Masonry Magazine November 2003 Page. 33
The typical masonry job doesn't last
When the site closes down for the evening, especially if that day ends the work week, masons usually have the choice of taking their tools home or leaving them in a secured storage facility.
Large jobs, where the work will be done over many weeks or even months, are usually populated with trailers and other temporary offices where tools and equipment can be stored. The site might even have a security detail watching to see that nothing "walks away."
The typical masonry job doesn't last long enough to warrant moving or renting a trailer - unless it's far from the home office and it doesn't offer the luxury of security guards. This fact leads many contractors and masons to opt for on-vehicle storage of their tools and equipment, as we discussed in the February issue ("Truck Accessories"). This is especially true because workers may have to float between several jobs during the week.
Between these two types of jobs, large and long or short and sweet, is the hybrid: a large job site and a moderate length of time on the job. Add the requirement for a certain skill set-a stonemason, for example - that precludes rotating masons in and out and you have a perfect job for on-site storage chests and cabinets.
Tough and Tougher
STORAGE CHESTS, cabinets and toolboxes must be weatherproof, secure, flexible in layout, big enough to hold all the tools of all the workers, heavy enough to prevent theft, and in a classic contradiction - portable.
Probably the most common storage cabinet on a job site is the big brown box with the name Knaack on it.
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