dewalt toughsystem

[Alan m]

I agree with jmb but I think if I was selling it I would rather have it in factory spec

I can see dewalt having to bring out a diferent bracket . People will buy the cart and return it when they realise they cant wheel it through a standard door

 

[GarryMartin]

People will buy the cart and return it when they realise they cant wheel it through a standard door

Depends on the definition of a standard door.  [poke]

As most of the people discussing this are UK based, Part M of the building regulations states a minimum opening size of 750mm in order to be considered accessible, and most of the doors in my own house are 762mm; it's only the bathrooms that for some reason have smaller 686mm ones.

So if I can be so bold, I'd say it probably goes through *most* but not all UK doors. But you would have to take more care than if the wheels were modified obviously.

Given that it's primarily a transport device rather than an interior mobility device though, I doubt Dewalt will offer a different design. It would definitely fit through all property access doors.

Personally it's the storage footprint in the garage that concerns me more than the width of the trolley - because of the wheel and handle configuration, the depth of the trolley with the boxes installed is nearly 600mm, almost 200mm deeper than the actual depth of the largest box.

A little like the van project Alan linked to, at some point I'd like to install tubular racking and extra arms on the wall of the garage for storage. The arms are readily available so this should be a straightforward project.

I have to say, they are great general-purpose toolboxes, easily bettering anything I'd used previously, and I will get some more once the storage situation is resolved. I don't have a lot of space in the garage (personal hobby/DIY rather than trade) so storage optimisation is critical for me.

 

[Deansocial]

762 minus the stops which can be up to 25mm each. By my calculations it won't fit. Also if door only opens 90degrees the thickness of the door has to be taken off too

 

[Davej]

762 minus the stops which can be up to 25mm each. By my calculations it won't fit. Also if door only opens 90degrees the thickness of the door has to be taken off too

Realistically 700mm is about as wide an opening you will have with a 762 wide door , if it's a fire door casing its going to be even less.

 

[GarryMartin]

762 minus the stops which can be up to 25mm each. By my calculations it won't fit. Also if door only opens 90degrees the thickness of the door has to be taken off too

I've never seen a door jamb as wide as 25mm, but as I mentioned, I'm a home user rather than a tradesman. Mine are 12mm jambs, and 34mm doors, so it does go through but it's not ideal and there's not a great deal of clearance. I'm measuring a maximum of 718mm clearance on the most constrained opening door (less than 90 degrees due to cupboard unit behind), so that's within the 684mm I originally measured (or the 681mm from the specifications).

I realise it is far from ideal, but I didn't want everyone assuming it wouldn't actually go through most doors.

 

[Deansocial]

Sorry I read the trolley was 750mm. My bad

 

[Alan m]

Sorry garry. Your right for new houses. I was thinking aabout older houses mostly
Judging by the pics in the link I think it would benarrowed inby100mm or close to it

 

[GarryMartin]

Judging by the pics in the link I think it would benarrowed inby100mm or close to it

Using the pictures as a guide, I'd say the centre of the wheel is level with the outside of the box upright. Given that, I've measured it at 565mm compared to an un-modified 681mm, so you'd be about right (just over 100mm).

That then means the handle becomes the widest part at 620mm, so you'd need to do the handle modification too if you wanted to make maximum use of the reduction in width...

 

[illumicon1]

I recently bought the Dewalt toughboxes (all 3). Far superior to the systainers and are waterproof.