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1 - If you want to test the water proofness fill one up with water and close it, turn it over and look for leaks.
2 - If worried about smell, put clothes on plastic bags then put into boxes
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Good luck with that.
That's a store that probably doesn't stock that model. You would have to return/rebuy from one store to that store.
There are some YouTube videos.....one guy dragged them behind a boat.
Totally dry inside..... [emoji12]
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Total cost............... $0.00 
There's also 16 of the 12171T 2 coil boxes that aren't in the pic. I dealt with the lovely ladies at the customer service desk for an unrelated issue when I first walked in, and one mentioned that when people ring the penny items they just give them to them. Well, I found a cartload of Hitachi nails on the shelves, and didn't bother going to the registers. I went right back to the customer service desk. They needed manager approval, since there were so many, but that wasn't an issue. They took a count to correct inventory, marked out all the barcodes so they couldn't be returned, and sent me on my way. Was a great day.
There's also 16 of the 12171T 2 coil boxes that aren't in the pic. I dealt with the lovely ladies at the customer service desk for an unrelated issue when I first walked in, and one mentioned that when people ring the penny items they just give them to them. Well, I found a cartload of Hitachi nails on the shelves, and didn't bother going to the registers. I went right back to the customer service desk. They needed manager approval, since there were so many, but that wasn't an issue. They took a count to correct inventory, marked out all the barcodes so they couldn't be returned, and sent me on my way. Was a great day.
Total cost............... $0.00
There's also 16 of the 12171T 2 coil boxes that aren't in the pic. I dealt with the lovely ladies at the customer service desk for an unrelated issue when I first walked in, and one mentioned that when people ring the penny items they just give them to them. Well, I found a cartload of Hitachi nails on the shelves, and didn't bother going to the registers. I went right back to the customer service desk. They needed manager approval, since there were so many, but that wasn't an issue. They took a count to correct inventory, marked out all the barcodes so they couldn't be returned, and sent me on my way. Was a great day.
That's how it's supposed to be done. [emoji3]
drwheels
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I bought a bosch compact tripod for $8.83 at one store.At another store I took 10 boxes of nails to self checkout all reg price.Found 4 more paslode fuel nails for.01 scanned and left.
Ign
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I price checked the 400A clamp meter just yesterday 'cause its been on clearance forever. Still $90.06.
My store had one M18 4.0 battery mixed in w the 5.0s. Still $79 though and I just really don't need it.
cheesiepoof
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Thanks for all the replies about the Dewalt boxes.
cheesiepoof
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Now I need to expand my hunting radius to go find some.
Picked some 6" rollers on clearance for $2 each 2 pack. They also had the rollers and some various brushes from 2-5 They had a large display of them in two different stores. I grabbed a few in 3/8 nap semi rough to rough for some outside painting and some smooth foam ones for some doors I need to paint
coralnut
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*** Hijack Warning ***
Are you thinking about storing the clothes inside the trailer, or outside using the DS400 as a tongue box? Inside storage wouldn't be as demanding for air/water tightness because you're only fighting humidity/mold/mildew. A tongue box would be directly fighting the elements like rain/snow/road spray. Will your storage requirements be short or long-term?
Most of the guys seem to be buying them on the premise that they're airtight/watertight and that they'll protect tools from rusting when they're stored outside in a garage or a shed in a humid environment. Or in your case, clothes in a trailer that could be subjected to humidity.
I'm not sure they're 100% watertight. But then I haven't actually tested them with a garden hose, by leaving them outside in a storm, or by trying to dunk then in water. Tad is pretty serious about these boxes -- maybe he has already done the tests.
The problem that I'm worried about (which I have to add is theoretical and unsubstantiated conjecture on my part) relates to the rubber seal that's supposed to seal the top/bottom when the lid is snapped shut. I had originally thought that the seal was a rubber o-ring (in which case you'd have a great water-tight seal if properly lubed and compressed by the lid fitting tight on the case). It turns out that the "rubber" seal is not actually an o-ring that is inlaid into the recess in the top of the case. It's actually an expanding foam that has been squirted into place with a caulking gun while it's in the liquid state, which then firms-up and looks like an o-ring when it cures. (Think of the expanding polyurethane foams.) I never even realized this until I got a DS400 where the caulking was sloppy and there was a trail of caulk that was outside of the groove.
The problem that I'm having with many of my cases is that I don't feel any compression of the seal when I snap them shut -- they just snap shut without giving the sensation of a positive pressure lock. The result is that the "air screw" on the top of the case never "burps" properly. When a Pelican case gets closed the seals are tight, some air gets compressed in the case, and the bleed screw will burp. Not my experience with the DeWalts.
