This is crazy. The missus and I spent an hour or so in Home Depot looking at these exact items just a few hours ago. I even went to Uline and looked at the totes there.
We eventually settled in waiting till Sunday.
I wish I could catch totes at a going out of business sale.
Curtis said:I would honestly suggest buying way too many and keeping what you don't use because eventually you'll need them.
Fixed... 
I wonder what it’s like to store stuff in the USED fish containers. Plastic has been known to never let go of odors...
I have the black and yellow ones as well. 18 and 27 gal. respectively. Apparently I have close to 120 gallons of LP records.
They are sturdy enough that my 170lb. ass climbed up, on top and over a 4 high stacks without damage or collapse. If you are near a Menards, they are usually on sale, $7.99 for the 18 gal. and $8.99 for the 27 gal. Be careful. For only a dollar more, you'll want the 27s, and it's easy to load car parts to spine shattering weights quickly.
yeah, I have a few of the HD ones :)
Curtis said:I have the better part of a 66 Bonneville stored in these below from HD. I have stacked them 4-high so full of heavy parts I could barely lift them.
They were on sale for $7 last week for the big 27 gallon ones, check Home Depot add...
FYI the type of tote used for shipping loose parts like others are listing are called Round Trip Totes. I suggested them for inventory control in my organization having become familiar with them in my misspent youth working at Wal-Mart only to be shot down as too expensive. I think Global Industrial sells them with bulk purchase discounts.
californiamilleghia said:Curtis said:I have the better part of a 66 Bonneville stored in these below from HD. I have stacked them 4-high so full of heavy parts I could barely lift them.
They were on sale for $7 last week for the big 27 gallon ones, check Home Depot add...
Sams Club has some that look exactly the same in the 27 gallon size for $7.98
I'd be interested in a comparison.
SVreX said:I use bins like the ones Ultraclyde showed, but mine are clear. I can see the contents at a glance.
They work perfectly. I got rid of Rubbermaid.
I buy them at larger Lowes stores.
I use the same. I wonder if the blue ones are stronger? The clear ones take lots of weight without the bottom breaking out, but I've kept the heavily loaded ones at the bottom of stacks. I did break the bottom of a clear one by using it as a gear box in the back of my Samurai. Replaced it with another that's held up for years.
For smaller stuff look at the bigger cat litter containers... free if you have a cat!
Probably worthy of its own thread, but I'd love to see how people store specific stuff–like gloves, safety glasses, etc.
In reply to triumph7 :
I use the plastic Tidy Cat boxes for my PNP tool/parts holder.
I have those commercial totes that ultraclyde posted. I worked at O'reilly for something like 15 years so I've acquired dozens and dozens of them I started trading them to get different versions. I've got O'reilly ones, autozone ones, NAPA ones, GM ones, and some unlabled. I think it's my weirdest collection.
Is there a legal place to buy the commercial flip top boxes ?
Maybe from an out of business company like Kmart etc
David S. Wallens said:Probably worthy of its own thread, but I'd love to see how people store specific stuff–like gloves, safety glasses, etc.
My socket storage thread has kind of evolved into general tool storage, and there are a few pictures there of how those are being stored.
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