Thread: Aluminium boxes

including supplying the metal upwards of $200-300

IMHO you are better off getting some of the older metal ammo tins amd keeping your food in plastic inside them, They can be had cheap enough if you know where to look and most of them will tetris into a space with other types of ammo boxes, the smaller ones have handles on the lid to make em easy to get out..

I swear by .30 and .50 cal (now used for 5.56 in blister packs and 7.62 link instead of .30 cal) liners 4 .50 and 1 .30 cal liner fit nicely across the well in the back of a rover.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

including supplying the metal upwards of $200-300

IMHO you are better off getting some of the older metal ammo tins amd keeping your food in plastic inside them, They can be had cheap enough if you know where to look and most of them will tetris into a space with other types of ammo boxes, the smaller ones have handles on the lid to make em easy to get out..

I swear by .30 and .50 cal (now used for 5.56 in blister packs and 7.62 link instead of .30 cal) liners 4 .50 and 1 .30 cal liner fit nicely across the well in the back of a rover.

Yea. I would love to get my hands on some of those boxes.

Ive got dozens... some of em are even radios in disquise...

no you cant have any, mine are all busy atm, when i get the new load out rationalised i might free up a couple...

Anything Ali is exy as it's not cheap to buy the materials nor cheap to weld and cut unless you are specifically set up for it.

I generally use plastic boxes as they are robust cheap and if you get all the same, they stack nearly as good as ammo boxes and they are also light so your payload isnt all taken up with the boxes them selves.

If you get them somewhere like Kmart, you can generally pick up replacements in any major centre if you break 1 aswell.

I will probably make my drawers and water tanks from Ali when I get my new welder but thats because I will have to justify the welder and they will be nice and light.

when I was looking for aluminium boxes, I found http://www.expout.com.au/
Look like very high quality, but I do not know about prices.

Whats wrong with these? I think they're great

http://www.trimcast.com.au/

Originally Posted by tombraider

Whats wrong with these? I think they're great

http://www.trimcast.com.au/

Nothing at all is wrong with them other than they take up more space than you can fit in them.

I do know people who use them on their utes and they are light and strong but in a wagon (like a D1) with kids, fridge and toolbox, you really need something that will fit in a specific place and those boxes even though they are made in a mutitude of different sizes dont always fit where you want them.

Apples for apples though, you will get a crap load of those boxes for the price of a custom made ali one.

The other ones I like are the army plastic foot lockers. We use one at work as an esky. Quite big though but stack realy well and are strong.