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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:31 am
by Edgecraft
Hi all
I'm off with the kids this week (*#$~*! school holidays) and have been killing time perusing Ebay for all the nice bits of kit I would like to own and came across a Cormidi 80 Tracked loader with shovel, what a handy little machine i thought, and it would fit in the back of the van as well !
This got me thinking what others might consider as there favourite or most useful tools, wether it be a machine, spade, hammer, barrow or whatever ?
It could even be on your christmas wish list if your that way inclined, although I think the wife would be happier with something other than another *#$~*! machine.....
Darren
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:34 pm
by Dave_L
Lump Hammer.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:05 pm
by James.Q
the blockpaving mallet got from germany id lost without it
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:11 pm
by Stuarty
Shovel
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:42 pm
by DeckmanAdam
wish list is huge but what i could see saving time is motorised barras 1/3 tonne capacity.....£1500 each tho lol.
So ill go with my trowel i think.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:46 pm
by IanMelb
My S&J Predator 7ppi First Fix saw
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:19 am
by Dave_L
Dave_L wrote:Lump Hammer.
On a serious note - my favourite tool too is my shovel - you get used to them, the feel of them. Not looking foward to the day when it breaks!!
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:51 pm
by Edgecraft
I must agree Dave_L & Stuarty
I don't know what I would do without my trusty Bulldog Shovel !
Not strictly a tool but something else that's worth it's weight in gold is the 200Kg wheelchair lift I fitted in the side door of my van, it only cost £70 second hand on ebay and has saved my back sooo.. many times, there's now't down for lifting a 170kg wacker on yer own, my back twinges just thinking about it !
Darren
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:10 pm
by lutonlagerlout
bulldog fork
15 years old and i reckon the tines have worn down 30 mm to fine points but a great bit of english kit
unbeatable
LLL 
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:54 pm
by dig dug dan
has to be my tcp tracked skiploading dumper.
HAs saved hours of barrowing and moves tonnes of slabs in a day ready for laying
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:23 pm
by Rich H
I bought a 1/2t tracked skiploading dumper in the spring and wondered why I didn't buy one years ago.
That being said, my Marshalltown trowel has to be the one tool that I could start all over again with
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:43 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i am on my 5th 19-10 Mtown rich,had a couple of tyzak and whs before that,i work a trowel down to gauging trowel size in about2 1/2 years then recut it my self for a pointing trowel
if you know anyone in the states marshalltown and estwing stuff there is 1/2 price what we pay here
LLL
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:16 pm
by andpartington
best and favourite tool
must be the makita 18 volt impact driver
this thing will knock a 4 inch screw in to a 4x2 till the there is 3 inch on the outer side of the timber i will post a pick 2moz
andy
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:56 pm
by seanandruby
Not the ratchet spanner as you would expect for time saver pipe fittings. But a small open ended one about 3 inches long that fits in my back pocket for when Ive got an awkward joint with not much space to manoeuvre 
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:14 pm
by Ted
One of my favourite tools is a small plasticy trowel a bit like this... it is great for digging fencing holes down a bit deeper.
I helped a friend out who runs a gate installation business one day last year and told him to get one... he was digging his holes with a shovel
:rock:
but I have been unable to find a decent one like mine. Mine has lasted years.
I am actually going to get one of those useless corkscrew fencing machines now though... but that is because the soild is very soft where I am in Africa (no clay just terracotta dirt) and I reckon one of those will create nice sneat accurate holes quickly and save me a fortune in cement which now costs a whopping US$22 a bag unless bulk bought.