Stopped by a salvage yard in Phoenix and noticed something about their tool organization

I was pulling a transmission out of a 2005 Silverado at Pick-N-Pull last Saturday and saw one of the yard mechanics had his whole box set up with magnetic trays for every socket size. Not even a Snap-On box, just a beat-up Craftsman, but everything was labeled with a label maker and color coded by drive size. Made me realize I need to stop just throwing my 10mm sockets into a pile and actually sort them out. Any of you guys do something similar that cuts down on hunting for tools?

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chen.james26d ago

Did the label maker really hold up in that Phoenix heat or did it start peeling after a week?

the_jessica26d ago

oh man i actually saw a review on reddit about this exact thing. someone from arizona tested like six different label makers and the brother p-touch was the only one that didnt curl up or fade after a month in direct sun. they said the cheap ones literally turned yellow and fell off car windows. i remember them saying the tape cartridge matters more than the machine itself though, gotta get the "laminated" type not the basic paper stuff.