Off-road tool cart?

[jkwilson]

I imagine I'm like a lot of folks trying to get jobs around the house done in the evenings after work. I've been doing some siding work in the evenings around the house. A couple of hours every night.

Not so bad, but I spend a big chunk of time dragging my tools out and then putting them away when I'm done. I've been using 5 gallon buckets in a wheel barrow.

I kind of thought some kind of cart that I could take around with me while in the middle of the job. I looked at some of the portable tool boxes with wheels, but they all sit low, so the would require stooping to access and don't provide any work surface. Anything out there like a standard tool cart with balloon tires?

 

[Qrazy]

A little OT but I understand what you are saying. I had to do some work recently and I resorted to using the FEL (bucket) on my Kubota BX24 for a cart. Loaded my tools, extension cord, etc. into the bucket and drove out to where I was working. Made bringing the tools back when I was tired easier too. There have been times in the past where I would used my pickup truck to do similar. Just a thought if you don't mind driving on your grass (I don't ).

 

[submariner]

Anything out there like a standard tool cart with balloon tires?

Here you go

 

[GoodoleBoy]

Cheapest and most suited to fit your exact needs are to pick any tool box and get large casters that have pneumatic tires (the same size as an appliance Dolly/hand-truck)..Bolt or weld to the box..Those casters go on sale at harborfreight for about $10..


Good luck.

 

[jjjrmx5]

Cheapest and most suited to fit your exact needs are to pick any tool box and get large casters that have pneumatic tires (the same size as an appliance Dolly/hand-truck)..Bolt or weld to the box..Those casters go on sale at harborfreight for about $10..


Good luck.

I agree if just using a service cart on an outdoor driveway or gravel road.

Once you need to move OFF road, then you need to find a suitable tool container and use the off road wagon or any of the HF garden style carts/wagons they sell.

A std tool cart with balloon tires will be far too top-heavy to take up or down many grades in your yard or around the property. BTDT.

I use the 5 gallon buckets with the nice tool pocket inserts and never had a problem. Lots of tools? I Load up the wagon and pull it around.

I have a large relatively flat yard and would in no way push or pull a balloon- tired service cart around it. Even a good-sized tree root would topple it.
Pull wagon with sides or a lip all the way.

 

[GoodoleBoy]

I agree if just using a service cart on an outdoor driveway or gravel road.

Once you need to move OFF road, then you need to find a suitable tool container and use the off road wagon or any of the HF garden style carts/wagons they sell.

A std tool cart with balloon tires will be far too top-heavy to take up or down many grades in your yard or around the property. BTDT.

I use the 5 gallon buckets with the nice tool pocket inserts and never had a problem. Lots of tools? I Load up the wagon and pull it around.

I have a large relatively flat yard and would in no way push or pull a balloon- tired service cart around it. Even a good-sized tree root would topple it.
Pull wagon with sides or a lip all the way.

I cant imagine trying to do as suggested with one of the larger or even medium sized carts..I was talking about a slimmer "service cart" the kind HF sells for $99-$175...
I know one of his complaints was having to have to bend down to get to the tools. I am not sure of his exact needs but maybe a $99 slimmer service cart from HF would meet his needs..

 

[jjjrmx5]

I cant imagine trying to do as suggested with one of the larger or even medium sized carts..I was talking about a slimmer "service cart" the kind HF sells for $99-$175...
I know one of his complaints was having to have to bend down to get to the tools. I am not sure of his exact needs but maybe a $99 slimmer service cart from HF would meet his needs..

A 4 dwr or 5dwr HF service cart with balloon tire is fine for pushing aorund a long driveway or if you have a gravel road or gravel driveway GoodoleBoy.

Pushing it around the side yard to fix a hose bib, down spout or out back to mend a fence is going to be a bigger issue. Too high of a center of gravity and likely too heavy for wet or muddy soil.

I too was talking service carts which = Tall storge and then we are back to high center of gravity (which those carts have) and the topple factor on uneven ground.

I;ve been there.
Had a buddy have is HF cart topple in the grass because he is a *******. Not fun trying to find all of the small tools and sockets in deep grass in his side yard.
Just sayin'

 

[wmartin]

This was my first thought.

