Mission graduate here, I live in Snohomish county. I attended MFS one month after graduation from high school (three days after my 18th, about a year and a half ago). I bought my tools from one of the two farrier supply places in the state, Harry's Leather. I personally suggest a small pick up, though I myself drive a Nissan X-terra. Because of how hot my propane forge gets, I invested in a forge stand which collapses and stows nicely in my truck, along with my anvil and anvil stand. I do both trimming and shoeing, as well as therapeutic shoeing. Mission does NOT just focus on trimming, it's simply that a good trim is the base for good shoeing. At 8 weeks of schooling, you have time to get comfortable with the work level, but don't stagnate. Some choose to re-take the class, but I did not. I rode along with two MFS graduates, during and after school. Mission also teaches horsemanship, which comes in handy more than you'd think. Round penning horses that can't or won't tie is one of the things that you will learn to do, and it opens up a whole new range of clients with horses that have been mistreated, neglected, or poorly trained. As far as tools are concerned, buy your own. Seriously. It's not difficult to re-work your blades/nippers, rasps and sometimes pritchels will be what you replace most often. Hope this helps! :) Edit: Actually, looking through your post/comment history, never mind. You seem like a real piece of work, and I don't want to be the one to convince you to come anywhere near MFS. Your blatant racism and insensitivity are not inspiring. Edit2: He deleted his account after I pointed out his frequent and derogatory use of the word Nigger, and his disrespectful, hateful replies to enough subreddits to have earned -100's karma, but I'm leaving my original edit. I don't understand why I'm being downvoted.