Carpenters Tool Belt Setup (Concrete)

[@joec3101]

You men take pride in your tools, we take pride in apprentices. Good on you.

[@zan917]

Appreciate the practical walk-through.

[@JOHNSmith-pn6fj]

Nice set up. As a Union brother I have one piece of advice. Keep the weight on your pouches lite as you can to save your back and shoulders. Maybe drop the drift pin and use your ratcheting speed wrench as a drift pin. Things like that will save you lots of aches and pains in the years to come. I have the same set of bags but in green nylon canvas. Can't beat those Occidental Pouches. Enjoy the Concrete and stay safe and get those hours every year !!!!!

[@JustAnotherCarpenter]

Nice to see a fellow union brother showing his set up. I've been thinking about the harness and toolbelt combo. Keep it up . local 93 carpenter

[@huzaifababar6291]

I’m part of local 27😀

[@andrewwilson3876]

@@huzaifababar6291 27 in the Building

[@madwil2146]

As an apprentice myself I have the same bag. Just waiting to be called out to work now. Great video,stay safe out there.

[@BigDebbee]

Are you still a carpenter

[@larryp3641]

Local 909 SoCal .. 27 yrs Never seen the gold ball trick. I love it

[@vincentlantz4713]

I start this Monday Union Apprentice Carpenter got lucky and got into a concrete position friend of mine gave me his old bags excited nervous little bit of everything👍

[@thirdjwcrayton]

How’s it going your way, are u working? What local?

[@josephlinares96]

When I got my leather bags, I hated them. When I'm all loaded up with nails and hustling, it would throw the nails in the bottom pouch like a chicken feeder, and on the tools side there is no great place for my pliers or dykes,torpedo etc. After they took a beating from climbing in and out of rear cages I sent them in to get repaired and bought some diamond back bags, and let me tell you the tool organization on these puppies is second to none, pair that with a badger on my left side for nails it has become a near flawless setup

[@ItsCedar]

1st period apprentice. Thank you for the set up video 🤘🏽

[@thirdjwcrayton]

I’ve been using the atlas 46 bags for the past year and I can say after using Occidentals, I like the change up, much lighter bag and very durable imo. I work in concrete as well. Local 562 Carpenters

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

Have heard good things about those bags. I'm just not really a nylon guy.

[@josephlinares96]

From what I have seen of the atlas bags to me they seem kind of small, how have you liked them, I assume they are still what you use? How have they held up?

[@thirdjwcrayton]

@@josephlinares96 I am wearing them now, they have lots of room and better after broken in, holding up well with a few tears.

[@josephlinares96]

@@thirdjwcrayton local 951👊

[@josephlinares96]

@EngineerDr if you don't mind me asking what tools do you keep in it, I keep pliers, dykes, torpedo, chalk box, chisel on that side, would all that fit?

[@colemanwads]

Can’t be a Concrete carpenter without that bolt bag on the back lol 👍🏽 great video.

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

I used to swear my that thing but I've recently started using the hammer loop and dove tail in the back.

[@troymine6221]

The bolt bag completely changed the game for me during the apprenticeship haha. I kept all the things that none of the journeyman wanted to carry so I always had the weird tools/materials on deck haha

[@ACE7O2]

My setup is markers, pencils, hammer, tape, speed square, cats paw, flat head, red and blue chalk, pliers, diagonal cutters, razor knife, 100 ft tape, nails, torpedo, and some random items depending on the job.

[@peternotargiacomo5842]

Nice set up only thing I do is cut the tab off your chalk line and tie a loop it won't get caught up on the rebar so much nice to see a egar and proud apprentice keep it up local 330 Rhode island

[@christophermohamed4990]

I appreciate the video. I'm getting ready to start working in concrete forming myself and I am curious what I needed in my bags. This video helps a lot

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

Union or Non Union?

[@christophermohamed4990]

@@Poes_Custom_Builds union 183

[@annalongfield]

@@Poes_Custom_Builds What local are you?

