hi guys. I’m just wondering whether most of you guys have a separate set of tools for servicing or whether you just take in your standard tool box? I haven’t done much servicing and my tool box at the moment seems to cover most jobs I do. I just don’t want to be dragging everything in with me if I can help it. Cheers.
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Separate tool box for servicing it looks a bit more professional that way. Kop
I meant just the roll I’m always intrigued how people carry stuff
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I have a separate toolbox for servicing, but rarely take it in, I usually find myself just taking the odd tool out and putting in my main toolbox, and take that in. Might be worth investing in a good solid storage box (wham bam are good and cheap) and just taking in what you think you’ll need on a service? Or if you’re going to be servicing more than anything kit yourself out with that, countless times I’ve been moved around doing different things and ended up changing my toolbox to suit, doesn’t happen much now I’m in a fixed role.
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yes 1000% love mine
it holds all my service gear in one bag plenty of room even got a 12" adj spanner in there 😀
I have a separate tool bag for service and repair. Why take a bag full of chisels pipe slices cutters etc when all you need is a few screwdrivers.
I use the monument one it's ok but I wont get another. I like the fact it's big enough to fit my analyser etc in it but my region manometer has already punctured the manometer holder, it is too big so also gets heavy over time, the tool holders are not brilliant and my 12" crescent grips only just fit in.
I use the monument one it's ok but I wont get another. I like the fact it's big enough to fit my analyser etc in it but my region manometer has already punctured the manometer holder, it is too big so also gets heavy over time, the tool holders are not brilliant and my 12" crescent grips only just fit in.
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I haven't got a seperate servicing tool bag yet but I have been looking at this little set
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-13592...55&hvtargid=pla-420005328946&psc=1&th=1&psc=1
Think it will be a handy kit for repairs and servicing etc without the need to fetch the whole tool box in
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-13592...55&hvtargid=pla-420005328946&psc=1&th=1&psc=1
Think it will be a handy kit for repairs and servicing etc without the need to fetch the whole tool box in
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very good kit
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Veto bags every penny worth. But you could also check a
The parat tool bags from Germany they do servicing bags. Really good
The parat tool bags from Germany they do servicing bags. Really good
https://www.amazon.de/Würth-Zebra-Steckschlüsselsatz-Zoll-Knarrenkasten/dp/B00FXWKKC8 that's the one I use ... Its a top kit for servicing.
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True! But I've got that kit so I won't downgrade🙂 need that for type of works so comes in very handy
Wasn’t actually knocking it Ron. Was just saying I have never needed a large one 😉😉
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I did not take it that way. I just uploaded what I use for my services. I could recommend another tool which a dentist usually uses to get the o rings off the pipes etc really hand tool
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Buy any veto bag and get a free tp3b tool pouch for free is the current offer. I got the veto propac tech xl for servicing and the veto MC for multimeter and wiring equiptment. They are overpriced but the quality is second to none and will outlast any other tool bag twice over!
Yeah, just thinking I need to do more than ten services just to cover the cost of one. You guys charge £15 p/h right, that's what Pimlico are paying me.
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Is that it? I thought Pimlico were paying something substantial like £7500 an hour to you boys
Thought their pay would be poor but it isn't, you have to earn it though by working some serious hours as well as pay £600 p/m to rent a van.
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The day I spend that much on a tool bag will be the day something very important and necessary heals over!
Got me one of those today from screw(u)fix. Forty squids. Looked at the veto (mate has one) and it is noticeably better but is not and cannot ever be 6 times better than the stanley. 6 times!! I don't stint on tools but veto price is crazy.
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Loaded the new Stanley bag up today for its first outing. Both it and the veto seem to lack a chest strap which you need on a heavy rucksack- and it was heavy, so after 20 mins on, the hard base tray tended to dig into the lower back. I might get a chest strap put on it or put a bit of padding on it - you know what us soft southern plumbers are like... 😵
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Very true, seems a bit nuts when you see what some people are willing to spend, £30k+ vans baffle me too.
Some while ago I bought a Wera SH1 plumkit. Good tools but the wallet holding them deteriorated, or rather the elasticated loops did. On the search for a suitable replacement wallet I pushed the boat out and invested in a Kruk Garage tool roll. I use it primarily for boiler servicing/repair. It holds the usual tools plus my smoke pen, small hand pump and pressure gauge,
butane jet torch, (great for lighting smoke pellets) etc. Things like smoke pellets, multimeter, sockets and other bits and pieces in the zipped pouch.
Evening all sorry to open an old thread. But thought it better than opening a new one for the same topic. Anyone know the best place to go for Wera? Looking at maybe investing in some.
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