our trucks today is either outsourced or rebranded with our logo......or their logo.Mac , Matco, Snap on , Cornwell....
most companies re-brand all their tools except their hard line tools such as sockets ratchets and wrenches...and as far as Cornwell goes i like my dealer i refuse to buy snap on tools if i don"t have to
There's no secret that all the tool brands rebrand and sell the same tools that others do. Matco doesn't actually make any of their tools, other than maybe their high end boxes.
Hello sir fine post. Just to add something I ran into, I ordered a KD impact socket set 3/8 drive, the add said KD and even the invoice said KD with the right part # but what I got was a gearwrench set. It seams to be a good set but wasn't what I was expecting. I am very happy with it and a good price, same part number on the case even
Back in the day KD made tools in USA i still have thier brake tool. They were bought by I think Apextools which sells gear wrench so now they are the same.
Stanley doesn’t make anything for Cornwell. Those flip sockets are made in Ohio. Unless they say Blue Power on them they are made overseas but not by Stanley.
Cornwell has a major disadvantage in the market: they are just as expensive as Snap off however have ZERO resale value, a friend gave me a set of cornwell branded double offset ratcheting wrenches to sell for him on ebay, he paid nearly $700 for it off the truck, quickly I discovered that I cannot even sell it for $100, for comparison if the same set was branded as snap on it would have easily sold for nearly $400, words to the wise.
I have all 4 trucks come to my shop and the cornwell guy BY FAR gets the most sales. Firstly because he is the best dealer but secondly because cornwell tools are the cheapest of the 4 with very high quality and warranty claims are no questions asked and no hassle
Cornwell is up front and there USA made hardline is phenomenal quality and and there guages for fuel is us guage and if it's rebranded for instance will have have a c after acronym and for your information still flip set is cornwell made and mm is metal man
Cornwell owns Kennedy toolboxes now,they bought out Kennedy a couple years ago.The fully automatic a/c machine made by Robinair is a piece of junk.They are not worth the money and are always broke.Robinair is owned by Bosch now,Bosch bought out SPX a few years ago.
probably most companies that make stuff for others do or sometimes throw a place in p/n show theyll made it for that company in this case IR for cornwell
thats cool! never knew that! i dont deal with cornwell! i do have one set of metric 3/8 sockets which are nice but nothing else since we dont have a dealer around! i do believe that Matco only makes toolboxs and the other products are re-branded not 100% sure though! I do kinda wish we had a cornwell dealer around!
This is a pretty basic concept and I feel it shouldn't come as a surprise for any mechanic who has been around for more than a year buying tools. All of the big four do this.
That flip socket set is absolutely not Stanley. It’s made in house by Cornwell. The stln3st part number stands for socket, tire, lug, nut, 3 means 3 pieces, set, tray. All the Cornwell made product numbers have meaning like that it’s not random at all.
Good video. Enjoyed it. As for its topic, I like to think that many experienced folks know the tools are rebranded. Just look at Mayhew, as an example, and how many of their punches, chisels, and prybars are sold on the trucks. I'm an academic economist. Mostly behavioral in concentration. The tool market is uncommon in a sense that it's almost the "perfect market," meaning that the same identical tool can be purchased at almost any price point. The scope here is more narrow, but the same idea applies. It's absolutely fascinating. How does someone buy a tool for 3 times its average cost and feels so satisfied with the purchase that he's ready to buy more, still paying a multiple of the tool's going rate? I don't have an answer, not a simple one. Trying to figure it out.
Me too and I have been guilty of the same excitement. I think over time and educating myself in the world of tools has made it really difficult for me to accept the fact the 3x the cost is somehow worth it. Sometimes I'll do a review and an even more educated sub will inform me of who makes that product and how much it goes for. Ya, I feel taken, but did it help someone else save money in the grand scheme of things? I think so.
Time. My Saturdays and time off are very valuable to me. It is worth a price to me to buy from someone who comes to me to sell it and will warranty hassle free. The extra price can also be thought of as interest. You would pay interest on a credit card if you didnt have the money too. The individual must make the calculations himself and decide if he should buy it on the truck, a credit card, or cash. Hopefully nobody actually thinks these trucks are driving around selling tools at no interest on a truck account for the same price as regular retail.
