Junkyard/mobile tool bags/backpacks

[Sugarkryptonite]

Hi there

To you guys out there who go to pull a parts frequently, or just have a mobile bag for some mechanics tools to grab and go, what kind of backpacks do you use?

I was at Home Depot the other day and saw they had a variety of tool backpacks which I thought would be nice for my junkyard setup. I have some Milwaukee packout boxes already but not sure if I want to use them for this. Just too big.

Anyone have backpacks they can show off?

 

[Willie Makeit]

I use one of the Dewalt bags that comes with most all of their cordless stuff.

 

[RTM]

These may help

tool bag for the junkyard, what tools?

those of you who go to junkyards to pull old car parts know what I'm talking about. I've been going long enough I know what to expect and need. as we all know, it's way too easy to lose tools at a junkyard, either from theft or setting it down and forgetting it. in this case I'm also trying to...

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Looking for a good junkyard tool bag

I've got a Rothco jumbo bag and like it, but I'm looking for something that will hold a few magnetic socket trays, ratchets, impact but driver, screw driver assortment, etc that is also comfortable carrying around the junkyard. (I go to the U-Pull-it regularly) I use their wheelbarrows...

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[Sugarkryptonite]

I use one of the Dewalt bags that comes with most all of their cordless stuff.

Yeah that’s what I’ve been using as well but it gets messy quick and needing to rifle through everything gets annoying

These may help

tool bag for the junkyard, what tools?

those of you who go to junkyards to pull old car parts know what I'm talking about. I've been going long enough I know what to expect and need. as we all know, it's way too easy to lose tools at a junkyard, either from theft or setting it down and forgetting it. in this case I'm also trying to...

www.garagejournal.com

Looking for a good junkyard tool bag

I've got a Rothco jumbo bag and like it, but I'm looking for something that will hold a few magnetic socket trays, ratchets, impact but driver, screw driver assortment, etc that is also comfortable carrying around the junkyard. (I go to the U-Pull-it regularly) I use their wheelbarrows...

www.garagejournal.com

Thanks I’ve looked at those

 

[AEAdam]

I have a square bottomed white canvas "riggers" bag I bought at Harbor Freight years ago. It has no zipper or anything at the top, and has pockets all around the exterior. I keep it behind the seat in my F150 (std cab). Unfortunately, they don't offer the exact same one now but there are others like it. Found a picture:



I would look for a STIFF canvas toolbag like this one that stands up on its own. I think the fancy versions like the Veto Pro pack are heavy and expensive. Pretty sure there are military surplus versions of this floating around that are maybe a little too bare bones.

Just looking at what HF currently has. I think they have something you want. They have a range of sizes. If it were me, I would go to the junk yard with some battery impacts (maybe 2). So that might size your bag for you.

 

[Kscardsfan]

The Milwaukee backpack is nice for that because it has a ton of pockets and compartments on it, but I found out you can overload it really fast because it has so many ways to store and carry tools and gear in it.

 

[IndyGarage]

Veto Pro Pack is perfect. the junkyard is always muddy, messy and dirty. The plastic bottom is perfect. I take my regular tools and often add a small set of 3/8 sockets as well as a ratchet and an impact. I also put in a longer prybar.

 

[Skellyii]

Wow, I've used so many different things over the years, where do I start.

I've used a tool backpack similar to this:


I had to be careful not to put too many tools in it, it was pretty heavy even when it was empty. I had another one with wheels, but the wheels were too small to reliably go through gravel and/or mud. I had a DeWalt carryall, but again the wheels were too small.

I also use a garden wagon that I snagged at an estate sale for $10, it has 10" wheels, and works well in both gravel and mud, but I only use it
when I'm getting heavy stuff like suspension parts. Last week I saw some guys using those canvas sided wagons that soccer moms use.

What I've been using the last few years is an old luggage cart a company I worked for gave us back in the 80s. I've strapped a small toolbox on it, but for the last couple of years, I just strap a 5 gallon bucket to it and put my tools and whatever I pull in it. I's similar to this one, but it's all metal with better wheels, as it was built in the 80s in the USA.


Awhile back, I added a bucket tool organizer similar to this one, but with mostly pockets inside the bucket, so my tools don't fall out going over rough terrain. I'm still deciding whether or not I like it.


Of course I also use a small bag one of my power tools came in when I just want something specific, and I don't have a need for a variety of tools.


I would be interested in seeing what other folks are using?

 

[Blt2Lst]

5 Gallon bucket for me, holds the tools and small parts, wheel it around on a hand truck which holds the larger parts also.
If only going for a few small parts, I carry a small tool bag only.
This is on a trip a few years ago to get some parts for my son's Jeep. You can strap a lot of parts onto a hand truck with bungees.

 

[Basskiller]

I’m getting old and the cars I typically need to access are in the back of the lot.

 

[Hakeem]

I’ve always traveled light. I watch a video on how to remove the desired part and bring the necessary tools. Bringing a whole bunch of tools just seems like a good way to lose track of stuff.

That said, the tools I DO bring are all kept in a tool roll or blow molded case that lets you easily know if something is missing. Socket set in case, wrench roll, and a separate tool roll for pliers, screwdrivers, etc.

 

[ohhimark]

5 Gallon bucket for me, holds the tools and small parts, wheel it around on a hand truck which holds the larger parts also.
If only going for a few small parts, I carry a small tool bag only.
This is on a trip a few years ago to get some parts for my son's Jeep. You can strap a lot of parts onto a hand truck with bungees.

I thought that was Steve Magnante at first. He also uses a 5 gallon bucket at the junkyard.

I use a Bucket boss tool roll, along with a 3/8 socket set in blow molded case. It's not the bulkiest case, but a more compact one would be great. https://bucketboss.com/products/tool-roll?gQT=1

 

[Blt2Lst]

I thought that was Steve Magnante at first.

That's funny, I'll have to tell my son that even though he won't know who Steve is.
If you look close, he's also giving the one finger salute...

 

[fourjeepin]

I use the bag from Griots Garage. It is pretty stout and has lots of different dividers for organization. It lives in daily driver for roadside emergencies plus the occasional u pull it adventure.

 

[richfinn]

Veto Pro-Pac OT MC is my regular Tool bag/tote

I'm not wealthy enough for a specific junk yard bag, I would just take what I have

 

[dscheidt]

I’ve always traveled light. I watch a video on how to remove the desired part and bring the necessary tools. Bringing a whole bunch of tools just seems like a good way to lose track of stuff.

This works well if you're going to get a particular thing. When I was going to junkyards, most of it was not looking for a specific thing to fix a car, it was for a project vehicle that I was doing something unorthodox to. So "can I find a brake master cylinder and booster that fits my project" or "lets go find a fuse box that will work for it". Plus I'd have a list of what I knew people were looking for, so if I saw a suitable donor, I'd at least check to see if it still had what they wanted on it, and maybe just pull it. That makes it a bit hard to plan your tool requirements in advance, and some way to carry them.

I carry my mobile tool kit in a small bag and a 5 gallon buck with a organizer thing on it. Bag has 1/4 and 3/8 metric socket sets, a metric wrench roll, a couple pairs of pliers and a bit screwdriver. sockets, short extensions and universals are on Ernst rails, which go in marked zipper pouch with a ratchet and longer extensions. bucket has a breaker bar, prybar, hammer, punch, chisel, big channellocks, picks, and some random bobs and bits. Bag goes in the bucket, unless I put something else there (power tools, parts). That's good for anything short of suspension work, or something needing special tools.