nissan_crawler
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She rolls like a dream. Don't forget to set the brakes, or she'll roll to the nearest floor drain every time...unless something stops it first.
Which service cart should I get?
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She rolls like a dream. Don't forget to set the brakes, or she'll roll to the nearest floor drain every time...unless something stops it first.
Merkava_4
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paramudduck
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Actually thats what I wondering about. The casters look like it would roll easy.
But how about stopping it? Looks like a lot of mass to stop fast.
But how about stopping it? Looks like a lot of mass to stop fast.
nissan_crawler
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Like a business jet.
Si. It damn near happened right after I put the wheels on. I learned quickly to use the brakes.
Heh...you have to think ahead a bit. I've (purposely) slid along behind it for over 10 feet. If I have a clear area, when I get it moving I just stand on the mount plates for the wheels and ride along.
Where our old hangar was, there was a long slope to another building quite a ways off. I would ride the toolbox the whole way there. The way back...well, that wasn't so fun.
eschoendorff
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Si. It damn near happened right after I put the wheels on. I learned quickly to use the brakes.
Heh...you have to think ahead a bit. I've (purposely) slid along behind it for over 10 feet. If I have a clear area, when I get it moving I just stand on the mount plates for the wheels and ride along.
Where our old hangar was, there was a long slope to another building quite a ways off. I would ride the toolbox the whole way there. The way back...well, that wasn't so fun.
Man, it seems like you could have a ton of fun with some RC parts and a stout DC motor....
Hear, hear! (Although I'm one of the young guys.) Our shop is 1/4 mile long, and my toolbox has made the trip many times.
Here's my "service cart":
It's "full service".
Very nice. It reminds me of the "taco wagon" boxes they used to sell. I missed out on one locally (Chico airport) at a good price a couple of years ago.
Moose-LandTran
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This is my old Service Cart:
$40 HF Cart
$20 Cantilever boxes x2
Worked great for me, even if a little crowded.
$40 HF Cart
$20 Cantilever boxes x2
Worked great for me, even if a little crowded.
Do you have a 'build thread' for that cart ? I'd be interested to see what lurks in the cupboard.
Deafautotech
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This is my old Service Cart:
$40 HF Cart
$20 Cantilever boxes x2
Worked great for me, even if a little crowded.
wow! it will be pain in the *** to search for small tool or socket in that service cart!!!
Moose-LandTran
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It actually worked pretty well, everthing had a place and i knew where it was. Granted, it was a bit crowded.
CAT_serviceman927
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Do you have a 'build thread' for that cart ? I'd be interested to see what lurks in the cupboard.
I think if you go to the "Let's see your tool box...." thread, he has pictures of the contents in their.
As for service carts, I'm with nissan_crawler. I have a SO KRL1022 and I move it where I go. If I need something portable, I have a SO tool try the fits nicely in my bottom drawer. I'm 23 also, so I don't know where that "young guys are soft" comment is coming from. I have no problem pushing my box around.
nissan_crawler
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Do you have a 'build thread' for that cart ? I'd be interested to see what lurks in the cupboard.
No build thread, but it's in the picture thread here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=266198&postcount=724
It looks pretty easy to me.
I've never understood people having to label toolbox drawers, or not knowing what drawer they put something in last. You could blindfold me and tell me to get a 1/4" drive 3/8" deepwell socket, the comfort grip ratchet, and the #4 phillips screwdriver and I could do it in a heartbeat. I do it all the time while laying on a creeper. I just reach up from the creeper open a drawer, stick my hand in and grab what I want.
Deafautotech
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I think if you go to the "Let's see your tool box...." thread, he has pictures of the contents in their.
