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most facile way to move heavy toolcase up/down stairs?
ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got
them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? |
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"Alan Horowitz" wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Use the escalator? =oD Maybe separate your tools into two groups and get two Samsonites. I have a ton of tools at home but when I go to work on a friend's car, I can leave most all my tools at home and bring application specific tools that are light enough to carry in a backpack. I can't even imagine how long it'd take me to get all my tools from my rollaway into my car, much less just trying to lift my top chest without removing any tools from it first. =o) Good luck, -Bruce |
"Alan Horowitz" wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Use the escalator? =oD Maybe separate your tools into two groups and get two Samsonites. I have a ton of tools at home but when I go to work on a friend's car, I can leave most all my tools at home and bring application specific tools that are light enough to carry in a backpack. I can't even imagine how long it'd take me to get all my tools from my rollaway into my car, much less just trying to lift my top chest without removing any tools from it first. =o) Good luck, -Bruce |
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"Alan Horowitz" wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Pukes? I guess you're applying that term 'affectionately' since we're the ones you're asking for help. I can't add much to the answers already given, unless there is something like a lift or elevator on board. Some of those cases are modular, with a series of stacking boxes. Perhaps, like others have suggested, you could divide your stash into several piles, and only move the ones you actually expect to need at a time. jak |
"Alan Horowitz" wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Pukes? I guess you're applying that term 'affectionately' since we're the ones you're asking for help. I can't add much to the answers already given, unless there is something like a lift or elevator on board. Some of those cases are modular, with a series of stacking boxes. Perhaps, like others have suggested, you could divide your stash into several piles, and only move the ones you actually expect to need at a time. jak |
Alan Horowitz wrote in rec.autos.tech
ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. What do you need that many tools for anyway? Kind of like the golfer who takes a bag full of golf clubs to play a par 3 course. Take only what you need in a smaller case, and leave the rest in your workshop. Seriously, I have worked in industrial plants where I had a over a hundred pounds of tools in the shop, but usually carried a collection of tools that would allow me to do 90 percent of all jobs I had to do. A lot of the jobs I would just grab a pair of longnose pliers, a couple of screwdrivers, and my meter. -- Dick #1349 Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me. To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud. ~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977 Home Page: dickcr.iwarp.com email: |
Alan Horowitz wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? If you need all those tools for a job you probably don't know what are you doing anyway! Best regards, Radio Electronics Officer |
Alan Horowitz wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? If you need all those tools for a job you probably don't know what are you doing anyway! Best regards, Radio Electronics Officer |
"nauga" wrote in message link.net...
Alan Horowitz wrote: Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? A complete set on each deck? :-) Dave 'never enough' Hyde Only go up when in the southern hemisphere and down in the northern? ;) Harry K |
"nauga" wrote in message link.net...
Alan Horowitz wrote: Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? A complete set on each deck? :-) Dave 'never enough' Hyde Only go up when in the southern hemisphere and down in the northern? ;) Harry K |
Quickly move into management. Pencils and cell phone are light.
S. Fields "Alan Horowitz" wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? |
Quickly move into management. Pencils and cell phone are light.
S. Fields "Alan Horowitz" wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? |
Leave it unlocked--it will get lighter real quick
check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? |
Leave it unlocked--it will get lighter real quick
check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? |
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Swiss Army Knife ?
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Alex Rodriguez wrote:
In article , says... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Two cases and make two trips. --------- Alex COME-ON, guys! He came to rec.AVIATION.HOMEBUILT asking this question. What he wants to know is: A) whether to use a laminar or turbulent airfoil, and what's the proper wing loading for a toolbox? B) would a certified or auto-conversion engine be more appropriate? C) composite, aluminum, or tube and rag? E) electric or manual trim? F) circuit breakers or fuses? Now. Could somebody help the guy out, please! 8*) -- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ "Ignorance is mankinds normal state, alleviated by information and experience." Veeduber |
Alex Rodriguez wrote:
In article , says... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Two cases and make two trips. --------- Alex COME-ON, guys! He came to rec.AVIATION.HOMEBUILT asking this question. What he wants to know is: A) whether to use a laminar or turbulent airfoil, and what's the proper wing loading for a toolbox? B) would a certified or auto-conversion engine be more appropriate? C) composite, aluminum, or tube and rag? E) electric or manual trim? F) circuit breakers or fuses? Now. Could somebody help the guy out, please! 8*) -- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ "Ignorance is mankinds normal state, alleviated by information and experience." Veeduber |
havent figured out that you only need a small box for 90% of jobs,
You _can_ do 90% of what is to be done with what I carry on my belt. With my little toolbag, you can do 99%. But just because one can skin and tan a deer with teeth alone, doesn't mean one _enjoys_ doing it that way...... |
havent figured out that you only need a small box for 90% of jobs,
You _can_ do 90% of what is to be done with what I carry on my belt. With my little toolbag, you can do 99%. But just because one can skin and tan a deer with teeth alone, doesn't mean one _enjoys_ doing it that way...... |
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Horowitz writes ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Get the bosun to carry your tools or help you carry your tools. Webbing strop and ships winch. Check out each job before starting and take less tools in a smaller case. Keep your own tools at home if the shipping company supplies tools and use your own tools for homers when off tour. See about your addiction. :-) I managed a whole week once with a pinching driver! I am a professed tool junkie as well but my van has no organisation aids in it so there are tools and materials stuffed in the back of it so much I can't find the tools I need. -- Z Remove all Zeds in e-mail address to reply. |
