Flea Market Tool Haul - Join me as I search for deals!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ม.ค. 2025
- There are two great flea markets near my home every weekend. Both are usually excellent for finding quality tools. Hop in my Suburban and let's go see what we can find for about $100.
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There’s always a great sense of fulfillment after being able to complete a set! Great job!
Agreed! Soon I'll be going through all of the sockets again to build some others and see what else I may be missing to complete other sets.
Great video. I hope you make more videos of flea markets. Greetings from Germany.
Will do! Danke.
My Grandpa called that store Monkey and Wrench, definitely looking forward to the drill restoration. That was a great tool haul, fun to watch. That Rubbermaid tool box looks like a beast. Thanks for taking us along.
lol! I've heard it called Monkey Wards but never heard Monkey and Wrench. I'm thinking of working on that drill tomorrow. It looks like it'll be fun.
Gotta love the flea market!
Agreed! The ones near me are great. Soon enough though they'll be taken over by Chinese junk.
Thanks for sharing the trip and haul! We had that Rubbermade tool box - never rusted and never marred an auto interior 😂!
Rubbermade is one of those brands where old USA version was many times better.
Yes! That's a great box to keep for road trips. It's surprisingly strong. Is Rubbermaid not manufactured in the USA now?
Ok, I think I might have you beat except it wasn't at a flea market. Today I got a 1/3 hp Craftsman grinder with lamp dated to 1964 and a trunk load of vintage tools (pliers, wrenches, clamps, files, etc, etc) all for $60!
That's awesome! These grinders will last more than a lifetime. Congrats on the tool haul!
Nice haul. Seems like your zoned in on The Craftsman tools. Which were best made and life guaranteed. Thank you for sharing! 💯👊👍
Thanks! i grew up with Craftsman. My father and grandfather had them and i saw truck mechanics using them so i've always liked them. I didn't need Snap On or whatever other expensive brand was out there. Craftsman has never let me down.
for certain jobs when you only use specific tools but you cant's always remember which ones, we would tape or group tools together so it would be easier to find and quicker to do the job.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the info. I do something similar with my oil change toolbox. I've got the #3 filter wrench, a ratchet and extension and a 15mm wrench all segregated for my Suburban and Avalanche.
Great haul! $20 for that loaded Rubbermaid tool box was a score! Who do you donate the tool sets to when you complete them?
Thanks! i donate to anyone who needs them and wants to learn how to fix things. Students or adults.
I had someone give me an adjustable wrench made like a rachet its ok if you have plenty of room but i don't think it would hold up to much torque i always buy tools and boxes because when a teenager helps me for the summer and they show interest and really try to learn ill repaint the box and fix up a complete set of handtools for them and alot of them are so happy they cry and it keeps them interested because nobody has ever done anything like that for them im happy to give them stuff boys and girls some of the girls will outwork the boys
That's awesome! I do pretty much the exact same thing. A lot of what I take in gets donated out again. Not just to teenagers but anyone who wants to learn. When they complete a project they get to keep any of the tools used that they don't have. Even simple things like showing them how to change the oil in their cars is a great experience and i usually get to learn some things as well. Glad you're out there helping young people learn how to be self sufficient!
Nice haul. I had box kinda like that in the 80s. I don’t recall the brand. Good to see that you are supervised. Mugsy still hasn’t figured out those beds are “wireless chargers.”
lol! I wonder if he'll ever figure that bed out. He just likes to sleep on the work bench.
@ he will. Mine usually have an adjustment period for anything new.
You passed right over Snap-on sockets at your local auction...
Damn! I did not see that. There are some vendors who are there often whom I avoid because they want museum prices. Sometimes there's just too much to see.
I knew I recognized Anthony's voice off in the distance from other picker channels 😂. Love the content, glad the algorithm steered me towards your content. I'm happy to be a new subscriber!
Thank you for subscribing and welcome to the channel! Yes, Anyone who has been to the Plant City Flea Market would recognize Anthony. :)
Nice pick up on the grinder.
Thanks! That was the deal of the day. It'll make a great project.
That car parking behind you looks so tiny comparevto yours ... your car is really huge .. i love american full size suv 🎉i think the bench grinder needs new ballbearings .. great video .. it was a great haul congragulation . .
I love my Chevy Suburban. It's been a reliable truck. Thanks for the tip on the bench grinder. I'll look into the bearings when I restore it.
I would love to go to a flea market like that. I miss living in civilization.
lol! Where are you living? some people think I live far from civilization because it's central Florida. :)
@floridarusticrepairs ...... Yukon Territory , Canuckistan. Right next to Alaska.
Town of 500 with the largest populated center a two hour drive away.
Looks like Ocala, FL
Lakeland and Plant City, FL.
