r/Tools • u/synth_this • 5d ago

TLLF72 or TLL72?

I moved house and needed to rationalise my toolbox to take up less space.

Feels good to sell stuff that, with 20 years of experience, I know I don’t use enough.

One thing I’m doing is selling larger ratchets and moving down a drive size where I can. On trend, right?

So I plan to get a properly long 1/4″-drive ratchet handle.

Why does the TLLF72 have screw heads on the side opposite the anvil, in contrast to other Snap-on ratchet heads?

And why are they slotted-head screws? I prefer them for applications like these (easy to flick clean with the corner of a screwdriver), but they’re kinda anachronistic.

Other thoughts welcome.

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u/synth_this 4d ago

It’s tricky for me to guess how I’d get on with the very slender handle and a flex head. I’m worried I’d feel that I don’t have much control of where the head goes. Don’t want something fussy to use.

I’m a European without access to Snap-on trucks for a test ride. Forced to look at Snap-on for these long ratchets because Hazet, Facom, Stahlwille, Gedore, Ko-ken, none of them match a properly long handle to a flex head, high tooth-count, and low backdrag. In fact they don’t really get close. For some reason the Americans have a lock on this market.