Moving a toolbox

[The Slurpee King]

Since there doesn't seem to be a "move my toolbox" thread extant, I decided I was allowed to start one; some while ago I promised to post pics of my next toolbox move, thinking it would be a couple weeks, even within a month, before my next move.

That was last fall. Last week, I shifted one, shop-to-shop. This was a custom-built Snap-On, fully loaded. All the straps on my truck are a minimum 3300# WLL, and the hardware is Grade 7.









Winter makes everything look like ****. At least it wasn't cold.

 

[DrkMtnDew]

Last time i moved mine (still had my old box) my SO guy brought his truck loaded it and moved it for me. that is what I call Snap On customer service. if I ever move again i'll call him to move the EPIQ.

 

[Matt018]

Is this your personal box? just curious because you said "my truck" and its a rollback.

Also not to hyjack but whats a good way to move a 26incher?

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

my box is too big for the tool truck ..use a flatbed ..

 

[Deafautotech]

my box is too big for the tool truck ..use a flatbed ..

me too.. my previous snap on guy had told me if i need a help to move the toolbox (i had a KR1001 and KRL1001) but i had been work at chrysler dealership longer and i had to upgraded to KRL1203 and KRL1003 which my snap on guy said sorry that his tool truck cant load it up... oh well...

 

[blown94conv]

Lift gate on most tool truck is 1,500 pounds. A loaded box will overload the gate.

 

[Syndicate]

If I can not get it into my trailer I would pay a tow truck w/flat bed to move it. Luckily for me my trailer is plenty big enough for what I move.

 

[gary300]

Tape all of the drawers shut! The last time I moved my box across the garage I hit a spot where all the drawers opened at once and I had tools flying everwhere! Not fun.

 

[Your Father]

Also not to hyjack but whats a good way to move a 26incher?

Put it in the trunk of your Dodge Neon?

 

[xj31]

Tape all of the drawers shut! The last time I moved my box across the garage I hit a spot where all the drawers opened at once and I had tools flying everwhere! Not fun.

That's actually really good advice. Not that I move a lot but the last time I did I used ratchet straps around it to keep the drawers from bouncing open.

Also I know a guy with a flatbed that got pulled over by a cop who told him he was not allowed to move a tool box because it was considered " commerce". Didn't get a ticket so IDK if the cop was just hassling him or what.

 

[Matt018]

Put it in the trunk of your Dodge Neon?

Is there anyway to do it with tools inside the box?

 

[Deafautotech]

Put it in the trunk of your Dodge Neon?

that made me a memory of a tech friend that i am still work with him at work because he told me that his old good friend who worked at dealership in 1970 with 26 inches box(top and bottom), when he was fed up so he told service manager that he quit and loaded it into his hot muscle car with big chevy block. when he had it loaded inside and he just had burnout inside of shop to left there... my tech friend said it was tooooooo Heavy smokes inside that everybody had to went outside until smokes had to be gone...

 

[metalhead212121]

This was a custom-built Snap-On

whats "custom" about it??? Not seeing anything special...

 

[tbobbo]

I helped a guy load his box into his pickup with the 2 post lift. He got pissed and quit, I had already put in my 2 weeks, we just rolled it to the hoist, set the arms I lifted it up and he backed his crappy datsun truck under it, strapped it, and he putted out of there and parked the truck in his garage untill he started his next job. He had plenty of other vehicles to drive in the meantime. That dont help if you are moving a big home box.

 

[mofo62]

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Nice pics ,much thanks for sharing.

 

[defy]

that made me a memory of a tech friend that i am still work with him at work because he told me that his old good friend who worked at dealership in 1970 with 26 inches box(top and bottom), when he was fed up so he told service manager that he quit and loaded it into his hot muscle car with big chevy block. when he had it loaded inside and he just had burnout inside of shop to left there... my tech friend said it was tooooooo Heavy smokes inside that everybody had to went outside until smokes had to be gone...

Is there some sort of translation service I can use on this?

 

[Syndicate]

Is there some sort of translation service I can use on this?

