Fawteen
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Phil9N3667
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Are ya gonna add a rack on top for lumber/long ladders?
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Fawteen
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Extension cords on the door! "8^)
Actually, I plan to add an outlet strip for the battery charger for the tools.
Actually, I plan to add an outlet strip for the battery charger for the tools.
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Fawteen
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I have a hearing re: points against my Man Card the second Thursday of next week.
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Fawteen
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Describes my feelings perfectly.
90% of what I do, I'd do on my own time anyway, but it's REALLY nice to have someone else paying for the materials!
90% of what I do, I'd do on my own time anyway, but it's REALLY nice to have someone else paying for the materials!
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Fawteen
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It's on the list of possibilities. So far, I've been using the Boss's ladders and his big trailer to go get anything that won't fit in the back of the Tundra.
Still, I can see it being useful for sure. Being a cheap Esso Bee, I'll wait and see if I can scrounge the material to do it with. "8^)
Still, I can see it being useful for sure. Being a cheap Esso Bee, I'll wait and see if I can scrounge the material to do it with. "8^)
Years ago, a local contractor was advertising his services, not sure if it was new construction, remodeling/repair, or a combination of both. His business card or advertising literature had a picture of his tool trailer, and every item in it was displayed neatly in/out side of it. All tools and equipment, on display, touting his capability, and being neat and orderly. It reminded me of an old pink floyd album cover where they displayed all their equipment in a similar fashion.
I don't know anything about any actual work he did, but the picture sure looked good !
I don't know anything about any actual work he did, but the picture sure looked good !
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Fawteen
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Nope, but it's a tool box, not a work shop.
Couldn't quite justify the expense of a stand-up trailer.
Couldn't quite justify the expense of a stand-up trailer.
I'm finishing a little trailer with 6 foot head clearance now- it was a cloth topped bowtop with about 4 foot center, now it is metal mansard roofed garden shed on wheels that has a front section wide enough for a cot or even a twin bed mattress crossways- 77 inches by 45 inches and a twin bed is 75 by 39 inches- so a inch extra head room and 6 inches sideways if needed. . I've got some boards stored inside under roof on top of the rafter cross beam, 3 small drawer in a unit at right rear, and a small 4 shelf unit to left across the 45 inch center spacing. 6x6 section with a nose extension that can take a 8 foot 2x4 or plywood sheet. Portable work shed or a playhouse, might end up as storage space for scooter or motorcycle yet for the winter. Keeps me out of bars. RN
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I started with a trailer like that, and hated it. Traded it off within 6 months for a full heigh trailer after 6 months. I still have a permenint dent in my forhead from not ducking down enough to enter it, and you will find that everything you place in it will be everywhere than where you placed it after a short trip to your job site, and you will have to build shelves, and then there is no room to find anything after they are in place.
Also you will find that you need to stock many types of nails and screws and it goes on and on, including the coffee pot that was mentioned, and, and, etc.
Loren
Also you will find that you need to stock many types of nails and screws and it goes on and on, including the coffee pot that was mentioned, and, and, etc.
Loren
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Fawteen
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This is my first experience with a tool trailer, so you may be right on all counts.
1. Head clearance WILL be a problem, but it can't be any worse than working out of a pile of tools in the back seat of the truck.
2. This is a part time gig, 20-30 hours a week on a busy week, not a full time job or sole source of income.
3. Everything on the walls is in clips and secured with a Velcro strap. Time will tell, but a short test trip only required one modification: those thin luaun walls won't hold anything with any weight, set the Workmate and the roller outfeed on the floor and strapped them upright.
4. The owner has 10 Conex boxes in various locations around the property. I have several feet of shelf space in one of them to stock bulk supplies.
Agreed, it's not perfect, but I'm confident that it will be a heck of a lot better than what I had.
1. Head clearance WILL be a problem, but it can't be any worse than working out of a pile of tools in the back seat of the truck.
2. This is a part time gig, 20-30 hours a week on a busy week, not a full time job or sole source of income.
3. Everything on the walls is in clips and secured with a Velcro strap. Time will tell, but a short test trip only required one modification: those thin luaun walls won't hold anything with any weight, set the Workmate and the roller outfeed on the floor and strapped them upright.
4. The owner has 10 Conex boxes in various locations around the property. I have several feet of shelf space in one of them to stock bulk supplies.
Agreed, it's not perfect, but I'm confident that it will be a heck of a lot better than what I had.
Here's what I did.....
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1 Sheet of ply, some eyebolts, and some door hinges with removable hinge pins. Banded the shelves so they have front lip and to strengthen ply.Bungees to keep tubs and such on shelves. Pegboard on right, bench up front with vise and 50 dollar winch wired into trailer pigtail, small shelves inside side door for spray cans and such. Removable wheel chock for bike, 8 "D" rings in floor for tie-downs.
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1 Sheet of ply, some eyebolts, and some door hinges with removable hinge pins. Banded the shelves so they have front lip and to strengthen ply.Bungees to keep tubs and such on shelves. Pegboard on right, bench up front with vise and 50 dollar winch wired into trailer pigtail, small shelves inside side door for spray cans and such. Removable wheel chock for bike, 8 "D" rings in floor for tie-downs.
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