BOLTR: Snap-On Mac Husky HF SHOWDOWN | Torque 'em till they BLOW! 

You haven't tested a ratchet until you have a cheater on it along with the other two mechanics, the car wash guy, and the guy with the clipboard pulling on it with ya. Then when it breaks the boss wants to know why the clipboard nurd has a broken nose.

I love how the gauge is leaning in closer and closer like a sadistic dentist

"It's bigger than the small one" AvE, bringing science directly to you.

I love listening to these videos, I’m totally blind and I love the way you describe what’s going on. It is as funny as hell. Great stuff, keep them coming.

Dude, I just found your videos. You have the speaking flair I believe in. Good fun 16yr old humor from a 49 yr old ! magic 👍

Got my safety squints on even though there's no way I'm getting shrapnel through the interwebs

Just watching some of these ratchets flex made me want to put my safety glasses on at my desk.

I just watched 25 minutes on ratchets and was completely entertained by this guy . Well done.

Thankfully I still have my father's Snapon 50's 3/8" and 60's 1/2" socet sets, most of a 60's Armstrong 1/2" set, a full set of 60's Snapon wrenches, and a few Armstrong wrenches. Dad really blessed me with a lot of cool tools.

So true about tools meaning something. My friend just went through his dads old tools after he had passed and found 2 sizes of fine tooth snap on swivel ratchets similar to the ones in the video. He immediately grabbed them and started cleaning them off all proud about it. You don’t get that with a Husky simple as that.

The internet wouldn’t be the same without AvE 😂

4:58 " thats what the wife tells me anyways.... Heyyyooooo!" 😂😂

I could not have been the only one tilting my head away from the screen.

AVE to the snap on tool truck guy dont know what happened was just pulling on it and it broke.

Any ratchet that breaks at the square before the gears is a strong ratchet. Maybe sloppy, but strong at least

I literally only watch your videos for the hilarious commentary 😂

even the dial indicator wants the fuck out.

My father brought home a bent ratchet from work one day. I want to say it was proto but the 20 plus years between then and now... Who knows. It was 3 foot long, skookum as frig, used for working on the engines used to pump petroleum from a to b. Valves bigger than v8 cylinders, with cylinders big enough to crawl in. And yes he used a cheater bar and who knows how much anger to wreck that tool. I knew at that moment to never piss that barrel chested beast off. He would have loved your vijayoes. Kudos to you.

The reason I like the quick release is because when your hands got oil and grease it's hard to pull your sockets off without the quick release and most of the time when you're really horsing on a bolt you're using a breaker bar but we all have used a hammer on the handle of a rachet or a pipe haha

snap on man must love your returns

Welcome to hoodraulic wrench channel

3 ave videos in two days... the wife is gonna have to step up her game if she wants my attention

Love watching your machine test the tools with your humor in it! Thanks for this... you got a Sub!

Did you try to get them replaced?? Which company warrantied their tool and which one didnt...that's the real test!!!

6:41 The tension is killing me! Get it? No? I'll get my coat.

You're not fucking around with uploads. Either the wifey and kiddo are still outta town or you're in the doghouse!

17:39 Hydralic Press Channel reference "Ja, pritty guud"

Haven't tried a Mac ratchet but snap on has always been so comfortable to use. When you're using something every day it better feel great in the hand.

Might could use a squirrel cage around the wrench to prevent accidental damage of satellites when she kerspodes.

one thing I would love to see is if you could build a test rig that would test longevity. something that free-spins the ratchet and then puts a load on it repeatedly until it begins slipping

I have just come back to this video…reminds me of the time during my apprenticeship when I was rebuilding the front suspension on a 379 Pete. We had run out of acetylene earlier in the week and this truck had to be out the door asap. We had the U bolt nuts glowing red with the induction tool and had the L872 with the big handle and the biggest snipe in the shop to bust them nuts. The amount of force that ratchet head can take is far greater than we could ever put it thru…and we did succeed in removing the nuts sans heat wrench.

Man I loved this video! Never have I laughed so much reviewing tools!

"Just aboot give ya the summer teeth on that one" Coffee spit everywhere. Gosh damn you are the master at one liners.

"Get your wife to hold your hernia".....Fuckin' hilarious..

I kinda laugh, my teachers back in school told me to never tighten anything with a ratchet, because the "mechanism will fail". Looks like they were wrong.

great test, my buds and I have always talked about doing one but we dont have the cash to throw out. Plus We love our tools.

Your absolutely right about the front cover bolts on the Mac. I’ve broken mine 6 times in the 2 years I’ve had it, 5/6 I blew the bolts clean out of the housing. Luckily, they’re made in factories every day

That's all fine and dandy. But all the tools I have came with my Ikea furniture.

Thanks for great videos this is product review not those unboxing BS i hope 🤞 you keep em pure like it has as times goes on

My dad had a proto since before I was born. It's used quite often and still works like a champ.