[@Mark-iz5in]

Nice set up bro! Mines similar but I swapped out my Cresent for Knippex. Also have a small pipe wrench, bahco saw for pour strip or to knock off a 2x4 when the saw isn't nearby, a savage lightning torpedo for night shifts, and a scratch awl for snapping lines and when my pencil disappears. Our pouches are similar but I went with the fat lip. I also cut off the tape measure holder on the right as it ticked me off, and took my left pouch to a leather worker and got some loops put in. Pretty happy with it overall. Keep on building bro!

[@salient2849]

Interested in how those loops turned out, did you get them on the inside of the bag?

[@Mark-iz5in]

@@salient2849 Turned out pretty good! Inside of the pouch. got 5 of them, and still tons of room in there. cost me roughly 50 dollars canadian

[@salient2849]

That’s actually sick I’m reading it back now you got the loops in your fastener pouch side or just added slots in the main bag with the rest of the tools?

[@undeaddixon7545]

Keep posting bud! Thanks for sharing!

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

Should have a new video out tommrow justvwaiting on product to come in.

[@troymine6221]

You do a lot of scaffolding? What else you use that ratchet for?

[@Stevi987]

Great setup brother! Local 27. I have one very similar. All carpenters in formwork up here have similar ones. We do each one up to our own liking and make sure they’re comfortable. Then we can work all day and night.

[@newenglandyankeeliving5052]

Nice, I build toolsheds. The most concrete I do is a pad or sonno tubes. It’s cool seeing what other guys use

[@vinceneatherlin3251]

Great set up brother I’m out of local 425 you gotta ditch that elbow killer though it will get you in the end. Everyone in concretely should check out the ernerbrand hammers they are made by a union brother in California and every bit of it has a different function for common concrete work. They are expensive but 100% worth it I don’t have to carry as many tools with it in my bags. Stay safe out there.

[@Manueljunior_chino1]

I have a husky bags and the are pretty good is just that could be easily to ripe and occidental can last for years I have carpenters friends using theirs for over 15 years and still looking good.

[@dismalwave]

I got the husky ones too, 3 months so far and it’s holding up well

[@EnnTomi1]

love that drift pin idea. stealing .

[@artesuave4760]

It’s a bull pin .. but I’d ditch it and the wrench for an adjustable spud instead

[@alchemistmoon2440]

Best tool bet setup on here!!!!!!

[@awesometopics1988]

Hey bro im local 290 long island carpenter's Union..nice to see other union members out there..but I get laid off alot thru out the year..the union is kinda weird with how much I'm not working ..this is my 3 year in the union as a journeyman but I've only worked about 1 year and some change..I never make enough hours to get my health insurance which is crazy ..do u have similar issues..and where are u located

[@JOHNSmith-pn6fj]

Hang in there. Once you get known you will work more and more.

[@raulmartinez2924]

Cool vid man I too enjoy a nice tool bag set up 💪

[@johnymartin5411]

I'm currently wearing occidental fat lips on a 3m protecta harness and swinging a Martinez M1

[@SchMasHed]

Had a lot of different bags, Occidental is the best always. But I wont buy even a cheap set without a speed square slot.

[@MrDelfin75]

Did you see the new brand on town brother: Rex Tool Bags?! Many good ideas on the bags. Especially design for us, as a union carpenters.

[@timgrimes2589]

retired union carp here, I would never use estwing hammers cuz they will fuck up elbows FUBR. I used SEARS California framers and when the handle would break back to sears with it but i always had more than one with me.. We always carried 12 in cresent wrench and a good cresent don't rattle and clines are the best dykes around

[@epadilla2807]

Nice set up. What type of harness is that? The product number.

[@MrDelfin75]

Hey how about union brothers. I found this video of a apprentice who knows what to pack to look like a pro ..... but, I highly recommend using the "Rex Tool Bags" brand. They bring very good products, of very good quality, but above all, with very good ideas in the functional design of the bags. With them, you really bring everything you need when you really need it. Just a tip from a brother carpenter, local 714.... Orange county!!!!

