Genck Tool Case

[bases-loaded@juno.com]

Hi Bill -

I have been using the Genck case for 2+ years now, and really like it.  I
bought it used from another tech, so I don't know for certain how many
miles it has logged, but it still looks practically like new.  Total
weight I carry is 22 lbs.  Yeah, I'm a beast of burden, but the case can
certainly handle it with no problem, it would seem.  I like to avoid
trips to the car to the extent that is reasonable.

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:09:49 -0400 Bill Ballard
<yardbird@pop.vermontel.net> writes:
> Dear List,
> 
> I got the temporary loan (30-day return) of Schaff's #2664 Genck 
> tool 
> case. I'm contemplating moving into it from my Jenson cordura 
> double-sided four pallet bag.  It's very nicely made, and I'm 
> confident that structurally it'll last much longer than the 2-3.5 
> year life of the outside zippers on the Jensen. (The zippers are the 
> 
> first part of the cordura bags to fail; I've been through 5-6 in the 
> 
> last 20 years. I've always assumed that I was loading too many 
> pounds 
> of tools (18#) into what was essentially a cloth bag, a sure-fire 
> stress on the zippers.)
> 
> Has anyone else been carrying around the Genck case "for the long 
> haul"? I'm assuming that I'll be able to get maybe 2/3 of the stuff 
> 
> now in the Jensen bag into the Genck case (should I decide to buy 
> it). In fact, cutting down on the weight (and number of tools) in my 
> 
> priary, walk-through-the-door" bag was the purpose of checking out 
> the Genck. (The Jensen with four removable pallets weighs 9#, and 
> I'm 
> stuffing it to bursting with 18# of steel. The Genck weighs 4#.
> 
> So, anybody have long-term experience with the Genck? Also, what's 
> the weight of your primary bag?
> 
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> 
> "If you think that Mick Jagger will still be doing the whole rock 
> star thing at age fifty, well, then, you are sorely, sorely 
> mistaken."
>      ...........Jimmy Fallon as the uber-road manager in "Almost 
> Famous"
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