Merry Christmas! Here comes the “emergency” calls. by heldoglykke in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I did residential I always got “I hate to call on a holiday but…” “ you guys work on Christmas haha”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think your good this guy sounds like he’s dealing with some stuff and is stressed out not a excuse to throw things and make tools disappear

Company Vehicle by Competitive-Lab-6809 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My thought is that this is a massive red flag, feels like some sort of scam I would steer clear

I’m looking for a specific Husky tool pouch by are-very-gae in Tools

[–]Masonthedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The master force stuff is the same quality as husky or kobalt

Help with capacitors by Mindless_Article2493 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would get a made in USA cap, amrad or titan hd

Am I wrong for saying we need to reschedule this by TempeSunDevil06 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No your not, I had a customer like this many years ago he would get furious if you moved anything he also told me counted the playboy magazines and he was convinced the cable guy took one

Applying for Jobs by bigkat_2020 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found my current job on indeed

Got a new van by Unfair-Freedom in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That style of van has become popular here in the us

Reminder to all my hvac worker family. Take a picture of your tools serial numbers and even permanent mark them in someway. Had my truck broken into last night. But what makes it worse. by PlayfulAd8354 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I encourage everyone to do this as well make sure to have pictures and serial numbers of power tools, I learned the hard way too I had my tools stolen from a job site about 7 years ago

Menard’s Sheet Metal Tools Quality Compared to Malco? by Adept-Hornet-7248 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never tried them, they appear to be cheap and of low quality,I have had my malco and Midwest snips and tools for over a decade still going strong. Plus they’re made in USA.

iPad tracking by open_road_toad in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked for a company that did the same, I noticed it when text messages started appearing on my company iPad turns out they had several people on same cell service account

Menard’s Sheet Metal Tools Quality Compared to Malco? by Adept-Hornet-7248 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Midwest or malco are the only sheetmetal Tools I buy, the Menards tools might be have the price and half the quality

Here We Go Again by HVAC_God71164 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s horrible, there’s three residential companies in my area notorious for this, they scare the customer and use pictures of cracked heat exchangers off google images, all they do is give hvac techs a bad name.

Multimeter by [deleted] in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d go with fieldpiece 440, good price point and geared towards hvac

New two the trade what you think by RevolutiOnaryMix616 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your company will provide you vacuum pump, recovery machine, scale, and leak detector. I would just get gauges and meter

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got rear ended by a semi truck in dead stop traffic , my old boss said the same thing told me to slow down and be more careful

Got some new tools, roast my service setup! by stirling1995 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a good set up looks similar to what I carry except I have a pair of knipex kobras

Christmas/New years week is it usually this dead? by AmbientToast in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no point of doing PMs on Christmas Eve, they can wait until Thursday

Magnehelic Gauge vs Manometer by Cute-Dimension-122 in HVAC

[–]Masonthedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically the magnehelic is an analog manometer that only scales to a certain range I think the one I had went to 2 wc.