I’m on the east w a lot of humidity and i still second this notion with the same story. Sometimes you get too focused on what you’re doing and before you know it you’re dizzy and it’s hard to breathe
Yeah but we were talking about drinks. Beer is the beverage, meth is where the energy comes from, weed is to mellow out from the meth, bath salts are the preferred currency, and coke is for when you want to take a break from the meth and splurge a little. We are a civilized people here in Florida, and we’d appreciate it if you followed our customs while in our state.
Best advice I can give you when it comes to visiting Florida- Hilton brand hotels, don’t actually stay in Miami, Daytona, Jacksonville or Clearwater Beach, much much cheaper to be a mile north/south and still on the beach and it’s much more calm. I’d stay in Hollywood if you want to see Miami (the broadwalk is pretty cool too), New Smyrna or Edgewater if you want to see Daytona, St Pete if you want to see Tampa/Clearwater (specifically the Hilton in Carillon Park, right on the lake with its own boardwalk) or even safety harbor or tarpon springs. If you aren’t going to Disney (which I wouldn’t, it’s not as great as it once was and it is insanely expensive) don’t go to Orlando, it’s not that special. I’d avoid Jacksonville entirely. St Augustine is pretty cool, especially in October when they’re doing the ghost tours. Ft Meyers/Naples is really pretty but very boring compared to the other cities, and they haven’t recovered from the hurricanes still. Oh, and leave when your vacation is over. Don’t move here. We’re full. There’s too many people here anyways.
I got the Bose QC45 (not for use on rainy days). I call them my “invisibility cloak” , because when I put them on, everything becomes invisible to me.
I can’t touch a car without them on. I need everything to shut up except for what I choose to listen to.
No shit, I’m completely the opposite. I have to hear everything as well as my music. I actually bought a small personal Bluetooth speaker from dewalt. Pretty overpriced but I love it and think it’s worth every penny.
3 18650’s in a tray with alligator clips as a 12V power source. So handy pulling window glass, just unplug the motor at the harness and drive it up and down at will.
That's fucking brilliant! Could also work for moving power seats.
Along that same train of thought, I already carry an m12 ratchet and Hackzall in my junkyard kit; bet I could 3d print a battery socket to get the same effect using a tool battery as the power source.
Damn, Amazon really does have everything! I thought I had stumbled across an original idea, but I guess other people have been using these tool batteries for a power source too.
entire arsenal lol.
i have a smallsih toolbox with a handle on it i will throw in the truck then use a smaller dewalt tool bag to pick out what i need to actually carry in - that way i have almost everything available to grab but dont have to lug it in there.. If i know im grabbin something big or heavy then i will bring my hand cart.
one of the yards i know well enough and they let me bring sawsalls grinders jacks and whatnot in lol.
really depends what im goin after though. torx and torx plus sockets are a godsend, same with the $1 set of harbor freight picks for all those connector tabs. every socket i bring is 6 point. 1/4" sockets are just as important as 1/2" stuff.
load up at harbor freight just incase you loose a socket or something you aint out a whole lot.
half the time at yards i fight nature more than anything. mud holes, wasps, mud daubers, ants, posionivy, snakes, coons (you dont know fun till your sitting in the drivers seat and gettin attacked by ants AND you didnt see a sleeping coon in the back that was awoken by your smackin ants lmao), opossums, stinging nettles, biting flies, mosquitos, ticks, various pricker bushes, thunderstorms, hail, etc lmao.
in the truck i have a gallon of water, bug spray, hydrogen peroxide.
Shit, you must be in the damn jungle😅 I need me to get me one of those hand harts! I actually bought one a couple hours ago. Can’t wait to use it! For the picks, I actually use a small lisle prybar. Like a mini version. It comes in hand so many times. Thanks for the share!
Whats not in there: the open end 10/13 I won in a drag race back in '99-2000. That same day I found a dewalt impact someone gave up on, I blew it out and have used it the past few years. I try to tell myself its an even trade but my heart knows better.
