Has anyone found a nice way to store their Tools Portably?

I am looking for something I can move around outdoors if I need to.

I haven't found much.



The other thing I've noticed is that the little bars that you can clip sockets into for storage (3/8" drive spring clips) don't hold very well. So they're always falling out (especially deep well). Anyone found a good socket holder/storage?

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I use a womans overnight bag,for just enough tools for local trips.Long distance I carry floor jacks,and enough to remove engine.

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Somewhat like above I have been using a smallish hard shell Samsonite suitcase since 1982. It is about 3 times as wide as a Brief Case and may be 8 inches wider than a brief case. I got it at a second hand store for around $3.50.
On of the advantages is the body is plastic with rounded corners and if you happen to bump your car there is no metal to damage the paint.

To go to the Junkyard I load the above box and other sutff I need on a hand truck similar to the one in the 1st pic.
The other 2 pics are of tool boxes you can buy the have wheels. (If you plan on going over rough ground you need something with bigger wheels than shown.)
If you put the hand truck shown on 4 wheels and put a sheet of plywood on it there is a lot of room to put what ever you want; and some of the smaller ones come apart and fit in the trunk.

Of courese there is a lot of hard shelled luggage out there that has wheels an a collasapable pull handle on them. The service life of the wheels could be an issue due to the weight of the tools. So it would depend on how much pulling you do.
Again, yard sales and 2nd hand stores are good places to get used luggage.

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Sears sells a plastic solution that works much better, even holding 1/2" deep impact sockets with little trouble. It's not very expensive. The only problem is that extra clips are only stocked by the larger stores.

The plastic strips that have attached plastic socket insert clips in 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2??? I like those, have replaced most of the metal ones with them...
Wait for a Sears 50% sale and buy twice what you need, the extra clips are more expensive than buying extra strips with the clips... A few extra clips are good to have around since occasionally the ball bearing retainer will pop out of a clip...
Holiday season usually is time for weekly 50% off sales...
Every year or 2 Sears changes some small detail on its tools (marketing people creating a reason to keep their jobs) and they close out the earlier models... Perfectly good hand tools at discount prices with lifetime warranties....
Sears also has the heavy canvas style tool bags on sale from time to time, 2 bag set for $9.99... A couple years back they closed out a style of fabric Contractors tool brief case for something like $5.00 each, I bought a bunch and set up a basic tool kit for each car, special tool sets with things like electrical meters and wiring/cabling tools etc and then gave a few away as gifts... Some of this stuff you wont see in a store until they close it out and some great stuff only shows up in the catalogs...

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Those are the ones. The extra clips are actually just a bit cheaper than buying a new strip. Not much cheaper, but the clips hard to find by themselves.

I have thrown out all of my old metal strips in favor of these. I have more than thirty of those strips in my tool box. They make finding the proper socket very easy, not to mention the ease of taking a whole set of one type over to the car.

years ago snap on had some that held the sockets in with a magnet strip and holes for the sockets .you could turn them upside down and wouldnt lose any .could also stick to metal such as a fender or hood and keep all your sockets at hand

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I have to carry tools for work and I keep them in vinyl pouches that I get from Staples. These are generally sold for stores to carry the cash deposits to the bank. I have found them to be very sturdy. I write on the outside of the pouch what tools are in them.

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Out here the 99 cent stores sell the plastic socket holders. The square part that hold the sockets has a ball detent just like a socket wrench. However, be sure to push on the balls to make sure the function before you buy as the quality control is poor on some of them.

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