Hot take: Watching a pit crew at the Daytona 500 changed how I prep my tool cart

I was at the race last month and saw how their carts were staged by job, not just by tool type. Came back to the hangar and reorganized my cart for a C-check, grouping everything for hydraulics in one spot. How do you guys set up your carts for big jobs?

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rivera.hannah27d ago

Grouping by job instead of tool type is such a simple idea, but it never hit me. My cart looks like a tornado hit a hardware store. I tried to set it up by the manual once, but by hour three everything just migrates back to one messy pile. Maybe I need to watch more racing and less how-to videos on my breaks.

thomasb4127d ago

Lol my buddy tried that and his drill ended up in the fridge. Some systems just fight back.

thomasb4127d ago

Yeah, the manual is basically a suggestion box for where tools should go before they rebel. My garage has a mind of its own too, it just eats tape measures and 10mm sockets. At this point I just follow the chaos.