Snap On workstation/ riser

[jimexcursion]

I am considering buying a riser for my 68" Epiq. Seems like the best bang for the buck for me. I realize it is basicly and empty box but I have a lot of tools in boxes taking up a lot of room in my box and this would be a good option. I have a few questions:
1. Do they hold up well? Any problems with them?
2. Do you need a toolbox top with them?
3. Are they sturdy?

 

[wreckercologist]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes

While I don't have the Epic, my KRL riser is quite sturdy, and it is one of the older bolt-together risers. The new ones are one piece.

I have a overhead locker as well loaded with a balljoint press, tap & die set, thread chaser set, compression gauge set, vacuum gauge set, fuel pressure gauge set, manuals, welding helmet, and so on. Probably around 150 LBS. of tools and **** at around 7 feet tall. I have noticed zero deflection or racking. Also, my riser is screwed to a maple top with a few screws.

I've got three slots-n-dots shelves, a hammer rack, and a document holder mounted on the back wall. One shelf is loaded with about a dozen spray cans. The is some deflection on the back wall, but whatever. You'd have to seriously over load those little shelves to cause any damage to the riser. The shelves would give way before that happened anyway.

I highly recommend an overhead locker if you can swing it. Yes, it's just a big, empty box too, but it helps get all the bulky **** that you don't use everyday up, and out of the way leaving you a nice work area.

 

[GeorgiaHybrid]

+1 one the overhead storage locker. You can either put seldon used tools there or manuals and free up a lot of room in the main box.

 

[metalhead212121]

Ive got a Snap on KRL riser I mounted on my workbench. Price was too good to pass up. That thing is ******* heavy!! It may not look like much but you'll need two guys to pick it up if its on the ground. When you bolt it down to your tool box make sure you have it lined up perfectly!! When I mounted it on my workbench the gaps on each side were horrible. Ended up drilling another set of holes on one side. You have to realize that the "sides" of the riser are flexable so open and close the riser a couple times and make sure you're happy with the gaps on each side.

 

[wreckercologist]

I probably spent nearly an hour getting my riser located just right before actually mounting it. OCD

 

[crewchief888]

have you considered a full size locker?

i'd think with a rizer and overhead cab, stuff would be a little too high to reach comfortably.