Specialty HVAC Tools

jpplumbing

i am currently in HVAC school and i was wondering what specialty tools i need to pick up. I am a plumbing contractor that wants to expand the business into the a/c refridgeration work. I was wondering what tools i need to pick up. I know i need to pick up a fan puller and a vaccum pump. I have a set of gauges already. Anything else that you guys recommend would be great. Also wondering what do you HVAC guys stock on your truck for service work. My truck now is pretty much packed with plumbing parts so i was curious what the typical HVAC parts service trucks carry. Maybe i will have to upgrade to a sprinter. Thanks

mdshunk

Gauges good for pressures up to R410a, vacuum pump, recovery machine, scales, digital micron gauge, swaging and flaring tools, Turbo Torch, digital Inches of water column gauge, bacharrach, capacitor tester, valve core puller, more to follow.... I did HVAC work concurrent with electrical work for a great many years.