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| Dale MC8 (64.66.198.147)
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After I retired, I gleefully hauled my roll-away out to the bus to install it in a luggage bay. Woe is me, it's about an inch too tall to fit. Do any of you guys/gals have tool boxes that fit nicely in the bay of your MC8's (or equivilent)? What brand/model, etc. are they? Dale MC8 | ||
| JimNH (172.166.225.116) Rating: N/A |
Standard Sears toolboxes work well when mounted on a rugged slide if mounted the long way into the bay. If mounted with the drawers facing the bay door, no slides are needed. Use the slide at the rear of the toolbox in a vertical position and at the front, mount it under the box so it doesn't interfere with the drawers. I would hope you don't need a whole rollaround worth of tools. The bus can't be that bad off, can it?  Jim | ||
| Scott Whitney (66.82.9.12) Rating: N/A |
I am not 100% committed yet, but I think I have decided to make the first few feet of the driver's area and over the wheel wells as a workshop area. Toolbox will be installed over one wheel well. The other wheel well will have a workbench on it with a drill press, grinder and chop saw. The plan is to keep the emergency swing out window on that side and make the whole workbench slide out to the outside of the bus. (will be under awning for sunny day/drizzly day work) That way I can grind, cut and drill and make the big messes outside the bus. This mini front room also will serve as a boot changing area, and place to hang wet beach towels, coats, umbrellas etc. Also will help the cold/heat situation by having a double set of doors before getting to the climate controlled (and hopefullly cleaner) area of the bus. That is how I think I am going to get all my tools on-board. But then, I don't have baggage bays and I might not be going this route if I did. . . I am testing the set-up with removable block foam bulkheads to see if I like it. Of course, the sacrifice is a smaller living area. For me, that means no couches - just a large office and dinnette area. Scott | ||
| Stan (64.157.198.120) Rating: N/A |
Check the Snap-On catalogue. I used one of their bottom roll cabinets. Without the wheels it fit the bay. | ||
| j clark (205.188.209.11)
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FWIW, My original tool box required the lid to be opened in order to open the drawers. Everytime I needed a tool I had to pull the slide out to get the drawers to open. Last year I purchased a Sears Craftsmen deep drawer tool box with individual latching drawers and ball bearing slides. What a difference, I wish I would have done it years ago. Now, when I need a tool I simply open the bay door and pull out the appropriate drawer. I put mu least used tools in the top drawers since I still have pull out the slide to open the top. I also glued a sheet of metal to the top surface for use a heavy duty work surface or placing a portable BBQ on. | ||
| Dale Fleener (64.66.197.150)
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No Jim, its not that bad but I intend to fulltime and want to keep my tools. Probably won't need most of them, but you know how it is, the one you need is the one you don't have. My rollaway is a Craftsman, a little shorter than the Snap On's that my coworkers had and even with the wheels off it is just too tall, across or faceing the door. You guys have given me things to think about, I just might have to fabricate something that fits. Sure hate to give up my box. Dale MC8 | ||
| Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy) (66.190.119.82)
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Dale, I took the lid off my Craftsman tool box to get it to fit. Richard | ||
| Bill K. (209.173.121.18) Rating: N/A |
I found a 4 drawer filing Cabinet. This is a good heavy cabinet with locking drawers. I had to cut the bottom skirt down but works fine. | ||
| SLO (Slo) (24.205.227.122)
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Aren't the MCI bays slightly higher towards the rear, due to the floor rise?..........Just a thought if you're fighting with an inch clearance..... SLO | ||
| Dale MC8 (64.66.194.56)
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SLO, I hadn't even thought of that, but the bay I tried to use was the center one and the rear one is filled with tanks, but tanks anyway Dale | ||
| Dale Leyten (Fdale) (199.247.178.43)
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On our service truck, we had bad luck with the cheaper toolboxs - granted on unpaved roads. The addition of some 1/8 x 1" angle iron frame around even the worst-made models kept them together throughout the season. It seems the garage type tool boxes are not braced to take diagonal loads very well - the angle iron box gave that strength, and so far no more $600 boxes have been needed. |