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Ah, yes. I always make sure my wire stretchers are in the truck in case I need them. Have you seen the new model sky-hook that recently came out. I think it is made by the same company that manufactures the flourescent U-tube bender. I always keep a couple of extra switch legs on the truck but they have a tendency to walk off.

Would this list include a left handed Cresent wrench.

While beating the daylights out of a G-rod the other day, the lady of the house remarked how the sledge must be my fav tool...

You need the Bosch or Hilti with the rod attachment

Just got off work, bent the handle on my MC bender tonight. I was having a hard time with some stubborn 12/3 MC and had to put a cheater bar on it to get that 90 degree bend all the way around. Maybe a titanium handle with rectangular cross section would handle the punishment a little better than this 4130 chrome moly handle.

I had bought a PVC hot box to heat up 1/2"-2" PVC. I use to use a heat gun, and it took forever to make an offset on a stick. The hot box heats up the pipe in no time, and then you just form it to what you need, and cool it with a little water. Great for service upgrades.

Don't forget the mighty Greenlee Adapt-o-matic Coupling Adjuster - lets you use any coupling on any raceway (as long as it's the same size). (I know it's not a tool, technically, but I felt the need to include it).

Had to change mid-run from 3/4 MC to PVC then to AL Rigid down the way - Without that Adap-o-matic, I'd have been fishing couplings out of the truck for hours!

Wow! I gotta start gettn some of these new fangled tools, I'm falling way behind. And here I was thinking my punch awl made out of 1/4" all thread rod screwed into rod couplings with a sharp steel shot pin with the 1/4" inch threaded base screwed into the end was special.

I guess my really favorite is my rechargable light. Lots of light in attics or crawl spaces for hours on end and then just recharge. Same brand as my drill so I've always got a spare battery for 1 or the other.

(Foot in mouth up to knee).
My Fluke/Taiwan was based on a Fluke 36 Clamp Meter I bought in '96. It wasn't marked with any Country of origin, so I dug through the accompanying paperwork and found that it manufactured in Taiwan.
It gave me the same "sinking feeling" that I got when I opened the front bonnet of a '71 VW that I had bought and saw a "Made in Mexico" plaque. I never gave the Fluke thing another thought. Sorry.
I do have a Fluke T5 that says "Made in USA" on it. I think it's about the handiest thing I've got. Fluke's stuff is great, I've never had any trouble, or heard a single bad word about them...S