[@thirdjwcrayton]

Local 562

[@MrDelfin75]

@@thirdjwcrayton hey bro, what day of the month is the monthly meeting local 562?!

[@thirdjwcrayton]

@@MrDelfin75 we usually do our meetings on the second Wednesday of the month.

[@danielvalenzuela4840]

Dope ass bags All pro big dog

[@salient2849]

How would you say you like the bags two years later?

[@benhaynes3164]

What kind of gloves are those?

[@smackflack5771]

I have the same bags only with occidental 3 inch belt and suspenders. Where’s u get ur rigg belt from?

[@DangerClose805]

Hey bro I got those bags but what harness u using I want my setup like this

[@clb5420]

Good idea with golf balls brother

[@BLACKLINEFINISHING]

nice 👍

[@MrDelfin75]

Hey brother, how are you? What period are you now?

[@TheGreenTucan]

What harness is that!?

[@marcoa2222]

What brand is the belt?

[@Jbox440]

Cats paw.... We call it a goon spoon! Because if you use it to much your building like a goon!

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

I like that lol. I work in concrete so every thing I build I wreck out so it's pretty handy.

[@matthewdickerson1105]

I will now only call my cats paw a goon spoon. local 619 San Diego represent!

[@bluerune7305]

thats gotta be the best name, im stealing it.. Local 301 :)

[@Jovan13579]

How much do union formwork carpenters make and hour?

[@kickyourfaceandlaugh607]

$12 bucks an hour.

[@AwsomeVine]

46 an hour local 27 Toronto

[@kickyourfaceandlaugh607]

@@AwsomeVine $46 is roughly $12 in America

[@seanlancaster6911]

Depends on scale for building trades or heavy highway.

[@luccia5224]

hey i’m 17 and hopefully going to start my apprenticeship next year. Can i get the link for that harness i’ve been trying to find a harness that i can attach my bags to

[@ericlouttit3370]

falltec not his but that what we use at my company we all have our bags on them

[@ericlouttit3370]

same set up I have for commercial concrete union as well local 22. surprised you guys aren't using titanium hammers pretty much everyone has stiletto or Martinez

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

I used a Martinez for about three months and it was completely smoked the bolts wouldn’t stay in the head anymore.

[@DJREKT313]

are you in the midwest? detroit local 687 here we use all the same slang terms

[@newenglandyankeeliving5052]

I like that idea with the golf ball. Epoxy to hold it in?

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

No I just drill a 3/8 hole and then beat it in

[@Tyler-ol6gm]

@@Poes_Custom_Builds What tool is that? I couldn't hear you, nor do i do concrete!

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

@@Tyler-ol6gm it’s a home made drift pin. Used for aligning things.

[@seanlancaster6911]

Nope drill it and shove it through

[@bluerune7305]

local 301 carpenters apprentice, just ordered to diamondback denali 2.0's. kinda thinking i screwed up lol

[@kickyourfaceandlaugh607]

How are you liking them? I’ve had the Denalis for 5 months and decided I didn’t really like them because the bottom pouches are dead weight since I don’t use them. I gave them to my brother and I got the grrandes which I freaking love. Lighter than the Denalis and big open pockets for my strip nails I also have a big db sax on my backside and a normal db sax to to carry other types of fasteners.

[@seanlancaster6911]

They work not the biggest pouches but everything is orderly

[@ghostjr7234]

What’s the serial # of your harness?

[@tavianmartin4605]

Do you ever have any issue's with your bags being leather and working in the rain?

[@kickyourfaceandlaugh607]

I used to run leather bags, they would get heavy when they are soaked. I’ve been running diamondbacks for a year now which are nylon bags and they don’t get heavy when it’s raining. I highly recommend diamondbacks.

[@shonmchugh9002]

What local are you in? I'm in local 328 out of Boston.

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

Local 2 Cincinnati OH

[@kcox9945]

LU 256 Savannah Ga.

