I’m reorganizing my tool box and want to get my crow bars / wrecking bars out of the tool box to free up a drawer. I’ve seen pry bar racks (both wall and tool box mounted) but not a crow bar / wrecking bar rack. How do you store your crow bars / wrecking bars?
Crow / Wrecking Bar Storage
- Thread starter Kaline74
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Mine hang from nails.
I saw a store display once, which was a 7 gallon bucket. It had a piece of plywood an inch from the top, with a bunch of 1.5"-ish holes drilled in it. in each hole was a crowbar. I think it much have been ballasted, so it didn't tip over.
I saw a store display once, which was a 7 gallon bucket. It had a piece of plywood an inch from the top, with a bunch of 1.5"-ish holes drilled in it. in each hole was a crowbar. I think it much have been ballasted, so it didn't tip over.
I pretty much store them 4 different ways.
Pics 1 and 2- I use an open topped steel 30 gallon drum for my 30" to 48" long general purpose pry bars and mechanic style bars. I cut a bunch of 2' long pieces of scrap 2" to 3" size pvc pipe and thick cardboard tubing leftover from a couple large rolls of plastic sheeting I had, and packed the drum with as many as I could. I filled in some smaller areas with smaller pvc pipes as well to help pack everything together tightly. That created a rigid grid of vertical small tubes within the drum that I could put stuff in without everything falling over to one side, tipping the drum over, or getting tangled together. I also keep wrecking bars, cheater pipes, 6' long pipe clamps, partial sticks of EMT, EMT benders, black iron pipe partials, allthread, random scrap steel, etc. stored vertically in that drum. Anything I need can be pulled out without anything else in the drum moving or falling over. A similar setup works well in my shed for holding rakes, shovels, and other long handled yard tools.
Pic 3- I don't have a great picture of it, but my 6" to 24" long bent tip and straight tip mechanic style pry bars are stored in a DIY rack I built off the side of one of my tool chests. I mounted a scrap piece of angle iron to the side of the tool chest and then drilled a series of probably 3/4" to 7/8" diameter holes in it using a step drill bit. Each bar slides vertically down into one of the angle iron holes.
Pic 4- Small/general purpose pry tools, like small nail pulling bars or finish trim removal pry tools are stored in a steel card cabinet style drawer.
Lastly, my large 6' to 7' long digging and railroad style pry bars are stored horizontally in a channel I built underneath one of my pallet rack shelves. They are accessed by pulling them out from the end of the pallet rack shelf. It allowed the empty space under the pallet rack shelf to be utilized instead of wasted. I don't have a picture of that rack.
Pics 1 and 2- I use an open topped steel 30 gallon drum for my 30" to 48" long general purpose pry bars and mechanic style bars. I cut a bunch of 2' long pieces of scrap 2" to 3" size pvc pipe and thick cardboard tubing leftover from a couple large rolls of plastic sheeting I had, and packed the drum with as many as I could. I filled in some smaller areas with smaller pvc pipes as well to help pack everything together tightly. That created a rigid grid of vertical small tubes within the drum that I could put stuff in without everything falling over to one side, tipping the drum over, or getting tangled together. I also keep wrecking bars, cheater pipes, 6' long pipe clamps, partial sticks of EMT, EMT benders, black iron pipe partials, allthread, random scrap steel, etc. stored vertically in that drum. Anything I need can be pulled out without anything else in the drum moving or falling over. A similar setup works well in my shed for holding rakes, shovels, and other long handled yard tools.
Pic 3- I don't have a great picture of it, but my 6" to 24" long bent tip and straight tip mechanic style pry bars are stored in a DIY rack I built off the side of one of my tool chests. I mounted a scrap piece of angle iron to the side of the tool chest and then drilled a series of probably 3/4" to 7/8" diameter holes in it using a step drill bit. Each bar slides vertically down into one of the angle iron holes.
Pic 4- Small/general purpose pry tools, like small nail pulling bars or finish trim removal pry tools are stored in a steel card cabinet style drawer.
Lastly, my large 6' to 7' long digging and railroad style pry bars are stored horizontally in a channel I built underneath one of my pallet rack shelves. They are accessed by pulling them out from the end of the pallet rack shelf. It allowed the empty space under the pallet rack shelf to be utilized instead of wasted. I don't have a picture of that rack.
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Ole Slewfoot
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Between the sill plate and driver seat, just in case.
Most excellent idea!
Oregon rock crusher
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LeeG
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My smaller pry bars are in custom holders on the wall or side of toolboxes. The bigger stuff is literally all over the place.
I like a lot of these ideas, especially the holder by @Oregon rock crusher . I’ll have to give it more though once I get my remodeled garage organized. Please share your ideas!