I saw one at a "big box" store. Refrigerator, am/fm/cd and wired for internet access.

I thought that was over the top. But boy was i wrong...

 

Snap-on KRL1065 aka "Mr. Big"

There's a '69 Nova underneath that car cover...notice the box is almost the same length.

Put a side locker on each end and a couple top boxes, or a workstation cabinet with overhead storage, and you can probably fit an entire tool truck inventory in it.

Of course, you'll have about a $50,000 tool box....empty.



Next time I'm at one of my customer's shops I will take a picture of the foreman's box....it's a Mr. Big with the above menioned side lockers and workstation upper.....insanely cool...

 

So at this point why not just mount an engine and the drivers seat on one end of it and make it self propelled so you can drive it to the track.

 

 

I just don't have a mind that can justify the existence of a box like that.

Why not have three boxes that are actually portable? If you know your going to be in a place forever, why not build wall cabinets?

In the position I'm in, I could either spend $14,000 for a Snap-On tool box or buy a Cummins-powered service truck off Craigslist for $8,000. As far as functionality goes, in my current field at least and I'd imagine most fields, it's a no-brainer.

 

Meeeeeee neeeeeeeeeither...

1. Image
2. Image
3. Image
4. The feeling of "arriving" at a point as a tech where you can justify deserving one in your mind.
5. Just wanting one and having the cash to get it.
...I guess some shops don't like wall cabinets, and many independent shops require tools for everything and don't like a tech having multiple boxes as it detracts from the overall image (gee imagine that). I know a few peeps with Mr. Big's....full, too.


Stages of technician competency:

1. Ability
2. Motivation
3. Tools
4. Box

I have one rather nice box, one decent box, one okay box and four complete POS's that have had the casters welded back on...........well, until one broke and fell over in the shop and now it is sitting in a frame I built from scrap steel....didn't even paint it...all about the 'patina'...

Oh, that big *** thing...yeah, that ain't mine...

 

Most mechanics I know with these boxes are broke as hell and can't make their tool man payments more months out of the year then they can. The Mac and Snap On guy pulls up and it's like Christmas, New Years Eve and your birthday all rolled into one special occasion for these guys and it's just a coincidence that it always happens within a day or two of payday.

 

yea thats the truth bout us techs. tool truck comes all work stops. i was told if you are gonna do this the rest of ur life you mite as well have stuff that will last. thats my justification behind it. personally my box is a husky and its packed full but i got more important things to worry bout other than a box. like my girl and my truck

 

if your a mechanic you need to know one thing...when you start wrenching your gonna have a tool payment and when you die good chance your gonna have a tool payment

 

ill second that one chris