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the tough system is being expanded with a “new box” ;
the DS250 is just around the corner
(DWST1-70728)
It is a two DRAWER UNIT
8 removable organiser cups (6 small & 2 large) in top drawer
Engineered plastic side clips for stacking
Locking side handles
Heavy duty ball bearing sliding drawers
looks like it will be already available in September2012 in Europe
((the tough system is not compatible with the TStak system which is also being introduced))
greetings
shipping as of now (EUROPE)
DS250 is now shipping; received the first five boxes today;
NICE;
fully compatible with DS150,300, 400
I might need to make space in my van for one of these for all the (spare) accessories like bits and stuff.
When will this be available in the US?
addicted83 wrote:
When will this be available in the US?
Very early 2013 last I heard. Not too far away…
Actually got one of these myself…
Sits really well in my Tough Box Van racking system I built…javascript:void(0);
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And general shelving
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Really nice. Did you custom paint the trestles? Never seen them in black and with those stickers. Looks good!
Yes Mr Yellow…
Standard trestles that are powder coated black, and just signs made up..
Was recommended by another forum member to check out photo’s of you Tough system build, but for some reason I can’t seem to view them on here.. Any ideas…??
I really like those stickers on them. Looks very good.
Ah yes, someone told me the pictures are not viewable. I am actually re-uploading them now…
I think I may have seen a photo of your set up via an e-mail from one of the UK Marketing guys at Head Office.. Would be great to see if it is the same wagon…
Is this yours….
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Aah, that’s cool. Yes, that’s my van, but never seen it like that with DeWALT and XR branding.
Someone from DeWALT told me the picture went around most of their offices in Europe.
Thanks for sharing.
Pictures are back up now and made some new ones as well.
I’m wondering. Your cases are sitting fairly close to eachother. Don’t you have any problems taking them out? (lifting the side handles)
Checked out your photo’s and they look great… My Van is a VW T5, so is much smaller than yours, although I have 19 tough boxes in total in the Van..
The boxes are fairly close to each other, although you can easily lift the side handles to release them. The van is pretty tight on space from the back doors to the bulkhead, so everything is measured to the last MM..
Thats why I have the trestles hanging just inside the curves of the back door, and have my 2.6m Rails (2off) slotted above the Boxes in the Birch Ply channel on the RHS of the Van.
On the LHS there are 3 wooden shelves (screwed to 25mm box section rack) to hold tools and miscellaneous. These too are built in Birch Ply, Dovetailed on the edges and lacquered..
I will post up some more pics at some time, although I believe that Dano-uk has posted you some..
My set up means that I can unload the van, including racking in under 10mins to have a completely empty shell..
I have started doing this in my job trailer and was wondering what you were using to mount the rails on. I have bought 1″ square tubing from Home Depot and the brackets have a little trouble sitting on that.
addicted83 wrote:
I have started doing this in my job trailer and was wondering what you were using to mount the rails on. I have bought 1″ square tubing from Home Depot and the brackets have a little trouble sitting on that.
Hi Addicted….
I used ‘metric’ equivalent to 1″ square tube (being in the UK) and this seemed to fit really well.. It was even able to cope when I had the rack powder coated.. Using steel (as opposed to Aluminium) means that the corners are slightly rounded, and does not cause an issue..
Here’s a shot of my bare steel from and a bracket.. More photo’s kicking around if you need..
Hope this helps..
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It has, thanks. I have built a similar system but need more boxes and brackets to complete. I have two 6′ towers now with two more going in. I’ll post pics of mine soon
Addicted
Looking forward to seeing your pics, my project has been delayed for a little while hoping to get started in January.
I’m just getting ideas from everyone at the moment while I’m waiting to do mine.