Mobile do-it-all toolbox

I am looking to make myself a toolbox that I can mount on my most commonly used implements and tractors. Something that can be removed easily and put onto the next piece of machinery. I'm getting tired of wondering which piece of equipment has my other 3/4 wrench, long screwdriver, vice grips, whatever. It seems if I had one magic tool box that held one set of tools to take out to the field and the other set of tools to leave in the shop, I should always be set, whether at home or in the field.

Do any of you do such a thing? Do you know of a place to buy a toolbox of decent size that has an attachment bracket that could be mounted to various different pieces of equipment? I'm thinking something like a 3 drawer craftsman toolbox, say 12" high, 12" deep and say 28" long or something similar?

Also, what tools would you likely carry in such a do-it-all-in-the-field type of toolbox??

Might try Montezuma manufacturing... they make a smaller portable toolbox that keeps things organized.

TSC, Fleet type stores commonly sell a box with mounting brackets. Box is held to brackets with two thumbscrews/bolts. Easy to make additional brackets.

Many boxes have drawers. I would stray away from drawers or sissors out compartments. Go with a simple box with tray. They do not self destruct. If you need more tools than that theissue is bigger than an in the field repair.
Contents: 14" groove Joint pliers (channel Locks)
Older pair of vice grips, or Snap-on Locking pliers (Vice Grips now made off shore and near worthless)
#2 phillips-3/16,1/4,ans 3/8" straight blade Screwdrivers
A set of combination wrenches from 3/8 to 1-1/8"
3 adjustable wrenches (crescents) 6" 10" and 14"
Slip joint pliers
Needle nose with wire cutters
Test light
Wrench that fits thos special bolts (whatever)
Radiator hose spoon/tool
Biggest prybar that will fit in the box (flatbar)
1# ball Peen
FIve other tools that others will suggest or you find most useful
Jim

Biggest pipe wrench that will fit in the box. Allen wrench set all on one piece. Headlamp flashlight. Feeler gauge set all on one. Largest BFH that will fit in there. Or cut a heavy one down.

John Deere has some that are about eighteen inches long with a removable top tray that has a bracket that stays with the implement. Just remove a pin and take it with you. I have one mounted on the midsize baler to keep spare parts in.

X2 on that montezuma MFG box, keeps everything organized, I have about 7-8 grand worth of snap on tools in. In my younger years, I used to lug it around, in whatever truck, now I just drags the tractor what needs fixin up to the tool box, LOL!

I got tired of having tools scattered around in different boxes so I bought this

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I bought a K&M toolbox from Sloan Express. It is nice big and heavy made. The toolbox fits down over brackets so all you have to do is pick it up to remove it.

A portable do all toolbox doesn't need to do all, just the most basic/common field repairs. Something really specific like a welding clamp pliers or seal driver should probably stay in your shop/home storage. You can always have seperate mobile boxes for welding and major repairs. It's a tough call what to leave. I have a heck of a time with my car trunk and tools--it's always full.
You have to figure out how to handle organizing your metric and SAE, so you have the right tools with the equipment. Some tools should just stay with the machine they are for.
My pet peeve is when I run the discbine for my dad, the toolbox on the mower and on the tractor are full of SAE tools, when the only SAE bolts on the discbine are the wheel bolts and whatever sheet metal patches he added. No wonder he complains it takes him 2 hours to change a knife. I even bought the right metric socket for the knives a few times in a few years to keep in the toolbox but it's always buried or missing, with a SAE on the ratchet. 18mm is between common fractional sizes, so the wrong tools would be a challenge!
Maintenance and common sense go a long way in keeping the field repairs minimized. So do foresight and paying attention!

karl f

It took a while but what I did was at the end of the season for a piece of equipment when I clean it out , I take a marker and make a list on an inside panel of all the tools I take out of it.
Then the next season I load up a small carry on toolbox with all the tools on the list from the last season.
Saves time and you don't end up bringing along stuff you never use. Or forget what you really need.
Often there are specialty tools you need that you would never think to bring.
Chain breakers, lacing tools, that wrench you bent to fit in that odd spot etc.

I go by the pawn shops/yard sales....Buy a handfull of wrenches for a couple bucks.I then distibute them between several tractors,etc.Each tractor has a basic assortment for its needs are.The swather/baler each has its 'set',The bigger tractors each have similar 'sets'.The smaller have theirs too.That way my good tools arent getting lost/misplaced.And I dont forget to take my tool box....

Jim has it pretty much nailed on the head. When I was wrenching on combines on the harvest I carried a simple chest type tool box with about every wrench he mentioned. With that tool box I could fix 75% of the problems I ran into. When we went to Lexion combines I had to start carrying metrics and then the box got heavy. We had the tool truck too and I did need it on occasion, but usually I could go up the ladder with my box and not need anything else.

One rule I had was NO ONE touched Jim's tool box except Jim!

If I would try that I would have a box that is too heavy to lift and carry.