 

[Farmrod]

whats "custom" about it??? Not seeing anything special...

Kind of my thoughts looks identical to my co-workers 1023

 

[zjrog]

Also not to hyjack but whats a good way to move a 26incher?

When I moved to Utah from California, I had a couple friends helped me lift the 26er top and bottom box into the trailer for me, I then strapped it in place with drawers against the wall. When I got it to Utah, I didn't have help and muscled it to the ground. I took out some of the heavier stuff so I didn't hurt myself. My 22" roller did fit in the backseat of my Neon...

For work, I have a couple 36" rollers I need to move soon, about 100 miles. No lift gate available. Probably going to have to reduce the weight in the boxes to be able to load them in the back of a utility bed.

 

[yjWrangler]

Surprised those magnetic trays stayed on

 

[not-required]

Is there some sort of translation service I can use on this?

Look at his name, hes deaf. Thats how he writes.

 

[bgott]

I remember the good old days when I could load my three drawer bottom, four drawer intermediate and top box into the back of a '71 Impala four door after I had removed the back seat.

 

[defy]

Look at his name, hes deaf. Thats how he writes.

Yikes, feel bad now. Apologies for that!

 

[Macneil]

I remember the good old days when I could load my three drawer bottom, four drawer intermediate and top box into the back of a '71 Impala four door after I had removed the back seat.

I wish I could say I was around in those days. Being a young guy has its advantages obiously now a days and not in the 70s but hot damn, I'd have loved to see all those old cars bootin around town and not the plastic scrap we have now!

My old 26" box didnt even fit in the back seat of my car. Had to use a pickup when I bought a bigger chest for work and wanted the small one brought home lol.

 

[6brzina]

Where I work we move our boxes between 3 shops about twice a year. Everyone uses either their trucks or trailers. We have forklifts to load them with.

Couple of guys even used to use the wheelchair lift on the buses to load 26 in. combos and just drive the bus to the other shop. That doesn't happen anymore due to idiots.

 

[BlueFlame150]

when i got my krl box off CL i uesed a uhaul trailer with a ramp, which worked very well.

but the last two times i moved i uesed a rollback

 

[036.6turbo]

Most of your inclosed car hauling trailers have a ramp door and winch. Find a buddy who has a trailer, winch it in, strap it down. I used 1/4" Luan plywood cut the same size as the face of the box. Put the Luan in front of the drawers, use (2) ratchet straps to hold it in place. My son is studing automotive at Ferris state, we have to move him out in the spring, and back in, in the fall. We usually end up moving a few of his friend's boxes also.

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

Look at his name, hes deaf. Thats how he writes.

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

Most of your inclosed car hauling trailers have a ramp door and winch. Find a buddy who has a trailer, winch it in, strap it down. I used 1/4" Luan plywood cut the same size as the face of the box. Put the Luan in front of the drawers, use (2) ratchet straps to hold it in place. My son is studing automotive at Ferris state, we have to move him out in the spring, and back in, in the fall. We usually end up moving a few of his friend's boxes also.

myself and all of my friends lost our trailers in a bizarre flood in 2009

 

[cderalow]

i've been around garages since I was around 12.

I've seen roll-offs, hatchbacks, trailers, pickups, (and pseudo pickups), boxes sticking out of t-tops & convertibles, even seen a custom built motorcycle trailer/dolly setup and boxes moved in a sidecar (same guy)...

If there's a will, there's a way.

i'd echo most everyone else's ideas, strap the door shut, and find the easiest solution for yourself, but make sure it's well strapped in and as close to level as you can.

a fully loaded good sized box can weigh almost as much as a car.

 

[Gearhead559]

first off let me say, good job.
second, that looks pretty much like a standard snappy box IMO. may have ordered it with some different drawers in it, but not custom.
seeing these little boxs get moved seems like a cake walk. wish i would have snapped some pics of how mine has to be loaded (gets j hooks just like a car in a way) and the straps my guy uses are like 8" wide (last company before them damaged my lid to my top box over strapping it with narrow straps leaving indents in the lid, but they bought me a new lid)

 

[Davefr]

I really like the Uhaul method for $29. The trailer is low to the ground and comes with a nice long drop down tailgate ramp.

