Bits & Drivers (the burn items)
The strategy: nut setters come from the Amazon Jersvimc combo pack at 75 cents apiece, Phillips bits from Harbor Freight as disposables at 20 cents. About $54 stocks 48 nut setters + 50 bits. Split the haul three ways, one stash per van, and stop hunting for bits on the impact.
- ORDERED 8/30, arrives 8/31 at Jeff's: 2x Jersvimc 12-pc 1/4" + 5/16" magnetic nut driver pack $19.24 · 4 of each size per van add packs next order if burn rate demands
- 5x Warrior #2 Phillips 1" insert bits 10-pack, Harbor Freight $1.99/pk · $0.20 ea
- Name-brand fallback if the Jersvimc wears fast: IVY Classic 10-packs (1/4" ~$20.10, 5/16" ~$17.50). Phillips step-up: DeWalt FlexTorq PH2 50-pack ~$40, impact-rated. Skip Lowe's singles and Irwin 10-packs.
Harbor Freight run
- Ratchet straps: Haul-Master 1"x15' 500-lb 4-pack, grab 2-3 packs $15.99/pk
- 3rd vacuum: Bauer 3-gal 3HP wet/dry $39.99 (6-gal 4HP $54.99)
- Storehouse organizers for the screw bucket + fittings 20-bin $9.99 · 24-comp $4.99 · 12-drawer $11.99
- Chip brush multipack (mastic brushes are toast)
- Wheel chock (one blue chock has a cracked base)
- Western Safety rain suits if crew needs sizes (one new XXL on hand)
- Magnetic hooks (strong neodymium style) for van ribs/bulkhead: mesh bags, cords, vests. Light loads only, bumps shed heavy stuff
Lowe's run
- Simple Green 1-gal concentrate, we're OUT $9.98
- Poly sheeting / painter's plastic rolls, about OUT as of the 8/30 van reload
- Canvas drop cloths (current state: 1 tarp, ~6 mixed cloths)
- Shurtape DC-181 foil tape / patches, down to 2 sheets, 8 metal blanks waiting
- Compressor pressure relief valve, pull the sticky one first, match thread + PSI stamped on it
- Ring terminal + self-tappers for Van 2's ground cable
- Degreaser + Oil-Dri for the oil van floor
- Garden hose (green one is spliced + kinked)
- Pliers, slip-joint + groove (both pairs rusted out)
- Jumper cables, 1 new set
Amazon / online
- 3x EZ-Pour Hi-Flo spout + vent kits, the push-button style that doesn't break. Cans have the NARROWER neck, not the wide no-spill one: kit ships with adapter bushings, EZ-Pour sells a fine-thread adapter too, measure a cap before ordering ~$17.65 ea
- Enzymatic coil cleaner (Nu-Calgon Tri-Pow'r / Evap-type), about OUT, gallon
- Second DeWalt charger (one DCB112 for the whole battery fleet)
- ORDERED 8/30 to Jeff's: 3x DuomiW 24x36 mesh drawstring bag 2-pack (6 bags): rag rotation + hang gear per van $8.99/pk
- ORDERED 8/30 to Jeff's: 2x Plano Field Ammo Box .30: pop plug cans #2 and #3, ammo-can format kept since the crew's pattern-matched on it. Interim: plugs split into 3 gallon ziplocks $7.99 ea
- Pressure washer QC tip set (0/15/40/soap), BE washer's holder is empty
- 8" collector flex hose + cuffs, SPECIALTY: Nikro / Meyer / duct supply. Number one priority in the fleet
- Airless paint hose (taped junction = unsafe at pressure; pressure-test the 6 recovered hoses first)
- Milwaukee Packout lids: photograph the broken ones, file the warranty claim BEFORE buying replacements.
Done / covered
- Foil job tape: full 181-series stock counted + 3 fresh rolls, one per van
- Nitrile gloves: 3 bags on hand, just label sizes
Tasks tied to purchases
- Battery test day: charge every pack, tape-mark dead ones, count before buying
- Test-and-tag: compressors, Port-A-Blaster, Hypervacs, tan wheeled machine, fans, lights, airless rig, debris umbrella
- Hazmat run: rusted aerosols, unlabeled jugs, dented solvent can, foreign-label spray, drained Pennzoil leaker
- Find Van 3 rear door key
- Rag + coverall laundry; label glove bags by size
- Consolidate ~14 partial tape rolls; reunite orphan pressure-washer tips
- Weld or scrap the Kobalt wagon (frame's straight, worth the weld)