Not that I'm complaining -- they're definitely good boxes, they're modular and the price is right. it's just that I'm going to need to do some testing before I trust anything with outside storage. For extreme weather outside storage, I use Instant Ocean/Reef Crystals (sea salt) 5-gallon buckets. They are heavy duty EDPM buckets with a true rubber o-ring and a spinning screw-on top that you close by hammering it on tightly. Dry synthetic sea salt in buckets is notorious for turning from a fine granular free-flowing powder into a giant solidified rock if it gets damp. I go through a lot of sea salt for my aquarium, and I've been storing salt outside on a pad in direct weather for years. I've never had one of those seals fail after I hammered them shut. I can only hope that the Dewalt Tough System boxes work as well, but I haven't proven them yet.
BTW, I do think the Dewalt boxes smell a bit, and could stand to be aired out for a while before putting clothes in them. In some respects, I think the DS400 might be overkill for the clothes storage application. I've travelled in all sorts of weather on bikes, and years of doing that has taught me the value of Ziplocs and garbage bags. Ziplocs, garbage bags and Rubbermaid tubs would be a cheap/totally waterproof way to store clothes in a trailer, and they're *nestable* when empty so they don't take up space when you don't need them. The DS400 won't do that.
If I used the DS400 for the clothes application I'd probably still use the Ziplocs/garbage bags -- just because the garbage bag adds an added layer of protection against water, and the Ziplocs make digging-out the shirt on the bottom of the pile so much easier, without disturbing the rest of them. With Ziplocs it's easy to have everything neatly folded, so you can pull it out quickly without making a mess of everything else that's folded. That's actually quite a big deal when you're trying to cram a lot of stuff into saddlebags for a cross-country trip.
HTH. We now return you to our regular program of deal hunting...
Are you thinking about storing the clothes inside the trailer, or outside using the DS400 as a tongue box? Inside storage wouldn't be as demanding for air/water tightness because you're only fighting humidity/mold/mildew. A tongue box would be directly fighting the elements like rain/snow/road spray. Will your storage requirements be short or long-term?
Most of the guys seem to be buying them on the premise that they're airtight/watertight and that they'll protect tools from rusting when they're stored outside in a garage or a shed in a humid environment. Or in your case, clothes in a trailer that could be subjected to humidity.
I'm not sure they're 100% watertight. But then I haven't actually tested them with a garden hose, by leaving them outside in a storm, or by trying to dunk then in water. Tad is pretty serious about these boxes -- maybe he has already done the tests.
The problem that I'm worried about (which I have to add is theoretical and unsubstantiated conjecture on my part) relates to the rubber seal that's supposed to seal the top/bottom when the lid is snapped shut. I had originally thought that the seal was a rubber o-ring (in which case you'd have a great water-tight seal if properly lubed and compressed by the lid fitting tight on the case). It turns out that the "rubber" seal is not actually an o-ring that is inlaid into the recess in the top of the case. It's actually an expanding foam that has been squirted into place with a caulking gun while it's in the liquid state, which then firms-up and looks like an o-ring when it cures. (Think of the expanding polyurethane foams.) I never even realized this until I got a DS400 where the caulking was sloppy and there was a trail of caulk that was outside of the groove.
The problem that I'm having with many of my cases is that I don't feel any compression of the seal when I snap them shut -- they just snap shut without giving the sensation of a positive pressure lock. The result is that the "air screw" on the top of the case never "burps" properly. When a Pelican case gets closed the seals are tight, some air gets compressed in the case, and the bleed screw will burp. Not my experience with the DeWalts.
Not that I'm complaining -- they're definitely good boxes, they're modular and the price is right. it's just that I'm going to need to do some testing before I trust anything with outside storage. For extreme weather outside storage, I use Instant Ocean/Reef Crystals (sea salt) 5-gallon buckets. They are heavy duty EDPM buckets with a true rubber o-ring and a spinning screw-on top that you close by hammering it on tightly. Dry synthetic sea salt in buckets is notorious for turning from a fine granular free-flowing powder into a giant solidified rock if it gets damp. I go through a lot of sea salt for my aquarium, and I've been storing salt outside on a pad in direct weather for years. I've never had one of those seals fail after I hammered them shut. I can only hope that the Dewalt Tough System boxes work as well, but I haven't proven them yet.
BTW, I do think the Dewalt boxes smell a bit, and could stand to be aired out for a while before putting clothes in them. In some respects, I think the DS400 might be overkill for the clothes storage application. I've travelled in all sorts of weather on bikes, and years of doing that has taught me the value of Ziplocs and garbage bags. Ziplocs, garbage bags and Rubbermaid tubs would be a cheap/totally waterproof way to store clothes in a trailer, and they're *nestable* when empty so they don't take up space when you don't need them. The DS400 won't do that.
