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07-01-2015, 03:39 PM
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Does it need to be moved at all once put in place? You could remove the wheels and mount directly to the floor, then use a web strap when on the road for side to side or swaying movement.
I got rid of my tool box and use a snazzy setup from DeWalt. I have five boxes, they mount to a dolly cart, and all come apart enough to go into the basement or generator bay.
Cale
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07-01-2015, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by lcv800
How about adding a tool box to the bed of your 450?
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Already have one... but to store the tools there, I'd have to buy 6 or 7 smaller boxes to keep them all organized & such. Besides, I've already got stuff in the box.
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Originally Posted by sundancer 87
When I moved from my house in Arizona to Mexico I had to 'tool down' because of limited space. Going through the kitchen junk drawer and the dive gear and the glove compartment and the work shop I ended up with only 35 #2 Philips screwdrivers.
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Ha! Yeah, I've done that once or twice already. But I'm big on organization, and bringing the cart allows me to keep things nice & orderly... plus makes them easy to get to:
Just can't hardly bring myself to tool down any further. I'm already "tooling down" from this...
...to this...
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07-01-2015, 04:14 PM
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Tom - I see room in there for three more screwdrivers and one crescent wrench!
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07-01-2015, 04:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by donzinger
Tom - I see room in there for three more screwdrivers and one crescent wrench!
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Crescent wrench, pliers, wire cutters, & vice grips are in a different drawer!
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07-01-2015, 04:50 PM
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07-01-2015, 05:02 PM
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True, my sons are grown... but they were trained well.
The oldest is an engineer who loves his tools like me... and if anything, has a more orderly collection than mine. The youngest is a nerd (his term, he embraces it) still in school working on his PhD in economics... and has no love, care, or desire to work on anything with his hands.
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07-01-2015, 05:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lcv800
Working on my Harley. I need a 19/32nd inch block tappet adjusting wrench abnd 34 #2 Phillips screwdrivers. Anyone have some I can borrow? LOL. I know what you mean though. I can't seem to get rid of tools either. I have some from my grandfather that are ancient and outdated, but can't bring myself to get rid of them.
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Rusty man, as a Harley rider you know you need that indispensable Cresent wrench, go ahead, admit it
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07-02-2015, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by sundancer 87
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Ha you are so right! Like someone else said, with a Wing, you only need those tools to help us HD riders broken down on the side of the road. My brother and I have ridden a ton; 49 states and both have over a hundred thousand on our bikes. I think he broke down once. My HD with a hundred and forty thousand? I have to take my shoes off to count!
Rusty
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07-02-2015, 12:17 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lcv800
How about adding a tool box to the bed of your 450?
Rusty
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Hell just buy a low rise tool body... I used to tow my 5'ver with an F350 with a custom tool body on it. The body looked stock but the sides opened up. I can't for the life of me remember the brand, but it was built in Texas.
Aaron
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07-07-2015, 10:09 PM
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Well... finally completed the project today, and this is what I've ended up with for transport:
I've got the top chest ratchet-strapped to the tool cart base, so it isn't going anywhere. After rolling the whole thing into position, I marked the places where I wanted to place the chocks... drilled the holes... and then secured them with ⅜" lag screws into the floor.
As for securing it against front-to-rear tip-over... initially I thought I may have found a decent anchor area above the sliding glass door enclosure.
So I secured an eye bolt into the wall, and ran a ratchet strap between it... over the box... and into one of the tie-downs in the floor. After pulling tension on the strap, it became apparent that doing so wasn't a good idea. It's pretty solid, and I'm sure I'll use it for something else... but not for the kind of tension or weight that we've got going here.
So I went back to the original suggestion y'all made... which was to use the tie-downs already in the floor, and come up & over the box with the strap.
It all seems to be pretty solid, but I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I take the rig out for a test run.
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07-07-2015, 10:54 PM
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Unless you do a short field take off in your Ford I don't think you'll dump the box over.
I've forgotten to tighten the straps on my box and it was where I left it when I hit the road.
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