Resilient Minds for the Modern Trades.

We've all had those cheap toolboxes. The lid doesn't shut right after a few months, the latches break, the handle starts feeling loose, and before long you're picking your tools up out of the back of the truck. That's why we're a little picky about what rides with us every day. The DEWALT TSTAK Extra Large Toolbox has taken its share of abuse on our job sites, and it keeps showing up ready for another day. It gets thrown in the truck, stacked with materials, slid across concr

After spending years in construction, we've learned one thing the hard way—you can replace just about every tool in your truck, but you can't replace your eyesight. Between us, we've had eye surgery, we wear contacts every day, and we've had enough close calls with flying debris to know it only takes one split second to change your life. One piece of metal, one wood chip, one blast of concrete dust... that's all it takes. That's why safety glasses aren't optional around here.

When most people think of a leaf blower, they picture someone cleaning up leaves in the fall. Around here, our Milwaukee M18 Compact Blower gets used for a whole lot more than that. It's one of those tools that lives in the truck because we seem to find a reason to use it almost every day. Before we head home, we'll blow the sawdust and dirt out of the truck bed. We'll clean off the tailgate before loading materials, clear off workbenches, blow dust off equipment, and clean u