Milwaukee tool box setup1/1/2024 I can’t find a way to make modular boxes work, in my line of work… How do you use modular box setups, if you replace a closet flange in the morning, install a light fixtures at the next job, replace worn overhead gargae door rollers at 3rd job, then patch drywall at another, before heading home? I’d love to hear if anyone uses modular boxes, when your tool requirements change several times a day, like mine do. I cant find one single benefit, if you never know what tool you need, and jobs vary several times a day. I’m not wasting time, moving modular boxes around, just to get 1 tool from each.įor your average builder, or specialist in a single trade, modular boxes are great. Open a drawer, grab the puller or meter I need, and I’m ready. Once I arrive at jobsite, I can grab my go to pack, loaded with basic hand tools. Like 1 drawer for meters, Laser level, clamp ammeter… a drawer for tools like a faucet wrench and mix valve cart. Use the tool box drawers to store the smaller tools I use most often. I’m thinking about mounting a small tool box stack in my van. I can’t be carrying 5 pack out boxes into a location, when I only need 1 or 2 tools from each box. I imagine the pack out systems are great in certain situations, if your on a build out, or new construction, and only need a certain set of tools, to get thru a whole day.īut, has anyone found a practical way to use them, if all you do is service calls, and never know what you’ll be working on, hour to hour ? Once your out in the field, start adding up all the time ot takes to move, open, then restack solid, heavily loaded cases, it becomes a huge waste of time. The modular cases seem like a great idea, in theory. There’s no wasted space, like there would be if I had a solid case for each. And, they flex, to fit in odd shaped areas. Maybe use a modular instead of a bag, like for angle grinder, specialty plumbing…īut, then if I only need to pull a mixing valve cartridge, I have to move the other big modular cases from the stack, open the whole lid, just to grab the removal tool. I just can’t figure out how any of these modular or pack out sets would be a benefit. That allows me to leave most used in front, easy to access, stack the rest accordingly.Īllows for easy removal, when I switch from work mode to fishing mode, and need to carry a weeks worth of gear, for me, dog, boat, etc. Keep corresponding bit/blade sets in each crate. Etc….īats, charger, drill, driver, in 1 crate, saws in another. One for electrical (wire,boxes,conduit fittings, outlts,outlets, etc. Then I use milk crates for everything else. A bag for angle grinders, AC and 18v & disc’s. Use bags for meters and circuit tracers, one for finish carpentry, one for hammer drill (Mason bits stay in that bag. Have a large Husky bag for basic plumbing, another for specialty plumbing, like lead/oakum, mixing removal, spanner wrench, etc. Screwdrivers, wire stripper, channel lock, sm speed square, hammer, small box of driver bits/drill bits, torpedo level, etc… I use 1 Husky backpack type bag for typical tools I use at every job. One small tote or milk crate can hold a boxes of every bolt/screw/nail I might need. I carry everything from wire nut, faceplate screws, to toilet bolts, lag bolts and self tappers.Īs for drywall and construction screws, it’s easier to carry them in a small covered tote, or milk crate, in their original boxes. From wire nuts and screws, to molleys, anchors, and specialty screws, they’re great. The small parts organizers are the ones that make sense to me. I can’t come up with any situation, where these modular sets make things more convenient for me. I’ve spent the last 6 months, imagining the perfect set up, in my van… hoping to have it ready before winter. Maybe for builders, or those who spend days at a time at the same worksite, or only have 1 specialty trade.īut as a maintenance worker, dare to say “handyman”, who must carry enough tools to handle every situation I encounter daily, how will I use these ? That’s a lot of wasted space, in a van or truck. I’m having a hard time picturing me using them on a daily basis. I’ve always liked Rigid.īesides trying to figure out which best fits my needs… Milwaukee seems to be the best, most versatile. I’ve been looking at Husky Connect, Rigid, Mil packet, and Dewalt tough….
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