Oraganizing tools in a service truck tips?

[sdun]

Keep the hanging and dirty stuff in the back boxes, air hoses, chains, blocks, jacks and anything that you will be draging out to the back of the truck.

[stephen4785]

It would be for wrenches, sockets, and general mechanic hand tools and air tools.
This is pretty much what I have other than mines an F350.

[sdun]

What are you working on?

[sdun]

When I had my truck I put a tool box in the door behind the driver. It was maby a 5 or 7 drawyer with a lid. I took the lid off and built a stand for it that left around 6 inches under it for my bigger air tools 1/2 and 3/4 impacts. The tool box is where you keep all of your hand tools. I measured the compartment and went to Sears and found a portable box that would fit. You can line the drawyers and the boxes w/ indoor/outdoor carpet from Lowes. It depends on how the truck is layed out on what you can do. The compartment over the axle was for my parts. I had it built with a top compartment that ran the full length of the bed. I kept long pry bars there. The right rear box was under the crane and I built a rack to hang chains and straps in it. Torch was in the front of the pass side. Mine was a Knaphide body w/ an Autocrane.

[yellowstang]

Just get a bunch of boxes and label them A to Z, then store shit in alphabetical order.

[TX_92_Notch]

What kind of tools are you talking about? Wrenches and screwdrivers are a whole different animal from portable table saws or paint spray rigs.

I saw a show on HGTV or DIY (some organizational show) where the host built a drawer system that took up most of the bed of the truck. The drawers slid out the back when the tailgate was down. The drawers were maybe 8-10 inches high and were, well, the length of the bed. This allowed the truck owner to still use the bed, though he had less height to use below the bedrails. He also had a standard flip-top truck box at the front of the bed.

[stephen4785]

Store your extension cords like this on the back of your truck.

Hope that helps

Thanks for the help smart ass.

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2080

[stephen4785]

We use 1inch foam on each shelf in the compartments. Cut out where each tool sits and it will stay put. Takes some time but it works. Ill try to get pics for you if you want.

Where do you get the foam from? Iv priced some out and that stuff is expensive.

[BULLET_DRIVER]

Im trying to figure out ways to organize the tools in my service truck so that they're easy to get to, easy to find, and stay put. Iv bought some magnetic strips to attach things to but other than that Iv run out of ideas. Any got any suggestions?

We use 1inch foam on each shelf in the compartments. Cut out where each tool sits and it will stay put. Takes some time but it works. Ill try to get pics for you if you want.

[idrivea4banger]

Whatever you don't ask a fat person, the only thing they know how to service is the buffet line.

[ram57ta]

Greatly depends on what kind of storage you have in the back of the truck. When I worked in Austin the company vehicle I was given was a full size Ford E-350 church van that I had to convert to a work vehicle. I used a lot of velcro, bungee cords, and milk cartons to store larger things. I used coffee cans to store various loose nuts and bolts with velcro on the bottom. Eventually they gave in and sent the van to a custom shop and installed some storage shelves in the back.

[crooner]

Learn to read Nick. I didnt say anything about building a service truck. Leave it to friends to try and keep a bortha down.
I know there's some guys on here that work out of service trucks or have worked out of them. Just trying to see what works and what doesn't before I invest time ad money into it.

Store your extension cords like this on the back of your truck.

Hope that helps

[stephen4785]

Seriously? You're trying to build a service truck, which means you're supposed to be mechanically inclined, and the only thing you can come up with is magnets? Good Lord Stephen! LMAO!

Learn to read Nick. I didnt say anything about building a service truck. Leave it to friends to try and keep a bortha down.
I know there's some guys on here that work out of service trucks or have worked out of them. Just trying to see what works and what doesn't before I invest time ad money into it.

[helosailor]

Velcro, lots and lots of velcro.

[EW]

bungee cords and duct tape





















There are companies that make racks and shelves for service vehicles.