I thought I'd share some of the 'low tech' ways I sort things out in my truck.

First, I found square peanut jars and obsolete wire milk crates to be a good way to store parts:



Shovels carry well on the ceiling:



A surprising number of power tools fit neatly into assorted ammo boxes- which fit my bins just right:



Finally, plastic downspout material works well for sorting hand tools:

ingeniuos....thanks for the ideas

I like the gardening equipment up high like that. I do something similiar to that. I have several lengths of 1" PVC supported by cowboys and they house fiber sticks, broom, and threaded rod. I can't stock everything but I sure as hell try.

Thats awesome! I bet you can find stuff really quickly like that.

A big John.
There is a LOT to be said for being able to find things in your vehicle, especially if you need them in a hurry.
One thing I found handy was old (empty) RTV Sealant cartridges, amazing what you can store in them, held to a sheet of ply with 50(?)mm saddles.

Just ask Iwire what my system of organization is like.

Peter

Very nice. It's things like that that can easily make me choose one spark over another. If only more people cared about their equipment like you do...

Do you have to unscrew the unistrut straps in order to get the tools down?

Everybody say's that I am a_ _ l about the way that I keep my truck. At the end of the day nothing gets thrown back on the truck. everything goes back in it's place. When I go out to my truck for something, I want to find it right away, I see soms guy's trucks that are a mess. I will post some pics when I get a chance.

Good question, Wireless. In general, the pipes are large enough for the handles to slide in. The one exception is the digging bar; with a chisel on one end, and a tamper on the other, there is no pipe, just the clamps holding it in.
In any event, any digging bar makes far too good of a spear in an accident; it's the one thing you want to have held in place!

Depends how the day went. Bad day, trucks a mess. Easy day, it looks good.

Somedays I can't find one tape measure, but I know there is three in there somewhere.

Good day or bad day, it all goes back to where it belongs at the end of the day.

I've got a TailGator (dual coffin lid style)like this:



I've got 1 1/2" CPVC conduit chunks mounted under the middle section of the cap to hold my 1/2" & 3/4" benders, a broom, and my glowrods. I'm going to organize my parts and supplies into some dividable bins I picked up.