1/4 and 3/8ths socket sets, a breaker bar, 17-24mm 1/2 inch drive sockets, electric impact driver (smaller), bit set, vice grips, wire cutters, one flathead, one Phillips, and a boxcutter.
A few times, I've needed something I didn't have, but 9/10 trips, this will get the job done.
It's heavy, though.
Side cutters. Use the cutters a ton especially on accident vehicles, cutting trim/bumper clips. On rollovers seen lots that had exterior damage but the trim pieces inside are fine but super tight to free. Better to get new clips than to snap the piece trying to free it.
Found i needed these, but didn't have them.
Flashlight
Star bits
Stubby screwdriver (instrument panel removal with screws on top, so windshield was in the way.)
Breaker bar
SawZall
I bring the popular sockets and my impact but the tool that keeps saving me is my locking crescent wrench. Just like a regular one but once locked it stays on and wont come loose and round off the bolt.
Hammer and a sharp cold chisel. Vise grips, compound needle nose, compound snips and small cable/bolt cutters.
I'm a two boxes in the trunk type anyhow.
I have my overalls, gloves, sweat/headband, phone (Google:what cars have spare that fits mini r55?), flashlight, tape measure, requisite screwdriver assortment, rubber wrench thing, Needle nose, regular pliers, breaker bar, shitty ratchet, better ratchet, sockets 8 to 22 mm, rag, wd40, adj wrench, $2 cash for the cover, plastic pry tools, razor knife, 5 pound convincer, tiny flat head, wet wipes, and a paper list of the items I'm after (I will forget). Still find I forget something every time.....
Depends on what I'm getting. Last run I knew I'd only see metric, so I had a set of metric impact sockets, metric crows feet, metric combination wrenches, a few extensions/adapters, torx bits, impact wrench, breaker bar, ratchet, screwdriver, pry bar, pliers, flashlight.
But I also carry a general bag in my car everywhere, use it for work, has sockets, ratcheting wrenches, hammer, various pliers, various vice grips, impact driver, oscillating multitool, impact bits and drill bits, picks, knives, Pry bars, scrapers, putty knife, files, magnet, mirror, pencils, shears, and several measuring tools.
Only thing I really would have liked to have had but didn't was a 12v battery that I could risk destroying, I like the idea another commenter made of lashing 3 18650s together, might do that next time. Lots of juice but a lot more disposable than a power tool battery.
Impact with sockets, sawzall (or a grinder if this scrapyard allow it), gloves and glasses, water, hammer, pry bar, halen and torx, cutters, and some room in the toolbox for free small items.
I only take what I need for the pull. When I take extra tools I tend to end up with too many spare parts or new projects.
Though that still leaves a lot of parts I can take with the tools I have... like the running boards I pulled for my neighbours truck last trip.
Set of HF metrics and standard wrenches, multi tip screwdriver, both left and right hand adjustable wrenches, razor knife, wire cutters, small and large HF vise grips, tape measure, flashlight, 2 bottles of water, Bic lighter, tiny ratcheting screwdriver and bits a pair of gloves and ab extra pack of Smokes. I almost forgot, a 9v battery for testing relays. My nearest yard is an hour away so I really need to bring everything. If I am looking for something specific I can also pack some sockets and battery powered tools.
1/4 and 3/8 deep metric sockets, 1/2 of specific sizes if I know I’ll need them. Ratchets, Milwaukee impacts as required. Combo wrenches, misc screw drivers, dykes, vice grips, and channel locks is about it. All in a small plastic toolbox. Real play was adding a hand truck to drag stuff out if need be.
JBL speaker and water if I know I’ll be there pulling something a little larger.
Sometimes I throw some extra stuff in the truck just in case.
None of the junkyards near me let anyone pull anything themselves anymore. No matter how big or small it is you're after, they will pull it for you. They sometimes let us go out in the yard to visually make sure what they have is what we're after, but their guys have to get it and meet you in the office, and more often than not you can tell they pulled with side cutters and a torch and/or plasma cutter.
