Comments on: When You’re Outside And Need To Get Inside http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:07:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Toolmonger spots good deals on Halligan tools at popular logistics http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-357294 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:45:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-357294 [...] From Toolmonger’s excellent post on Halligan tools, When You’re Outside And Need To Get Inside [...] […] From Toolmonger’s excellent post on Halligan tools, When You’re Outside And Need To Get Inside […]

]]> by: ToolFreak http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-308376 Thu, 08 May 2008 04:15:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-308376 I've found a crowbar and axe (or sledgehammer) to be a good cheap alternative, though not nearly the same thing. Also, theres no law against possessing rescue tools, ski mask or not. These are not stealthy enough to be considered burglary tools. I’ve found a crowbar and axe (or sledgehammer) to be a good cheap alternative, though not nearly the same thing.

Also, theres no law against possessing rescue tools, ski mask or not. These are not stealthy enough to be considered burglary tools.

]]> by: Jimmy http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-307587 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:33:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-307587 I agree with Bill...the halligan needs a striking tool with it, either a flathead axe or some people (not me) prefer a 6-foot NY-hook. I was glad to see pictures of "good" halligans with curved forks and picks. A wedged fork (instead of curved) is next to worthless. If I am not on the hoseline, my favorite tool is the irons. If I've got irons and the rabbit tool there are very few doors that can keep me out! I will say that I am not fond of the forked adz in the picture above. I'd rather have a solid adz to pry sideways more effectively. I agree with Bill…the halligan needs a striking tool with it, either a flathead axe or some people (not me) prefer a 6-foot NY-hook. I was glad to see pictures of “good” halligans with curved forks and picks. A wedged fork (instead of curved) is next to worthless. If I am not on the hoseline, my favorite tool is the irons. If I’ve got irons and the rabbit tool there are very few doors that can keep me out! I will say that I am not fond of the forked adz in the picture above. I’d rather have a solid adz to pry sideways more effectively.

]]> by: Zeek http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-307410 Wed, 07 May 2008 14:47:27 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-307410 Looks like what I imagine the 'lobo' [lobotomizer] zombie killing tool looks like in the novel World War Z. Looks like what I imagine the ‘lobo’ [lobotomizer] zombie killing tool looks like in the novel World War Z.

]]> by: AC http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-307261 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:42:09 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-307261 Two questions on the mini-bar pictured (no mention on the links): 1) Why is the fork curve reversed? 2) Why does the adz have a wider splay? Two questions on the mini-bar pictured (no mention on the links):

1) Why is the fork curve reversed?

2) Why does the adz have a wider splay?

]]> by: Bill http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-306085 Tue, 06 May 2008 19:25:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/06/when-youre-outside-and-need-to-get-inside/#comment-306085 Actually a Halligan is only 1/2 of a tool set. Without a striking tool the Halligan is severly limited in use. In the fire service we mate this tool up with a flathead axe, carried with the blade of the axe nested in the fork on one end of the halligan and the handle resting on the adz (what everyone else calls an axe we call a flathead axe to differentiate it from the classic firefighter pickhead axe). The backside of the axe is used to strike the adz end of the halligan to force open doors or locks etc. Together these 2 are referred to as irons or the irons and used together you can open almost any door, and even breach cinderblock walls if needed. Together the irons were my favorite tools and their use one of my favorite assignments. Actually a Halligan is only 1/2 of a tool set. Without a striking tool the Halligan is severly limited in use. In the fire service we mate this tool up with a flathead axe, carried with the blade of the axe nested in the fork on one end of the halligan and the handle resting on the adz (what everyone else calls an axe we call a flathead axe to differentiate it from the classic firefighter pickhead axe). The backside of the axe is used to strike the adz end of the halligan to force open doors or locks etc. Together these 2 are referred to as irons or the irons and used together you can open almost any door, and even breach cinderblock walls if needed. Together the irons were my favorite tools and their use one of my favorite assignments.

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