Tool box installed!

[Lost]

Allot of construction workers here. I'm good with backhoe and excavator.

 

[6L PWR]

I'm a deconstruction worker, I blow'em up!!

 

[flareside_thunder]

I guess construction needs dependable vehicles Larry.....lol

JR

 

[Skandocious]

Yeah I almost bought a role of duct tape at the parts store, but the regular duct tape (which would most likely melt and tack itself to the inside of the box) was out of the question, and the heat/cold/uv resistant duct tape was about $7/roll

Oh and Ian, I've already got a set of torx bits with 1/4" and 3/8" ratchet adapters that I bought at Kragen; those stay in my Craftsman toolbox with the rest of my ratchet set.

 

[msb71]

My box is filled to the rim with stuff I need for work and then some, gets hard to find what i am looking for , but I know it's in there by god...lol

 

[dreo2003]

skan, looks awesome man. congratulations. new and shiney. looks great.

 

[Lost]

The stuff you need is always on bottom . I found plastic totes that fit mine could fit 4 but used 3 and left room for jack. That way you can keep mechanic tools separate from the ski gear .

 

[surewhynot]

Alright, here's one I keep in my truck. You may not be redneck enough to need it, but it comes in handy. A hitch mounted vice. I took some steel I had laying around and welded up a mount that slides in my receiver and a vice is bolted to it. It has come in handy more than I ever imagined it would.

Above, notice that I am wearing shoes!

 

[john112deere]

Dang, that's a good idea, Tony.

There have been times I'd have about killed to have a vice on the back of my truck (done hurt myself once or twice doing stuff I needed a vice for, without a vice). 'Course, I'd need a receiver hitch, too. Can't really justify one on this underpowered, undersprung pile of a truck, though.

 

[TheRoadVirus]

Damn, that's a smart idea.

 

[surewhynot]

Most of my friends made fun of me when they saw it, until they needed to use it. lol

 

[flareside_thunder]

you could make one to fit in the stock hitch hole in ur bumper........good idea Tony.

JR

 

[Skandocious]

Good idea Tony! But I seldom work on anything that requires a vice unless I'm up at my moms house, where I've got one mounted to the work bench.

 

[surewhynot]

Thats what I figured. Most people have no need for such a thing, but being an off roader, I use it often.

 

[tomtoc]

my stepfather in-law has one mounted on his bed rail

not that it matters, just my fact on this story

 

[surewhynot]

I see alot of plumbers with them mounted to their bumpers. Thats where I got the idea.

 

[6L PWR]

I see alot of plumbers with them mounted to their bumpers. Thats where I got the idea.

My head stablehand had something similar. His was a spit with an anvil on one side and the vice on the other side. It came in very handy when shoeing horses or fixing fences.
EDIT: It's also handy for tailgaters.

 

[Spencer]

Skandocious, can you tell me more about those backup lights? Is that a stock bumper that you cut holes in for the lights? Looks cool.

 

[Skandocious]

Skandocious, can you tell me more about those backup lights? Is that a stock bumper that you cut holes in for the lights? Looks cool.

Yup, stock bumper with holes cut into it for the lights. The previous owner had it done back when the truck was new so I don't have any clue as to a make or model on the lights...

EDIT: Just looked through the records that he gave me and I FOUND the part number! Part number for each lamp is MB861299. I believe it might be a Mitsubishi part, dunno if that helps...

 

[Brian_B]

So you have two sets of back up lights?

I have none. I have to remember to back in while it is still daylight, so that I can pull out forward using the headlights after dark.