I don't think the packout handle sits flush either. Also, the bottom doesn't have the locking shit in it, so no good for the mounting plate. But I'd assume most aren't going to use the roll around in the back of a crawler.I have the Dewalt because I get a good deal. The Milwaukee is better and easier to use. The Dewalt boxes feel tougher and more solid.
The handle on the Dewalt bottom box doesn't slide all the way down below the box lid. When we take my buddy's F250 with tonneau cover, the only thing that doesn't fit is the handle from that box. Kinda sucks if it's raining
So let me ask, I have never used any of the "pack out" stuff. What is the benefit and what do you have to do when using something, spread them out all over a table/counter/truck bed?
I use a lot of my cordless tools during the day, I can't imagine having boxes scattered all over.
ETA: this is what I am using currently, I bungie it to one of the steel shelves in the trailer for transport
DEWALT 16 in. 4-in-1 Cantilever Tool Box Mobile Work Center DWST20880 - The Home Depot
This DEWALT Rolling Cantilever Tool Box offers 88 lbs. of load capacity and 3 cu. ft. of storage space. Heavy-duty wheels and a telescoping handle make it easily portable, while its heavy-duty constructionwww.homedepot.com
These packout tool boxes & organizers are sweet. They fit pretty good in my service body.
Would these boxes do well on a snowmobile?
Is the plastic good enough to take mild impacts at -30 degrees? (such as from tools bouncing around inside)
Go buy a "pelican box" from harbor freight.Would these boxes do well on a snowmobile?
Is the plastic good enough to take mild impacts at -30 degrees? (such as from tools bouncing around inside)
this.. those Apache brand Pelican knockoffs are pretty good value.Go buy a "pelican box" from harbor freight.
Also nice because you can take them wherever and aren't doing trips back and forth to the truck for misc parts or hardware.
An aluminum service body and packouts what are you made of money.
The plastic doesn't hold up great to shock and cold, the other day I left one if my box's out and some water froze the handle to the box. Ended up cracking some of the interior gussets trying to hammer it loose with a mallet. It was only 10-20 degree f not even crazy cold.
I used to have a few pelican cases full of tools and parts, but they got so heavy to move around when they are full.
I ended up picking up some military surplus aluminum boxes that are sweet, they are similar to the link below, only at a fraction of the cost when I got them surplus: Amazon.ca
Oh ya, I wouldn't pay full price for them, I wish I could find more. It was just a cool product if you can find them at a reasonable price.This stack was $315. About the same as one of those boxes you linked, assuming you can't find them milsurp and need to buy new from Amazon. A few more options for these plastic boxes for mounting and organization vs a regular box, the stacking feature is great too. The ones with black lids are tool boxes, clear lids are organizers.
Not saying I wouldn't buy military surplus boxes, but if I couldn't find any and had to buy new I'd go with the stacking boxes.
Pretty cool how the lids interlock in the shut position to keep everything in it's place.
The service body is not aluminum yet, haha. Sometimes if I can't work on my projects I buy parts for them to make me feel better.
I thought those were just stacked at first and I cringe at how much of PITA it would be to get the bottom one out. Then I noticed the individual sliders and fell in love.For some reason I thought yours was aluminum, maybe it because its just not a rusty pile like most older service bodies.
I use the hf storehouse bins for all my smaller organization but thats when hf was actually cheap. I have a whole tower in my step van, I think they were around $4 when I built it, for light storage I think they they are hard to beat.
Would these boxes do well on a snowmobile?
Is the plastic good enough to take mild impacts at -30 degrees? (such as from tools bouncing around inside)
Hf is far from what it used to be, I'm not sure what is going on but it seems like everything has doubled in that store. Not a great precedent when you are a value store and your prices rival milwaukee.
have two of the last one you posted full of drill bits. It's great for what it is, its dented in a few places but is going strong 3 or 4 years of getting thrown around every day by 200lb gorillas.
Raises hand. I’m stuck in the dewalt rabbit hole for cordless tools because batteries. That said I bought the Milwaukee pack rat things middle of last year. I have the dolly wheeled bottom box and a bunch of uppers different storage boxes. I like how easy it is to lock snd unlock the stack and it’s hard to beat the quality of the boxes themselves. Sure you can find cheaper stuff out there but it will never hold up to what the Milwaukee boxes will IMOEven people that have DeWalt tools are buying the Milwaukee pack out system. It is the best. But yes, it is expensive. I dont have as much as I would like, because the cost so much.
I have a half rack pack out I just mounted in my buggy. I didn't have much room back there and was only carrying enough to do basic stuff and no spares before in a tool roll shoved behind my seat. It seems well built and fit where I needed it.
I think it would be ok in my case cause it kind of sits down inside a storage area but it'll get a strap over it as well just in case. Openly exposed I think a good hit might knock it loose or break the cleats on the bottom.Is the hold down system strong enough for buggy wheelin? Or do you throw a strap over it also?
Seems like everyone is getting in on these types of systems. Ryobi just launched theirs. HF has had one out for a couple months and I even noticed that Walmart has a Hart branded one now.
(Pictures off brand pack outs)
For a similar 3-piece set they're like $180, $150 and $90 in the order posted.
The HF stuff actually looks reasonably well built form the pics. I haven't seen it in person yet.
I'm half tempted to check out the Hart ones and see if they're reasonably stout enough for the wheeling rig. I can't justify $4-500 for the red shit when it'll only get used a handful of times a year.