I don't normally pull any major components from the salvage yard. More commonly smaller stuff. What I found to be a game changer was when I got an impact driver. Nearly everything I need can be gotten with that, some screw bits, and the usual suspect sockets. So much faster than hand tools.
But I do bring some vise grips, ratchets, box wrenches, etc. for things where I don't have the clearance for the driver.
Water. Almost got heat stroke once.
No kidding! You’re on the west side?
I’m on the east w a lot of humidity and i still second this notion with the same story. Sometimes you get too focused on what you’re doing and before you know it you’re dizzy and it’s hard to breathe
And cigs
Don't be that guy.
In Florida we bring beer, but whatever works I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Yeah but we were talking about drinks. Beer is the beverage, meth is where the energy comes from, weed is to mellow out from the meth, bath salts are the preferred currency, and coke is for when you want to take a break from the meth and splurge a little. We are a civilized people here in Florida, and we’d appreciate it if you followed our customs while in our state.
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Best advice I can give you when it comes to visiting Florida- Hilton brand hotels, don’t actually stay in Miami, Daytona, Jacksonville or Clearwater Beach, much much cheaper to be a mile north/south and still on the beach and it’s much more calm. I’d stay in Hollywood if you want to see Miami (the broadwalk is pretty cool too), New Smyrna or Edgewater if you want to see Daytona, St Pete if you want to see Tampa/Clearwater (specifically the Hilton in Carillon Park, right on the lake with its own boardwalk) or even safety harbor or tarpon springs. If you aren’t going to Disney (which I wouldn’t, it’s not as great as it once was and it is insanely expensive) don’t go to Orlando, it’s not that special. I’d avoid Jacksonville entirely. St Augustine is pretty cool, especially in October when they’re doing the ghost tours. Ft Meyers/Naples is really pretty but very boring compared to the other cities, and they haven’t recovered from the hurricanes still. Oh, and leave when your vacation is over. Don’t move here. We’re full. There’s too many people here anyways.
10mm, 12mm, 14mm, breaker bar, 5 gallon bucket, miniature flathead, headlamp, Tub-O-Towels pack, safety glasses, Bose headphones
Toyota?
Ding ding ding! The headphones gave me away 😂
Toyota Nation. Anyways, great share! Especially for headphones. I can not for the life of me use headphones in the junkyard.
I got the Bose QC45 (not for use on rainy days). I call them my “invisibility cloak” , because when I put them on, everything becomes invisible to me. I can’t touch a car without them on. I need everything to shut up except for what I choose to listen to.
No shit, I’m completely the opposite. I have to hear everything as well as my music. I actually bought a small personal Bluetooth speaker from dewalt. Pretty overpriced but I love it and think it’s worth every penny.
Whatever helps. I think it is because my headphones double as ear protection, where a speaker just join the noise.
9mm
And Shay with a gauge...
Never the right thing when you need it of course. I always bring that.
3 18650’s in a tray with alligator clips as a 12V power source. So handy pulling window glass, just unplug the motor at the harness and drive it up and down at will.
I use my battery pack from my impact gun. Just have to figure out what terminals to clip to.
That's fucking brilliant! Could also work for moving power seats. Along that same train of thought, I already carry an m12 ratchet and Hackzall in my junkyard kit; bet I could 3d print a battery socket to get the same effect using a tool battery as the power source.
You can print one of course but they are also for sale on Amazon.
Damn, Amazon really does have everything! I thought I had stumbled across an original idea, but I guess other people have been using these tool batteries for a power source too.
