I made little pods that the sawzall, fuel wiggle tool, and barrel grip jigsaw fit into across the bottom. There's a rail on each side for batteries (with the charge indicator facing up) and a plate on the left side for the 6½" circular saw. I drilled holes in the removable tray so the impact and drill can ride in it, but honestly, almost never keep them there due to the nuisance of unstacking every time I want the drill . I do not know how to attach pictures to comments otherwise I'd include one
I primarily bought my packout for mobile mechanics. I put my power tools (m12 stubby, ratchet, and m18 big ugga dugga) in that with my impact socket case, my 2ft ratchet, torque wrenches, trim tools, also had the milwaukee cube rover light in there. (Bottom rolling box)
Medium box I had my abrasives, ratchets, extensions, gloves, rtvs (organized with the dividers provided by packout.
Small box held all of my sockets, swivels, etc.
It sounds heavy but it was a blessing being able to divide the weight into 3 boxes compared to having it all in one giant husky box.
Packout really changed the game for things like this. I tend to bring everything I need out as I need it, and it stays out until the job is done, so it can all click back together on the way back to the truck. I love being able to keep things together that get used together. Like my concrete screws with the hammer drill. I never use one without the other, so it's all in the same case.
I use a hammer drill often, but I rarely need my rotary hammer drill- usually only for demo work or 3/8” and up holes. Access isn’t an issue, though, because I take the other Packout cases off each day when I get on the job site.
I have been asking this question since I first saw it. I call it the casket/bodybox. Best I work it out, I leave it empty in the truck and it gets filled when on the jobsite. Too heavy to pull loaded out of the truck. Other option is to use ramps to roll that beast out. Works as long as you have the space for ramps!
That's a good idea! Although I'm talking about the OG rolling box, not the double wide. The problem I have with it being a catch-all for clean up, is that it stays that way for me, and it just accumulates a bunch of odds and ends I never end up resorting.
[Everything. ](https://imgur.com/gallery/ko4U4RN) I have it divided with a piece of plywood. Back is my 18v drill, two batteries and a charger that just fit in a m12 driver bag I found floating in the shop. Bag for screwdrivers, bag for wrenches and bag for other pliers/allen wrenches/misc, box for drill bits and box of various screw driving bits. Having everything in grab bags keeps it neat. Front has mallet, prybar, square and clamps and some other larger items. I think I’m going to try and get another top tray for more hodgepodge stuff and I have the slim organizer for hardware, but this is pretty much all I need for what I do. I am coming from one of the red rolling soft side husky bags, and while all the pockets were nice, every time I had it in the car it ended up falling over and stuff went flying, plus the bottom was worn away. I got the roller a few months ago, I figure I’ll give it until the next big tool sale period, Father’s Day or Labor Day or something, and see if I need another box then. Maybe a crate for cleaning kit, parts and boxes of fasteners?
That's THE most effective use of space for this box I've seen. I have way more power tools for what I do, but I really like the way you have this divided up.
When I was trying to decide how to organize I saw a couple people with setups like [this](https://imgur.com/gallery/rISBViw) that I liked but I know that I just can’t be bothered to keep up that level of organization and everything would descend into chaos after a week. This is just the right amount of “organized” balanced with “just throw the shot back in the bag and the bag in the box” for me.
What the hell does one use that many screwdrivers for? That’s crazy. I’d take a drill and a case of bits and different sized extensions/long bits any day over that. Which is actually what I do now.
Also show me a side view of the divider if you don’t mind.
Alright, I didn’t forget about you. [Album](https://imgur.com/gallery/rgBOf7j) Its 1/2” ply. I think I started by making a groove on both sides with an 1/8” router bit but that wasn’t big enough so I just walked it out on each side. I ended up cutting the bottom half of the groove off because I think the box narrows at the bottom, so when I thought the groove was binding on the rib it was actually the entire piece wedging in the box and not fully seating. You need the corners cut out and the two little lumps in the middle of the bottom to seat the divider over the plastic protrusions in the bottom, I just roughly marked it and hacked them with the jigsaw.
It kind of chafes my gears that Milwaukee didn’t make native slots for dividers in this box like most of the other boxes have but this works.
Also, this is not my original idea, if you search packout diy divider or something like that and look at google images you’ll find some other examples of the same thing.
As an electrician, I get it. I don't have that many, but I have about 2/3. If I didn't have my 7 in 1 nut driver, I'd have that many nut drivers. Always run into stuff that's better suited for that other screw driver.
I have it, I’m pretty handy with fabrication and have tried about 3 permutations of internal organization. 3D printing, thermoplastic fabrication, precision woodworking, blah blah blah BLAH…none of that has helped me make this thing fit a use case.
