Portable Tool Kit - what works best?

diymirage said

i have a 3 drawer craftsman tool box
the top opens up had has the socket sets in it (and is deep enough to toss a few hammers in, or a pistol)
one drawer of real wrenches
one drawer of metric wrenches
and one drawer of miscellaneous, screw drivers, pliers and the likes

this tool box acts as the "top chest" for my rolling cabinet around the house and holds those tools you need 90% of the time

it is light enough i can carry it into the car and where ever i need to go from there


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i dont consider it a "dedicated portable toolbox"
but it is my go to on the go toolbox

like i said, it has the basic 90% tools in there and enough room up top for the other 10% which i switch out depending on the job

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As a "junkyard" kit where I don't know what I am going to be getting I try to carry 1 of everything. I have a toolbox similar to this and a full craftsman 200ish piece ratchet and socket tool set strapped onto a dolly so that I can just wheel everything around. The craftsman set has all the sockets neatly organized and the toolbox carries everything else (set of box end wrenches from HF, handful of different sized crescent wrenches, handful of different pliers, vice grips, hammer, pry bars, a good set of torx bits, penetrating oil, etc.) I can basically tear an entire car apart with that full kit and the only thing I'm thinking of adding is a good electric impact wrench because then I would be able to do the same jobs in a fraction of the time. It is really dependent on what you need, I have slowly built this kit for a few years after constant visits to the junkyard and realizing I didn't have the right tool to pull a specific part (frustrating)