Time used to be a factor that drove tool truck sales, but today? Amazon will deliver in 2 days or less. Tecton warranties overnight on the basis of a pic sent from your phone. Two examples of many! Of course, one can always wait for the tool truck to show up in a week, order the replacement, and then deliver when the time comes. This being the better option makes no sense. Not in 2018. Saw a vid of this channel about a Sunex bit set, IIRC. About $60-$70 on Amazon, meaning that it could be had for even less, or on sale on the truck for almost $150. Say it takes 15 minutes to order. It doesn't, but we'll stretch it out. This would mean that your time is worth about $250/hour. That's ridiculous, right? Same goes for all non-proprietary tools sold on the trucks. Can't afford to buy without credit? Don't buy such expensive tools. Many good products out there. Make some money first. How is any of this not obvious?
Wait, let me get this straight. Can't afford a $60 set, but can afford to drop that much on a truck payment every week on purchases that end up exceeding the cost of the former on an order of magnitude? Hard to understand. It's $60, the cost of two pizzas and a 6-pack. An average tech can afford, as a popular example, the HF impact socket kit. It's less than $30 with a coupon - one pizza and a 6-pack - and its quality is quite good. Haven't heard of anyone ever breaking one. Have you? We're drifting off-topic; let's not miss the point. The tool truck system had its place 15 years go. Maybe even 10. Today, monetarily, it doesn't make sense outside of specialty tools. Don't get me wrong; buy whatever you like. I'm simply trying to understand why someone would spend so much extra scratch on an identical tool.
I have a ton of cornwell tools, as well as others whatever I figure is worth the price for me. I mean he has the actual brand name tools on his truck like knipex and stuff. They all have individual warranties it takes 10 seconds to ask what the deal is with it before you buy.
FLIR makes some of the best thermal imagers. I believe they own the technology, well uncle Sam probably owns the original tech, but you can get those units that attach and use your smart phone I believe. I've seen guys mount them to rifles for hunting.
Beto Garcia Not really a point, every individual tool is pretty much hit or miss. One ratchet might be good, but the next that is the exact same product may break on the first use. Same with everything else
Im not sure what CAT is but my guy claimed it was just cornwells own air tools. I’m wondering if it’s actually Aircat. The stubby impacts look a lot like the Chicago Pneumatic also.
Cl is channelock...cat is cornwell air tools made buy professional tools out of taiwan...crkt is columbia river knife not cricket...there bixes were made by waterloo their newer release are coming out of kennedy since the buyout but there cheaper carts i believe come from china..the reason im willing to pay alittle more off the truck is because my cornwell dealer handles the warranty and i dont have to worry about recieving shipments to my home address...he has them there on the truck for me to buy is a big convenience
Bought a dog Rider it lasted 3 months and he wouldn't warrant it he told me that that was a piece of s*** and I shouldn't have bought it and I bought it off his truck which says quality tools on it I do not ever want to buy from Cornwell again
CAT2138- CAT does not mean Catepillar, you are mistaken..- it stands for Cornwell Air Tool. CTB-MM- means Cornwell Tool Box - not mfr. by kennedy. PTP is the MFR.
seeing that some of this tools are made by some other good companies, why would you buy a Milwaukee or Ingersoll rand tool from the truck/s unless you doing it cause of the credit from the truck, cause you can probably buy this tool from factory direct or online for less.
With all the resources such as pawn shops, Craig’slist, Facebook marketplace, eBay, etc, unless you absolutely need the tool right then and there and can’t borrow one, why would you buy from an over priced truck? I’m the kind of guy that can’t stand to pay retail.
This truck is constantly in what used to be a nice neighborhood. He deals out of his house 24/7 which is illegal in my county. He also has been in jail several times and no one cares. Stupid video and I suppose the greasy fingernails are supposed to prove something
Interesting. Wonder what factory they're made in? Prolly the same as another high end name? I hope. I don't have any Cornwell wrenches but I'd buy them on reputation alone.....should the price be right.