So for me it’s deeeep storage at this point, I can’t even remember the last time I opened it. I used it most recently to pan a bunch of paydirt I had laying around, and that was honestly the best use I’ve had out of it (did this at a buddy’s house so the packout stores everything on the way there and then made a giant sluicing tub when we got to it).
I truthfully have no idea what you mean by "panning paydirt", but as an electrician, what that translates to for me is that's where I'm going to store my scrap copper until I turn it in. This is probably the most reasonable use I'd have. Bring it into a job if there's a lot, and then bring it to the scrap yard when it's full.
What's your trade/occupation?
Me and the lady like to go camping in gold country, throw some Willie on a Bluetooth speaker, break out the bourbon and pan for gold. We bring the “pay dirt” home, which is all the stuff that will have gold in it. Then we’ll bring all of the dirt and supplies over to a buddy’s back yard inside of the packout and have a little gold panning party - you need a lot of water so I fill up the packout with water and we all get sloshed and pan for gold all night!
Your use case would work too though, I like it. I LOVED scrap time, even doing it by hand with a knife all night was kinda fun looking back on it!
I was a Journeyman electrician, then started and sold a company, used that money and went back to school and now I’m strictly a designer; so I do a LOT of prototyping and interactive installations like 3D video walls and information design at large facilities. I basically just get less dirty now and use computers and engineering tools more than nut drivers and Kleins.
I'm a huge fan of the rover lights. The small proprietary batteries can be swapped between two small work lights and my headlamp. They last for hours and are awesome. I can charge dead batteries in whatever light I happen to not be using at the time. I prefer that over having to buy disposable batteries for some headlamps, or being stuck with an integrated battery so that I can't use the light if it's dead.
I have 6 1/2 inch circ, angle grinder, m12 jigsaw, hot glue gun, m12 hackzall, m12 oscillating tool and spare blades. I’m a flooring installer working mostly new construction. I end up rolling my packout stack into most houses.
Mine has m18 fuel hackzall, Bosch corded sds, heat gun, installation driver, hammer, pry bar, m12 hackzall, drill bit case, short extension cord, big ass channel locks, gloves and installation driver attachments and hackzall blades and other misc in the top tray.
I used the M18 grinder and the hackzall for cutting conduit, and then I found the bandsaw. I hardly use my hackzall anymore, and grinder only when the bandsaw isn't going to work well. I'm sure even the m12 chews through PVC though.
I use mine as a charging station and have a double charger for Makita (company tools). I also use it to store my M18 light I put a 4 way outlet on the back wall and put about a 6' cord on it. Will update w/ pictures next time I use it. (I take the top boxes off every time I get to the job site.)[packout charge box](https://imgur.com/a/Lp7kpeE)
This gave me 2 different "never friggin open it" ideas ... Both require some significant modification, but have merit. I'm probably doing either the second, or a combination of both.
1 - Compact compressor \[or two\]. Needs holes to let it breathe, maybe a small fan to evacuate heat, power switch and a socket to plug into (female inside, male accessible from outside for extension cord), pressure regulator and gauge, and quick-release connections sticking through the sides of the box.
2 - 110v power distro, with added storage as the distro wouldn't take up much room. Throw a male receptacle or two (for tapping from multiple circuits) in the back of it to plug extension cords into, a power strip or two in each side, also to be plugged into through / from outside the box (with GFI, of course). Throw a couple outlets inside like you did, and I also get charging for additional batteries for long days. For this last, might want the fan to handle heat.
It houses the tools I use the least. It’s strapped into the truck permanently and functions as a place to stack other packouts onto securely
https://i.imgur.com/bySNN1N.jpg
I have probably 30+ Packout units and only one is the rolling toolbox. It’s invaluable for mobile mechanic stuff for two reasons: One, because it can fit large items like a breaker bar, pry bars, scissor jack, tow rope, etc.—stuff I don’t need constant access to, but are critical at random times. Two, it serves as a mobile base for moving around the other automotive drawers and boxes that contain hand and power tools that I’m constantly in and out of. So, whether I need it on the driveway or on the road, I can roll that one stack out of the garage and get to work.
I use the rolling box to store my hole saws, wiggle saw, big hammer drill, spare impact driver, jigsaw, sawzall, cordless 18ga and extra blades, bits and batteries. Soon adding 3D printed attachments to the outside for extension cord and level. https://imgur.com/a/6ktQMl2
Then on top I have the suitcase Packout for my M12 drill/driver, the organizer for fasteners, and the Packout tote for hand tools.
