Tool box transport

[Blue924.9]

Hey guys just curious on how you transport your toolboxes, going to tech school in October and will need to transport it 4 hours 1 way every 6 months for the whole 21 month program. Would like to use an enclosed trailer but might not have one to use, how do you strap them down in a pickup? Or are there other ways?

Box is a snap on krl1022 so 54 wide 30 deep and 48 tall. Short bed doesn't have enough space between the fenderwells and the cab to roll it against the cab.

 

[Ign]

I cross-strap it; strap around front of the box to the rear stake pockets and around the rear of the box to the front stake pockets. And of course ratchet straps only. Those stupid "lashing" straps are good for, well, NOTHING. Complete garbage

 

[Greg85mcss]

I rented a trailer from Home Depot. Put a towel or something between the box & the front rails with a tarp taped around it. Then ratchet strap from the lower front hooks around the top of the handle on the other end & another one over the top side to side. I tightened the straps after a few miles because they were new but I got my box 3 hours down the road with no issues. Probably weighs about the same as yours but it was empty.


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[Richard Cranium]

U haul has low boy motor cycle trailers that they rent.
easy to load and unload.

 

[JJThrasher]

For local flatbeds are great. Distance trailers are best. Lower to the ground than a truck bed equals less likely to have a tragic accident. Also larger boxes can be well over a half ton trucks cargo capacity.

 

[Sloper0204]

Moved my box 3,000 miles strapped tight against the trailer wall with e-track straps and moving blankets. Had some wear from the drive, but no damage. Box was empty while in transit, everything drawer wrapped separately in shrink wrap and stowed in an action packer.

 

[Wanna Ride]

Hey guys just curious on how you transport your toolboxes, going to tech school in October and will need to transport it 4 hours 1 way every 6 months for the whole 21 month program. Would like to use an enclosed trailer but might not have one to use, how do you strap them down in a pickup? Or are there other ways?

Box is a snap on krl1022 so 54 wide 30 deep and 48 tall. Short bed doesn't have enough space between the fenderwells and the cab to roll it against the cab.

So you're saying it's 54" x 30", and won't fit in a short bed?

I must be missing something here, because every one I've ever transported (and ever larger than that) would fit in a truck bed. You can certainly roll it in lengthways (parallel to the wheel wells) so that one of the 30" sides are against the front of the bed. It doesn't need to go in so that the back of the box is against the front of the bed.

Don't know what truck you have, but most all trucks have integrated tie-down points; once the box is all the way forward in the bed, throw a couple ratchet straps over the top, and call it good. Be sure to use some shipping blankets against the front of the bed, and between the ratchet straps and the toolbox edges. Drive sensibly, and you'll be fine.

 

[geartow]

Uhaul trl is cheap . Use sarahn wrap around it to keep drawers closed . I move them with a flatbed towtruck and they all get shrink wrapped to.prevent the drawers from opening in transit . The lock seems to unlock when bouncing down the road.

 

[bobcatdan]

Personality I get a smaller box to take to school. For what you really need at school for any given semester, a 1022 will be way overkill.

 

[WallyKowalski]

I've moved a box from LA to LV (4hr drive) in a pickup. Used an inverted furniture dolly to chock the wheels, a moving blanket to cover the tops and sides, and 3 16ft ratcheting tie downs. Two over the top and one around the back to secure it to the front of the truckbed. Be sure to use folded towels in the drawers to keep things from sloshing around. Good luck!

 

[gdocktor3]

Make sure you lock the drawers!

Picking up a cheap, 26" box might be a better idea till you finish all this moving around. Then you can sell it or, like I do, keep all you cordless/pneumatic tools, specialty tools, etc in the smaller box and keep the hand tools and what not in the big one.

 

[DTB]

I only prefer to haul toolboxes over 26" wide with a enclosed trailer with a nice ramp. So much easier than loading in a truck bed unless you have access to a lift or loader. I hauled a mammoth macsimizer 60" wide with 2 side cabs on a open gooseneck trailer but even strapped down with many straps I was a nervous wreck seeing it back there until I got home.

 

[Billythekid1]

I just moved mine on a 5 x 10 flatbed trailer I have a triple bank snap on put four tiedowns one on each one of the wheels to each corner of the trailer pulled it no prob

 

[ascott172]

I would not take a nice / expensive box to school. It's just going to get scratched, dented, or vandalized.

 

[Greg85mcss]

Smaller box is sounding good & price will be offset by not having to rent trailers. Might be a good time to get a service cart depending on what kind of shop you plan to work in after school.


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[Sea_Chicken1]

This is a good thread, I was actually wondering the same thing. I was looking at buying a panel van to roll my boxes into or do side jobs with.

 

[JKady]

I've hauled my boxes 7 or 8 times in the past few years (3 have been between shops at my current employer). The easiest, least stressful move was with a borrowed enclosed trailer. Most stressful by far was the two times they've been on the back of a tow truck, I won't do that again. Usually I just haul them in the bed of a pickup and as long as they're strapped down tight they're fine.

