Blech. Came to the realization yesterday that I'm gonna have to start traveling with tools. And not just things like my label maker, cable crimper and other networking related tools. I need like a mini construction kit. Drill, a mess of bits, a hammer would be nice, pliers.....ect.... 😑 so much for traveling light.
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I find an electricians bag is best for my travel set. It’s obnoxious, but compact enough you can throw it around.
Good to know. I habve an old construction bag from when i was doing that kind of work but its not small. So ill be looking for more compact options.
Can rent those at a hardware store
Meh. Id rather not. Renting sounds like more of a pain in the ass than traveling with them. 🤔 I could ship them to the site. Mabey.
I used to do one of those roll carts for on site work and pile the equipment on top. Get to a location I've never been to before and ask where the servers are. They take me down 2 flights of stairs, thunk thunk thunk one by 1 to a water heater. I explain that is not a server that is a water heater. "Oh, the other servers" as if that somehow saves face for them. Back up 2 flights of stairs, thunk thunk thunk 1 by 1 and go the opposite direction and right there is an elevator. Not a word between us after that but he saw the look I gave him and knew what he did.
I love tool pouches like the Klein 5140 and 5141 for working on the go.
I label each bag with a steel tag and small tools are in them by type.
This way I can easily tailor my tool box to the job by swapping entire pouches. Pliers basically always go but my ethernet pouch or AC electrical pouch are a sometimes depending on the job. This way I can quickly swap my loadout to reduce weight and I can find individual tools more quickly on site.
I started doing that for work but it saves me tons of time and effort even just moving around my property to different tasks.
Damn i like that.
What do you use as your bag now?
I'm using a 1 handed thing and it is annoying to farmers walk that much weight sometimes. Thinking about a backpack to distribute the load but I want to buy something decent.
I have a North Face "surge" backpack, Great bag for traveling. Stores both on my laptops, tablet, various tools and gee-gaws Like my label maker and crimper, chargers etc....and has pouch attachment loops.
Interesting. I was looking at tool specific backpacks and they all look kinda crap.
Since I'm using zipper pouches anyway, a big open bag like that would be good.
I have a goruck rucker 4.0. Maybe I'll take the plate out and try that on a couple of test jobs.