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Thought I might swing my thread about the Ridgid boxes on sale into a proper thread of its own.
https://www.broncosportforum.com/forum/threads/ridgid-pro-toolboxes-on-sale-at-home-depot.10508/#post-181444 into its own.
I used to camp a lot heavier and after spending over a week overland camping in California last winter in a properly built Gladiator I was inspired to pare down my excessively heavy kit and get it into something more high speed low drag. Ideally a chuck box similar to what we had on the truck was what I was after but the price tag was eye watering, especially since most of my kit was not going to work. If you'd like to see what we had on the trucks: https://www.dockoutdoors.com/camp-kitchen. Now add in several hundred dollars in plates, pans, etc. I looked at Trail Kitchens, Yoke box, and even the Yakima modular hitch mounted chuck box. All were impressive but also pricey. The Dock system was outstanding, lightweight, and carried everything I'd ever need. If I didn't have years of camping gear accumulate I'd probably have gone that direction out of the gate. Buy once, cry once I suppose.
I got back, picked up a couple smaller Plano footlockers for under $50 each and got to work. FF to July 2023, we bought the BS and I found out it wouldn't fit in its current configuration into the it. Since there were no camping trips planned for the remainder of the year it became a low priority to reconfigure.
Then yesterday I found out on another forum that these Ridgid Pro 2.0 System boxes were on sale at Home Depot, and that intrepid overlanders and campers were putting them to uses other than the designers had intended. https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-2-0-Pro-Gear-System-25-in-All-Terrain-Rolling-Tool-Cart-254065/320483537
This sent me down the rabbit hole on YouTube for more research. I will say that that the Milwaukee stacking boxes have WAY more stuff available than the Ridgid and others but cost substantially more, around 2x more expensive. The lock-on coffee mug and mini boxes were neat. The Ridgid appealed to me first on price and secondly when I found out the wheels can be removed unlike any other system I researched. Big plus since space is at a premium in the BS as is. No room for excess. When I get my next pickup this won't be as big of a deal but the two boxes I bought stacked together are going to to be low enough to sit under just about any pickup tonneau cover.
What I started with:
Pics to follow....
https://www.broncosportforum.com/forum/threads/ridgid-pro-toolboxes-on-sale-at-home-depot.10508/#post-181444 into its own.
I used to camp a lot heavier and after spending over a week overland camping in California last winter in a properly built Gladiator I was inspired to pare down my excessively heavy kit and get it into something more high speed low drag. Ideally a chuck box similar to what we had on the truck was what I was after but the price tag was eye watering, especially since most of my kit was not going to work. If you'd like to see what we had on the trucks: https://www.dockoutdoors.com/camp-kitchen. Now add in several hundred dollars in plates, pans, etc. I looked at Trail Kitchens, Yoke box, and even the Yakima modular hitch mounted chuck box. All were impressive but also pricey. The Dock system was outstanding, lightweight, and carried everything I'd ever need. If I didn't have years of camping gear accumulate I'd probably have gone that direction out of the gate. Buy once, cry once I suppose.
I got back, picked up a couple smaller Plano footlockers for under $50 each and got to work. FF to July 2023, we bought the BS and I found out it wouldn't fit in its current configuration into the it. Since there were no camping trips planned for the remainder of the year it became a low priority to reconfigure.
Then yesterday I found out on another forum that these Ridgid Pro 2.0 System boxes were on sale at Home Depot, and that intrepid overlanders and campers were putting them to uses other than the designers had intended. https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-2-0-Pro-Gear-System-25-in-All-Terrain-Rolling-Tool-Cart-254065/320483537
This sent me down the rabbit hole on YouTube for more research. I will say that that the Milwaukee stacking boxes have WAY more stuff available than the Ridgid and others but cost substantially more, around 2x more expensive. The lock-on coffee mug and mini boxes were neat. The Ridgid appealed to me first on price and secondly when I found out the wheels can be removed unlike any other system I researched. Big plus since space is at a premium in the BS as is. No room for excess. When I get my next pickup this won't be as big of a deal but the two boxes I bought stacked together are going to to be low enough to sit under just about any pickup tonneau cover.
What I started with:
Pics to follow....
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