Yes Cornwell makes wrenches, ratchets, sockets, and pro and platinum tool boxes in house in Ohio. Everything else is made else where just like all the other tool trucks.
Cornwell makes their own Hardline, such as wrenches, ratchets, sockets, extensions and pry bars. No company makes everything. And some companies don't make anything but re-brand all of it'
Ever see the snap on supplemental catalog it has all those tools in the original brand at lower prices since it’s not rebranded. Ask your rep for it. Btw they use the same numbering system for those items. Do some research dam
I was a Cornwell tools dealer for 15 years and you did not just crack some incredible code. They simply make no attempt to hide it like the other companies do. The same tools you pointed to are available rebranded from all of the tool trucks under different part numbers. What absolutely destroyed the business are people buying these products cheaper online, then expecting the warranty service from their tool dealer. Unfortunately, with the prevalence of Internet sales, everyone is quick to find a cheap price without placing any value on service. I was a very strong dealer for many years, but have now moved into another business because of this.
So right now wouldn’t be a good time to invest in a franchise.? I was doing some research on cornwel tools.
Yes sir so correct. Quality must remain along with expense.
Service is expensive or it cheapens the product.
Are used tools worth the savings
Are used tools a bargainfor a beginner..
Wow, perhaps you should be a rocket scientist!
Sure i could go buy all there rebranded tools elsewhere, but if they break good luck dealing with each companies warranty service or lack there of... ive been using cornwell for 15 years now and i appreciate the honest marketing from them... i also like that they will warranty consumables like drill.bits, taps etc...
Knowing who makes them doesnt give you the money to buy them outright though. The money they charge extra is interest. That way they can say their truck accounts are “interest free”. Well it isnt free. You pay a hefty interest, they just hide it in the price
That's the tool truck tax
Good Video, I've been buying Snap On, Matco for several years, they are good tools, but the prices are high. 3 years buying Mac Tool is a garbage of tools and garbage of guarantee and I have been 1 year with cornwell tool and honestly I have never had problems with the tools or with the guarantees, very good prices and good offers, I love it. CTM = CORNWELL TOOL MACHINE. Exclusive manufacturer for tool boxes.
I believe the adjustable wrench is made by Channellock, not crescent. Hence the CL part number
kawiracer89 anything beginning with CCL is channellock as well
Michael Pinheiro Good to know Thanks Gent’s!
Yup, and irega makes it for channellock lol
CRKT isn't Cricket company... It's an abreviation... Stands for Columbia River Knife and Tool
@@CAIDMASTEROFPYRO I was just going to post that. I have several high end CRKT fixed and folders. Awesome.
just for your information, cornwell and snapon are the only two tool companies left that make most of their own tools in house. yes, every company outsources, but all of them outsource all production except for cornwell and snap on
What about Wright Tool? They make fantastic wrenches and sockets
Your pointing out that Cornwell don’t make tools at all...... They put tool manufacturers together and throw on Cornwell brand. What does Cornwell make?
Also the LS on the tap sockets is for Lawson not Lisle because most of the manufacturers #'s on the Lawson products we order at work start with LS .
Not a bad video for people who have never dealt with parts numbers or anything. I take knowing it for granted I guess
Great tip. How long til Stacey David and the other Cornwell goons are at your door demanding that you delete this lol
aaro gant Lol Stacy David is pretty cool. I used to watch his channel all the time back when he was one of the only guys talking about Cornwell Tools. There’s a guy I’d like to have a beer with.
Also if you look at their complete catalog they are very up front with “made in Ohio “ at the tops of pages with tools they manufacture in house. The only 1 that stumps me is Mayhew makes the prybars, carbide scrapers, and striking picks/hooks for Matco, Mac, and cornwell but on the smaller prybars sets in cornwells catalogs they are on the “made in Ohio” page. Been meaning to ask my dealer
Michael Pinheiro cornwell does manufacture their own pry bars, punches and chisels. The only exception to that is the 60” pry bars which are made by Mayhew.
If you go to the Cornwell online catalog, click any of the popular brands. The next window, on the right hand side will show all of the brands. If you like a specific brand, or simply want to know what that company makes for Cornwell, click on the brand name. It will show all Cornwell products made by the brand.