POLK COUNTY!!!!😍
Yes!
Williston is 20 minutes from Gainesville. My in-laws are in zephyrhills 1/2 the year.
2 years ago we stayed for a month in oldsmar near Tampa
Greg
Zephyrhills is close to me. The Plant City flea market on Wednesdays is great.
The screwdriver with another screwdriver inside it. I believe they are called nesting tools because one tool nest inside the other. I have a few of them, Most have 3 screwdrivers. I have one that has 4.
Are you anywhere near williston florida? My wife and I are coming down for a month, first of next year, I wouldn't mind hitting some flea markets if there's any nearby.
Have a Jesus filled day everyone
Greg in Michigan
Ah, Nesting Tools makes sense. I guess for field kits where space was a premium. I'm near Tampa and Lakeland. I've never heard of Williston so my guess is it's not too close but if it is, let me know. I go every few weeks.
You buy the kind of stuff I buy I love flea markets and second hand shops
Most of my life is bought second hand. I picked up this trait from my mother who was frugal to the end.
I bought an old lilse rolling seat for doing brake jobs two weeks ago its old but in great shape i got it for 8 dollars
Nice! One thing I've always hated doing is brake lines. I'm originally from New England, so the bane of my existence as a kid was when a line would blow. It meant every line and hose had to come out and they would all be rusted solid.
Anytime you can get metric wrenches cheap get them because i keep them for making special bent wrenches i have probably two dozen from over the years and i know what engine they are for and when i do that repair im glad i have them
That's a good point. Do you heat them to bend them? I've come across custom bent wrenches in tool box hauls but I've never made one.
@@floridarusticrepairsYeah definitely, wrenches are made to a very high hardness so they don’t bend (may be obvious) so if you try bending one without getting it red hot it’ll just snap. And that’s if you manage to get enough leverage on one 😂
@@griffinwarner7310 Thanks for the info. i save all of the bent ones i come across.
Until I get a garage/workshop the size of yours, I must refrain from visiting flea markets, estate sales etc. I wonder if your Montgomery Ward drill was made by one of the Chicago area
toolmakers of the day.🤔
I'll be doing a restoration video of the Montgomery Ward's drill so I'll show the model number then if that helps to further ID it.
Yankee screw driver some wood workers really like them
Thanks for the info!
Heck I'm looking at spending $40 just for a face shield and most of the grinders I see for sale are like $50-60 and not nearly as heavy duty as that one. Surprised at how many tools were there but It's been years since I've been to a flea market.
The only explanation I have for why there are so many tools at these two flea markets is that it's a somewhat rural area. I've never seen anywhere else that compares. the grinder was the deal of the day.
What do you carry in your back pack?
Whatever I buy at the flea markets goes in the backpack if it'll fit. It's a big one so it can hold a lot and keep my hands free.
I try to buy metal boxes but i have bought plastic boxes ive found old snap on boxes old mac boxes old Kennedy boxes and all brands of tools i like Blackhawk and Esco tools and SK Stanley they are so many name brand its impossible to keep up with them
I hear you! I've got a tool box where each drawer is what I've collected of some of these brands. No comlete sets yet and some likely will never be completed. I've got Blackhawk, Vulcan, P&C, Williams, Bonney, Harley Davidson, Mustang, Easco, Powr-Kraft and more. Maybe someday... :)
Nice grinder, Mugsy definitely didn’t approve though
lol! Yes, he's skittish around loud tools.
Where is the we’d/fri/sat flea market? Plant city?
Yes, in Plant City. Wed is the biggest day followed by Sunday. Saturday is quite limited but sometimes I do go and find some great deals. Lakeland at the Silver Moon Drive In is biggest on Sunday. Their Saturday is limited as well.
Do you know who sold wizzaed tools?
Western Auto Supply. They were a chain of auto parts stores back in the day.
Mugsy!!
He's my boy. :)
Where this flea market
Lakeland, FL and Plant City, FL
Chasing craftsman like it's snap on. Why?
lol! I grew up using Craftsman and there's a lot of history to it that I find interesting. I chase it because I build sets of decent tools to donate out to people who need them and USA Craftsman is still fairly easy to find. I want new mechanics to start with American Made Tools whenever possible. I do keep the Snap On that I find. :)
Why does everybody collect Craftsman China HOUGIE eagle
I admit that I do have a few of the Craftsman China tools I don't collect them or look for them at the flea markets. Only the older USA stuff. I guess it's because I grew up using it and it never failed me. Not that I don't look out for other USA brands but the Craftsman is easier to build sets with.
Cant stand junky tool boxes
You'll need to see the video I've got coming in a couple of weeks. :) I got a set from a storage unit and it's really a wreck.