As for service carts, I'm with nissan_crawler. I have a SO KRL1022 and I move it where I go. If I need something portable, I have a SO tool try the fits nicely in my bottom drawer. I'm 23 also, so I don't know where that "young guys are soft" comment is coming from. I have no problem pushing my box around.
damn.. you are 23 years old and working for Caterpiller service dept...I am 22 years old with KRL1203 and KRL1003 in Cheapercar.com used dealership (they want me stay there).... i would try for diesel technician but no diesel shops look for deaf tech... so i am stuck with automotive service dept...
Deafautotech
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No build thread, but it's in the picture thread here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=266198&postcount=724
It looks pretty easy to me.
I've never understood people having to label toolbox drawers, or not knowing what drawer they put something in last. You could blindfold me and tell me to get a 1/4" drive 3/8" deepwell socket, the comfort grip ratchet, and the #4 phillips screwdriver and I could do it in a heartbeat. I do it all the time while laying on a creeper. I just reach up from the creeper open a drawer, stick my hand in and grab what I want.
wow, why airplanes stay with SAE stuff??
I can find where my tool at anywhere of my KRL1203 and KRL1003 but other techs tried look for my tools in my KRL1203 and KRl1003 as techs just open and look then close it and open other drawer to look at because they dont know where my tool at... i keep tell them to buy tool to keep it in their damn toolbox!!!
nissan_crawler
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Don't know, they just have. It's kind of nice, really.
As for tools, the guys I work with know where my tools are, and they can just go get them (only 3 guys that I let do it). That mainly applies to real specialty tools, often ones I've made and you can't buy. If it's a simple tool they can buy, and they borrow it more than 3 times, the third time they get told to go buy one. I follow the same rule, if I have to borrow something 3 times in a year, I buy one.
CAT_serviceman927
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Deafautotech
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yeah i am agree with you! i keep wrote down to tell them to buy a tool so they can stop being borrow my tools... but they cant buy the tools because my work are slow so they need money for living. i can understand but use my tools to make their money!! damn it!
I told my service manager that one tech use my tools and make money but wont buy tools... my service manager said cant force that tech to buy but told me to lock my toolboxes so it can make that tech to buy tool or lost the works...rickairmedic
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I have three neighbors I borrow tools from and loan tools out to .I have one neighbor who is real close to me taking him on a trip to the tool store he borrows regularly but more often than not I have to retrieve it. I figure if you borrow it return it promptly dont ************ after it a week or 2 later.
Rick
Rick
Coach James
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"I figure if you borrow it return it promptly dont ************ after it a week or 2 later."
AMEN to that!!!
And clean it before you bring it back!
Coach
AMEN to that!!!
And clean it before you bring it back!
Coach
nissan_crawler
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If I borrow a tool to somebody other than the three guys on my crew, they can leave their driver's license, cash equivalent to the new price of the tool, or a tool of theirs of similar cost with me until my tool is returned. If they don't like it, they can kiss my ***.
One guy lost one of my tools, and after a week of waiting for a tool I use everyday, I just took his tool on the Snap-On truck, traded it for the tool of mine that was lost, and told him if he wanted his tool, he could buy it back from the Snap-On lady.
One guy lost one of my tools, and after a week of waiting for a tool I use everyday, I just took his tool on the Snap-On truck, traded it for the tool of mine that was lost, and told him if he wanted his tool, he could buy it back from the Snap-On lady.
The Matco MSC12 is available in black as well as all the other colors and is also a welded unit and is expandable and built at our toolbox plant in Jamestown, New York. Check the heavy duty casters on this thing. It is a workhorse. I have personally seen people put several hundred pounds in these - no problem.
www.matcotools.com/jeffchandler
www.matcotools.com/jeffchandler
Winneratalosinggame
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Hear, hear! (Although I'm one of the young guys.) Our shop is 1/4 mile long, and my toolbox has made the trip many times.
Here's my "service cart":
It's "full service".
That is " SIC " Love it
I have a Cornwell and a Blue point tool carts, Regarding Cornwell, Mac and Matco Carts, Nowadays the big carts these 3 are pushing are all manufactured by the same company only diff is configuration and prices.