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Tonight is a topic by Chilidawg and Ultradog MN They would like to see or hear about toolboxes you have or have had,,or wish for......I keep looking at the 169 dollar red rolling box at harbor frieght,,Maybe someday,?/,,

Just in case you get hungry working on the tractor

I have three main tool boxes. A big Waterloo box that I've had for years a homemade box that holds all of my cordless tools,batteries and chargers and an old dress pattern cabinet that holds a lot of my power tools and bigger wrenches and other misc. tools

Rarely do tools get back to the cabinet, so not going to take a shots of random empty boxes.
Do you know what works good for a tool box, old electric panel boxes.


We have this Paragon time Switch box mounted on the baler, with sear bolts and wrenches to change them, the wrenches to adjust the knotters, a 6ich adjustable, and a pair of pliers.

Well,
Here's mine.
I call it vade macum which is Latin for "my little take with me".
I've had one of these with me for at least 40 years and half a million miles. 1/4 and 3/8 socket sets, combination wrenches to 13/16. Adjustable wrenches, pliers, wire stripper, Small ball peen, punches, cold chisel, vice grips, wire connectors, a few screws, bolts and nuts, etc, etc. Easy to carry, easy to stow, relatively water proof. Only bad thing is everything is all jumbled up in there so you usually have to empty it to find the tool you need.

1981 Snap On, you don't get a girly cup from harbor freight, and one of my pin up girls. Got a 68 Craftsman box in the shop and a couple of wall cabinets.

Like that charger in the box, I got 4 or 5 laying on the counter top plugged into a strip on the wall.

Those Harbor Freight Tool boxes are better than you think. I have the 44" top and bottom. I bought them separately which was a mistake as the changed the paint. My top is a glossy Farmallish Red and my bottom is a dull reddish maroon. But they have ball bearing slides, are heavier steel than Craftsman and their casters are solid steel. I love mine.

The sad thing is I can remember when most of this was new and clean

Make a note of this picture, you will NEVER see my shop this clean again.

Daughter has our car so our grandson can drive hers cuz he blew up the engine in his beater truck.

Usually, you've got just enough room to get by if you hold yer breath.

you dont get a girly cup,,but you save enough money to buy a real girl? lol

It's as shabby as its owner, but I still like the old thing

Don't hang out in those kind of places, your wife know you do?

not mine but could put it to good use

Here's mine, I like my tools out where I can see them. After every project,the whole place gets cleaned up and all the tools put away. The tools hanging on the door can be locked up by swinging the left wall over onto the right side and padlocking it. The real plastic toolbox is my road box along with all the tie down straps. There's also two Case tractors that are the next projects The 446 died after one trip around the lawn The other was sick when I got maybe an engine overhaul. The one on the moving dollies is my winter project, a stretched tractor. My battery charger is in the cabinet with my computer/radio. My 1/2"/3/8 drive socket is missing anybody seen it? Probably the grandson lost it.

I am a trim carpenter. I used to carry a 6 gallon compressor and a large bag full of my trim guns. I decided I needed to do something different.





Its on wheels so I can roll it up and down stairs. Works quite well!

I don't see a paper holder. Do you get decent reception with that dish?

I use a red tote tray for a portable tool box. General tools, screwdrivers, pliers, combo wrenches from 1/4 to 1 inch. Inside of one side is painted yellow.....I put small wrenches, punches, etc, on that side so they"re easier to find.

All those boxes look nice but I don't see any 5 gal buckets or coffee cans.

All of my Boxes are some of the best kind, FREE. I was given or acquired them from someplace.

My plow toolbox is also an ammo can. You cant beat those!

New ammo boxes are available from Sam's Club and Costco.

just kidding,,,lol!

5 gal buckets work good for masonry tools,I use them,,coffee cans for nails

I have 2 grandsons with HF tool boxes like that. One changed from Kobalt when it came apart and the other learned from his brothers mistake. One is a mechanic in a large truck and tractor repair shop and the other is currently in Texas Combining wheat and working his way north. My son also uses the HF toolboxes and is pleased with them.

Out with the old and in with the new. First one (red) is a cheap Sears Craftsman box that I bought with one of my first 'real' paychecks (Think I paid around $129-$149). Didn't last long before the slides started falling apart but it got me by for a few years. Second one (black) is my new 'upgraded' Husky box from Home Depot. Paid under $500, and LOVE it. I filled it with the tools that were mostly in the Craftsman (No wonder it was falling apart).

Been thinking lately that I should go back and pick up another one of those Husky boxes. I would like a bigger garage first, and an air compressor/welder though. (The air compressor pictured I got for free with some electrical problems - never could get it figured out). Too many things on my list!

Me too.

Here's the boxes I currently make a living with. It's a combination of several "shop built" boxes I've picked up over the years, and a Husky top box I bought about a year ago when I went from operator to mechanic.





The little wood cart is something that came out of one of the buildings they tore down somewhere, and was handy to wheel all over the shop, until I got the harbor freight tool cart. I keep all the most common things I use in the cart (my tire repair and electrical tools, hammer, screwdriver, few sockets, etc, and I try to keep the top empty to hold all the other tools I use through the day). The radio is attached, so it goes where my box goes. The red and white buckets are also fastened to the box, one bucket holds clean rags, the other catches the dirty rags during my shift (keeps em off the floor).

I also built my own "wheeled" stool. I used a few parts from a broken store bought unit, and a few used bigger caster wheels, and a steel plate to widen the stance to make it more stable, and the tractor seat is more comfortable to sit on than the original "dinner plate" sized seat. It makes it much easier on a tall fella to roll around a semi truck to check air pressure/hub oils/ and some grease fittings than crawling on the floor and bending over all the time. At the end of the night my back hurts less, and it takes less time to check the 11 axles worth of hubs/tires on a gravel train when ya can just roll right around it.





This is how I keep my stuff organized. Normally, the only way I ever know something is missing is when I can't find it. By using the foamboard (1/2" thick) and cutting slots and holes for my tools, with a quick glance I can tell if I have everything. So far, everything I made foam organizers for I still have, so the time spent was well worth it.

I'm slowly acquiring bits and pieces to build a bigger box. I'd rather spend a few bucks and build something than to buy something usually. I'm not the best fabricator, but I enjoy building stuff, so what the heck.

Brad