I love cornwell tools and there dealers are generally good people and well go buy it cheaper have fun getting it serviced because most of these companies do not take returns from end users only distributors good luck with internet venders taking care of it
Agreed Agreed Agreed! Thanks for commenting! I too Love Cornwell Tools. My Dealer is very up front with me. Sorry if I miss spoke about certain labels and thanks for clarifying. Cheers!
Apex Tool Group (ATG) owns KD and Gearwrench and in 2014 decided to use the Gearwrench brand for all thier tools. Stanley Tools is part of the Mac Tool company. Doing a little more research found that the ATG also makes tools for Matco under the Sata brand which is not sold in North America. Thank you for the insite. Love you videos.
You sir are incorrect Stanley black&decker bought Mac tools company and own dewalt and various other tool companies why do u think mac tools are using dewalt impacts
And in going so shut down a great American tool company, Armstrong, I am not a fan of Apex tool/Bain Capital/ Mitt Romney but I was mistaken I kept saying they shut down the remaining us manufacturing with Armstrong but that's not true they still have Dayton- Apex where they make some specialized industrial impact products
Homak used to make their boxes and they bought Kennedy so now they are manufactured in the Kennedy plant
CAT is a generic code for “cornwell air tool” they are usually made by professional tool products, made in Taiwan. They currently make all of Matcos air tools. Also worth noting that same stubby can be purchased at harbor freight under the earthquake name
Michael Pinheiro it stands for cat air tools. Ever heard of them?
Most of the low end tools come from Taiwan. AVE did a video and found the exact company making the “premium” line at harbor freight. Actually pretty darn beefy inside
Air cat
I was shocked that Stanely made the impact sockets.. but hey I've had lots of Stanely tools and never had any issues..
You just saved me $400 or $500 i found out neiko sells there master torx and hex sets for a 1/16 of the the price same blue storage box and everything just neiko branded
CRKT is an acronym for Columbia River Knife (&) Tool
"Cricket" really? This guy seems to know some of the obvious ones like Streamlight which says Streamlight on the page, IR which Ingersoll Rand is extremely popular, and correct on some others, but otherwise he seems to be guessing on a lot of tools
It's cornwell air tools cat it's made by ptp professional tool products
Here's a rebrand for ya. Cornwell sells a hose pinch pliers...........the Snap On truck sells a Blue Point hose pinch pliers. Pull the light blue handles off of both pliers and tell me the difference. Short answer is there is absolutely no difference between the 2, they even have the exact same manufacturer stampings in the exact same places. HOWEVER...........there is one big difference between the 2 pliers, the Cornwell pliers is about half the price for the exact same tool with the Blue Point label on it. Is Snap On rebranding a Cornwell tool and doubling the price, or are both brands relabeling a third party tool, but Snap On is just going batshit crazy in their price markup?? The point I am making is that ALL tool trucks carry rebranded merch. It is not fair to pick on one brand for doing it without pointing out all the other brand's relabeled items.
Here is the proof ua-cam.com/video/4XKxSpLK9pE/v-deo.html
Absolutely Right..there is no way around. Everybody does it. And they been doing it for many years... I am a Snap on Rep and we all have to do this to stay in business otherwise some of us will not be in business today.... Sorry at least 50 to 60 percentage of what we sell in our trucks today is either outsourced or rebranded with our logo......or their logo.Mac , Matco, Snap on , Cornwell....
When i bought the irc9000 impact, my guy was straight upfront telling me it was ingersol rand with cornwell color and labeling
It literally is it also looks just like it lmfao
Their products are listed on their website by OEM including themself and others.
most companies re-brand all their tools except their hard line tools such as sockets ratchets and wrenches...and as far as Cornwell goes i like my dealer i refuse to buy snap on tools if i don"t have to
The IRC9000 priced at 339.95 can be found on amazon under 2235TiMAX for 264.52. Same tool, different color.
There's no secret that all the tool brands rebrand and sell the same tools that others do. Matco doesn't actually make any of their tools, other than maybe their high end boxes.
