Essential tools for a new scrapper - Page 2

Thanks everyone for not bashing the new guy and telling him to go search out for himself.. Good luck in your scrap searching HSmetal!!!

Originally Posted by drozenski

I have found that the best tool is a sharp wit.

Start with no tools and as you come across times when you need a particular tool then go get it.

Why waste 500 bucks on tools and find out those nice bolt cutters or torch or whatever only gets used once every month. Would seem like a waste of money.

Got plenty of tools around the house, been tearing things down out behind the barn, as i need things here i find it, and after i use it goes in a 5 gallon bucket, so i can keep things i might need together

Tried to search but I use my phone mostly and it wouldn't let me use it but thanks

One of my best friends is a pry bar

5lb hand sledghammer
Hammer
Wire cutters
Tool set (with screw drivers, wrenches and sockets)
Pry bar/wedge
Razor knife

Then, nice things to have on hard are...
Battery Drill + bit/screw set
Grinder
Sawzall
Speciality screw set.. (i.e. star drivers and such for opening electronics i.e. Hard Drives)

BTW safty glasses/gloves are a must.... So close to poking out an eye many times....
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Cell phone (or land line.) No tools are any good unless you have the things to break down to start with.

Gloves. Secondly GUMPTION. Either you have it or learn it. You can throw all your tools in a lake if you don't have it.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gumption

1. Go to Google. I will let you figure out how to get there.

2. Type in "Let me Google that for you".

3. Type in what you want.

4. Post "demeaning" link.

Hatchet!!!

Large channel lock pliers

throwing them in that 5 gallon bucket was handy too. I went over to break down another furnace and took it with me, almost everything I needed was right there (saved about 50 trips for tools i hadn't thought of ) only had to come back over here once (it's almost right next door, i just walked) to get a sawzall for a stuck pipe

I'm still fairly new at this, but my go-to tool is becoming a sturdy flat screw driver. It always seems just right for all kinds of prying. I do have lots of assorted pry bars, but the screwdriver seems to be much easier to work with most times.

If I was investing in power tools, I would start with a hydraulic spreader-cutter.

Originally Posted by shootsitall

Hatchet!!!

i agree get a hatchet, saves time, makes a hell of a mess but its great fun!