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Had to pick between a used Snap-on dent puller and a new Pittsburgh one at Harbor Freight last month
I was staring at a used Snap-on for $200 on Craigslist versus a brand new Pittsburgh slide hammer for $40. I went with the cheap one figuring I'd upgrade later, but after 10 pulls on a door panel the threads started stripping out. Anyone else find that the expensive stuff is worth it for tools that take real abuse?
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perez.patricia5mo ago
Yeah the cheap stuff does that, it's like it's made of butter and hope. Bet that Snap-on would have lasted through a whole salvage yard worth of doors before it even thought about stripping. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for when the metal actually has to do work.
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spencerm465mo ago
My buddy Dave bought that same Pittsburgh puller and the handle literally snapped off on his third use, he had to weld it back together with a coat hanger. Meanwhile I've got a vintage Snap-on dent puller from 1987 that still works like new, found it at a garage sale for $15 but the old man didn't know what he had. Honestly that $40 gamble turned into a $150 headache after buying replacement parts and finally giving up to borrow my neighbor's Matco.
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betty_palmer5mo ago
Oh man, that's the exact kind of thing that makes me never buy cheap pullers. I've got a buddy who swears by his Harbor Freight stuff but he's never fixed a car for a living either.
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