I've long been trying to come up with a simple, inexpensive, compact took kit to keep on the bagger ('15 Limited Low). A while back I bought this...
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figuring I would pick a few items that I wanted to carry, sh*tcan the rest. I think I paid about $25 on sale at harbor freight. I just couldn't justify hundreds of $$ in tools to more than likely never get used.
Soooo, a month goes by, then another, and another.... just never could seem to come up with THE perfect storage solution. The other day a member on another forum mentioned there were some cool products at https://www.storagepouches.com/ (https://www.storagepouches.com/) and he was right!
$60 + shipping gets you custom fitted tool storage bags that sit down in the wells at the bottom of the saddlebags. The saddlebags have a raised hump running the length of the bag making the space next to the hump pretty much useless. These bags fill that space, taking up almost no extra room. I was able to get the ENTIRE HF tool kit in the pouches with room left over. (I did not include the nails, drywall screws, or tape measure :) ) I also used a couple of cheep ($1 each) socket strips...
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The weight is right around axle height instead of way up in the trunk where I usually carry such things, MUCH better. So for under a hunnert bux.... done :icon_toast:
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I've seen those tool pouches before and thought they were a pretty good idea. Thanks for the link.
Just a thought to consider, think about replacing that ratchet with a better quality unit, maybe a pawn shop purchase or a spare from your box. I have two from a kit I bought at HF, and am less than impressed.
A hammer is a definite to carry. Will get the job done when no other tool works and you are very frustrated.. :bike:
Quote from: Bagger on March 16, 2019, 10:19:43 AM
A hammer is a definite to carry. Will get the job done when no other tool works and you are very frustrated.. :bike:
Plus if you've seen all the Then Came Bronson episodes you can do body work on the side of the road :beer: :beer:
Sooner or later, everything becomes a hammer :)
I have had a set of those about 5 years now and luv em, but when I filled them & put them in the bags they made a knocking sound over bumps so I lined the bottom of the bags with some thin terry towels. Knocking gone!!!!
Poboy
Great tip, thanks :beer:
Bought a leather tool roll(custom made by some hippie) back in about 1990. Paid $75 back then and had a lot of second thoughts while peeling out the greenback back then but I have never looked back
Kathy's Tool Pouch, Sport Size works well. $25.00 #SP-BLK. Get it from Bob's BMW. They make a smaller size also but the bigger one is better for what you need on a H-D.