CRKT is for cedar rapids knife and tool
Hello sir fine post. Just to add something I ran into, I ordered a KD impact socket set 3/8 drive, the add said KD and even the invoice said KD with the right part # but what I got was a gearwrench set. It seams to be a good set but wasn't what I was expecting. I am very happy with it and a good price, same part number on the case even
I think KD and gearwrench are the same company
Back in the day KD made tools in USA i still have thier brake tool. They were bought by I think Apextools which sells gear wrench so now they are the same.
Stanley doesn’t make anything for Cornwell. Those flip sockets are made in Ohio. Unless they say Blue Power on them they are made overseas but not by Stanley.
Cornwell has a major disadvantage in the market: they are just as expensive as Snap off however have ZERO resale value, a friend gave me a set of cornwell branded double offset ratcheting wrenches to sell for him on ebay, he paid nearly $700 for it off the truck, quickly I discovered that I cannot even sell it for $100, for comparison if the same set was branded as snap on it would have easily sold for nearly $400, words to the wise.
My cornwell dealer give me crazy deals! He is A LOT cheaper that other tool trucks. I don’t even step foot on the snap on truck anymore.
I have all 4 trucks come to my shop and the cornwell guy BY FAR gets the most sales. Firstly because he is the best dealer but secondly because cornwell tools are the cheapest of the 4 with very high quality and warranty claims are no questions asked and no hassle
Ctb- Cornwell Tool box, made by Kennedy which was bought by Cornwell in 2016
Cornwell is up front and there USA made hardline is phenomenal quality and and there guages for fuel is us guage and if it's rebranded for instance will have have a c after acronym and for your information still flip set is cornwell made and mm is metal man
Great video! Any idea who makes the CTG5000 ANG torque wrench?
Great video Justin thanks for sharing it good information
Cornwell owns Kennedy toolboxes now,they bought out Kennedy a couple years ago.The fully automatic a/c machine made by Robinair is a piece of junk.They are not worth the money and are always broke.Robinair is owned by Bosch now,Bosch bought out SPX a few years ago.
I have the IRC9000Q impact. My dealer told me the IRC stands for Ingersoll Rand for Cornwell.
probably most companies that make stuff for others do or sometimes throw a place in p/n show theyll made it for that company in this case IR for cornwell
thats cool! never knew that! i dont deal with cornwell! i do have one set of metric 3/8 sockets which are nice but nothing else since we dont have a dealer around! i do believe that Matco only makes toolboxs and the other products are re-branded not 100% sure though! I do kinda wish we had a cornwell dealer around!
The OT could stand for owatonna
This is a pretty basic concept and I feel it shouldn't come as a surprise for any mechanic who has been around for more than a year buying tools. All of the big four do this.
waterloo was the 80's i know i bought one from Cornwell back then , now since they bought Kennedy , all their boxes are not kennedy
Good quality tools are very expensive here in Brazil. I d wish that we had the Harbor Freight company here.
Harbor freight is made for one use then you trash it. Good tools are Craftsman, SnapOn, ect.
That flip socket set is absolutely not Stanley. It’s made in house by Cornwell. The stln3st part number stands for socket, tire, lug, nut, 3 means 3 pieces, set, tray. All the Cornwell made product numbers have meaning like that it’s not random at all.
Good video. Enjoyed it. As for its topic, I like to think that many experienced folks know the tools are rebranded. Just look at Mayhew, as an example, and how many of their punches, chisels, and prybars are sold on the trucks. I'm an academic economist. Mostly behavioral in concentration. The tool market is uncommon in a sense that it's almost the "perfect market," meaning that the same identical tool can be purchased at almost any price point. The scope here is more narrow, but the same idea applies. It's absolutely fascinating. How does someone buy a tool for 3 times its average cost and feels so satisfied with the purchase that he's ready to buy more, still paying a multiple of the tool's going rate? I don't have an answer, not a simple one. Trying to figure it out.
Me too and I have been guilty of the same excitement. I think over time and educating myself in the world of tools has made it really difficult for me to accept the fact the 3x the cost is somehow worth it. Sometimes I'll do a review and an even more educated sub will inform me of who makes that product and how much it goes for. Ya, I feel taken, but did it help someone else save money in the grand scheme of things? I think so.
