Apart from a 1/2, 3/8 or 1/4 drive ratchets, & the 3/4 inch drive I could not be bothered to get out of the car. The most useful ratchet spanner is the tiny little Bahco 1/4 inch ratchet spanner. One would not want to put too much stress on it, but once you have wound up a nut in a difficult location, then swap for a ring or ratchet spanner with the appropriate drive size.

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Found these to be a handy bit of kit

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/too...daptor-set

My, "most favourite" are ring spanners with ratchet heads, including the one with the adjustable crank handle. Spot on for those annoying fixings that you otherwise need a trained mouse to get to.

Not a serious bit of kit but someone bought me this for Xmas a couple of years ago. It's 8 ring spanners in one. It lives in a small toolbox I keep in the car for odd jobs.



 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Picked up a cheap & cheerful 1/4" socket set in a crappy blow moulded case last year for less than a tenner - I've got a Snap On tool chest full of expensive shiny things but guess which set get used ALL the time  Cheers,
Raz
FL1 TD4 GS Auto 2001 Silver
FL2 TD4 Auto 2007 Black
FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2012 Fuji White

I love my Bacho adjustable, various sizes and well made. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Third most useful tool!

Putting drills aside, this little angle grinder has been brilliant. My plumber, years ago was using a battery powered angle grinder a bit larger than this & I was impressed. I was a bit doubtful that this little angle grinder was up to the task, as I have a 2000 watt beast!. But for 95% situations 2000 watts is way too large & has too much kickback. More often than not I avoided using it due to size & utter overkill for the task.

This little machine you can use it overhead (grinding arch bars etc) getting into corners etc without getting your arms too tired! I also have the Bosch equivalent Dremel which is handy for the extremely tight corners, but the angle grinder gets more use. It will cut locks & hardend chain, just have a water spray bottle or bucket of water for all grinding for frequent cooling of the metal too avoid over heating!

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Ryobi 18v is my grinder of choice, put a skinny disc in and nothing is safe

Then mend the damage with self drilling screws and the battery impact wrench

builders on new shed had battery tin nibblers , so much neater quiet and faster than grinders. At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race