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I have a socket wrench. It's a really good socket wrench, it would probably cost me close to $200 to replace.

I use it for nearly all of the bolts and lags that I need to loosen or tighten.

The bolts on the spindles for my tractor deck are massive, they rust up quickly, and my $200 socket wrench doesn't touch them. For those spindles, I have a special tool that can solve the kind of problems that a $200 socket wrench can't solve.

Despite my socket wrench not solving all problems, I'm still really glad I have it, because it is helpful most of the time, and I trust myself to be smart enough to know when I need a different tool.



> Despite my socket wrench not solving all problems

If only, amirite?!




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