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Re: The toolbox u need for the back of your rig
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 3:25 pm
by Rmc
Ill post up my old boxes if u guys are interested, I replace them when they loose the wheels usually, but there plenty strong to jump up n down on. I've thrown one away and gave another to my old neighbor in the past year n a half.
Re: The toolbox u need for the back of your rig
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 4:05 pm
by hobbyturnedobsession
Hey man it works! I keep the metric n standards separated.
Re: The toolbox u need for the back of your rig
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:09 pm
by Rmc
I keep a soft bag in the bronco also, I havent put a hard case together for it, someday.
Re: The toolbox u need for the back of your rig
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:51 pm
by hobbyturnedobsession
Its easy for me with the soft case. It keeps it simple for my simple mind.
Re: The toolbox u need for the back of your rig
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:03 pm
by SteveG
Merging with another storage thread....
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:06 pm
by SteveG
Rmc wrote:So I figured I'd share a few pics of my work toolbox, as ive mentioned before i travel around and repair machinery, it can hold nearly everything you will ever need. In my case I have what I need to do any repair needed outside of electrical ( I keep connectors,soldering iron ect in a seperate box). Anyway there's a lot of pallet configurations ( the black things with the wrench holsters) and sizes available in this tool box style, mine has wheels and a telescopic dolly handle. I've flown all over the country with my stuff safe and sound, inspite of airline employees kicking the crap out of it. There's quite a few companies that make them but there perfect to keep your stuff organized and secured in the back of your bronco. There available at
http://www.jensentools.com . Side note: the people at pick a part trip out on me.
That thing is fantastic, Robert. Have you used it off-road? Does everything stay in place while bouncing around?
I have a couple Bucket Boss tool rolls that are a huge help. As others have mentioned, using big totes makes them a pain in the butt to move around. Even though I use large-ish totes, I use lots of pouches, bags, rolls, etc. that make digging for a specific part/tool, easier. Here are a couple that I like. The Bucket Boss rolls were really reasonable. The Snap-On rolls were stupid expensive. I plan to have these modified to hold some more small wrenches later. What I should have done was make them custom to begin with....
- Hardly anything in them at the moment....
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Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:14 pm
by Rmc
The only time something will come out of place is if u turn it upside down and jar it pretty hard in that position. I've jumped many a railroad track crossing and gone through the rough stuff with the box unsecured in the back thumping and pounding away. At a worse case my snips will slide out but it's still secured between the sandwich of the pallets. I used to use wrench rolls instead zipper bags but stuff slid out in transport, then I used carabiners through the box end of my wrenches. The carabiner idea worked but was a pain when u needed the wrench in the middle. So now I zipper pouch everything. They sell many foam filled boxes like these as well, u cut out a space for every tool and place them in there own cubby so to speak. My co-worker loves his and says the foam is oil resistant as well. The Gucci of technitian boxes is pelican but I'm not about to drop 400$+ on a case the airlines treat so poorly. There designed for abuse, there origin is military telecommunications. I suggest a roto tote style there cheaper and less expensive as the mil spec ones. The model shown is a mil spec roto ruged horizontal. Poke around the sight link i listed keeping in mind the types of tools u want to carry and note the pallet size to match your box. If there's a void or space in your stuff a simple sheet of foam will garanty no movement. It doubles as a knee pad when needed as well, or an Ass pad in my case while I'm searching new threads on gfb
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:14 am
by ChaseTruck754
I got the wrench wraps that live in the truck cheap on ebay a few years back. They taper down pretty good to hold the smaller wrenches and I keep um roller up pretty tight so nothing comes out. For general tools in the truck I used my buddies idea and got one of those 200+ piece crescent tool kits when costco had them a couple years back. Has all sorts of stuff you need in a small package and every tool snaps into the case. What isn't in there is in smaller, zippered tool bags.
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 9:46 pm
by SteveG
I think these might be my next storage upgrade:
http://www.frontrunneroutfitters.com/fr ... 3BPelfzeIm
4 of those will fit perfectly next to my fridge.
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 10:21 pm
by Rmc
Can't beat the price. It's a heck of a lot cheaper than a pelican case and looks just as tough.
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 6:49 am
by SteveG
They're nowhere as good as the Pelican stuff but they look good and are significantly cheaper. I like that the sides aren't tapered like most types and that they're designed to stack so they don't slide around on each other.
You can also buy a zippered interior liner/organizer that looks cool but it adds another $25 per.
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:28 am
by robertcrav
Jason Stroud (7D6F250) and I checked these guys out at the off-road expo, they have a ton of really cool products
we really thought the camp grill that fits over the spare was pretty slick, and their roof racks are hella strong
http://www.frontrunneroutfitters.com/fr ... 3EEO_ldVwY
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:55 am
by Rmc
That thing is sweet. The only thing that would make it better is a shovel loop to lift it out of the fire.
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:34 pm
by SteveG
If anyone is interested in the Frontrunner storage boxes, they're having a free shipping sale this weekend.
http://www.frontrunneroutfitters.com/
Coupon code: GETTOMEFREE
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 2:31 pm
by Cactus Cooler
Always thought this was pretty cool for grilling. Small, compact, flat storage. A friend of mine brought one to the B1000 a couple of years ago just big enough for a Tri Tip.
www.slatgrills.com.
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 2:36 pm
by Cactus Cooler
pics
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:22 pm
by SteveG
I was looking at those not too long ago. I like that it packs small....
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:14 pm
by Rmc
Pretty cool idea.
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:32 pm
by Nick
I got one of these for the bronco
Re: Cargo/tool storage solutions.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:51 pm
by WCCStrokinItRacing
Nick wrote:I got one of these for the bronco
Nice!! Where did you get that?