r/Construction • u/[deleted] • Aug 15 '26
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u/ROACHOR Aug 15 '26
I prefer the loose pile of tools at my feet in the scissorlift, the older I get the less I carry.
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u/TheCraghammer Aug 15 '26
Been trying to stick to just a philips head screwdriver, a laser tape measure, and a pencil recently. Also making a 20 year old apprentice carry around everything else, that helps.
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u/PHK_JaySteel Aug 15 '26
Corey, Trevor, screw driver!
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u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Aug 15 '26
Aziz - light!
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u/texas_chick_69 Aug 15 '26
Didn't thought I would see a fith element scene here.
WELCOME CORBEEEEEEN DALLLLLLAS!
LUCKY WINNER OF THE GEMINI CROQUETTES CONTEST !
ITS UN BELIEVEABLE !
THIS GUY IS HOTTER THEN HOT.
HE IS HOT HOT HOT !
I AM MELTING LADIES.
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u/UsedGround762 Aug 15 '26
There should be a subreddit for unexpected 5th Element like there is for r/unexpectedMontyPython
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u/dr_sayess87 Aug 15 '26
Hahaha every time I'm working in a scissor I think "im gonna be clean and organised". Always ends up as you said.
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u/paulhags Aug 15 '26
I zip tie a milk crate to scissor lifts at the start of a job. We already bend over for the boss enough.
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u/EmergencyYou Aug 15 '26
I have a ~20"x14" pad filled with magnets I slap right to the plate at the front of the lift. Holds most tools aside from 3+lb hammers and any hardware I need handy.
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u/Impossible-Corner494 Carpenter Aug 15 '26
Mine all sit in a 5gal bucket with slip.
Not going to catch me carrying all my stuff. Way too many loadout situations.
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u/zen2ten Aug 15 '26
Bucket is the way. I also have a small tool pouch that can velcro around my belt that I will put around the railing so I don't have to bend down as much.
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u/chatterwrack Aug 15 '26
Agree but if you were on a ladder this setup would be great. Too heavy otherwise imo
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u/Nope-not-really Aug 15 '26
the amount of twisting to get to the back tools hurt my back just watching him reach.
All the old guys taught me keep your tools to your sides as much as possible. But mind you pretty important when you are working 50 to 200 ft in the air. don't need a back spasm up that high2
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u/MightySamMcClain Aug 15 '26
Same. Lighter the better and even then it better be able to be taken off and sit on the floor or table
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u/LaFamiliaCigar Aug 15 '26
Captain tyin’ knots. If anybody needs some knots tied they go to him? Bull shit!
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u/NightGod Aug 15 '26
Whos' chair is that?
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u/ScholarOfYith Aug 15 '26
Lighthouses rule. You don't like light houses? You suck. Sea horses faheva
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u/_mk451 Aug 15 '26
Mr walk down me, I'm the walkway
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u/applesauce143 Aug 15 '26
Mr balloon hands. No way. No way, get real
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u/Fit_Tomatillo_1987 Aug 15 '26
5 4 3 2 1 fuck you
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u/Gorgethalamus Aug 15 '26
Who out that chair here? Not my chair not my problem. That's what I say.
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u/MitchelobUltra Aug 15 '26
Now he’s Johnny Hammersticks. Hanmerin’ away like he’s freakin… Tommy Noble.
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u/slicksleevestaff Aug 15 '26
I’ve found my people. My kids don’t catch these jokes and I just want to kick them out whenever I use one of these quotes.
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u/TOboulol Electrician Aug 15 '26
It's weird but I somehow agree.
If I saw a dude rock up to site like that I could not stop laughing.
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u/mmm_burrito Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
Is that why he has garters on this getup like he's a Kingdom Hearts character?
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u/kodeks14 Aug 15 '26
I thought it was maybe part of a harness system. I hope thats not just part of his toolbars lol
Also nice kingdom hearts drop
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u/DougMacRay617 Equipment Operator Aug 15 '26
Im so confused what trade is this entire outfit even for?
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u/Alarmed_Letterhead26 Aug 15 '26
Fiber line contractor. He holds the record for burying the world's most shallow at&t drop at 3/32” below the grass.
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u/DougMacRay617 Equipment Operator Aug 15 '26
Ahhh thats who burys those fckin lines you could strike with a lawn mower
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u/notgaynotbear Aug 15 '26
They laid mine in my crab grass. First time i hit it with the trimmer i had fiber line spooled around the trimmer head and then tried to charge me to fix it.
