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OWNER:
Richard Hays
Service King Paint and Body #302
McDonough, GA
The 30 drawers of this Snap-on box are organized
by tool type, and Richard Hays says he puts everything
back in its designated place at the end of the day.
Piece by piece
For a body shop technician, a triple box setup may seem big
enough, but this tech wants to keep adding.
Over the past five years,
Richard Hays of Service King
in McDonough, GA, has purchased
his now 12’ long Snap-on setup
in sections, and he says he’s not done
adding yet.
Currently, the box itself is 12.5’ long, 7’
tall, 2.5’ deep. The setup features a main
box, complete with personalized name
plate, hutch, side locker and side cabinet
with an open work surface. That’s not
even mentioning his matching Snap-on
tool cart.
“The size of the box is quite large for a
body shop technician,” Hays says. “It has
plenty of room for storage, but I will probably
add a few more sections in the next
few years.”
Managing a big 30-drawer box like
Hays’ can be a handful, but he says keeping
it organized is his best trick.
“I try to put everything up at the end of
each day, and sometimes during the day, to
keep everything handy, and to make sure
nothing is left in any vehicle,” Hays says.
Generally, each of the drawers is designated
by tool type, from a wrench and socket
drawer, to electrical testing equipment.
A Snap-On Verus diagnostic scan
tool, Hays’ go-to tool, has a home in the
hutch next to his laptop. The 72" hutch
also stores cleaning supplies, aerosol can
greases and an underhood worklight.
On top of the hutch Hays keeps reference
books, welding equipment and a stereo,
which will likely find a home in a horizontal
locker Hays plans to purchase in the
near future. Additional storage can also
be found in the single locker on the main
box, which holds some of his lesser used
items, as well as larger blow molded cases
that don’t fit in a regular drawer.
Some of his blow molded cases are kept
under his box, as well. But the addition of
a second side locker, which Hays plans to
add, would provide a place for some of
those bulky miscellaneous items.
Next to his setup is a matching blue
Snap-on flip-up tool cart which holds
“everyday” hand, air and battery operated
tools, including sockets.
Hays has been a technician for over 30
years, and has been with Service King,
primarily a body repair facility, for about
11 of them. He completes mechanical
repairs, diagnostics, alignments and
brakes, among other things.
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