Just earned my sub. Holy hell I haven't laughed at tool torture test like this ever. Keep em coming! Hilarious and educational😂😂

This is what I am watching when I say that I am doing homework... :D

So we see the ratchets are not that bad, how about stress testing sockets. Craftsman vs Pittsburgh vs. SnapOn vs. Mac

I’m an auto tech and I have ratchets from all of the truck brands and my favorite ratchet as of late is the gearwrench 120xp flex head ratchet and a close second are my snap on flex heads with the comfort grip. My snap on 1/2 long flex head has been a monster and hasn’t needed a rebuild since I’ve had it. That thing gets a workout on stuff like yellow loctite rear GM caliper bracket bolts. I think it’s tougher than most 1/2 breaker bars I’ve used. It gets a lot of rest these days though as I’ve moved to mostly electrical and driveability diagnostics.

I always feel the need to put on my safety squints when I watch these sort of AvE videos.

SO MANY VIDEOS IN A ROW I LOVE IT

Love this guy's reviews, actually knows what he's talking about...which is rare on RU-vid.

"You give this to your son he might care." I dunno if i agree, while a better tool is better duh, heirlooms have value because of the story attached to them. If you give your son a snapoff that sat in your toolbox and never got used it doesn't really mean as much as a pos cheapo he dragged through the oil fields of Saudi Arabia and was used to break into a car when locked out. At least that's my perspective, some of the best heirlooms i've gotten where cheap shit when they where bought, but they all have a helluva story attached.

Oh Boy, I caught myself flinching away from the screen on that first test!

AvE "im getting out of here!" Pressure gage "me too!"

Pretty dam cool! I've never seen this done before hat's off to you sir! I always had to learn the hard way?

I really appreciate the testing, results, and the time spent making this video. Reminds me, about 30 years ago my brother told me, "Don't horse on your socket wrenches. They cost too much. If you want horsepower in loosening something stuck on you need a breaker bar. If you want to gorilla down in tightening something, grab and set a a torque wrench so the parts survive.

Summer teeth! "sum 'er here, sum 'er there".

I love the commentary on this 😂

So glad I stumbled up this guy's channel. Entertaining content and just hilarious commentary. Easy subscribe for me

Yesterday I heard someone say, “keep your stick on the ice.” Awwww ha! The connection was finally made.

I'm told a curve to the left hits the spot

I lost it when he said, "I can't really see the gauge from where I'm at, underneath the covers. Well that's good though, makes it double blind, right?"

Failure,....glorious!!!!!!!! And a moment to behold!!! Well done AVE.

You sounded like the guy who crushes stuff in his hydraulic press, 'and here 've go'. Love it!

You could hear the squint in his voice when the first one got to 1500. Hard squint.

New favorite channel!

I love how excited you get when you brake that ratchet😉

Liked the video alot, always wondered about this lol. Been buying snap on. Earned a new sub thanks again

The Mac ratchet is the same as the Proto pear head fine tooth (non swivelly). Never have broken the socket drive off any of my Snap On ratchets but I have torn the shit out of a couple of ratchet pawl and gear assemblies in my 80 tooth. Oh well, just toss the busted bits towards the guy, he gives new bits, life goes on. The absolute beauty of Snap On tools.

@AvE, can you post some close-up photos of the fracture surfaces of all the square drives? Maybe take a look under a microscope too? And some side views so we can see if there was any twisting.

I’m getting a PT. I don’t have a son to pass my tools to. I just need to get my car fixed with quality affordable tools. PT is it for us folks who will use the tool to its full potential.

4:38 I thought you added in a snare drum to build up the tension lol, then i realized it was the hydraulics making that noise.

You should try filming some of these with the thermal doodad. Might be interesting to see

OH FUCK YEAH BABY. JUST IN TIME FOR LUNCH BREAK.

Awesome, not sure how difficult it would be for you but I'd absolutely love it if you did a UK special. Snap on is really popular here, but so are Halfords (UK highstreet store with a line of 'professional' tool lines with snap on style warranties), Draper (UK & Asia made) or Rolsons (Asia made UK brand). Your tool stress testing and comparison is unmatched.

30 yr union millwright here...nothing but proto professional or Wright tools for me.... My grand paw gave me a 19" longhandle superwrachect love it...great video 👍

This is a video you start watching and think your gonna watch 5 minutes, but end up watching it all

Best long 1/2" fine tooth ratchet I've ever had is a Allen from about 20+ years ago

5:52 the suspense as the gauge leans closer with each knock was just *chef kiss*

I love how even the gauge is taking cover.

I would love to see some matco tools tested.

Who else is watching this video flinching. lol

“And here we go” lmao 😂 awesome impression

Bud the commentary is fantastic! First video I've seen of yours and I subbed shits top notch gold bud

Mohr's Circle, now there's a term I haven't heard for about 30 years. Last time I heard it was in a bullshit University Engineering course. Great videos by the way. It's amazing how a smart character as yourself with a hydraulic torque wrench can be more entertaining than main stream media. Keep it up!. Cheers.