If I used the DS400 for the clothes application I'd probably still use the Ziplocs/garbage bags -- just because the garbage bag adds an added layer of protection against water, and the Ziplocs make digging-out the shirt on the bottom of the pile so much easier, without disturbing the rest of them. With Ziplocs it's easy to have everything neatly folded, so you can pull it out quickly without making a mess of everything else that's folded. That's actually quite a big deal when you're trying to cram a lot of stuff into saddlebags for a cross-country trip.
HTH. We now return you to our regular program of deal hunting...
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Spn1025
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Found a last-years model M12 heated jacket, model 2340-2X (doesn't show online anymore) at Nashua NH. Tried to scan at at SCO, nothing came up, not even penny status. The SCO girl gave me a huge snobby attitude. She couldn't find it on the website either. She said I could pay $150, which is what similar ones were selling at.
I said no thanks and called corporate. Corporate called the manager, and the manager flat out lied to them, saying it was for store use. Corporate said to me that since it doesn't come up at all even as a penny, there's nothing they can do about it. Anyway, I filed a complaint against the SCO attendant for giving me a huge attitude, and left a nice store review on the website for their ****** inventory control, including a total of 11 clearance nailers that were nowhere to be found. I'm not pissed that I didn't get the jacket, but her attitude pissed me off, and the fact that the manager flat out lied to corporate
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I said no thanks and called corporate. Corporate called the manager, and the manager flat out lied to them, saying it was for store use. Corporate said to me that since it doesn't come up at all even as a penny, there's nothing they can do about it. Anyway, I filed a complaint against the SCO attendant for giving me a huge attitude, and left a nice store review on the website for their ****** inventory control, including a total of 11 clearance nailers that were nowhere to be found. I'm not pissed that I didn't get the jacket, but her attitude pissed me off, and the fact that the manager flat out lied to corporate
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I found a box for one of those old heated hoodies at one store. The jacket was gone but the charger, adapter, and battery were still in the box. I tried to buy it at the SCO. It just gave the please see attendant pop up. They said it wasn't in the system and was the old box for a display and couldn't be sold. I didn't want to take the time to hassle with it and ended up walking away.
I hear you about the attitude of the SCO cashier. I have had some try to stop me and act very courteous. They don't have to get an attitude even if they question the sale.
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I hear you about the attitude of the SCO cashier. I have had some try to stop me and act very courteous. They don't have to get an attitude even if they question the sale.
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coralnut
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I saw the hoodies in my local store last week. I thought they were bringing them back for Autumn as seasonal inventory and didn't give them a second look.
*** Hijack Warning ***
Are you thinking about storing the clothes inside the trailer, or outside using the DS400 as a tongue box? Inside storage wouldn't be as demanding for air/water tightness because you're only fighting humidity/mold/mildew. A tongue box would be directly fighting the elements like rain/snow/road spray. Will your storage requirements be short or long-term?
Most of the guys seem to be buying them on the premise that they're airtight/watertight and that they'll protect tools from rusting when they're stored outside in a garage or a shed in a humid environment. Or in your case, clothes in a trailer that could be subjected to humidity.
I'm not sure they're 100% watertight. But then I haven't actually tested them with a garden hose, by leaving them outside in a storm, or by trying to dunk then in water. Tad is pretty serious about these boxes -- maybe he has already done the tests.
The problem that I'm worried about (which I have to add is theoretical and unsubstantiated conjecture on my part) relates to the rubber seal that's supposed to seal the top/bottom when the lid is snapped shut. I had originally thought that the seal was a rubber o-ring (in which case you'd have a great water-tight seal if properly lubed and compressed by the lid fitting tight on the case). It turns out that the "rubber" seal is not actually an o-ring that is inlaid into the recess in the top of the case. It's actually an expanding foam that has been squirted into place with a caulking gun while it's in the liquid state, which then firms-up and looks like an o-ring when it cures. (Think of the expanding polyurethane foams.) I never even realized this until I got a DS400 where the caulking was sloppy and there was a trail of caulk that was outside of the groove.
The problem that I'm having with many of my cases is that I don't feel any compression of the seal when I snap them shut -- they just snap shut without giving the sensation of a positive pressure lock. The result is that the "air screw" on the top of the case never "burps" properly. When a Pelican case gets closed the seals are tight, some air gets compressed in the case, and the bleed screw will burp. Not my experience with the DeWalts.
Not that I'm complaining -- they're definitely good boxes, they're modular and the price is right. it's just that I'm going to need to do some testing before I trust anything with outside storage. For extreme weather outside storage, I use Instant Ocean/Reef Crystals (sea salt) 5-gallon buckets. They are heavy duty EDPM buckets with a true rubber o-ring and a spinning screw-on top that you close by hammering it on tightly. Dry synthetic sea salt in buckets is notorious for turning from a fine granular free-flowing powder into a giant solidified rock if it gets damp. I go through a lot of sea salt for my aquarium, and I've been storing salt outside on a pad in direct weather for years. I've never had one of those seals fail after I hammered them shut. I can only hope that the Dewalt Tough System boxes work as well, but I haven't proven them yet.