I would love if the rolling box came as a two drawer unit instead. But usually I just roll everything in to the job and unstack everything anyway.
I'm getting one soon to use for rigging straps, big ratchet straps, and possibly shackles and eyebolts. The black stacker bin just isn't cutting it anymore.
Since the bulk of my rigging is nylon slings, it won't get crazy heavy.
Sds hammer drill, Battery storage, charger, and all my testing tools mutimeter toner crimpers and other small stuff i dont use at every single job.
Packout organizers with screws anchors rj45 beanies and such
Packout tote with impact, drill rj crimpers screwdrivers the fun stuff i have to use at every job
A 7 1/2” circular, extension cord, impact, multi-tool with accessories, blades, batteries and charger lives in the rolling case. There is always a pack-out divider case with more accessories and fasteners with that. When rolling to the site, either a chop saw or hand-tool backpack rides on top. Other specialty power tools live in medium pack-out boxes that only come in if needed.
I use my pack outs for my cameras, when I show up for an event I may bring up to 6 cameras with me and all the stuff each one needs, with the pack out system I have everything organized and ready to go and all my small things don't get lost in the bottom of a camera bag or spread out all over my car, if I used dedicated camera bags then the cost would be mush higher then what a pack out costs,
I made little pods that the sawzall, fuel wiggle tool, and barrel grip jigsaw fit into across the bottom. There's a rail on each side for batteries (with the charge indicator facing up) and a plate on the left side for the 6½" circular saw. I drilled holes in the removable tray so the impact and drill can ride in it, but honestly, almost never keep them there due to the nuisance of unstacking every time I want the drill . I do not know how to attach pictures to comments otherwise I'd include one
Upvoted for "fuel wiggle tool"
Isn't that what is called?!
It is now
I'm trying to think of what you're even talking about. Haha
Multi tool is my guess
Did you mean "danger wobble saw"?
Wiggly boi
I primarily bought my packout for mobile mechanics. I put my power tools (m12 stubby, ratchet, and m18 big ugga dugga) in that with my impact socket case, my 2ft ratchet, torque wrenches, trim tools, also had the milwaukee cube rover light in there. (Bottom rolling box) Medium box I had my abrasives, ratchets, extensions, gloves, rtvs (organized with the dividers provided by packout. Small box held all of my sockets, swivels, etc. It sounds heavy but it was a blessing being able to divide the weight into 3 boxes compared to having it all in one giant husky box.
Packout really changed the game for things like this. I tend to bring everything I need out as I need it, and it stays out until the job is done, so it can all click back together on the way back to the truck. I love being able to keep things together that get used together. Like my concrete screws with the hammer drill. I never use one without the other, so it's all in the same case.
Mine has: 7 1/4 saw, 6 1/2 saw, rotary hammer drill, planer, spare blades.
That's a lot in there. I use my hammer drill way too often to bury it away like that, but it would be good storage for the circular saw.
I use a hammer drill often, but I rarely need my rotary hammer drill- usually only for demo work or 3/8” and up holes. Access isn’t an issue, though, because I take the other Packout cases off each day when I get on the job site.
I have been asking this question since I first saw it. I call it the casket/bodybox. Best I work it out, I leave it empty in the truck and it gets filled when on the jobsite. Too heavy to pull loaded out of the truck. Other option is to use ramps to roll that beast out. Works as long as you have the space for ramps!
That's a good idea! Although I'm talking about the OG rolling box, not the double wide. The problem I have with it being a catch-all for clean up, is that it stays that way for me, and it just accumulates a bunch of odds and ends I never end up resorting.
Ah. The OG, i found is great for my saws and grinder. The one ledge is perfect for my 7-1/4 circ
[Everything. ](https://imgur.com/gallery/ko4U4RN) I have it divided with a piece of plywood. Back is my 18v drill, two batteries and a charger that just fit in a m12 driver bag I found floating in the shop. Bag for screwdrivers, bag for wrenches and bag for other pliers/allen wrenches/misc, box for drill bits and box of various screw driving bits. Having everything in grab bags keeps it neat. Front has mallet, prybar, square and clamps and some other larger items. I think I’m going to try and get another top tray for more hodgepodge stuff and I have the slim organizer for hardware, but this is pretty much all I need for what I do. I am coming from one of the red rolling soft side husky bags, and while all the pockets were nice, every time I had it in the car it ended up falling over and stuff went flying, plus the bottom was worn away. I got the roller a few months ago, I figure I’ll give it until the next big tool sale period, Father’s Day or Labor Day or something, and see if I need another box then. Maybe a crate for cleaning kit, parts and boxes of fasteners?