I sent some wrenches your way. Hopefully you go them!

Nice job man, and great commentary!

Back in the day I worked as a mechanic for a large logging Company. Like most shops mechanics supply the stuff up to a inch and the shop provides the big stuff. We were changing out the a bearing on a old 30 B dipstick loader. Using a 3/4 drive snapon ratchet with a cheater and bent it. When the snapon dealer came around the boss tried to warranty it. The dealer refused said we abused it. So the boss buys a new one like $650 at the time we took the bent one into the Machinist room and bent it in the little 80,000 press in fact we tied it in a knot the next week when the snapon dealer came around they took the knotted ratchet out and said that's abuse. Everyone laughed a couple months later the snapon guy made a special trip in. He had a dealer convention coming up and wanted the knotted ratchet to take with him. My boss a cranky old mechanic that drove a hard bargain got $650 plus the $650 for the old wrench. As far as tool quality goes I am at a loss. I had my shop robbed a few years ago and almost all of my tools stolen. I had lots of snapon but mostly in the big stuff was J.A.WILLIAMS Snapons industrial line . And craftsman.when the insurance company got done cornholing me I had maybe 10 cents on the dollar to replace 50 years of accumulation of tools anyway I couldn't afford snapon or Williams or proto I was stuck with Craftsman and harbor freight well China made Craftsman costed 3xs the harbor freight stuff for basically the same shit. For most professional mechanics we honestly don't need snapon tools a few specialty things but for the most part as far as hand tools putting 300 pounds of torque on a 3/8 inch ratchet is STUPID 300 POUNDS IS 3/4 DRIVE RANGE MAYBE 1/2 BUT AT CRAFTSMAN BEING 3XS THE PRICE IT'S SMARTER TO BY HARBOR FREIGHT. AND THEIR QUALITY HAS GREATLY IMPROVED RARELY DO I BREAK A TOOL IF I DO I HAVE MY BOX OF BROKE HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS WHEN IT'S FULL I TAKE THEM IN AND GET THEM REPLACED. SAME WITH CRAFTSMAN. THERE ARE CRAFTSMAN STORES EVERYWHERE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO SEARS OR LOWES. AS FAR AS POWER TOOLS I HAD A 1INCH DRIVE IR impact that was stolen I replAced it with a harbor freight earthquake and it's been 5+ years of use no problem . The IR was $1200+ to replace the harbor freight was $200- $300. Most mechanics get their first snapon bite when they go to a Mechanic school the dealer comes around and gives students EASY credit. That's a joke. It's like heroin mechanics overpay for tools and finance their addiction at I'm sure near loanshark rates. Don't even get me going on fucking tool boxes. $7500 for a Harley Davidson limited edition tool box ef that .

Even the gauge is trying to hide

Idea for a follow up video: see how easy it is to get each one warrantied lmao

Williams old ratchet is beastie. I use it all the time. Never lets me down on the job. One of my co-workers loves it.

You have a soft spot for Snap-On, I have one for S-K. I have a few of my grandpa's S-K ratchets that are as old as me (50). I still buy S-K online. I don't mind paying for quality. I also have a few Snap-On tools that I've picked up over the years and they're excellent too. I've been looking at the "go thru" (what I call them) socket sets lately too, I think they might come in handy, but, I'll probably buy a cheap set from Harbor Freight to try them out before pulling the trigger on a high dollar set. I do also have many Harbor Freight tools that I keep in the truck boxes and I've found that the quality is actually pretty good.

Time to cash in on those lifetime warranties and repeat testing.

The gauge wants some safety squints!!

Love the videos. Keep em coming

I have the 3/8 version of 9:00 and that snap on piece is priceless. You dont have to swing it 10 degrees to get to the next tooth for one thing. Good design

When the first ratchet snapped I was expecting it to come through the screen and hit me.

your voice inflection in this one really illustrated your passion. Be careful with that now.

I inherited some tools from my father in law that he either bought used or when he was a kid and they truly are my most prized tools. Myself I did buy a Snap-on ratchet and I was so unhappy about the price at the time but 20 years later I'm certain I got what I paid for. I also use many harbor freight tools but never sockets or ratchets (or pullers) this is from hard fought experience but for one offs you cannot beat them. Also I have used some grinders for over 10 years. Old video but I just found your cranky wonderful channel.

I have never bent or know of anyone who has bent a ratchet to failure dont know if it is humanly possible I guess it is more common still fun to watch Thank you my Canadian!!! gentleman

you should try doing this with a zero degree ratchet, would be interesting how much torque those things can handle

I don't think HF will go out in 20 years I think they haven't reached their peak yet.

sometimes you find cool stuff on youtube, but this is fantastic! Drilling out a broken tap brought me here.

That's Awesome!! I have broken not one But 2 breaker bars that were both 1/2" drive. The last one gave me 8 stiches under my right eye and cheek bone!! it bounced off me and hit the owner of the truck I was working on in the leg. He was nice enough to give a ride to the Doctors...