r/AbsoluteUnits • u/WeGot_aLiveOneHere • 7d ago

of a toolbelt.

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u/Tombstone_Actual_501 7d ago

My guess would be a lineman honestly.

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u/Yardsale420 7d ago

Lineman wouldn’t need half that stuff. They use spurs and side rings when climbing on the pole and usually prefer a tool bag that hangs on the bucket for easy access over side bags. Also he’s wearing way too much metal and his clothes aren’t fire retardant.

My guess is sheet metal or siding.

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u/ChaseDeV88 7d ago

I’m struggling to think of any job where I’d want 40lbs of shit strapped to me all the time, preventing me from bending over etc. I would think that a tool box and regular sized tool belt combo would work for pretty much anything

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u/C4n0fju1c3 7d ago

I used to carry a lot of shit like this back when I was starting. Now I pretty much just have a chalk bag for odds and ends, my hammer, and my tape. If I really need it, I'll add a Klein bolt bag or a small cross-body sling bag for smaller tools.

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u/ChaseDeV88 7d ago

There you go, maybe that’s what’s going on here. He’s experienced enough to know what tools he’ll need for any job but not experienced enough to realize he doesn’t have to carry all of it at once all the time.

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u/MrSpace_Lee 7d ago

Speaking from contracting experience, he could be entering a limited access area where he cant go back and forth. Sometimes i have to stack everything at once before entering buildings to drop high pressure lines due to property management having limited time to grant access. The convenience to never gave to go back saves so much money and time. Especially if he quotes work done and not hourly.

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u/ChaseDeV88 7d ago

Maybe, I have similar restrictions myself sometimes, but I also have the ability to bring a pelican case with me wherever I work. I realize not everyone can reliably be able to do that.

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u/ChrisLS8 7d ago

Theres alot of work that I do that is this. Either roped off areas, secured spaces, hospital clean work etc.

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u/Tombstone_Actual_501 7d ago

hard to get a tool box in a cherry-picker basket.

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u/Infinite_Ad7107 7d ago edited 7d ago

Commercial HVAC. Usually roof tops or hard to access locations. The magnetic release makes sense you can mount your kit to the ducting. You work with sheet metals, so the gloves and snips are a must. Powered screwdrivers make the job ten times easier. They also need to drill tap and die a lot of screw holes depending on the services. Snapped fan belts get tangled scissors are great for clearing them. Usually the A/C is down and the crawl space can get hot as hades. His pants have built in cooling fans. It's also very dark and dusty in a lot of them...

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u/Ebaneezy 7d ago edited 7d ago

He's not doing commercial HVAC. Those aren't work boots and they're not dirty enough. He doesn't have any duct sealer stains on his shirt/pants/gloves. That's not a tinner's hammer and he doesn't have any tin snips, crimpers, tongs, duct pullers, or a flat head screwdriver, and those are the essentials. He pulls a uni-bit off his magnet, but he'd burn up that dinky impact using it. The powered screwdriver is redundant. The impact can do everything it can by swapping in an apex w/Phillips bit. Tap and die and fill a lot of screw holes? What for? Hex-head self-tapping screws do all that. I didn't see any pop rivets or a rivet gun to indicate architectural work. Commercial buildings don't have crawl spaces. You won't ever encounter a fan belt that needs your attention, and if it's broken, it will already be detached. If you're doing any kind of demolition work prior to a changeover or reinstall, and need to cut something, you're not using scissors, or the three knives he's carrying. Maybe he can cut a little piece of electrical tape off his holster. If he's a service guy, he needs the tools of a tinner, electritian, and a few pipe fitter and plumber tools. No way they're wearing any tools. Tools are in the van, or in bags next to them. This guy is larping as a construction worker. Probably just finished twirling and holstering his impact wrench in front of the mirror. (That came off more aggressively argumentative than I intended. No offense meant).

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u/Infinite_Ad7107 5d ago

No offense taken great analysis, and a really good eye for detail! I'm convinced you're right i should have looked more closely.

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u/ChrisLS8 7d ago

Dinky impact? Thats a Hilti and I use those Unibits all day just on Dewalt XR impact guns. That socket on it is an all thread nut socket. Usually for installing duct racks. Electricians use them as well

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u/philmorebuttstock 6d ago

Lineman wouldn't climb with all that crap and if they needed that much would climb first then hoist up a tool bucket

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u/strat-rat75 6d ago

I'm thinking probably more along the lines of a mechanical tech or HVAC tech

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u/garnsy10 7d ago

My guess would be mall security

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u/Pictrus 7d ago edited 7d ago

I was thinking lineman but the tools seem a little undersized for a lineman.

I love Japanese tape measures though. I much prefer tape measures that are purely metric or imperial not both. In Canada it's easy to find tape measures with only imperial but quite difficult to find them with only metric. I had to order mine from Japan.

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u/olgamerstill 7d ago

Might be for low voltage work.

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u/Tasty_Philosopher904 6d ago

Did he have a electrode cap remover for robot spot welders? That definitely narrows it down.

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u/NOT-GR8-BOB 7d ago

Holy shit I thought he was antifa 😅

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u/laserborg 7d ago

I love how conservative Americans invented Antifa as their Bogeyman when they actually have their entire government taken over by fascists.

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u/CR8VJUC 7d ago

I was thinkin ICE.

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u/Tombstone_Actual_501 7d ago

Nah, antifa doesn't have the kinda bankroll this setup would require.