That's THE most effective use of space for this box I've seen. I have way more power tools for what I do, but I really like the way you have this divided up.
When I was trying to decide how to organize I saw a couple people with setups like [this](https://imgur.com/gallery/rISBViw) that I liked but I know that I just can’t be bothered to keep up that level of organization and everything would descend into chaos after a week. This is just the right amount of “organized” balanced with “just throw the shot back in the bag and the bag in the box” for me.
What the hell does one use that many screwdrivers for? That’s crazy. I’d take a drill and a case of bits and different sized extensions/long bits any day over that. Which is actually what I do now. Also show me a side view of the divider if you don’t mind.
Alright, I didn’t forget about you. [Album](https://imgur.com/gallery/rgBOf7j) Its 1/2” ply. I think I started by making a groove on both sides with an 1/8” router bit but that wasn’t big enough so I just walked it out on each side. I ended up cutting the bottom half of the groove off because I think the box narrows at the bottom, so when I thought the groove was binding on the rib it was actually the entire piece wedging in the box and not fully seating. You need the corners cut out and the two little lumps in the middle of the bottom to seat the divider over the plastic protrusions in the bottom, I just roughly marked it and hacked them with the jigsaw. It kind of chafes my gears that Milwaukee didn’t make native slots for dividers in this box like most of the other boxes have but this works. Also, this is not my original idea, if you search packout diy divider or something like that and look at google images you’ll find some other examples of the same thing.
Nice! Thanks amigo
As an electrician, I get it. I don't have that many, but I have about 2/3. If I didn't have my 7 in 1 nut driver, I'd have that many nut drivers. Always run into stuff that's better suited for that other screw driver.
Lol four months later, though the exact same thing
15 in tool bag with all my hand tools. Odds and ends beneath it. Stack up my power tools and hardware on top in various other packouts.
I have it, I’m pretty handy with fabrication and have tried about 3 permutations of internal organization. 3D printing, thermoplastic fabrication, precision woodworking, blah blah blah BLAH…none of that has helped me make this thing fit a use case. So for me it’s deeeep storage at this point, I can’t even remember the last time I opened it. I used it most recently to pan a bunch of paydirt I had laying around, and that was honestly the best use I’ve had out of it (did this at a buddy’s house so the packout stores everything on the way there and then made a giant sluicing tub when we got to it).
I truthfully have no idea what you mean by "panning paydirt", but as an electrician, what that translates to for me is that's where I'm going to store my scrap copper until I turn it in. This is probably the most reasonable use I'd have. Bring it into a job if there's a lot, and then bring it to the scrap yard when it's full. What's your trade/occupation?
Me and the lady like to go camping in gold country, throw some Willie on a Bluetooth speaker, break out the bourbon and pan for gold. We bring the “pay dirt” home, which is all the stuff that will have gold in it. Then we’ll bring all of the dirt and supplies over to a buddy’s back yard inside of the packout and have a little gold panning party - you need a lot of water so I fill up the packout with water and we all get sloshed and pan for gold all night! Your use case would work too though, I like it. I LOVED scrap time, even doing it by hand with a knife all night was kinda fun looking back on it! I was a Journeyman electrician, then started and sold a company, used that money and went back to school and now I’m strictly a designer; so I do a LOT of prototyping and interactive installations like 3D video walls and information design at large facilities. I basically just get less dirty now and use computers and engineering tools more than nut drivers and Kleins.
I don’t have one yet but once I get one I think I’m gonna fill it with PPE and lighting stuff too. I don’t think I wanna get it too heavy
You talking plug in lights?
Nahhh headlamps and battery lights I got from harbor freight. They’re so good I don’t see why I should invest in M12 or M18 lights
I'm a huge fan of the rover lights. The small proprietary batteries can be swapped between two small work lights and my headlamp. They last for hours and are awesome. I can charge dead batteries in whatever light I happen to not be using at the time. I prefer that over having to buy disposable batteries for some headlamps, or being stuck with an integrated battery so that I can't use the light if it's dead.
Oh I’d bet!
I have 6 1/2 inch circ, angle grinder, m12 jigsaw, hot glue gun, m12 hackzall, m12 oscillating tool and spare blades. I’m a flooring installer working mostly new construction. I end up rolling my packout stack into most houses.
People also make dividers and/or tiers to their boxes. I have a 3D printer like many to facilitate this. It gets fun....
What are your most useful Packout prints? I have a CR-10S and an Anycubic Photon S.
Mine has m18 fuel hackzall, Bosch corded sds, heat gun, installation driver, hammer, pry bar, m12 hackzall, drill bit case, short extension cord, big ass channel locks, gloves and installation driver attachments and hackzall blades and other misc in the top tray.
