My crimper decided to die halfway up a 32 foot ladder yesterday

Grace Price · 2026-05-05T15:50:05.564533+00:00

I was hooking up a new drop for a customer in Austin and the ratchet mechanism just gave out mid-crimp. Had to shimmy back down, grab my backup from the truck, and reclimb the whole dang thing. Anyone else had a tool fail at the absolute worst moment?

eva_thompson104mo ago

That 32 foot climb back down must have felt real long with a dead crimper.

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john_singh4mo ago

Man I saw a buddy's impact driver catch fire on a pole one time.

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wesley_thompson4mo ago

I always keep a spare crimper in a zippered pouch clipped to my belt loop now. Learned that lesson after my main one jammed up on a hot roof in July with the customer watching from their driveway. Took me twenty minutes to realize I could have just swapped heads instead of fighting with the broken shell catch. Check if yours has a replaceable head assembly, saved me from buying a whole new tool last month.

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