Thanks guys!
Great idea Strouty, I will do that this evening when I get home!
Bears Fan, I don't want anything fancy for the junkyard, this bag is function over form and has held up for quite a few years with no wear though it is dirty outside from several transmissions leaking on it and all the grease/dirt from junkyard cars. There are a few smaller tool bags I made inside of it to organize screwdrivers, pliers etc too. Those hand straps are sewed together at the bottom, between the layers of Cordova and two pieces of leather so I doubt they will give out any time soon. I think the zipper is the only weak link in the bag, if it goes I guess I'll have to make another but until then, this is it.
Thanks for stopping in guys, I'll make a thread and link to it later!
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I like that Junkyard bag nines! I couldn't/wouldn't use one myself, but that's to avoid past issues from cropping back up. - More on that later.
Question to Nine: On the handles, is that an endless strap, or does each one sew to the other on the bottom? That looks similar to the straps on the carry/covers for my TentCots(r). One is an endless loop, and very strong and carried the weight, and one is simply sewn into the "bag" on the sides, and is clearly straining the bag material when I use them to carry the TentCot.
If your's is not an endless strap, my suggestion (For anyone doing one for themselves, or modifying a duffel for the purpose) would be to go for the endless loop, and overlap at the handle, sewing the overlap so that you get a thicker handle area that the opposite handle lays on top of. That way you get a beefier handle to grip (maybe even put a couple of snaps fore and aft to the handle to capture them together)
I used to take tools into a junkyard in a bucket or two, and carry smaller parts out the same way. then i wound up with "tennis elbow" in both arms from the constant weight. That took years to heal, even with constant PT. (and can still flair up once in a while if I'm stupid about carrying things...)
To cut the weight, I stopped trying to carry every possible tool, and focused on an 80-20 rule what did I need 80% of the time or more? So I made up a tool roll for those tools that was much much lighter out of the legs of old blue jeans. I still have it. (see below)
I still brought the bucket with more tools in the rig adn woudl come back if a needed them. (since it was not uncommon that I didn't find what I wanted...) but I also brought a hand truck to carry it with some bungees for keeping it (or other parts), from falling off.
It may not be obvious, but the two at the extreme left are an Allen set, and a bezel tool for old ford control knob bezels. (That one should probably come out at this lat date...)
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