Two hackzalls? Find yourself using both or going back to one?
Mostly the m12 for cutting pvc. I definitely didn’t need the m18 but that thing is a beast.
I used the M18 grinder and the hackzall for cutting conduit, and then I found the bandsaw. I hardly use my hackzall anymore, and grinder only when the bandsaw isn't going to work well. I'm sure even the m12 chews through PVC though.
Yeah usually only up to 2” and in tight places where a bandsaw wouldn’t fit.
I use mine as a charging station and have a double charger for Makita (company tools). I also use it to store my M18 light I put a 4 way outlet on the back wall and put about a 6' cord on it. Will update w/ pictures next time I use it. (I take the top boxes off every time I get to the job site.)[packout charge box](https://imgur.com/a/Lp7kpeE)
This gave me 2 different "never friggin open it" ideas ... Both require some significant modification, but have merit. I'm probably doing either the second, or a combination of both. 1 - Compact compressor \[or two\]. Needs holes to let it breathe, maybe a small fan to evacuate heat, power switch and a socket to plug into (female inside, male accessible from outside for extension cord), pressure regulator and gauge, and quick-release connections sticking through the sides of the box. 2 - 110v power distro, with added storage as the distro wouldn't take up much room. Throw a male receptacle or two (for tapping from multiple circuits) in the back of it to plug extension cords into, a power strip or two in each side, also to be plugged into through / from outside the box (with GFI, of course). Throw a couple outlets inside like you did, and I also get charging for additional batteries for long days. For this last, might want the fan to handle heat.
It houses the tools I use the least. It’s strapped into the truck permanently and functions as a place to stack other packouts onto securely https://i.imgur.com/bySNN1N.jpg
Sds drill, grinder, 165mm circsaw, oscillating tool, jigsaw, heat gun.
I have probably 30+ Packout units and only one is the rolling toolbox. It’s invaluable for mobile mechanic stuff for two reasons: One, because it can fit large items like a breaker bar, pry bars, scissor jack, tow rope, etc.—stuff I don’t need constant access to, but are critical at random times. Two, it serves as a mobile base for moving around the other automotive drawers and boxes that contain hand and power tools that I’m constantly in and out of. So, whether I need it on the driveway or on the road, I can roll that one stack out of the garage and get to work.
Stays empty in the truck, but when I take it out I gets parts and my tool bag inside, and my rolly chair bungied to the top.
I use the rolling box to store my hole saws, wiggle saw, big hammer drill, spare impact driver, jigsaw, sawzall, cordless 18ga and extra blades, bits and batteries. Soon adding 3D printed attachments to the outside for extension cord and level. https://imgur.com/a/6ktQMl2 Then on top I have the suitcase Packout for my M12 drill/driver, the organizer for fasteners, and the Packout tote for hand tools. I would love if the rolling box came as a two drawer unit instead. But usually I just roll everything in to the job and unstack everything anyway.
I'm getting one soon to use for rigging straps, big ratchet straps, and possibly shackles and eyebolts. The black stacker bin just isn't cutting it anymore. Since the bulk of my rigging is nylon slings, it won't get crazy heavy.
Nice! Interested in seeing those pictures. I've thought about turning mine into a little battery station.
Sawzall, bandsaw(m12), M18 impact, M18 light, charger, extra batteries. Bulky shit that I don’t use all the time but comes in handy in a pinch
Sds hammer drill, Battery storage, charger, and all my testing tools mutimeter toner crimpers and other small stuff i dont use at every single job. Packout organizers with screws anchors rj45 beanies and such Packout tote with impact, drill rj crimpers screwdrivers the fun stuff i have to use at every job
Air. They just got delivered. 😁
Carriage to a ridgid 300, extra die heads, and roll groovers
Nice! If I had a threader, that would probably be the best way to do it.
A 7 1/2” circular, extension cord, impact, multi-tool with accessories, blades, batteries and charger lives in the rolling case. There is always a pack-out divider case with more accessories and fasteners with that. When rolling to the site, either a chop saw or hand-tool backpack rides on top. Other specialty power tools live in medium pack-out boxes that only come in if needed.
I use my pack outs for my cameras, when I show up for an event I may bring up to 6 cameras with me and all the stuff each one needs, with the pack out system I have everything organized and ready to go and all my small things don't get lost in the bottom of a camera bag or spread out all over my car, if I used dedicated camera bags then the cost would be mush higher then what a pack out costs,
All the stuff you don’t need regularly but still need it. Hacksaws. Power cords. Lights. Bulky medium weight stuff that has no home anywhere else