The previous week on the Wednesday I received something that I have been waiting for a while. When I arrived in Mt Hagen after POC, I setup my toolbox with the only trolley I could find available. I had thought of welding up and making my own trolley, but is an expensive option with a lot of work. So I put on order a 7 drawer tool trolley back in Cairns, Australia. I have wanted to get a tool trolley for many years now, but moving around every three months at Qantas was not convenient or when at the military being required to use their tools only. My toolbox has been over crowded for some time and wanting to get more tools I need, plus the provision of some money it seemed the time to proceed. I ordered this tool trolley because it is the extension for my toolbox and around the same price what other guys here pay for another brand. But come the other Wednesday I opened up the box after waiting a few months to discover that it was the wrong tool trolley. I had ordered this trolley through MAF who had purchased it from an outlet in Cairns who had it shipped up from its manufacture in Melbourne. Once arriving in Cairns International Freight terminal, it was sent up via air freight to Mt Hagen. I was very disappointed by this outcome, as the supplier had made mistakes in previous transaction of gaining quotes and yet again they had made another mistake. Plus spending money on an investment that you are going to have for a long time, you want it to be what you ordered. So I had to decide if I was going to send it back, which would be a very costly operation and one that I would make sure those responsible would cover. Or I could keep it, the tool trolley is exactly the same as the one as I ordered, except that it has different drawers and is more expensive. The supplier tried to sell it to me over the phone, but I knew that it wasn’t worth the effort to exchange it. But it still matched my toolbox and looks good. So there’s an example of inconvenience being in PNG, if I had been in Cairns working for MAF I could of taken it back and thrown it at them and exchanged it for the correct one. But despite it being the wrong tool trolley, it is a more expensive trolley and a needed provision from God.
1. My initially setup with my toolbox, somehow was a magnet for junk. Yuk (not good lighting in the hanger for photos)
2. My new setup, very portable
September 8th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
new trolley…cool…
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September 9th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
nice chromies
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September 9th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Defiantly an awesome upgrade, next up a sub for the stereo system!
Awesome to hear from you Matt, be praying for you especially regarding the black outs, and brown showers.
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