Time. My Saturdays and time off are very valuable to me. It is worth a price to me to buy from someone who comes to me to sell it and will warranty hassle free. The extra price can also be thought of as interest. You would pay interest on a credit card if you didnt have the money too. The individual must make the calculations himself and decide if he should buy it on the truck, a credit card, or cash. Hopefully nobody actually thinks these trucks are driving around selling tools at no interest on a truck account for the same price as regular retail.
Time used to be a factor that drove tool truck sales, but today? Amazon will deliver in 2 days or less. Tecton warranties overnight on the basis of a pic sent from your phone. Two examples of many! Of course, one can always wait for the tool truck to show up in a week, order the replacement, and then deliver when the time comes. This being the better option makes no sense. Not in 2018.
Saw a vid of this channel about a Sunex bit set, IIRC. About $60-$70 on Amazon, meaning that it could be had for even less, or on sale on the truck for almost $150. Say it takes 15 minutes to order. It doesn't, but we'll stretch it out. This would mean that your time is worth about $250/hour. That's ridiculous, right? Same goes for all non-proprietary tools sold on the trucks. Can't afford to buy without credit? Don't buy such expensive tools. Many good products out there. Make some money first. How is any of this not obvious?
Felix F both of those that you just mentioned are buying outright. Something most mechanics can not afford to do
Wait, let me get this straight. Can't afford a $60 set, but can afford to drop that much on a truck payment every week on purchases that end up exceeding the cost of the former on an order of magnitude? Hard to understand. It's $60, the cost of two pizzas and a 6-pack. An average tech can afford, as a popular example, the HF impact socket kit. It's less than $30 with a coupon - one pizza and a 6-pack - and its quality is quite good. Haven't heard of anyone ever breaking one. Have you? We're drifting off-topic; let's not miss the point. The tool truck system had its place 15 years go. Maybe even 10. Today, monetarily, it doesn't make sense outside of specialty tools. Don't get me wrong; buy whatever you like. I'm simply trying to understand why someone would spend so much extra scratch on an identical tool.
Only shady dealers won’t tell you this
I have a ton of cornwell tools, as well as others whatever I figure is worth the price for me. I mean he has the actual brand name tools on his truck like knipex and stuff. They all have individual warranties it takes 10 seconds to ask what the deal is with it before you buy.
CCL = Channellock - but with orange handles.
Do you know who makes the blue power stuff? It seems decent but I'd rather pay Taiwanese prices for Taiwanese tools.
someone in Thailand.. that's all I know...
FLIR makes some of the best thermal imagers. I believe they own the technology, well uncle Sam probably owns the original tech, but you can get those units that attach and use your smart phone I believe. I've seen guys mount them to rifles for hunting.
Lol! CRKT knives does not stand for cricket. Confuses a lot of people. It actual stands for Columbia River Knife & Tool company
Does anyone know what brand CTG would be?
That is really cool plus I like nowing who makes what I buy great video
I gave $125ish for that kit in red. Didn't get a T-shirt though. Bought it new on Ebay.
$700 for two Milwaukee impacts worth $100-250 each???
Yeah their Milwaukee prices suck. It’s like Milwaukee and Cornwell both get a markup.
Someone probably already said it but the adjustable pliers is a Channellock
Do harbor freight tools catalog what good and bad
Beto Garcia Not really a point, every individual tool is pretty much hit or miss. One ratchet might be good, but the next that is the exact same product may break on the first use. Same with everything else
Thanks for pointing out the obvious.
I believe that is channel lock at 7:00.
Sounds like cornwell tools has a lot of Chinese products behind the scenes
A lot of the truck brands do, their hand tools are made in the US though
Im not sure what CAT is but my guy claimed it was just cornwells own air tools. I’m wondering if it’s actually Aircat. The stubby impacts look a lot like the Chicago Pneumatic also.
They do have 2 plants in Ohio they do make there owen hand tools yep they sell many others as well
I love cornwell myself. I go on all of them .and buy little tidbits here and there. But I do like cornwell just because its not snapon
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When my uncle passed away i got a lot of his old tools. Are the Cornwell ratchets and sockets very durable?
