Wright tools-----Keepers or Scrap Iron

[BobB]

Any opinions out there on Wright tools...sockets, ratchets, and pull handles

Bob B

[skipskip]

pretty good stuff, I keep all I find.

Skip

[Papaw]

Keepers. Let's see some.

[eddie hudson]

Any opinions out there on Wright tools...sockets, ratchets, and pull handles

Bob B

Wright started in the late 1920's making quality tools. Sometime after WW II they started making only socket tools. They made sockets for Billings and Crescent among others, under contract. They are still in business today and take pride in selling only tools made in the USA. Definetly a stellar tool company.

[Nolatoolguy]

To me there keeps, granted I only got a few of em.

[lbgradwell]

Absolutely first rate. Wright is a highly-respected industrial brand.

[v8garage]

Good tools. See them on a lot of industrial sites I work at around the country. Have a few myself. Good industrial grade tool.
V/8

[lauver]

I don't know how they are rated in the trades, but in my book, they are 1st class.  I especially like their ratchets and flat wrenches.  Their sockets are not bad either.

Also worth knowing, Wright made contract tools for the U.S. government and companies like International Harvester and Montgomery Wards, just to name a few.  Their contract production tools are every bit as good as their Wright branded tools.

[chopper1]

My step dad gave me a set of Wright's in 1958 or 59.  I stilll have them and use them.  In my opinion, and it's only my opinion, they are as good as Snap On.

[RLT]

Out standing tools. They took the beating of working on heavy equipment with no complaints. I have ratchets we used for 40 years on the farm that work as good as ever.

[Uncle Buck]

Very good brand, no two ways about it!

[lauver]

My step dad gave me a set of Wright's in 1958 or 59.  I stilll have them and use them.  In my opinion, and it's only my opinion, they are as good as Snap On.

Chopper1,

Could you post a photo or two of your 1958/1959 wright tool set. I'm especially interested the ratchets, breaker bars, and sockets.

[strelnik]

I don't know how they are rated in the trades, but in my book, they are 1st class.  I especially like their ratchets and flat wrenches.  Their sockets are not bad either.

Also worth knowing, Wright made contract tools for the U.S. government and companies like International Harvester and Montgomery Wards, just to name a few.  Their contract production tools are every bit as good as their Wright branded tools.

They are still making some tools for the mechanics working in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[chopper1]

Chopper1,

Could you post a photo or two of your 1958/1959 wright tool set. I'm especially interested the ratchets, breaker bars, and sockets.

Gary,
I'm proving to myself that my memory isn't what it use to be, I got them later than I remembered.  Before becoming involved with tool sites I never paid attention to what was stamped on the tools.  The set has a date code of "63" and not the letter code of "C".  According to AA 1961 should have been the last year for showing the numerical date code.  If you still would like pics I can get them tomorrow or over the weekend.

[Papaw]

We all want to see the pictures!