"Roll-Out" Toolbox Makes Repairs Easier

"Roll-Out" Toolbox Makes Repairs Easier FARM SHOP Tools 22-6-19 John Imhoff, with the help of Dave and Ivan Kindig, came up with this "rolling" toolbox that allows him to use his shop toolbox in his pickup. The Roanoke, Ill., farmers welded together a track out of angle iron and channel iron. It runs the length of the bed between the wheel wells. The track bolts to the bed with two bolts so it's easy to install and remove. The toolbox rides on a dolly that's fitted with four 4 in. dia., 2 in. thick poly wheels with a V-groove in the center to keep the box on the track. A center rail has stops at various places along its length so position of the box in the bed can be varied. A long rod attached to the dolly serves as a handle to pull out the toolbox. Turning the rod locks and unlocks the toolbox so it can be positioned anywhere in the bed. "What's great about this set-up is that it makes it easy to bring a much larger selection of tools with me to the field," says Imhoff, who lifts the big toolbox into the truck with a hydraulic lift in his shop. "It lifts on and off in about a minute," he says. "It really works swell." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Imhoff, R.R. 2, Box 52, Roanoke, Ill. 61561 (ph toll-free 888 817-5646 or 309 923-7345; fax 7845; E-mail sbfarm@dave-world.net).

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