Title: Well made a big trade today
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Blog Entry: My passion in life has always been firearms. I have owned one of probably everything from muskets to machine guns in my life. Today a police officer friend of mine called and hinted that he was looking for an AR-15 rifle to use on the SWAT team and he had some tools to trade. Now I am not a mechanic of any sorts, although since I am now the owner of two Harleys I am learning quick, so I agreed to go look at what he had. He and his wife run a large mini storage facility and when someone doesnt pay the items are auctioned off. When we got there he showed me to tools he had. Now in addition to not being a mechanic I also do not watch NASCAR but what he had peaked my interest. The first thing I saw was the limited edition Dale Earnhart 1994 Snap On head high tool box with a gizillion drawers. Each drawer was full of Snap On tools some new in the wrapper. Three different sized air rachets all attachments, an airbrushing gun, and half a dozen more air and impact wrenches. Each drawer had complete sets of tools 4 large cardboard boxes worth. After we decided on the trade we broke it all down and loaded it into reds van and headed home. My father in law who it a mechanic for john deere came by and started telling me what some of the tools were and about what they cost. In addition there was a stack of receipts from where the owner had bought the tools. As best we can figure between the receipts and what he identified for me there is approx $12,000 worth of tools including two new air hammers which I just found. If anyone had ever told me I would give up a gun for tools I would have laughed at them. After the kids crash out tonight red and I are going to go through some more of the boxes and see what else is in there. I will post a pic or two of this thing and maybe some of you will know what some of this stuff is.
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