BTW, I do think the Dewalt boxes smell a bit, and could stand to be aired out for a while before putting clothes in them. In some respects, I think the DS400 might be overkill for the clothes storage application. I've travelled in all sorts of weather on bikes, and years of doing that has taught me the value of Ziplocs and garbage bags. Ziplocs, garbage bags and Rubbermaid tubs would be a cheap/totally waterproof way to store clothes in a trailer, and they're *nestable* when empty so they don't take up space when you don't need them. The DS400 won't do that.
If I used the DS400 for the clothes application I'd probably still use the Ziplocs/garbage bags -- just because the garbage bag adds an added layer of protection against water, and the Ziplocs make digging-out the shirt on the bottom of the pile so much easier, without disturbing the rest of them. With Ziplocs it's easy to have everything neatly folded, so you can pull it out quickly without making a mess of everything else that's folded. That's actually quite a big deal when you're trying to cram a lot of stuff into saddlebags for a cross-country trip.
HTH. We now return you to our regular program of deal hunting...
I can say that in an inclement weather environment, they WILL keep out moisture 100%. I've left them in the back of my pickup when it rained and not a drop of water got in. The seal is secondary as the lid is a tongue and groove where the top sits over the side panels to create a drip edge.
Thedevilsequal
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Can you guys enlighten me as to what PC you are using in store and how? Are you guys using the Pro desk PC and what searches are you running to bring up the penny deals?
I bought the Ce Wall mount last night but my store was $34.03. Thought that was a good deal then I see the picture here this morning for ~24. How can the price structure vary so much?
I bought the Ce Wall mount last night but my store was $34.03. Thought that was a good deal then I see the picture here this morning for ~24. How can the price structure vary so much?
Spn1025
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This was all at Nashua, NH on Daniel Webster Highway, all nowhere to be found.
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Thedevilsequal
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Been a long time lurker on the forum, newer to the hot deals. I read back nearly a hundred pages and still couldn't figure it out. I'm a little bird *TWEET TWEET* feed me. I'm in northwest jersey so from what I've read I shouldn't be much competition to anyone on here.
coralnut
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Yes, the drip-edge will help immensely when it comes to rain. But I'm not so sure about how well a drip-edge will work with horizontally applied water, like road spray. Also, the drip-edge doesn't do anything to prevent wind borne humidity and condensation with weather changes -- the rubber seal is responsible for that. Before I go putting tens of thousands of dollars worth of tools outside where the weather changes, I need to know that the air/water tight seal actually works as expected.
I think the best way to do this is to put a plate of calcium chloride (aka damp-rid) in a box and leave it outside for some seasonal weather changes. If the calcium chloride collects water then the seal is a fail and that will put tools in danger of rusting in humid environments.
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Spn1025
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I found some Hitachi nails and one of the crappy Xenon M12 lights today. SCO lady never said a word as I rang up a pile of them.
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More finish nails I need. Damn you guys finding all these.
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Figured it out after coralnut told me to re-read. Thanks. I didn't feel like going home last night and spent two hours looking at this forum and up in the rafters to see if I could find any of the deals. PC method is simpler. Got a nice work out though wandering around.
coralnut
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If you give a man a fish...
If you teach a man to fish...
coralnut
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Don't damn them. You're supposed to "You ****" them.
I've been hunting those 21-degree plastic collated Hitachi framing nails for a long time. Never found them. You guys ****.
Good thinking. Would just have to figure out how to eliminate the initial amount moisture in the air trapped inside.
Another thought would be to pressure test a case. Drill a hole, add an air fitting, seal it and put 1-2 lbs of air in it.
Actually, I have inadvertently performed this test. Left one out in the Texas sun for a few hours, opened the air valve on top and was able to release air from the built up pressure.
coralnut
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Yes, the screw comes out.
The sunny day test sounds good.
Another thing that you could do is to just add a dessicant to the boxes. The active ingredient in Damp-Rid is calcium chloride pellets. They have an impressive ability to pull water out of the air.
The sunny day test sounds good.
Another thing that you could do is to just add a dessicant to the boxes. The active ingredient in Damp-Rid is calcium chloride pellets. They have an impressive ability to pull water out of the air.
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Didn't know you needed framing nails. I thought you had nails and no nailers.
Those are the only nails I saw and they were all 4.92 for 1000 I need trim nails..
You pay shippong and they're yours.
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coralnut
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the problem is that have found plenty of nailers, and plenty of nails, but none that will work together.
Knowing the box measurements would help to determine what might fit in flat-rate boxes. Maybe I can look that up if I had SKUs or mfg part numbers.
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