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Dremel tool, grinder, deep and shallow sockets, flex head ratchets, torx, etorx, and hex key sockets. Flex head ratchet wrenches, screwdrivers, and picks, and some pliers. A battery impact is awesome too

Either oxypropane or oxyacetylene is what you need, half size tanks will be portable but not overly expensive. You think you will only use it for removing stuck bolts, but other uses will inevitably pop up, trust me

A 24" adjustable wrench- my 18" has done everything I've needed but still want the bigger one Haven't needed a socket larger than 2" but I keep eyeing the inch drive set with sockets up to 3 1/8" My own excavator and dump truck. A CAT E120 and F750 would be the perfect combo. Can't afford...

Internal spring wrenches get reset to the lowest torque when stored, in their hard cases. I have 3/4, 3/8, and 1/4, up to 300ft lb

I would get the 3500 watt, bigger is better. Can't help with the inverter but my regular 7250 watt generator hasn't given me any problems

I got a couple sets of impact rated adapters from HF, and I use them all the time. 1/2" female to 3/8" male, 1/2" female to 3/4" male, and 3/4" female to 1" male are my most used

Red cedar posts, cut to length with the bark still on. My grandfather built sheds and barns this way in the 1990s and we're still using them

Ok, thanks

So it has a 220 plug but only 3500 watts? Just seems strange to put a 220 plug on something with that power level. I attached the only picture I have of the welder in question in the OP

Looking at a 2E, obviously it's an AC welder so I can use 7014 and 7018AC, etc What are the 220 and 110 hookups rated for and what's the total generator power available, 3500w? I currently have a 7000w generator that I run a 225A stick welder with using the 220 plug. Would the Roughneck run...

Here's what I've found working on everything from chain saws to construction equipment. Get a stubby 3/8 and a high torque 1/2 (or a stubby 1/2 and a high torque 3/4 since most of my impact sockets are 1/2 or bigger) The mid torque will cover most things, but when you need a stubby or a big...

I have a set of metric crowsfoot wrenches I've never used. Acutally the only time I've needed a crows foot wrench was changing the ICP sensor on an early 6.0 Powerstroke. I use my 3/4 and inch drive stuff, my go thru socket set, and my adjustable wrenches all the time. There's no way I could...

Yeah, when part of my job was building crates with company supplied drivers (either Dewalt or Milwaukee) we beat the $hit out of them, used them as hammers, etc. I try to treat my personal tools nicely but they still get used hard, just part of the job

This is apparently what happens if you drop a well used Milwaukee onto a dozer track. Hopefully my Ridgid doesn't do the same thing lol *not mine, I'm just the go-to guy for fixing strange problems and finding parts online

I've heated rear wheel lug nuts on 3500 duallys to get them loose- with a 3/4 IR air impact. *not fleet though- farmers who put tubes in the tires and ran them off road. Those wheels went years without being removed, and nobody used antiseize Another friend swears by his M18 Fuel 1" impact for...

Ouch, I'd heard Big Red's QC had taken a hit but hadn't used any brand new items to confirm. Out of curiosity, was it a FUEL model? I was helping my buddy a couple weeks back, his well used FUEL impact put a brand new Dewalt to shame. I think I'm going with Ridgid due to the warranty- I...

48" big enough for ya? There's a vintage 48" Ridgid for $175 locally. I always used my 36" and put a pipe on the handle. *side note on the subject of pipes- if you put an 8' pipe on a 3/4 breaker bar, and a 260lb guy can hang from the pipe, that sucker is TIGHT One of the many reasons I'm...

I think I'll try the Towallmark wrenches since I have a set of Gearwrench but they're not flex head and I need some flex head metrics. It's like swivel sockets- you don't use them everyday, but you're screwed without them

I inherited an 18" Ridgid from my grandfather who drove a semi, haven't needed one bigger very often. My buddy's 24" Crescent brand has held up but I'm debating buying a cheap Harbor Freight one and attempting to destroy it for the lols

The shop my buddy just bought used to house a core drilling outfit- the mailbox post is an auger we estimate to be at least 4' in the ground, painted yellow. That's not going anywhere. Our mailbox by the county road has yet to be hit (surprisingly) but the ground is wet and the 4x4 post will...