It helps to have someone help push it in but this could also be a one man job.

 

[wreckerman5357]

That's actually really good advice. Not that I move a lot but the last time I did I used ratchet straps around it to keep the drawers from bouncing open.

Also I know a guy with a flatbed that got pulled over by a cop who told him he was not allowed to move a tool box because it was considered " commerce". Didn't get a ticket so IDK if the cop was just hassling him or what.

Some companies license their rollbacks to haul commodities in addition to rigs. The last company I worked for had the deck I drove licensed to haul commodites. This encompasses everything except for cars that you can load on the truck. I have hauled toolboxes and even a pre-fab shed on that thing.

 

[036.6turbo]

myself and all of my friends lost our trailers in a bizarre flood in 2009

That *****!

 

[crewchief888]

ive moved my boxes several times in everything from a lifted toyota shortbed 4x4, moving trucks, utility trailer, and even hauled my kr550/555b in the back of a bronco.

most of the time they've been loaded up using a forklift into the truck beds, couple times ive had to manhandle the 550/555 by myself.

another good idea is to wrap the box with shrink wrap, if a drawer latch pops, at least the drawer wont open.

i dont let anyone move or load up boxes for me, but thats just me

 

[metalhead212121]

I really like the Uhaul method for $29. The trailer is low to the ground and comes with a nice long drop down tailgate ramp.

It helps to have someone help push it in but this could also be a one man job.

what type of box is that inside the Uhaul?? The reason why I ask is because when I bought my triple bank KRL from Skyline he delivered it in a Uhaul. I dont know if it was the same model as yours but I THINK he told me that he was really testing the limits of that the trailer with that triple bank. Keep in mind the box was empty. When we unloaded the box off the trailer it was somewhat of a fight... (still doable though). I don't know if you could transport a FULL bottom triple bank KRL. Anybody wanna chime in with your guesses??

 

[7.62]

Funny, I just moved my box this afternoon. The other times I've moved it I've just rented a U-Haul trailer and winched it aboard with a come-along, and was planning to do the same this time. This morning though, the service manager at the new shop called me and told me they'd send a guy with a rollback by to pick it up and move it. Worked so much better it's not even funny. I'll never move the damn thing by myself again.

 

[Davefr]

what type of box is that inside the Uhaul?? The reason why I ask is because when I bought my triple bank KRL from Skyline he delivered it in a Uhaul. I dont know if it was the same model as yours but I THINK he told me that he was really testing the limits of that the trailer with that triple bank. Keep in mind the box was empty. When we unloaded the box off the trailer it was somewhat of a fight... (still doable though). I don't know if you could transport a FULL bottom triple bank KRL. Anybody wanna chime in with your guesses??

That 5X9 trailer can haul 1650 lbs. The box I moved was a KRL722 which only weighs about 500 lbs. It worked out great.

A triple bank like a KRL1023 should fit and is still less then the trailers capacity.

If in doubt there's always the 6X12 Uhaul with ramp and it's rated at about 2000 lbs payload.

 

[tool_scrounge]

My thoughts...

1) If you are less than 1000 lbs, rent a U-HAUL motorcycle trailer. They have low beds and a very long ramp.

2) Why drive down the street with your tool box on the casters? It just abuses the casters. I glued together a few scrap 4x4's and using a small car jack raised the end of the box and slid the 4x4's underneith so the box weight was on the wood, not the casters. I then tied the 4x4's together with 2x4's so nothing would move. And after 45 miles of driving, nothing moved.

3) I wrapped the box with a big moving blanket and then snugged a strap all around so the drawers would not move.

4) Brace the box so it will not slide forward if you hit the brakes.

5) Use lots of straps.

 

[Coolabah]

Yikes, feel bad now. Apologies for that!

I'm sure no offense was taken when we all saw that you are from NZ ....


(joking).... but yeh , its the same when people go on about spelling etc ... who knows if the poster is dyslexic , or speaks English as a second language etc ?