Motamec Racing is a British manufacturer of automobile tools and equipment, based in North Wales in Gwynedd.
The Motamec Racing Modular Tool Cart consists of four modular toolboxes. I’ve been through a lot of toolboxes over the years, but I think I’ve finally found one that ticks all the boxes for me. Though the Modular Tool Cart is primarily geared towards track teams, there’s no reason why you couldn’t also use it as a toolbox in other professions.
Features
The problem most chest style toolboxes suffer from is that they’re almost impossible to move once they’re fully loaded with your toolkit, even with wheels, and there’s always the issue that you don’t always need all your tools with you. The Modular Tool Cart splits into four separate toolboxes, separating and attaching them is as simple as pulling the side catches, though they are designed smartly, meaning they won’t come apart during transit.
The Modular Tool Cart is far more than just bolted together steel sheets; I’m blown away by how much attention to detail there is with the overall shape and design of each module, the shapes used, and construction which offers an aesthetically pleasing and fantastic amount of structural rigidity. The shapes also mean that when stacking the toolboxes, they are guided into place on top of each other, almost like LEGO bricks, with the top of the module below fitting into the reciprocating base of the one above it.
The rear handle allows you to easily move the Modular Tool Cart. You can extend the rear handle by pressing a button on it and pulling upwards. I extended it to an appropriate height for me, something I wasn’t expecting as I’m 6’3”.
There is a tabbed metal plate that moves with the extendible handle. This locks into the drawer module and keeps everything in place, even after you pull the side catches, meaning that removing a module requires pressing the handle’s button to move it and then intentionally remove it. This is a practical safety feature to avoid dropping any of the drawers onto your toes whilst removing the top module.
The handles on the middle sections fold into the centre of each toolbox module, and feature an ergonomic rubberized underside to the handle, with indentations for your fingers.
There is a nice alloy handle on the top toolbox module that folds down flush with the top surface of the upper module’s lid. The top toolbox also features a removable tote tray with lots of useful sections.
There are two high quality polypropylene rear wheels. They’re decently sized too, unlike most toolbox wheels, which are usually comically insubstantial. The wheels are so sturdy that I don’t mind taking my tools through pedestrianized areas now, which was previously an inconvenience, but now I can handle slopes and steps with ease. The entire underside of the tool cart is rugged black plastic, so there’s no need to worry about scuffing the paintwork on steps and stones.
There are two drawer modules, each internally 43cm x 22cm x 15cm in size. The drawers have a very smooth sliding action, thanks to the steel ball bearing slides, and they lock into place when pushed firmly into the toolbox, an action that feels very reassuring.
The Modular Tool Cart features loops for adding padlocks to the toolbox if you ever need to leave it unattended.
These little touches make all the difference with the Modular Tool Cart, including the rubber feet on each level to make sure that it doesn’t scratch or scuff the area beneath it. My only real criticism of the toolbox is the rubber feet of the upper toolbox, which on occasion come loose and require pushing back into place (a second of work), though it’s nothing that a little glue didn’t fix permanently for me.
Verdict
In terms of durability, the Modular Tool Cart is a toolbox that’s probably going to outlast your tools! This is a toolbox that’s going to give you many years of service.
Motamec Racing have addressed a lot of problems with toolboxes in general, and are offering a really great product, for me at least. Toolboxes are a very personal thing– what’s right for me might be wrong for you, but as a toolbox of this concept, it’s definitely up there.
For £179 including the VAT, you really can’t go wrong with the Modular Tool Cart. It’s great for when you need to be able to cart your tools around with you easily, and take specific toolboxes with you in a quick and easy manner when you don’t need all your tools for a job. You would be hard pushed to find anything comparable in this price range that isn’t flimsy, bulky, or generally inconvenient. The Motamec Racing Modular Tool Cart is something that I can confidently recommend to anybody who uses tools professionally on a day-to-day basis.
You can buy a Modular Tool Cart of your own from the Motamec Racing website.
great review – thank you, just ordered mine 🙂 . Quite surprised there aren’t more reviews floating around the internet – as you say it seems a quality product so it’s a shame it’s not getting the publicity it deserves. Anyway, thank you 😀
Really pleased to hear that you found it useful, thank you for the kind words!
Let me know what you think of the toolbox! :- )
You’re very welcome 🙂 mine came through the other day, the green and yellow variant. Very pleased with it – draws are so well engineered, I was half expecting sparks to fly when I first opened a draw but no, glides really smoothly. The boxes are really good as well, rubberised handles instil confidence and the clasps on the side also snap on really nicely. 100% would recommend! 😀