Top of List Construction Tools

Okay, everybody's got themselves their own sacred cows when it comes to those construction tools they deem essential.  I think a lot depends on what kind of construction you're talking about.  For me, I'd have to put the drill bit right up at the top of my list of necessary and essential construction tools.

Next time you want to argue my point, go to your construction site that you're currently working on (if you're lucky enough to be doing that right now in this crappy economy!).  Then grab yourself a fairly primitive construction tool called a shovel.  Yea it's primitive but it's still a construction tool.  Now go out there and start digging a hole that you're going to sink a pier or something similar in....say just 6 foot.  Now we don't want that hole too wide mind you.  Okay, you get my point.  And that's why I put the drill bit at #1....at least for me.

I had a buddy that was working on a small home project for a friend.  They had to dig up some sprinkler heads that weren't working any longer.  He was carrying on about how the two of them had to manually dig 'em and how long it took.  That story alone reminded me how much time this one construction tool called the drill bit has saved on various projects, not to mention backs.

Fave Construction Light Equipment

I guess you could categorize this one as a construction tool, too.  but I like to think of it more along the lines of construction light equipment.  What I'm talking about are saws.  Can you imagine how much time it used to take versus now with a skilled worker using the right kind of saw and the proper saw blade for the job?  I mean to tell you, we're talking hours and even days thinking of some jobs.

One of my favorite saws is the walk behind saw.  A buddy landed a job of redoing curbs in a neighborhood to make them accessible and safe.  They had to cut the curbs in 8 places on every corner of that neighborhood.  Putting a diamond blade on that walk behind saw made quick work of cutting the concrete.

Tools & Light Equipment Advances

With the portability of power supply and air pretty common, I think the real opportunities in advances in construction tools and light equipment is going to come when the economy starts to pick up again on a more steady basis.  My hunch from all I hear is that there's a lot of pent up demand and we could have a real boom time.

And if that happens I think that the weight of tools and light equipment combined with durability can see some evolution.  New materials are being developed that are stronger and lighter and they could really make an appearance in this segment, too.

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