Tool Boxes for Service/Repair?
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Husky bag or veto bag I like, still using for years
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For service I like this one McGuire Nichols wm22225 12" toolbag. Has a small zipper pouch on the back for Allen keys, small stuff and loops for channies/stuff. Big pocket for paste/putty/front loop for ptfe tape. Very happy. Bought two. Everything else goes in a Rubbermaid with a shoulder strap. Has a big front pocket for mint condition folding backscratchers.
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Plastic Craftman 17 " box.. had it for more than 15 years..
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CLC 1539 is what I like for my main bag because it has a lot of pockets to keep some sort of order in my tools. It is 18" longhand can have big stuff in the big compartment in the middle and runs around $70. I also have it's little brother 1537 and that one is 13" and only has pockets on one side of the bag.
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I've really been digging on the bucket tool boxes. I like it better then my ridgid jobmax or veto propac
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tool boxes to keep on the truck or ones you carry into the job?
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For everyday hand tools...I will be veto from now on. Expensive but ridiculously well built looks really good and will outlast anything I've ever used.
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The clc bag I have is almost the same as a veto propac not quite as tough but still plenty tough for me. I've had mine for 1.5 year now and no damage to it yet, still looks like new. I just can't get myself to pay over $200 for a veto when my clc is just as good for only $70.
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I love my mcguire nicholas bag, had it for years. Also have a bostitch 16" tool bag from walmart that was 19$ and has held up surprisingly really well. The bottom is plastic for wet floors. I thought for sure the threads through the plastic would fail but they are perfect.
For toolboxes the dewalt/bostitch/stanley fiber filled toolboxes are ridiculously strong and light. Both heavy duty clasps have 2 padlock holes and the rim has a watertight seal. I stand on them, throw them, fill them way to heavy and let them slide around in the bed of a pickup. They are beast. Plus they have a v groove with markings for cutting pipe/wood/whatever.
For toolboxes the dewalt/bostitch/stanley fiber filled toolboxes are ridiculously strong and light. Both heavy duty clasps have 2 padlock holes and the rim has a watertight seal. I stand on them, throw them, fill them way to heavy and let them slide around in the bed of a pickup. They are beast. Plus they have a v groove with markings for cutting pipe/wood/whatever.
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best tool carrier known to man..and they are free from any job doing drywall..."the spackle bucket"..just dont grab one with the top closed you could get a surprise....:laughing:
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We get nice clean coolant/antifreeze buckets from our big clients. About every 6 months there are like 40 by the dumpsters and they dissappear in days. Filter media buckets too. The coolant bucket lids are a pita but the buckets are tougher. When I snake a house main I end up bringing in at least 2 buckets.
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You needed a tool bag? That amount of tools would fit in your pocket :whistling2:
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Man, I open my toolbox to you and you make fun of it. Cold.
My other toolboxes is a box truck. A shop. A shed. A spare bedroom. 1/4 of a garage.
What you see in that bag is what basically what was in the box. It has other compartments that has tape and tapes, dope, and a bunch of smaller tools.
One thing I don't like is that it doesn't have room to be a garbage bag. I've thrown old bits in every box I've owned.
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I used to carry the bucket organizer, run a plumbing call throw the tools in the bucket. Next call I'm accidentally lugging in pipe wrenches to an a/c repair.
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Everything has a place and I know when it's been left behind at 1 glance over the bag. Small channies-screwdrivers-ORing picks-knives folding doorstopper.
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That's exactly what I love about my VETO. Only room for tools and nothing else. Consistently weighs 43lbs and everything in its place I can grab blindfolded
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