06VMAXIMUS
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Well Said, Spurs!!!!
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Since we're on tools, I figured I'd throw this in. This is an I/R Titanium 2135 1/2" drive. I've put this to constant use the last 6 yrs. I had two 3 1/8" nuts to take off hyd cyl rods this week. This gun took off one. The other, I had to get the 1" gun off the shelf. When the I/R was new, there was only one 1" gun in the shop that could beat it. The 1/2" drive on the I/R did shatter on me once. It still will take off 1 1/2" truck wheel nuts with no problems. If you ever want to get the best out there... It's a beast.
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richwrench
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+1 to Ingersol ! I shoot an IR 231 - best bang for the buck out there.
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RaWarrior
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I completely agree that GM's downfall was largely their own fault, they produced the exact same car marketed under 3 or 4 different marquees and the upper management was busy lining their pockets as you said instead of building quality cars. I just think it was kind of ironic that right as GM was about to go bust, suddenly all the policies are repealed and the union becomes the biggest petitioner to Washington FOR the government bailout.
Always been a Ford guy anyway, though I did just put nearly $2k into my truck when the main pump in the transmission shat the bed and took out the converter as well as a bunch of other stuff. Grrrrrr....stupid 4R100 transmission.
From my admittedly limited experience, stuff like 30 minute lunches and no distractions during work are typically company rules, and not exclusive to unioned workers. My point was that even a non union janitor at McDonalds is making more money than a skilled craftsman in China, who may take home the equivalent of a few dollars a day.
Who knows, but it unions haven't caught on yet in asia, it doesn't seem very likely they will. Unions popped up in the US well over 100 years ago, and China has been industrialized long before America even existed, and Asia's labor/industry market makes the US market look like a corner lemonade stand in comparison. Could unions in Asia result in higher wages and better working conditions? Possibly. But there's an important difference between Asia and the US: people. Unions work on bargaining with the company to reach a compromise, with the union's power coming from their worker's skill or abilities for that company. In Asia, there are millions of people who would be thrilled just to get a job, so if unions formed and tried to get more money or less hours from Hung-Lo Plastic Crap factory, those workers get dumped and their position is filled instantly by someone else who is thrilled to be getting any pay at all. A potential union has absolutely zero bargaining power. It might succeed in a higher level specialized company, where a replacement worker isn't waiting in an alley.
Always been a Ford guy anyway, though I did just put nearly $2k into my truck when the main pump in the transmission shat the bed and took out the converter as well as a bunch of other stuff. Grrrrrr....stupid 4R100 transmission.
From my admittedly limited experience, stuff like 30 minute lunches and no distractions during work are typically company rules, and not exclusive to unioned workers. My point was that even a non union janitor at McDonalds is making more money than a skilled craftsman in China, who may take home the equivalent of a few dollars a day.
Who knows, but it unions haven't caught on yet in asia, it doesn't seem very likely they will. Unions popped up in the US well over 100 years ago, and China has been industrialized long before America even existed, and Asia's labor/industry market makes the US market look like a corner lemonade stand in comparison. Could unions in Asia result in higher wages and better working conditions? Possibly. But there's an important difference between Asia and the US: people. Unions work on bargaining with the company to reach a compromise, with the union's power coming from their worker's skill or abilities for that company. In Asia, there are millions of people who would be thrilled just to get a job, so if unions formed and tried to get more money or less hours from Hung-Lo Plastic Crap factory, those workers get dumped and their position is filled instantly by someone else who is thrilled to be getting any pay at all. A potential union has absolutely zero bargaining power. It might succeed in a higher level specialized company, where a replacement worker isn't waiting in an alley.
Gotta give an update on the I/R gun. I heard a couple boys hammering away with our 1" gun today, trying to take off some lug nuts on a special equipment item. The nuts are suppose to be torqued to 450 lbs. These were much tighter. They even tried a cheater and break over. I came over with the 1/2", to give it a shot. It must of got a good rest. It ripped 'em all off. It's back on top.:biglaugh: The original specs on the gun was 1100 on, 1150 take off, from what the supply spec told me.
