wrecking tooling

[69.5CUDA]

so with recent work, odd cars and even smaller transports...as well as both shoulders with tears in them that im too young and too old to deal with yet...eyeroll

decades of litteraly carrying tool chests to the yards have been behind me(i used to toss a 4 drawer on my shoulder and go) 120lbs of tools was normal for me.

i ALWAYS pack for what i need and "what i might find" cause you never know right?

recent years ive switched into power tools..kobalt and milwakie specificaly..and the kobalt stuff is right up there with the mil stuff in some cases better...but that means ive ADDED weight back to my horder
so i pack 3 bags..1 what i need for the job and a lil extra, 2 damnit get the big guns, 3 shit i found extra, and a 300piece craftsman kit for both X is missing and shit i need thhe whole shebang
bag 1 goes with me everything else is in the rig to go back for "should i need it"

some yards have carts, wagons or wheelbarrows..some..do not or are "out in the yard"..many yards are no longer allowing ppl to bring in their own carts..theft reasons, so if its a rolling toolbox they just wont let it in period

ive been too stuborn to give up carrying my shit..but..its time....

so i hit up the local surpluss/salvage house stuff store "restore" they get demo stuff, surpluss, furniture you name it..even tools and odd stuff....and i come across this really cool looking golf bag caddy and im groovin on the wheels and it hits me..thats a friggin tool bag caddy!
4.50 and i brought it home..hell it even fit in the trunk of the 08 smart

then i set to work and knocked this out in a couple hours including cleaning, polishing running out for parts and even sketching up the plan
2 of the big things with me and any kind of caddy has always been useability and space consumption as ive done many a run where i have to stick all the tools in the front seat and im TIGHT AS FUCK for space after packing in a huge haul...this ticks both boxes AND i can attach it to my belt loop and still carry parts in the hands!!!!

 

[b-body-bob]

We were yarding in Georgia around Winder, Athens, etc not long after our daughter was born (89) and we loaded up her stroller with tools and parts. It worked pretty well.

We've got a couple of pull behind golf carts but IIRC ours have lots of plastic parts and just in general aren't HD enough to take much abuse.

 

[Dr.Jass]

That cart would've easily been $50-$75 at our local ReStore. The place is insanely overpriced on literally everything they have, despite getting the shit for free. I've left Home Depot, gone to the ReStore and found the latter actually wanted more for a used interior doors than Home Depot's new ones. I haven't bothered going there in more than a decade, but have been assured many times that nothing's changed.

Most of the golf-bag carts I've encountered over the years would buckle like a belt under the weight of my junkyard box over any terrain beyond smooth pavement. I just bring my two-wheeled hand dolly, which can move an assembled LA long block. It comes in handy for bringing parts out as well.

 

[69.5CUDA]

we have a dozen or so re-stores, 2 of them are crazy priced the rest are not...in fact i got enough r32-34 insulation to re-do the whole house(2500sqf) including the cealings for 800$ ..its all brand new still fully bagged bundled and palleted...and its pinkpanthery goodness!!!!

i had the cart out today and it did VERY well, but i can see where its eventualy going to fail..so ill be doing some modding...honestly i bought it for the wheels more than anything..so even if it fails misserably or gets modded to 11 ill still keep using the wheels