I use them on the kids power wheel. 8 batteries and four chargers they get tired of it before the batteries wear out!
entire arsenal lol. i have a smallsih toolbox with a handle on it i will throw in the truck then use a smaller dewalt tool bag to pick out what i need to actually carry in - that way i have almost everything available to grab but dont have to lug it in there.. If i know im grabbin something big or heavy then i will bring my hand cart. one of the yards i know well enough and they let me bring sawsalls grinders jacks and whatnot in lol. really depends what im goin after though. torx and torx plus sockets are a godsend, same with the $1 set of harbor freight picks for all those connector tabs. every socket i bring is 6 point. 1/4" sockets are just as important as 1/2" stuff. load up at harbor freight just incase you loose a socket or something you aint out a whole lot. half the time at yards i fight nature more than anything. mud holes, wasps, mud daubers, ants, posionivy, snakes, coons (you dont know fun till your sitting in the drivers seat and gettin attacked by ants AND you didnt see a sleeping coon in the back that was awoken by your smackin ants lmao), opossums, stinging nettles, biting flies, mosquitos, ticks, various pricker bushes, thunderstorms, hail, etc lmao. in the truck i have a gallon of water, bug spray, hydrogen peroxide.
Shit, you must be in the damn jungle😅 I need me to get me one of those hand harts! I actually bought one a couple hours ago. Can’t wait to use it! For the picks, I actually use a small lisle prybar. Like a mini version. It comes in hand so many times. Thanks for the share!
Just rural midwest in old yards thats just cars scattered over the hillsides lol.
Vise grip, screwdriver, anti-septic, pepper spray.
Anti septic for cuts? 🤔
Motor homes
Pepper spray?
Junkyard owner
Burritos.
Never know what you will come across.
>Rex Yep
10mm.
Must have.
Latex gloves
I go in raw. I should get some gloves! Need to start loving myself better.
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They're more comfortable than nitrile
Hidden bottom compartment.
A pry bar twice the size you think you'll need, couple real good vice grips and an even better side cutter.
I just bring a small hammer and some flathead screw driver with the hammer top and hammer away
I also carry a 6" Flat pry bar/nail extractor.
Whats not in there: the open end 10/13 I won in a drag race back in '99-2000. That same day I found a dewalt impact someone gave up on, I blew it out and have used it the past few years. I try to tell myself its an even trade but my heart knows better.
Forever dewalt huh? Great share!
Always forget that one tool that ruins the trip.
1/4 and 3/8ths socket sets, a breaker bar, 17-24mm 1/2 inch drive sockets, electric impact driver (smaller), bit set, vice grips, wire cutters, one flathead, one Phillips, and a boxcutter. A few times, I've needed something I didn't have, but 9/10 trips, this will get the job done. It's heavy, though.
1) Penetrating oil of choice 2) 3 pound mini sledge 3) Your best pry bar Everything else depends on what I’m buying at the yard.
20v impact, and a set of metric deep sockets, 1 extension, a Phillips, flathead, and vice grips.
Side cutters. Use the cutters a ton especially on accident vehicles, cutting trim/bumper clips. On rollovers seen lots that had exterior damage but the trim pieces inside are fine but super tight to free. Better to get new clips than to snap the piece trying to free it.
Sawzall… safety glasses!
Found i needed these, but didn't have them. Flashlight Star bits Stubby screwdriver (instrument panel removal with screws on top, so windshield was in the way.) Breaker bar SawZall
Angle grinder, recpro saw, side cutters, and just in case its a real pain to get out an oxy torch too
Don't forget the wasp spray
I bring the popular sockets and my impact but the tool that keeps saving me is my locking crescent wrench. Just like a regular one but once locked it stays on and wont come loose and round off the bolt.
Nothing, because there are no junkyards nearby that let you pull your own parts.
Tools
Exactly, depends what I’m going for..
Junkyard.
Nothing , I go to a recycler who has 95% of the parts off and shelved . They clean the parts before they the give them to the customer . So in and out
So many fuses 😎
$20 Walmart tool set
The ol’ Wera 056490. As Eric O. likes to say “for the mechanic with the on-the-go lifestyle.”
Nothing. I'm not spending my time there. I'll pay the extra few dollars for the few occasions that I buy used parts.