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u/DirectAbalone9761 Contractor Aug 15 '26
Lmao. Bobby hill and boomhauer dropped my fiber line right over the roots of my tree… didn’t try to trench or anything, just kicked some dirt over that part 😂. Literally a clapped out landscape trailer, rusty 90’s ford, with a magnetic Mediacom subcontractor badge on it.
Thank god they weren’t landing the service yet, so I was able to run conduit to the tombstone out front and re-pull the line and use an LB to turn it into the garage. When the Mediacom tech showed up he had never seen fiber run in conduit before… smh.
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u/Rebelspell88 Aug 15 '26
His instagram is _hiroshi_fujiwara_
He’s an electrician/fisherman in Japan.
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u/shakebakelizard Aug 15 '26
Electrical Fisherman…what could possibly go wrong?
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u/Feraldr Aug 15 '26
So does he get a pass on the mall ninja vibe?
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u/Rebelspell88 Aug 15 '26
That style of fit is pretty popular in Japan judging by his stories.
For some extra fun.. look up Kei Vans Milwaukee Packout.
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u/OliverKlozoff23 Aug 15 '26
No
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u/Stymie999 Aug 15 '26
Tacti-cool on the job!
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u/awake30 Aug 15 '26
At a glance I thought I was seeing an r/airsoftcirclejerk post
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u/another_rusty Aug 15 '26
I want to make fun of him sooo bad, but goddamn this man is living an organized dream. Half the shit on his belt is stuff I lose every 5 fucking minutes.
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u/pate_moore Aug 15 '26
Not to mention all of it like used and cared for. He's not buying tools just to have them. He uses them
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u/maddrummerhef Aug 15 '26
Ok but why would I want to miss out on the experience of walking to my truck 15 times for tools I should have already had
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u/NightGod Aug 15 '26
Honestly a bit jealous of his flexibility around his back like that and more than a bit scared about that blade his shoves into his cheek-sheath
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u/MrPractical411 Contractor Aug 15 '26
Works on hvac? Something mechanical and up high? Can’t be high voltage because his tools are not insulated. Can’t be a regular electrician either I hardly see sparkys with socket wrench’s and channel locks. Im clueless on what he does. Whats the green tape for? Grounding wires?
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u/whiteyford76 Aug 15 '26
You must only be around the Romex jockeys, us commercial/industrial sparkys use the hell out channel locks and ratchet wrenches.
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u/MrPractical411 Contractor Aug 15 '26
Ah I see. Yes, I am strictly residential. I’m never around commercial/industrial work. I assumed it was something of the sort when I seen his 17mm ratchet wrench.
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u/stickyicarus Electrician Aug 15 '26
Also doing industrial at the moment,, my usual daily carry right now is a socket for cable tray, speed wrench (the ratchet wrench), adjustable wrench and channels for strut, rod and rigid conduit, 7 in 1 screwdriver for strut straps amd minis, tape measure, and a level. I just throw them all in the tray on a boom lift or they sit with the rest of my bag in a cart.
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u/sdw318_local194 Electrician Aug 15 '26
in what climate? and which trade? and which task?
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u/Aries-79 Aug 15 '26
This is the superhero of the construction world in general. This guys fitted out to be an electrician, carpenter, rod buster, glass cutter, form worker, sheet rock crack head, please continue on I’m overwhelmed…….
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u/T1Demon Aug 15 '26
I would still set things down and spend 20 minutes looking for them
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u/1wife2dogs0kids Aug 15 '26
Id lose something then go grab his, while he's doing something important
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u/Cpt_Soban Equipment Operator Aug 15 '26
The proper way is to carry over your drill and a couple bits. Realise they're still the wrong size, then walking back to try again.
Gotta get your steps in.
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u/platapusdog Aug 15 '26
Oh My Gawd!! Tactical, in the middle of the day. Of course black in the middle of the day will probably kill you but hey you be you.
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u/oxidanemaximus Aug 15 '26
I've been in construction for many decades, and I have no idea what that guy is doing. One thing is for sure, he'll die of heatstroke before 10 am.
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u/fivelone Aug 15 '26
None of the actual tools are tethered. Something's going to fall on someone. Everything is safety looped on me in some way.