In article , Alan
Horowitz writes ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Get the bosun to carry your tools or help you carry your tools. Webbing strop and ships winch. Check out each job before starting and take less tools in a smaller case. Keep your own tools at home if the shipping company supplies tools and use your own tools for homers when off tour. See about your addiction. :-) I managed a whole week once with a pinching driver! I am a professed tool junkie as well but my van has no organisation aids in it so there are tools and materials stuffed in the back of it so much I can't find the tools I need. -- Z Remove all Zeds in e-mail address to reply. |
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"Andrew VK3BFA" wrote in message ... (Alan Horowitz) wrote in message . com... havent figured out that you only need a small box for 90% of jobs, You _can_ do 90% of what is to be done with what I carry on my belt. With my little toolbag, you can do 99%. But just because one can skin and tan a deer with teeth alone, doesn't mean one _enjoys_ doing it that way...... Point taken - and if you were going into the woods to catch a deer, (or a bunny rabbit) you would at least have a skinning knife with you and then take the skin back home to tan - the same with repairs, I have a swiss army knife on my belt and I can do a huge number of repairs with that. And if you are on a "boat" then you wont have to drive 15 miles to get the right tool, would you. So, if you want to lug a 20Kg toolbox up and down "stairs" then feel free to do so - dont expect to do it any other way, because there isnt one. Perhaps the OP could spend more time at the gym? ;-) I, too, find that my little Gerber Tool solves well over 90% of my 'occasional' tool needs. While there's hardly a tool on it that I would use for a particular job if I had the 'real' tool at hand; the utility of having all those tools on my belt--all of the time--is liberating. jak Oh, and BTW - on a "boat" you are unlikely to find that a new piece of equipment needing an unusual tool has miraculously(sp) appeared overnight - wish I had it that easy!..... Andrew |
"Andrew VK3BFA" wrote in message ... (Alan Horowitz) wrote in message . com... havent figured out that you only need a small box for 90% of jobs, You _can_ do 90% of what is to be done with what I carry on my belt. With my little toolbag, you can do 99%. But just because one can skin and tan a deer with teeth alone, doesn't mean one _enjoys_ doing it that way...... Point taken - and if you were going into the woods to catch a deer, (or a bunny rabbit) you would at least have a skinning knife with you and then take the skin back home to tan - the same with repairs, I have a swiss army knife on my belt and I can do a huge number of repairs with that. And if you are on a "boat" then you wont have to drive 15 miles to get the right tool, would you. So, if you want to lug a 20Kg toolbox up and down "stairs" then feel free to do so - dont expect to do it any other way, because there isnt one. Perhaps the OP could spend more time at the gym? ;-) I, too, find that my little Gerber Tool solves well over 90% of my 'occasional' tool needs. While there's hardly a tool on it that I would use for a particular job if I had the 'real' tool at hand; the utility of having all those tools on my belt--all of the time--is liberating. jak Oh, and BTW - on a "boat" you are unlikely to find that a new piece of equipment needing an unusual tool has miraculously(sp) appeared overnight - wish I had it that easy!..... Andrew |
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In article , Alan Horowitz writes ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Get the bosun to carry your tools or help you carry your tools. Webbing strop and ships winch. Check out each job before starting and take less tools in a smaller case. Keep your own tools at home if the shipping company supplies tools and use your own tools for homers when off tour. See about your addiction. :-) I managed a whole week once with a pinching driver! I am a professed tool junkie as well but my van has no organisation aids in it so there are tools and materials stuffed in the back of it so much I can't find the tools I need. Yep, I am a tool junkie as well - but I only carry the bare minimum in the van, paranoid about them being stolen, and commercial insurance is just toooo much. Lets face it, he who dies with the most tools/test equipment wins......(not sure what you win, I just know that you do). BTW - whats the most obscure specialised tool you own - you know, something that was acquired in a moment of madness and never got used - (this specifically exludes power tools, they are in a special "sacred objects" category)...and where can I get a micro lathe cheap for turning up capacitor shafts.... de VK3BFA Andrew |
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In article , Alan Horowitz writes ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Get the bosun to carry your tools or help you carry your tools. Webbing strop and ships winch. Check out each job before starting and take less tools in a smaller case. Keep your own tools at home if the shipping company supplies tools and use your own tools for homers when off tour. See about your addiction. :-) I managed a whole week once with a pinching driver! I am a professed tool junkie as well but my van has no organisation aids in it so there are tools and materials stuffed in the back of it so much I can't find the tools I need. Yep, I am a tool junkie as well - but I only carry the bare minimum in the van, paranoid about them being stolen, and commercial insurance is just toooo much. Lets face it, he who dies with the most tools/test equipment wins......(not sure what you win, I just know that you do). BTW - whats the most obscure specialised tool you own - you know, something that was acquired in a moment of madness and never got used - (this specifically exludes power tools, they are in a special "sacred objects" category)...and where can I get a micro lathe cheap for turning up capacitor shafts.... de VK3BFA Andrew |
"Alan Horowitz" wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Got room for a furniture-moving dolly(hand-truck?), the one with the v-like belts that revolve on each step? s |
"Alan Horowitz" wrote in message om... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Got room for a furniture-moving dolly(hand-truck?), the one with the v-like belts that revolve on each step? s |
On Tue, 11 May 2004 23:42:20 -0400, "sdlomi2"
wrote: "Alan Horowitz" wrote in message . com... ET onboard a ship. Have decided after time to have own tools. Got them packed into one of those larger wheel-around, pull-the-handle-out check-in hard-shell Samsonites. Ends up being a bit heavy, cause of tool junkie genetic coding. Works great..... except when have to go up or down ladderwells ("stairs", to you land pukes) Better approach? Got room for a furniture-moving dolly(hand-truck?), the one with the v-like belts that revolve on each step? s There are hand trucks with electric motors on them that drive grips that allow it to climb stairs. You just get the truck in position, push the button and the electric motor (geared way down) takes the load up or down the stairs. Would that work for you? Corky Scott |
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