t_j's build thread

[Jimbo]

Those drawers came out great!

 

[The Macf]

Interested. Reviews are mixed.

 

[t_j]

Interested. Reviews are mixed.

Couple of those reviews seem to be related to packaging/delivery.

As for finish, i'm not to worried, I use the bed of my truck for hauling large gas bottles (120# argon/co2, 100# propane, etc) between runs so they will probably get scuffed up in short order. I'll probably get them line-x'd if they hold up reasonably well.

As for quality, they seem reasonably well build, there is a small gap in the top from the sheet metal being formed, but as the price of these was ~$100 less than the competition I'm not that bothered. Powder coat is of reasonable quality, has withstood most beating I have throw its way so far.

I'll do a full review after this weekend.

 

[The Macf]

How's the gap between the drawers? Like if you throw a bunch of loose sockets in one drawer, run a trail, jump the truck, are you going to have sockets all over the place when you get home?

 

[t_j]

Gap is pretty small! Not sure I would put loose tools in the draws though! I have all my stuff in small tool bags (combination of Klein, Milwaukee and husky). Screwdriver in the pictures is a 4" #2 Phillips.

 

[t_j]

Installed the master pull thimble and prolink the other day and already got a ticket for no front plate:

Made some brackets for my bed lights and got them installed last night ( my helper decided he wanted to go for an adventure out the back window):

 

[shooterAMG]

Looks great Tom. I bet the boys back home are shocked. Not too many over-sized pick ups running through the English countryside!

 

[t_j]

New leds arrived for my headlight build today.

 

[The Macf]

How did the tool boxes hold up?

 

[t_j]

How did the tool boxes hold up?

They held up really well other than me killing a runner by trying to close the gate with the drawer open but that is not the fault of the drawers and would still recommend them. I have a new runner and it should only take me 10 minutes tomorrow to finish off the install.


Tonight I got the paint finished up on my head lights and started to get some assembly done.