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neil macgregor
02-09-2011, 09:14 AM
what do you guys carry in your bag .i dont do that much climbing anymore
but i still keep a full set of tools in the back of my jeep .
just the standard for line work hammer,pliers,2xshifters,knife,1xsmall shifter,
i also always carried a 17/19 podger .i did a lot of traffo work and these tools
did the job i had a lot of guys ask me what i had in my bag back then .
guess it depends on what your doing at the time but for your average joe
think these tools are the doggies
so whats in your bag
kooman
02-09-2011, 09:30 AM
please tell me what shifters and podgers are, i might carry them, im not sure?:D
Highplains Drifter
02-09-2011, 12:01 PM
please tell me what shifters and podgers are, i might carry them, im not sure?:D



Podgers are our spud wrenches and shifters are a leather tool holder for your belt.
Boomer gone soft
02-09-2011, 12:12 PM
what do you guys carry in your bag .i dont do that much climbing anymore
but i still keep a full set of tools in the back of my jeep .
just the standard for line work hammer,pliers,2xshifters,knife,1xsmall shifter,
i also always carried a 17/19 podger .i did a lot of traffo work and these tools
did the job i had a lot of guys ask me what i had in my bag back then .
guess it depends on what your doing at the time but for your average joe
think these tools are the doggies
so whats in your bag

For God's sakes, man...speak English! :D
BigClive
02-09-2011, 06:13 PM
Yeah, nice one Neil, writing in broad Scottish language for the yanks. :D

Podger, yeah, "spud wrench"

Shifter = adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench. :rolleyes:
rcdallas
02-09-2011, 11:36 PM
Out of all people I would of never thought of, he showed me this wrench from Autozone that does four sizes in one...3/4, 11/16, 5/8, 9/16.

Now everyone I work with has one after showing them that.

I learned to carry as few tools as possible, use the channel locks and kleins for my ruler.

Took and cut in half one of those rubber straps for sleeves and put it on my breakaway hook folded back so my little tag line can stay coiled up on my belt without falling off...learned that from guys in Fort Worth.

Short pair of biters makes nice. Never forget the Lowell wrench.

USED to have a piece from a guy automatic turned into a hook, but the rules say I can't have it...so now I don't bother carrying a press wrench with me on the way up.
MI-Lineman
02-09-2011, 11:46 PM
Everything! I hate not havin a tool with me! My favorite is this....
http://www.linemen-tools.com/Klein_lineman_s_wrench_p/klein%203146.htm

Dam thing is tough! Kind of a poor mans Lowell?

Plus I heat shrink all the handles of my tools cause I got long fingers and they seem to be easier to handle in gloves and sleeves?
Highplains Drifter
02-09-2011, 11:54 PM
Everything! I hate not havin a tool with me! My favorite is this....
http://www.linemen-tools.com/Klein_lineman_s_wrench_p/klein%203146.htm

Dam thing is tough! Kind of a poor mans Lowell?

Plus I heat shrink all the handles of my tools cause I got long fingers and they seem to be easier to handle in gloves and sleeves?


And that wrench is the best hammer for even driving staples.
MI-Lineman
02-10-2011, 12:05 AM
And that wrench is the best hammer for even driving staples.

What the hell are they made of? I swear I've beat the crap out of it and not so much as a ding but it's relatively light weight? I had two but someone kept eye ballin it so I traded him for a bowling ball!:o I know sounds funny! Anyways so I keep my other one at home where its safe!
lewy
02-10-2011, 07:36 AM
I carry linemans hammer, ruler, fargo wrench 9/16-3/4, 1 10" crescent, kleins, knife & this http://www.hubbellpowersystems.com/connectors/dist/dist-tools/ratchet-wrenches/
neil macgregor
02-10-2011, 05:49 PM
ok i'll try again
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy236/CARLOWBHOY/a5eaa30d.jpgx2

http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy236/CARLOWBHOY/76470cbd.jpg

http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy236/CARLOWBHOY/9f7e6a46.jpg

http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy236/CARLOWBHOY/c4a02203.jpg


and a hammer only allowed 4 photos
BigClive
02-10-2011, 07:12 PM
Out of all people I would of never thought of, he showed me this wrench from Autozone that does four sizes in one...3/4, 11/16, 5/8, 9/16.


Saw the metric equivalent of that this year. A podger with a double sided sliding insert inside the double sided head giving four metric sizes in one tool. Very neat.

http://www.flints.co.uk/acatalog/Four_Way_Podger.html
BigClive
02-10-2011, 07:17 PM
Wish my own toolkit was as minimalist as Neils. :mad:
neil macgregor
02-11-2011, 09:37 AM
Wish my own toolkit was as minimalist as Neils. :mad:

thats jusy in the bag the rest get tied on a rope if i need them
i know lads that carry loads up the pole with them and they are fecked when they get up there 24 meter poles soon knock the stuffing out of you
BigClive
02-11-2011, 02:00 PM
24 metres! That's 80 feet! Are you sure you're not talking about a pylon?
neil macgregor
02-11-2011, 02:33 PM
no defo poles mate not TOWERS
BigClive
02-11-2011, 06:18 PM
Good view from the top?
Pootnaigle
02-11-2011, 07:28 PM
I haz 2 lil pink thangs in my bag, Unless ya consider the law of averages then like every other person on earth I jus haz one. Itz way cornfusin when I been drinkin. Course ack in the 80's I hadda vasectomey n then I had 2 nutz n 4 knots n couldnt differentiate tween em.
Boomer gone soft
02-11-2011, 07:37 PM
I haz 2 lil pink thangs in my bag, Unless ya consider the law of averages then like every other person on earth I jus haz one. Itz way cornfusin when I been drinkin. Course ack in the 80's I hadda vasectomey n then I had 2 nutz n 4 knots n couldnt differentiate tween em.

:D:D:D:D!!!!!!!!