[@nickpersenaire4443]

Local 272 Chicago

[@MrDelfin75]

Hey brothers, check the new ideas on the pouches. It's a new brand on town: Rex Tool Bags. Specially design for unión carpenters!!

[@KimJongChill]

Hey thanks for the videe, Is this a job where its possible to just go into with no prior knowledge? Some guys hired me and they know I have no experience in this other than doing resi electrical work, but I'm a little worried that I'm going to get there and not have a single idea of what im doing and seem like a dumbass, thanks

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

No one can knock you for not knowing what u don't know. As long as you show to work on time everyday and give it 100% you will be fine.

[@XavierCarpenterMTL]

Hahahahaha “seem like a dumbass” everyone has to start at the beginning even with trade schooling day 1 is still day 1. And if they think you’re a dumbass honestly they are if they can’t teach you. In construction there’s always that goon who will belittle the new guys. He won’t teach cuz he can’t teach

[@JMCA230]

What is the harness that you have the pouches on?

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

It's a guardian. Don't recommend it. Buy an exofit

[@thirdjwcrayton]

That would be fall protection, guardian is the brand.

[@guillaumeethier7508]

Get your self an exofit

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

@@guillaumeethier7508 I have one now been wearing for about a month or so. It's awesome prolly will do a video on it soon.

[@guillaumeethier7508]

@@Poes_Custom_Builds That be dope form your part 🔨🔨🔨

[@shaneash1598]

Now you have to wear your harness like a mule all the time 😆

[@djstewart1127]

For the guys asking about the harness, it looks like a Guardian Seraph.. don't quote me on it though lol.

[@brianglade848]

Are these accidental bags

[@romeomartinez5317]

I agree that tape holder gets in the way. Honestly, I cut that dam thing off

[@whisky-6-fitty752]

What do you need a razor knife for in concrete work lol

[@seanlancaster6911]

Sharpening pencils duh

[@DvstyDom]

You might just be best off taking off the tape holder and putting your scaffold wrench in the sleeves of the Klein bag which they’re meant for lol

[@tacktiician4978]

Wheres your level?

[@anthonyf7607]

Starting in 2weeks

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

Sweet man

[@stevenbender5638]

22 ain't no elbow bender. 28 or leave it behind the gate

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

I can drive nails just as fast with my 22 and even faster with my 15oz Martinez titanium now lol

[@aukustijaatinen7315]

@@Poes_Custom_Builds You should try out the estwing 25oz "big blue" with 18" handle. Now thats a hammer... I have used one in concrete construction in Finland for about 4 months now. Its better than the 16" handles for formwork because of the leverage given by that 2" and you can choke up on the handle if just hammering small nails. Just my opinion of course

[@XavierCarpenterMTL]

I use a ultra series 15oz estwing long handle. For me it’s the best one I’ve used so far been using it for 6 years of my 10 year formwork career so far.

[@nickpersenaire4443]

Wood handle 18oz for the win. I've been down that road with the 28 and 22oz no thanks

[@stevenbender5638]

@@Poes_Custom_Builds recently switched to a 19 oz vaughn wood handle, loving it so far but still love my 28 when im smacking more than nails

[@artesuave4760]

Indiana carpenter

[@timgrimes2589]

these bags are to bulky for my $ , some guys like to carry all their tools even when the work were doing don't call for them. I was that way when i was younger but ass I got older I just kept a small tool box in the gang box for say when you get sent to help another crew get to help get their pour ready and you need a certan tool for whatever you need

[@mikeohernia5498]

hey mate do your back a favour and carry as little as you need real carpenters where much smaller set ups you dont need all that fancy stuff

[@Poes_Custom_Builds]

Its construction man lol that's not all that heavy either. I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

[@thirdjwcrayton]

I do the same work (concrete framing) and I use every one of those tools he pulled out of that bag just about everyday at any given time in a 8-10hr shift, can’t get much done running back and forth to the gang box to retrieve tools that you can carry on you.

[@kcox9945]

I have to agree in formwork its not always a lights setup but usually it's all needed.

[@seanlancaster6911]

They don't do real world w alight setup