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Originally Posted by beachtech

compnay = torch, vacuum pump, scale, recovery machine, and truck.

i'll take care of the rest

agreed. although i do have my own pump.

... and why are we dredging up a thread from many months ago?

SNAKE?

Originally Posted by Greg414

Thanks for the input guys, I'm going to talk with my Service manager and discuss this further.
I would def like to have some if not all of these tools for my personal use some day but, I don’t feel like buying all these for this company would benefit me in anyway except using a new tool (like most of you are saying).

I will reply with his answer by Friday

whats a snake can i have a link?

Late to the party...but....

When I drove a service van (I don't anymore) I had EVERYTHING clearly marked with my name. I bought a cheap handheld electric engraver and etched everything from sockets to screwdrivers and most certainly big ticket items. It paid off tremendously. I've had tools that I left in an attic or something returned to me, sometimes years later. It's also a great theft deterrent. It also comes in handy if you ever change jobs and have to clean your truck out. There's no question of who owns what.

I don't think a tech should have to buy things like recovery machines or tanks of any sort, to me that's crazy.

Hey fellas.....this is a TRADE you're working in, not a charity ward.

Look at an auto mechanic. He has a huge roll-around tool box, full of HIS tools, that he's free to load up and take from one job to the next.

I worked as a meat cutter in high school and some college. Wanna be a meat cutter? Buy some knives and a steel. Wanna be a carpenter? Buy some saws, hammers, and squares.

I spent several years after school as a loom fixer in a cotton mill. They didn't buy my tools....they gave me a list and said: "if you wanna be a loom fixer, you gotta have these"....

I've tried it all ways in the HVAC business. The one thing I've learned, is that an employee has far more respect for tools that HE bought, than the ones I bought. MY tools were constantly coming up missing and broke.....until I said "enough".....I'll let my guys buy stuff on my ticket, and take it out of their check in installments.....

Let's get out of our entitlement mentalities, and let's get to work !!

the only 2 things on my truck that are company owned is the oxy/act rig (tips are mine), and the reclaimer. Everything else is bought by me. We can charge tools at the supply house to the shop account, but we have to pay the company back. Doesn't matter the price, we can arrange x amount out of the weekly check or pay it off within a month in whole.

good luck finding that

wow

everything on my truck is mine excepst vac pump and recovery machine i have about 8,000 dollars in tools that have been bought little by little since i was an apprentice my company gives me 250 dollars a year for tools to buy new or replace broken. someone please tell me where companies pay for everything cuse south florida companies would laugh in your face

Originally Posted by larryacguy

That is just part of the expense of running a business besides they can take it off their taxes.

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!









this guy is fuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnyyyyy

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compnay = torch, vacuum pump, scale, recovery machine, and truck.

i'll take care of the rest

In4later.

My company supplies all power tools, battery operated tools, any test and measure tools, and any hand tools over 12" in length. We supply only hand tools under 12". They replace at their cost if anything breaks including personal tools, pretty fair arrangement.

The company I work for now supplies everything from my screwdrivers to gauges, meters, and anything else I need. I brought my tools in the first day, they told me take them home and go to the supply house and buy what I wanted. But that being said I have everything on that list, like most tech's do, I also have a pipe machine, pitsburgh machine, and 6' brake. It just makes everything I do easier, so the investment was worth it!!

Although I own my entire supply of tools, the company that I work for would never allow a truck to be on the road without all of the proper, quality equip. and tools. Proper tools and equip are part of quality service and some companies need to realize this.

The company my Son works for is the most generous company I know.
They had an allowance this year of (no kidding) $10000/truck. He got all kinds of hi tech stuff like those little tv cameras, refrigerant gauges that calculate every thing etc.
Almost made me want to apply there. Almost...

Union plumbers used to and probably still needed only to have a ruler and a pencil. Tinners needed a basic box of maybe $300 in tools.

When I worked for others I brought my tools to work because I liked working with them and siting at home did no one any good. But it wasn't a requirement.
I've also known techs that buy some special tools for themselves just because.

I tell you what at the end of the day you got some cheap a$$ companies out there. I worked for one and found out the hard way. I had to change out a register 16.5 feet high and all I had was a 10ft ladder. It wasnt pretty, but I got it done.

Originally Posted by larryacguy

besides they can take it off their taxes.

where i work we get an anuual september meeting where the boss states "if u know you are going to need a drill or other high dollar tool get it now"

Tools

The company I worked for required the tech to supply his own hand tools,meters,leak d-tec.and gauges. The other tools the company supplied vac pump,torch,ladders, ext cords.ref. scales, ect. You are making the business $$$$ they should supply everything except basic hand tools.That is just part of the expense of running a business besides they can take it off their taxes.

I've had my tools stolen twice. I'de suggest you get a rider on your home owners or rental insurance in case this happens to you.
W/o it mine omly padi 10% of the loss.

Originally Posted by ACFIXR

I have found that most commercial cielings are at 10' and that an 8' ladder is ideal for existing commercial service. For new construction a 10' is a must.

The 8 is the most often used, for certain, but I would not be without the 10. I do NO new construction, and I can't count the number of times the 10 has been absolutely necessary. I wouldn't even leave my driveway without it.