Brian Hall's can't reach the top of the massive toolbox.

Big-Time Boxes: Brian Hall

Feb. 3, 2014
Size matters.

Owner:

Brian Hall

Carolina Collision & Frame Service

Rock Hall, SC

Box:

Brain Hall has had his massive Snap-on toolbox for only two years and already has "had a couple of buddies want to rent the upper lockers as a place to stay" when their wives get angry at them.

Why? This toolbox is big. As in, absolutely massive. Hall' has a personal collection of classic cars and new Camaros, but the toolbox at his home is the item that seems to get everyone's attention.

"I am a tool junkie, so just walking in my shop and seeing it makes me proud," says Hall.

Hall's favorite feature about the box is "the size."

"There is so much storage space and depth of the drawers that you can really spread out and keep everything neat and in order," says Hall. "Just the enormous size, 16' 2" long, 9' 1" in tall."

The scary part is that all the drawers to the box are full. In the online version of this story, there are several photos proving that Hall needed the real estate.

He also likes that "every locker and the workstation lights up when the doors open."

Those lights illuminate a toolbox worth an estimated $60,000 with a "vast variety" of tools therein.

"I have most any tool you could imagine inside," says Hall. "I do a lot of final assembly of restorations there. I have all types of diagnostic and specialty tools need to complete almost any job.

Hall's big-time box is in many ways a result of his business going big time. "We have been in business since 1998 here and have grown to a 20-bay, 13,000-square-foot collision center," Hall boasts. "We're turning out between 120 and 160 cars a month."

Needless to say, to churn out that many cars, you need a lot of tools.  And a box to store them too.

About the Author

Craig Truglia

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