Breaking cable seals, what do you use?

Big pair of wire snippets. With those type of seals and bolt seals i never break the seal unless they tell me to. They tend to get mad if you do

 

Those won’t last long cutting steel wire. Says right on them “for cu and al only” (copper and aluminum)

 

Lazy here. Keep a 5/8x16"(?) chisel inside sleeper door. Stick end through cable, pull cable tight on on chisel to take slack out. Couple revolutions on seal with chisel stretches and snaps cable. A good, stout screw driver might do the job?

 

Greenlee ETS12LX11 Cable Tray / Bolt Cutter 12mm, Li-Ion, Standard, 120V

Ok, a bit pricey but I saw a dude use one on my seal one time. I had no IDEA it was that expensive but that thing was cool as hell. Effortlessly snapped that bolt seal and I'd guess it weighed less than 2lbs with the battery.

If you want to save money but not weight, this should do the deed. I have been diagnosed with a chest injury that makes squeezing bolt cutters extremely painful.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...TyrDtuRU2j1XCRA16XcaAkDgEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Yeah just a wee bit expensive Lol

 

i do the same thing with a claw hammer....but i don't have to deal with bolt seals ...only cables.

 

Don't carry bolt cutters recently started carrying around air powered tools.
Already had the air line for inflating tires and die grinders are cheap and.

Before that I honestly just used my pry bar to twist till they break. Easier than fighting the bolt cutters, not as easy as the knipex those were not as easy as the die grinder.

 

my tool for wire seals