Thats why i only have the SRF80L.
CAT Stands for Central Air Tools
Cornwell sells metric and standard adjustable wrenches.
CL is Channellock (the wrench). Thx for vid.
asm154 Good to know. Thanks Brother
Not "cricket' CRKT exactly how it reads, Columbia River Knife and Tool.....
Which is made in China.
Fuck yeah! Thanks for the info!
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Snap Mac lol Awesome!
Cricket? Its Columbia River knife and Tool
CTG ? What's does it mean trying to get a torque wrench from cornwell
Thanks Captain Obvious.
This guy will buy air if it's packaged right
Cl is channelock...cat is cornwell air tools made buy professional tools out of taiwan...crkt is columbia river knife not cricket...there bixes were made by waterloo their newer release are coming out of kennedy since the buyout but there cheaper carts i believe come from china..the reason im willing to pay alittle more off the truck is because my cornwell dealer handles the warranty and i dont have to worry about recieving shipments to my home address...he has them there on the truck for me to buy is a big convenience
Bought a dog Rider it lasted 3 months and he wouldn't warrant it he told me that that was a piece of s*** and I shouldn't have bought it and I bought it off his truck which says quality tools on it I do not ever want to buy from Cornwell again
I meant a die grinder
I have that same catalog and it literally says channellock on the handle.
Great video where do you recommend I get a master plier set from ?
Love your Channel
Good Video 👍🏼
Kristopher Garcia Thanks Brother
Great info brother!
CAT2138- CAT does not mean Catepillar, you are mistaken..- it stands for Cornwell Air Tool. CTB-MM- means Cornwell Tool Box - not mfr. by kennedy. PTP is the MFR.
seeing that some of this tools are made by some other good companies, why would you buy a Milwaukee or Ingersoll rand tool from the truck/s unless you doing it cause of the credit from the truck, cause you can probably buy this tool from factory direct or online for less.
Cl is channel lock
With all the resources such as pawn shops, Craig’slist, Facebook marketplace, eBay, etc, unless you absolutely need the tool right then and there and can’t borrow one, why would you buy from an over priced truck? I’m the kind of guy that can’t stand to pay retail.
This truck is constantly in what used to be a nice neighborhood. He deals out of his house 24/7 which is illegal in my county. He also has been in jail several times and no one cares. Stupid video and I suppose the greasy fingernails are supposed to prove something
So does Cornwell just make their own ratchets, wrenches and sockets?
No I think they Re-Brand them.
Interesting. Wonder what factory they're made in? Prolly the same as another high end name? I hope. I don't have any Cornwell wrenches but I'd buy them on reputation alone.....should the price be right.
Yes Cornwell makes wrenches, ratchets, sockets, and pro and platinum tool boxes in house in Ohio. Everything else is made else where just like all the other tool trucks.
Cornwell makes their own Hardline, such as wrenches, ratchets, sockets, extensions and pry bars. No company makes everything. And some companies don't make anything but re-brand all of it'
Manufactured in Wadsworth Ohio with US sourced steel. Tool boxes in Van Wert Ohio
What is crw? Cornwell?
Street Raised Kids Not sure🤔 if someone else doesn’t respond I’ll see if I can’t find out by next week and get back to you.
But where are the HF tools .Harbor Freight
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KD tools makes Gearwrench tools, so in essence those ratcheting wrenches are Gearwrench wrenches for a higher price tag.
wrong. apex tools make kd, gw, allen, crescent, titan, they also own jbl electronics, and a shit ton more
Caterpillar does not make tools. Their tools are made by SnapOn
sergio pena some caterpillar wrenches are made by Williams
@7:07 the wrench says the brand on the damn handle, yet you think its made by crescent?
The GS fuel pressure tester is literally called GS Tools.
Ever see the snap on supplemental catalog it has all those tools in the original brand at lower prices since it’s not rebranded. Ask your rep for it. Btw they use the same numbering system for those items. Do some research dam
the wrench even had channel lock on the wrench the blue and red
Cat air not Caterpillar
Cat tools are rebranded snap on.
STL is Stanley and Streamlight?
Not really a secret, they are pretty open about it.