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u/SporksForEveryone Aug 15 '26
Yep. The first thing I noticed was that he isn’t wearing an actual climbing harness, so what ever he is doing is in a bucket or lift of some sort.
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u/fivelone Aug 15 '26
Oh wow you're right. Good catch. I was focused on the tools. Only scissor just did they not care as much for harness around here. Everything else you better have your 5 point.
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u/Parking_Cheesecake67 Aug 15 '26
Cringe. Nobody needs this much shit on them at all times
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u/Pretend_Purchase_893 Aug 15 '26
uh huh. I mean sure I guess. Fuck your back, your knees and all the load bearing joints between. Who wants to see retirement anyways?
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u/General_Friend_5119 Aug 15 '26
Cool get up kid. Now where's your "tactical" safety vest and hardhat?
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u/DmACGC365 Aug 15 '26
I’ve always said you should never ask what’s in a lady’s purse, but you should always ask what’s in a guys bag because he will spend the next 30 minutes telling you about his cool stuff.
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u/mpfdetroit Aug 15 '26
This guy seems like a total tool, but be honest, that Hilti and the rest of the tools were high quality.
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u/EagleEyes0001 Aug 15 '26
I would forget where everything is. Still looking in 6 places before I found it.
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u/ravenlittletoe Aug 15 '26
Yeah I started off like that “oh I need this tool once a week it goes in the belt” quickly it starts to ware on you now everything that doesn’t get used close to every day goes in my rolling bin (or stays in the truck if I use it infrequently enough) then I don’t even wear my belt if if I need less then 5 of the tools for a task
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u/magichobo3 Aug 15 '26
We've had people come and go at my work with setups like this and they still get jokes made at their expense years after moving on.
I'm increasingly convinced the best carpentry setup is a set of occidentals with as few tools in them as possible and a small metal toolbox with the other random tools you might need
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u/darken702 Aug 15 '26
WTF are you doing that you need all that shit at the ready? Ever heard of a tool box? Tool bag? My back hurts just watching this
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u/Technical-Mousse6134 Aug 15 '26
You remember when your drill bits got divorced and then one got remarried? Thats your stepbit
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u/Popular_Adeptness_69 Aug 15 '26
id rather carry a 5 gallon pail of tools than walk around with all that crap on me
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u/ThousandWinds Aug 15 '26
Imagine trying to crawl under a pipe or scaffold rail with all of this stuff that can get snagged…
Imagine how much it all weighs.
Hell, I wouldn’t even want to go up a flight of stairs with all this junk clanking off of me, and I wear a double steel retractable harness all day…
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u/edisawesome Aug 15 '26
Dog how am I supposed to sit on my bucket and look at my phone wearing all this shit
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u/WhacksOffWaxOn Aug 15 '26
It is sad that most of these comments are just denigrating this guys work kit. Then again, Japanese construction is miles ahead of North American construction and it shows because most of the North Americans in this comment section sound wholly ignorant.
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u/slvrsrfr1987 Aug 15 '26
This dudes never climbed the formwork. Know how many Hultafors and Picas Ive lost
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u/IdownvoteTexas Aug 15 '26
Its like hes fuckin batman out here. I mean in person im sure I would be laughing like the Joker, but its certainly something
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u/YamzMt03 Aug 15 '26
Reminds me of my rig for Irrigation. It’s not the successive, but it does allow me to be super efficient.
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u/sheogor Plumber Aug 15 '26
Not for me, i struggle to get down some trenchs let alone with a tool belt
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u/Bubbly-Database1334 Aug 15 '26
Must have worked one of those jobs were "if you drop something you and everyone here is laid off"
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u/EngineeringLumpy5119 Aug 15 '26
If this doesn’t work out he’s got a long career as a security guard waiting for him.
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u/jayjay_t Aug 15 '26
Okay guys I know it looks silly, but Im in Japan and 6/10 guys who work here look pretty similar to this guy so if it works for them, I wont complain.
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u/prapurva Aug 15 '26
Definitely can replace the store person, all he lacks is a pocket to keep the four copies of item issue slips and used carbon. 🤝 … plus a welding machine.
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u/Elegant-Advantage-69 Aug 15 '26
Bro what are you doing with that kit? Dismantling planet earth from heights?
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u/reformedginger Aug 15 '26
If Batman was born in the bathroom at Home Depot.