Tool Organization Strategies

[Jetboy]

I'm not a fan of the action packers for anything other than garage or shelf storage. Maybe I'm too hard on stuff, but they are just too flimsy for the $ for me.

If you're spending $35 on one, for a little more $50ish, you can get a lot better box like one of these:

I've seen them at Costco from time to time for really good prices. Sometimes on sale at HD they are less $ than the action packers.

 

[TXLX100]

I have a one car garage that I use to keep tools, mountain bikes, a dirt bike, yard equipment, car parts, camping stuff, and anything else that needs to be worked on/fixed in the the house.

I want to do a complete makeover and get myself organized to maximize space and be efficient when working on my aging 80 and other 2 wheeled vehicles.

The way I usually work is I put a bunch of tools on a tray that I pull out of my tool box and take the tray out to my cold driveway to work on the car. Then I bring back the greasy tools and put them on my bench where they stay for about 2 weeks until I finally clean them up and put them away.

Do you guys have any tips on organizing the tools in my box and on my peg board? What tools should go where for best efficiency? Right now I feel like I have a bunch of stuff I rarely use on the peg board just to try and get it off a horizontal surface, the tools in the tool box (ratchets, sockets, screw drivers, pliers) are the ones that get used most often.

I don't have any pics of my setup but my tool boxes look exactly like this one:

Then I have 2 cheap work benches side by side with a peg board behind them that has the mess on the wall. I will try to get some pics up.

Any help is appreciated.

I had the same problem. I had a loaded dewalt toolbag, a couple of other hand boxes I was keeping my stuff in and tools were hard to get and put away. I wanted a traditional big toolbox, but couldn't part with the money. I bought two Steelcase lateral file cabinets off craigslist for $50 each. They swallowed all my tools and cases plus some more (even my circular saw case). There is a nice lip on the front of the drawers I can set things in, clip tape measures, etc. They are pretty heavy duty (for my use), drawers open and close easily when loaded. Hand tool storage is not ideal because the drawers are so deep, but it's 100x better than what I had.

I will probably get a small roller in the future to hold the stuff I use most.

 

[BAJA FJ40]

I have a one car garage that I use to keep tools, mountain bikes, a dirt bike, yard equipment, car parts, camping stuff, and anything else that needs to be worked on/fixed in the the house.

I want to do a complete makeover and get myself organized to maximize space and be efficient when working on my aging 80 and other 2 wheeled vehicles.

I tore my 2-car garage down to the studs, started fresh as well. I had to build everything around my wifes car dimensions.

Some more ideas on another thread here:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/shelving-storage-workspace-for-garage-shop.822834/

Good luck!