Uber overkill tools for the job...

[Ruger_556]

What "top line" tools do you use for other than their intended purpose?

Starrett center punch for punching holes in oil filters... Knurling is awesome when your gloves are oily.

 

[General Geoff]

3/4" drive socket & ratchet to loosen oil filter cap

 

[zkling]

Anything Snap On

 

[redwrench60]

Anything Snap On

If you're gonna be a bear....be a grizzly.

 

[NKlamerus]

Mac impact sockets on nitro rc vehicles...

 

[NKlamerus]

Or true Vice Grips in the tackle box...

 

[Chuck122]

Sockets to press bearings in

 

[joel63]

Anything Snap On

Way too funny!

 

[maven]

I use my CT8810 absolutely eveywhere I can fit it... underhood, under vehicle, underdash...I dont care, if it fits it gets used. So much faster than most other options.

 

[jim1987]

20lb sledge to drive tacs hanging a poster.

 

[Steinmetz]

20lb sledge to drive tacs hanging a poster.

A micrometer to measure plywood.

 

[bobcatdan]

Oxy/ acet torch to heat shrink tube. I actually did that on a service call one time. My mini torch I normally use ran out of butane and my heat gun didn't want to work right.

 

[The Ratchet Man]

I squash my beer cans with my 20 ton press. Its time consuming but is extremely effective.

 

[nmcqueen469]

Hanging pictures with Uni-Strut.

 

[Strouty]

I squash my beer cans with my 20 ton press. Its time consuming but is extremely effective.

Sounds like fun too.

Using a tractor trailer to get groceries. Been there, done that.

 

[Kracin]

3/4 drive impact with 1200 ft/lbs tq in reverse to remove 3/8" socket cap bolts, of course using two reducers.

 

[uniballer]

Not a tool but in the late 80's we used C4 to blow up stumps. Messy as hell but no stump, or ground around it for 2 feet.

 

[Tripp2012]

Not a tool but in the late 80's we used C4 to blow up stumps. Messy as hell but no stump, or ground around it for 2 feet.

Using a stump grinder? "Ain't nobody got time fa dat"!

 

[Buckgnarly]

huge 1/2 socket (with reducers) with 1/4 dial torque wrench....pinion bearing preload!

 

[monkeyspanners]

Stanley knife to de bur copper pipe.

 

[jim1987]

3/4 drive impact with 1200 ft/lbs tq in reverse to remove 3/8" socket cap bolts, of course using two reducers.

Also could be useful for lugnut caps?

 

[General Geoff]

I squash my beer cans with my 20 ton press. Its time consuming but is extremely effective.

This might be the winner.

 

[richfinn]

Cheap map reading compass for checking current flow

 

[richfinn]

Microchip extraction tool for yanking off plastic lug nut covers

 

[richfinn]

Underfloor cable puller for fishing keys out of locked cars

 

[richfinn]

Not overkill I know, "underkill" if that's even a word

 

[CJKaz]

Starrett precision level to build a shed.

 

[mp23]

A leaf blower comes in mighty handy for reviving a slow campfire.

 

[75ford]

snap on tool box for harbor freight tools

 

[b7labelle]

Wilton with 8" jaws ...thing holds my beer sometimes.

 

[Robert Hall]

Mag drill for a #8 screw hole on a bike rack. (Don't ask)

 

[Wookiethumper]

Wife wanted a dishwasher. About 3 feet of counter
needed removed. I started (slowly) dismantling with screwgun. She left for work and I sped thing up a bit with my Poulan Pro chainsaw. Hells yes.

 

[Mastermind]

8mm 1/2" drive. 24" ratchet. Funny looks from the neighbors.

 

[west wind]

a framing hammer on a finishing nail

 

[jim1987]

Wife wanted a dishwasher. About 3 feet of counter
needed removed. I started (slowly) dismantling with screwgun. She left for work and I sped thing up a bit with my Poulan Pro chainsaw. Hells yes.

Winner

 

[Mr.3-5-7]

3 car garage for a Honda Ruckus

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

http://www.theconstructionindex.co....k-an-egg-with-a-cat-excavator-you-bet-you-can

 

[larry_g]

The wife acquired some of those T shaped plant hangers to hang plants on. She was trying to bang them in with a hammer and getting no where. Told her to hold on and brought the backhoe around and used the bucket to push them in the ground.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[abvw]

1/2" impact on a drain plug.

 

[Ruger_556]

1/2" impact on a drain plug.

I do that all the time... Damn CAT engineer's anyway I have an 1 1/2" impact socket just for C15 drain plugs.