 

[signcrafter]

How about one of these MMESs? Scroll down for pictures.

http://semanticommunity.info/Army_W...12/Mobile_Maintenance_Equipment_Systems_(MMES)

 

[NKlamerus]

How about one of these MMESs? Scroll down for pictures.

http://semanticommunity.info/Army_W...12/Mobile_Maintenance_Equipment_Systems_(MMES)

does the link work for anyone else?

 

[Awitte58]

This is what we all really need.

 

[texasfiremedic]

No, does not work for me.

 

[GCncsuHD]

does the link work for anyone else?

Add the parenthesis to the end, it got cut off in his link.

http://semanticommunity.info/Army_W...2/Mobile_Maintenance_Equipment_Systems_(MMES)

Personally I would just take either a wagon or a set of pneumatic tire hand trucks and outfit it to your specifications. Could easily mount a 26" top box to either with additional storage.

 

[signcrafter]

does the link work for anyone else?

Hmmm, doesn't work for me either.

Try this, https://www.google.com/search?q=mob...ICQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=643#imgdii=_ it's a google image search and then click on the first picture of military tool carts.

 

[Larch]

I have one of these. I have packed over five hundred pounds of rock in it. They are great! I got a dump truck load of top soil a few years back, I used the wagon behind my garden tractor and trailer, was moving fifteen five gallon buckets of soil at a time. Load it up with power tools, boxes, whatever, it is great. I highly recommend everyone who owns a home have one.
http://www.mscdirect.com/product/de...__15557577904_c_S&026=-99&025=c&item=45635257

 

[Bigplum]

Would this do? Might have to loose the slicks

http://666kb.com/i/bv09as9kqzhqjmvbo.jpg

 

[LEVE]

How about a DIY, something like this for the platform:

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[jkwilson]

I had actually toyed with the idea of a HF cart with two balloon tires on one end, and two handles on the other. Kind of a wheel barrow effect to make it stable when moving.

I like the idea of having a work surface and a place to lay things besides on the ground.

 

[GoodoleBoy]

A 4 dwr or 5dwr HF service cart with balloon tire is fine for pushing aorund a long driveway or if you have a gravel road or gravel driveway GoodoleBoy.

Pushing it around the side yard to fix a hose bib, down spout or out back to mend a fence is going to be a bigger issue. Too high of a center of gravity and likely too heavy for wet or muddy soil.

I too was talking service carts which = Tall storge and then we are back to high center of gravity (which those carts have) and the topple factor on uneven ground.

I;ve been there.
Had a buddy have is HF cart topple in the grass because he is a *******. Not fun trying to find all of the small tools and sockets in deep grass in his side yard.
Just sayin'

Yeah ive never loaded down my service carts even with regualr wheels for garage use so i am imagining under 60 lbs..I dont have any real experience with the off roading of tool boxes..


But what if a piece of angle iron/build a frame for the box to sit in/or whatever to widen the stance of the tool cart kinda like in the triple wheels in the video? I am really curious now what kind of terrain a slightly modified cart like I suggested can take..Maybe if I catch a sale I may do it,i have a new cart in the box not being used.

So the everyone should take my suggestion with a grain of salt I was just suggesting what I would do but my yard is not rutten or any big slopes where work would require me to risk having a tool box being flipped foward and losing my sockets in the grass (i had a box tilt fowards dumpign it in a garage and it *****)

 

[taumac]

I'm thinking a wagon from HF or Northern tool. I would put a top chest or buckets for tool storage. For a work surface I would throw a old workmate or piece of plywood over the rails. The wagon idea is simple and if needed can pull with lawn tractor or easily remove tools and work surface when needed for other uses.

Have a good one, Gerard

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[Brian_B_]

Not exactly a "tool cart", but I have one of those old beat up HF folding utility trailers (no longer folds, lights don't work, etc..) I put a ball on he back of my rider and tow whatever tools I need out to where I am working around the house. Also works for lumber and bigger items.

Overkill? Yes..but I have a good tilt utility trailer I use on the roads.

 

[NKlamerus]

Why you do choose one. Definetly find a handle/rope/etc...to pull it from the bottom. No tippy that way.