I always try to have the back of the box up against the front of the bed, as you're more likely to dump one sideways than accelerate hard enough to tip it to the back of the truck, but that's not always doable with the grocery basket they call a bed on some of these newer "trucks". You can haul a KRL1022 just fine in a pickup though, roll one end up against the front of the bed and strap it tight there, then 2 or 3 over the top, stop and tighten the straps after a couple miles and while not ideal, don't do any crazy driving and it'll be fine.

 

[a52-830]

my older son and i just discussed this last night. he is entering his second year at "auto tech" community college, and has the same issue. he needs to move his box between the dealership and the "shop" at school.

it seems he has a "friend" move it in "his truck". my son empties out the tools, and removes the drawers, and then they can lift it into the truck. i assume they tie it down, and likely leave the drawers out of the box, but neatly stacked and secured in the back (at least that is what i prefer to imagine).

when i have moved boxes in the past i usually transport them empty on their back, lying on at moving blanket, with the drawers installed. i have found that they dont move much, and the drawers stay put. although i will admit getting the drawers back out to stand the box up to get it out can be a pain. but i dont move boxes often, and the memory of the effort involved helps keep me out of trying to help my son move his, especially since he seems to have it figured out.

i am OCD about the tools in the drawers, and moving them any further than around the shop would slide them around enough that i would need to reorder them all anyway, so unloading them boxes isn't a big deal.

 

[a52-830]

This is a good thread, I was actually wondering the same thing. I was looking at buying a panel van to roll my boxes into or do side jobs with.

were i moving them around with any regularity, and i could get something like an enclosed motorcycle trailer that it would fit in, that is the direction i would go.

in fact, i would look at the costs (like insurance and registration) and see if renting a u-haul trailer would make more sense. i dont know about how much it costs where you live, but a trailer plate around here is 120$ per year.

if you can rent it for 30$ or 40$ a day . . . . . . . . and avoid the maintenance and upkeep and storage issues . . . . .

 

[70staged]

Small flatbed trailer with a ramp. Board on top and ratchet it down then one on the side so it won't move.

Be sure and lock your drawers and empty out the box. Put everything in a couple totes. They will bounce around in the toolbox and a few will find there way into no mans land and will be missing when you clean everything up.

 

[a52-830]

Put everything in a couple totes. They will bounce around in the toolbox and a few will find there way into no mans land and will be missing when you clean everything up.

and the guy who buys the box 30 years from now, and takes it apart to clean it, will find it all.

trust me on this.

 

[bb_max]

We had tech school interns at our shop, and all their new boxes were shipped here on pallets from Snap On. The pallets had nice cutouts for the wheels. If yours comes this way, save the pallet, and band it down to the pallet. Then load it with a forklift and strap it down.

Take hammers and heavy items out so they don't beat the drawers to death.

 

[Blue924.9]

Krl I bought used and already has some dings and dents but the price was hard to beat. I have measured the box and the truck and like a poster mentioned putting the box on parallel with the wheel wells might work, the tape tells me I will be an 1/8 inch to long to put the tailgate up with my truck tool box in the bed but I have yet to try and put the box in the truck to see if it will fit as the box is at work. I do have a long bed 90s f150 that I know for a fact will fit but the problem then is I have to add insurance on it, currently drive an 01 ram 2500 short bed that I bought to have a 4x4 when I'm off in Nebraska winter away from home. There are alot of options I have to haul this thing but none of them are standing out as the best option so I'm weighing pros and cons as well as getting ideas from here. The options are

1. See if I can borrow an enclosed trailer or rent one if there is a u haul ect close by
2.get a different toolbox so it well fit in my ram
3. Reinsure the f150 and take it, would not mind taking the ford vs the ram to college cuz the team is in very good condition and I don't worry about door dings on the ford.
4. Use our homemade 5x8 flat bed trailer, the only thing here is we have never TaKen it on trips over 50 miles so that makes me nervous, also its not much lower than a truck, it was built to take offroad and get firewood so it packs alot of suspension travel and ground clearance.


Thanks for the advice so far, any questions feel free to ask

 

[CNGsaves]

Invest in wood deck utility trailer with ramp on rear. Northern Tool had some nice ones out front this weekend that I saw which were $1,000 or so.

Roll the toolbox up onto trailer, then secure "jig" of 2x4 base that keeps it from rolling anywhere - - ie extend wood blocks out to edge of trailer that locks the toolbox in that location.. Use plenty of blankets, towels, foam, etc in the drawers to keep tools from bouncing around. +1 to remove heavy hammers or sensitive equipment like scanners, etc. Ratchet strap it all down with protective blankets/cloth at any location that might rub on toolbox or the strap as you hit bumps along the road.

 

[geartow]

The motorcycle uhaul open trailer with 2 ft sides and good tie downs is $13 a day to rent as of last week
.

 

[Sea_Chicken1]

Good call a52, I didn't think of using a motorcycle trailer. We might not have the storage for it depending on where we move.

 

[Wanna Ride]

The motorcycle uhaul open trailer with 2 ft sides and good tie downs is $13 a day to rent as of last week
.

Yeah, when you return it where you rent it. It's more to drop off in a different city than where you picked it up at. The OP stated he's going to school, away from home.

 

[Waggoner72]

Just two straps going from corner to corner and it won't go anywhere. Hauled lots of them this way. I'd also put some smaller straps to keep the drawers in, they can come open even when locked