Wheeled tool boxes

Thank you - that looks more like it. And not stupid money, either.

Actually, I might get one of those as well. I was talking to SWMBO about buying something like this to tow behind the mower. It's a bloody long walk down the far end of the paddock - too far to carry a big pile of tools.

I have had a couple of these. IME Stanley stuff is pretty well made, not the cheapest but good value for money. One thing about this one is that you can use it as a saw-bench, and there is a groove in the top which you can rest a piece of dowelling, studding, or copper pipe in if you are cutting it with a saw. Also it's convenient for sitting on. But it is pretty heavy if you fill it up with heavier stuff so you might be better off with two of the "upright" sort.

I also have a number of these

one for angle grinders, another for air tools, another with the SDS drill, etc. They are relatively easy to store or stack under a workbench, and if you label them it's relatively easy to find the tools you need. I used to have one for cordless drills plus bits, wallplugs, screws, and a set of drills (before I went over to Makitas which have their own boxes).

It all depends on how many tools you have, and what sort of stuff you do. I do a fair bit of small mechanical stuff and one of these

stores all my pliers, screwdrivers, allen key and torx sets, a 1/4 drive socket set, multimeter, junior hacksaw, small hammer, adjustable spanners, mole wrench, etc. Enough to deal with most domestic appliances. Not wheeled, and it is fairly heavy, but the big handle makes it easier to lift than most.

Yes they are good for that!

Stick a locking tool store down there with duplicates of low value tools. Saves so much walking & time wasting.

NT

Stocked with all the items you probably need and none that you end up needing! A plumber with a van full of tools said that he used 10% for 90% of jobs and

In message , PeterC writes

Sounds about right.

I use a garden wheelbarrow. Tractor/welding workshop and woodworking/plumbing/electrical/turning workshop are about 100m apart and have limited tool duplication.

Enough of this frippery, for ultimate flexibility try

Quite cheap

The explosive launched anchor is unfortunately usually not included.

Or take the workshop with you

Surely, with one of those you could quite quickly solve the problem of the two workshops being 100m apart?

Now *that's* what I call a welder!

Especially as it has a driving position at both ends - no reversing.

NT

Depends on the job. I have a secondary toolstore with commonly used tools in low value versions. It's anything from all I need to of limited use, depending on the job. It's saved no end of time & walking.

hence a smallish store is often enough.

of course, often happens

NT

I was given a four wheeled wagon style tipping hand cart a couple of years ago. It lives in the workshop and I have taken to keeping my two tool boxes in it. Now when I need to work on anything outside or in the garage I just wheel the whole lot out thereby unintentionally creating a handy wheeled tool box.

I converted the handle to take a drawbar to pull behind the grass cutter very handy for shifting logs, compost etc around our large sloping garden but its a bastard to reverse!

Mike

Ah. Pivot steer 4 wheel trailer. You have to tell your brain to consider what you need to do if your hands were at the end of the drawbar:-)

Unfortunately the reaction time is much slower when trying to reverse it with the mower. To be honest its not that easy when doing it by hand. Mike