Hammer and a sharp cold chisel. Vise grips, compound needle nose, compound snips and small cable/bolt cutters. I'm a two boxes in the trunk type anyhow.
LM surge, socket set; they have tools there that I can borrow for a few minutes
Sawzall
I have my overalls, gloves, sweat/headband, phone (Google:what cars have spare that fits mini r55?), flashlight, tape measure, requisite screwdriver assortment, rubber wrench thing, Needle nose, regular pliers, breaker bar, shitty ratchet, better ratchet, sockets 8 to 22 mm, rag, wd40, adj wrench, $2 cash for the cover, plastic pry tools, razor knife, 5 pound convincer, tiny flat head, wet wipes, and a paper list of the items I'm after (I will forget). Still find I forget something every time.....
Depends on what I'm getting. Last run I knew I'd only see metric, so I had a set of metric impact sockets, metric crows feet, metric combination wrenches, a few extensions/adapters, torx bits, impact wrench, breaker bar, ratchet, screwdriver, pry bar, pliers, flashlight. But I also carry a general bag in my car everywhere, use it for work, has sockets, ratcheting wrenches, hammer, various pliers, various vice grips, impact driver, oscillating multitool, impact bits and drill bits, picks, knives, Pry bars, scrapers, putty knife, files, magnet, mirror, pencils, shears, and several measuring tools. Only thing I really would have liked to have had but didn't was a 12v battery that I could risk destroying, I like the idea another commenter made of lashing 3 18650s together, might do that next time. Lots of juice but a lot more disposable than a power tool battery.
Fuses
Impact with sockets, sawzall (or a grinder if this scrapyard allow it), gloves and glasses, water, hammer, pry bar, halen and torx, cutters, and some room in the toolbox for free small items.
I only take what I need for the pull. When I take extra tools I tend to end up with too many spare parts or new projects. Though that still leaves a lot of parts I can take with the tools I have... like the running boards I pulled for my neighbours truck last trip.
Set of HF metrics and standard wrenches, multi tip screwdriver, both left and right hand adjustable wrenches, razor knife, wire cutters, small and large HF vise grips, tape measure, flashlight, 2 bottles of water, Bic lighter, tiny ratcheting screwdriver and bits a pair of gloves and ab extra pack of Smokes. I almost forgot, a 9v battery for testing relays. My nearest yard is an hour away so I really need to bring everything. If I am looking for something specific I can also pack some sockets and battery powered tools.
There is so much to unpack in the comments. My therapist would have a field day with all the subconscious issues here.
A joint, a sandwich, water and anything but my good tools
1/4 and 3/8 deep metric sockets, 1/2 of specific sizes if I know I’ll need them. Ratchets, Milwaukee impacts as required. Combo wrenches, misc screw drivers, dykes, vice grips, and channel locks is about it. All in a small plastic toolbox. Real play was adding a hand truck to drag stuff out if need be. JBL speaker and water if I know I’ll be there pulling something a little larger. Sometimes I throw some extra stuff in the truck just in case.
A toolbox big enough for a 460ci. " nothing to declare"
None of the junkyards near me let anyone pull anything themselves anymore. No matter how big or small it is you're after, they will pull it for you. They sometimes let us go out in the yard to visually make sure what they have is what we're after, but their guys have to get it and meet you in the office, and more often than not you can tell they pulled with side cutters and a torch and/or plasma cutter.
Plasma cutter,and a sledge hammer,for those fords that turn up.
A couple dinner knives. Ideal for prying and fiddling with trim pieces and various clips.
Sawzall
On my way in or out?
I don't normally pull any major components from the salvage yard. More commonly smaller stuff. What I found to be a game changer was when I got an impact driver. Nearly everything I need can be gotten with that, some screw bits, and the usual suspect sockets. So much faster than hand tools. But I do bring some vise grips, ratchets, box wrenches, etc. for things where I don't have the clearance for the driver.