Three Reasons Why Your Tools Need To Be Housed In Heavy-Duty Tool Boxes
Posted on: 25 October 2018
Mechanics' heavy-duty toolboxes are something else. They are large, heavy, steel-fabricated things that usually weigh as much as a toddler, and you need a little muscle to lug these toolboxes around. So, why would you choose to place your tools in a heavy-duty toolbox? Would it not be easier to put a few tools in something lighter? Really, if you work in construction or plumbing, you absolutely should place all of your tools in this kind of toolbox.
Cannot Damage the Toolbox (or the Tools!)
Here is the thing about heavy-duty toolboxes: you cannot dent them or bang them up. When you are driving around with one of these toolboxes in your truck, the toolbox could slide all over the place and bang into things and still come out unscathed. Everything the toolbox bangs into may be scratched, but the toolbox itself is no worse for the wear. Simply put, a heavy-duty toolbox is extremely durable, difficult to damage, and therefore everything inside is well-protected.
The Inner Compartments Keep Everything Organized
In the top pull-out is where you can keep the tools you use most often: a hammer, an adjustable wrench, a plumber's wrench, pliers (both needle nose and snub nose), and a few common screwdrivers (Phillips and flathead). In the compartment underneath the pull-out is where you can keep everything else, but here you can keep things a little more tidy and better organized. For example, place all sharp instruments on the very bottom of the toolbox. They cannot do any damage to a heavy-duty toolbox because of the toolbox's steel construction. Then layer other tools, like a rubber-headed mallet and socket wrench, on top of that. That way, if you need to use any secondary or tertiary tool for a job, you can reach into the depths of your toolbox without getting cut up on sharper instruments.
Your Tools Are Protected in More Ways Than One
Your tools are protected against loss in a toolbox such as this. You can easily slap a padlock on the outside and keep your tools from "wandering off" the job site, as tools have been known to do. Your tools are also protected against water damage, a.k.a. rust, because a heavy-duty toolbox will not take on water or allow precipitation or moisture to enter the toolbox to get to the tools. This toolbox may sink to the bottom in a body of water, but your tools are not likely to get very wet. Finally, regardless of how a toolbox slides around in the back of your work truck or how much damage it takes drop after drop, everything inside remains in perfect condition.
For more information on heavy-duty toolboxes, contact a company such as Idaho Tool & Equipment.
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