Toolbox Checklist For Deployment and Buoy Swap Out

* Denotes required tools.

1) *Wrench set. Metric and Standard

a. *Ensure that you have two ¾” wrenches

b. 10 mm wrench

c. 7/16” wrench

2) *Allan (Hex) key set - Especially 5 mm

3) *Crescent Wrenches Small and Large 

4) *Screwdrivers - Flathead and Phillips - Large, Medium, and Small

5) *Channel Lock Pliers - Large and Small

6) *SMALL Needle Nose Pliers

7) Large (1 ⅝”) combination wrench for the mild-steel shackle

8) *Electrical Tape

9) *Spare Buoy parts kept in Toolbox

a. Extra Cotter Pins Large, Small, Medium

b. Extra Buoy Tophat Screws

c. Extra termination screws and U-bolts

i. 10 mm screws

ii. 7/16” screws

d. Extra Buoy Chain Shackles

e. Extra Buoy Tophat Gasket

f. Extra Triangle Mounting  Hardware i Bolts, Flat brackets, and Nyloc Nuts

10) Vice Grip pliers

11) Scrapers (long flat prybars)

12)  Large and Small zip ties

13)  Tape Measure

14)  Liquid Tape

15)  Shrink tube

16)  Flashlight

17)  Voltmeter

18)  Q-tips

19)  Alcohol

20)  High Vacuum Grease

21)  Razor Blades

22)  Pencils, Pens, Sharpie markers

*Note any special tools or supplies you may need if you are doing any non-standard work such as setting up a shore station.