My latest bus project...

[gumpy]

Craig -
Is your coach by chance an ex-hound?

Yes, it is an ex-hound.

Reason I ask is that they're the only one's I've seen with that quarter-circle storage rack in the front bay next to the aux fuel tank. 

Guess what they used to store there. . .

Oil?

Nice job on the toolbox slider, too.

Thanks.

[Brian Diehl]

Looks great Craig.

Nice to see you're back on the job.  :-)  What's next?

[gumpy]

Looks great Craig.

Nice to see you're back on the job.  :-)  What's next?

Already done the next item... installed the bathroom window yesterday, and cut some holes in the a/c duct in the bedroom 

I've mapped out my kitchen cabinets, and might start that when we get back from our summer trip.

[Dreamscape]

My wife also, she bought me a sander at Sears for Fathers Day. Pretty cool of her. She says what do want, my reply is stuff for the bus. Smiles and goes gets it.
Can't beat that!

Paul

[bobofthenorth]

Looks good Craig but - if I do say so myself - mine is nicer (and bigger too).   

I don't have any pictures to post to prove it though.  I do like the hanging bin idea - might have to steal that one.

And Grant, buying tools is the easiest sell possible.  I just tell her that I'm building this wonderful thing - bed, couch, bookshelf, whatever - that would cost us gazillions of dollars to buy but I can't quite finish it without a new bandsaw or power planer or cordless thing.  Works every time. 

[gumpy]

Looks good Craig but - if I do say so myself - mine is nicer (and bigger too).   

I don't have any pictures to post to prove it though.  I do like the hanging bin idea - might have to steal that one.

Ok Bob, but now you have to put up (not shut up)    and get some photos posted. I want to redo my battery rack and am
still looking for ideas to support 250 plus pounds of batteries. I could probably adapt this idea, but there might be a better
way.

So, get cracking!!  Let's see your better and bigger slide.  Maybe this is the time you get to tell the wife you just can't finish your
bragging without a new digital camera! 

craig

[RJ]

Knuckle gave it away. . . that quarter-round shelf is where 'Hound stored the tire chains.

Seemed to be a good idea, but you should have heard the driver's bit*h about trying to pull them out w/o damaging passenger's luggage in the bin.

FWIW & HTH. . .

[Dallas]

Knuckle gave it away. . . that quarter-round shelf is where 'Hound stored the tire chains.

Seemed to be a good idea, but you should have heard the driver's bit*h about trying to pull them out w/o damaging passenger's luggage in the bin.

FWIW & HTH. . .

Russ,
I just can't imagine hound drivers worrying about damaging suit cases and packages. I have ridden a lot of buses over the years and it seems if the property wasn't damaged as it went in, it would be when it came out! 

I would be more likely to believe the drivers were bittching from having to get the chains out at all! I know I would.

[gumpy]

Well, I can tell you there are no chains in this driver's round bin! 

I may clean it out and put my oil up there.  I carry 6 gallons in a case. Not sure they'll fit up there,
but if they don't, at least it will get cleaned out. That bin seems to get neglected.

[FloridaCliff]

Craig,

Looking good!

Man, you really squeezed that box in there.......No wasted space for you.......

Nothing like a nice organized tool box when you need at o-dark thirty....

Cliff

[gumpy]

Nothing like a nice organized tool box when you need at o-dark thirty....

Good point. I need to install some lights in the bays so I can see what's in there at o-dark thirty. 

[Buffalo SpaceShip]

Craig, nice box setup! I know you saw my tool setup at our mini-bus rally a few weeks ago, but for the back bay light I use a coil worklight I picked up on sale at Sears/ K-mart for about $15. I put a 13w CFL lamp in there (seems more bump-tolerant than a tungsten bulb, and uses a lot less watts when 'inverting'). I can pull the lamp anywhere around the back of the bus now or through the bay to the other side. It also has a 2-prong plug on it for low-wattage elec. items (7A or less, IIRC). You can see the worklight in the pic below.

So here's a pic of my tool-bay setup, folks. The toolbox is on some industrial slides. The file drawers are a Sterlite 4-drawer that houses workclothes, air tools/ parts, elec., plumbing, sealants, 12v drills, etc. There's a big trunk behind it (accessible from the other side) that houses my 1" impact, sockets, bottle jacks, hoses, tow chains, etc. Like Craig, I pretty much follow the "Boy Scout motto" when traveling. I'd rather not rely on others to get me back on the road... if I can help it.

Brian B.