Looking for a good junkyard tool bag

[shanker]

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 currently, but would like a durable bag with a shoulder strap or even a backpack.

I typically take what I think I'll need and then put the tools back in my box when I get home but would like to see some of the items ya'll have come up with too.

The only thing is that they do a visual toolbox inspection on the way in and out, so I don't want something that'll make me unpack then repack going in and out making them dig thru.

I've seen HVAC guys with cool bags that have a hard handle that rolls to with side that appears to be comfortable to carry 30lbs over long distances.

 

[Wamsutta]

I have found that tool bags are difficult to work out of. They prevent me from getting access to my tools and they are also dark inside so that I can't see my tools. But I take one to the salvage yard to throw small parts into. What I work out of is a tote tray. All my tools are easily accessible and I can see them easy. They get heavy fast, so I just take the tools I need for a specific job.

This is a terrible picture. The handle is not open on top like the picture suggests. It's a shadow going across the top of the handle.

https://www.mactools.com/en-us/Tool-Storage/Utility-Cart-Accessories/MBT10B/Tote-Tray

 

[jgromada]

My preference is for a standard bucket that i've attached (Via bungees) to a small luggage cart with wheels. What tools i bring is dependent what i am going after, but the bucket does allow me to put some parts in there if i need be. Has worked out well

 

[General Geoff]

I use a galvanized steel bucket that I secure with a bungee cord onto a Harbor Freight "Big Foot" blue hand truck. Those big 13" pneumatic tires are great for rolling over debris in a u-pull-it yard.

I would entertain a backpack solution, but the yards around here don't allow backpacks.

 

[Wamsutta]

I would entertain a backpack solution, but the yards around here don't allow backpacks.

Seriously? What about a tool bag with a shoulder strap going around your back?

 

[General Geoff]

Seriously? What about a tool bag with a shoulder strap going around your back?

they don't allow tool bags either. Rigid boxes, cases, or buckets only.

 

[ChevyEFI]

I have an aged nylon bag from Sears.
Lots of outer and inner pockets.

Actually, my favorite to take to the yard used to me a pop. mechanics plastic box with top lid, 3 drawers, and enough room for all the needed tools, plus room for small parts. Definitely not super heavy duty, but it's a whole lot lighter than a steel box.

Wamsutta, I like that tray!

 

[gdocktor3]

Believe it or not, Husky bags from Home Depot are pretty darn good. I also have a CLC bag that's been over packed for about 3 years and still holding up strong. CLC makes the HVAC bags you're referring to.
https://www.goclc.com/

 

[Mr_B]

I wouldn't use a bag, find them too awkward and get in a mess too quick
plastic toolbox with either lift or lever out top tray work best for me, stays organised good enough, acts as little cart to rest tools and bits when doing a pull and cleans up easy if gets oily greasy or muddy .
Can have these on a shoulder strap if really wanted .

 

[Local]

I just use a 5 gal bucket with a few tools.

 

[Ign]

I have found that tool bags are difficult to work out of. They prevent me from getting access to my tools and they are also dark inside so that I can't see my tools. But I take one to the salvage yard to throw small parts into. What I work out of is a tote tray. All my tools are easily accessible and I can see them easy. They get heavy fast, so I just take the tools I need for a specific job.

This is a terrible picture. The handle is not open on top like the picture suggests. It's a shadow going across the top of the handle.

https://www.mactools.com/en-us/Tool-Storage/Utility-Cart-Accessories/MBT10B/Tote-Tray

Honestly a bag w a shoulder strap and light interior changed my entire perspective of tool bags. I started a thread on it:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358965

 

[shanker]

I've tried a 5gal bucket...but sockets will fall off of the lisle magnetic trays in those..

I'm thinking this may be worth further investigation

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Q5PHIY/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Tenex]

I too have given up on bags and have been using a Stanley portable tool box for over a year for all of my mobile projects. I use the Ernst Socket Boss trays and I've never lost a socket yet.

 

[crewchief888]

heres mine

it's a MAC bag with a "hidden" compartment in the bottom.
i can fit a 1/4" dr std/MM SK socket set w/blow molded case in the bottom.

i did the tote tray thing before i got the bag, seemed like the tray was always off balance

 

[Al Borland]

Square kitty litter bucket.
Socket set in blow molded case, Combo wrenches clipped together with a carabiner, Magnetic tray, Vise grips. Crescent wrench, Screwdrivers, Hammer. if I need something else, it's probably in my truck anyway.
Still plenty of room for small parts and easy to find things.

 

[shanker]

I think I'm going to tell my wife that I wish Santa would bring me this for Christmas

http://www.protoindustrial.com/en/i...e/Tool-Bags/J120TB_Proto®-Open-Tote-Tool-Bag/


I did just finish doing a head gasket job on her 04 Intrepid with a 2.7L....and if she realized how much of a PITA that job was and how much I hate her car, she'd have no problem throwing in all sorts of favors in return along with that tool bag for Christmas!

 

[Coach James]

I have several tool bags, but the ones that has tools rotated in and out is this one:

https://www.harborfreight.com/15-in-tool-bag-61469.html


I know some people's instant reaction will be it's from HF so it *****, slave labor, blah, blah, whatever, but it has held up surprisingly well. It's been bouncing around in the bed of my truck holding hand tools angle grinders, drills and other stuff and still is holding up. It's dirty, but no tears and the seams have not come apart.

Coach