Ideal portable table to take on install sites.

[Kim Stevenson]

We have several of the folding/locking plastic types. They are not ideal, mostly because they aren’t flat across the table. The fold makes them somewhat concave. Any recommendations for really great portable work tables?

TIA.

 

[WhiskeyDreamer]

wait, y'all have portable work tables? i have an aluminum bench that the legs swing out on that i take on installs. i can climb on it and set things on it. i've never had a table.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

wait, y'all have portable work tables? i have an aluminum bench that the legs swing out on that i take on installs. i can climb on it and set things on it. i've never had a table.

I love those little benches. I bought one and it ended up flying out the back of my truck. Bought another one and it escaped on the freeway... little buggers love to levitate and fly away.

 

[rjssigns]

We have several of the folding/locking plastic types. They are not ideal, mostly because they aren’t flat across the table. The fold makes them somewhat concave. Any recommendations for really great portable work tables?

TIA.

What about building some? Could use 80/20 extrusions covered with aluminum deck planks.

 

[Moze]

We have several of the folding/locking plastic types. They are not ideal, mostly because they aren’t flat across the table. The fold makes them somewhat concave. Any recommendations for really great portable work tables?

TIA.

For what kind of work?

 

[Boudica]

I love those little benches. I bought one and it ended up flying out the back of my truck. Bought another one and it escaped on the freeway... little buggers love to levitate and fly away.

Wait, you've had two (2) fly out of your truck?

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Yes..

 

[De.signs Nanaimo]

I have folding heavy duty sawhorses, you can bring whatever size table top up to 4x8, and they hold about 1500lbs each so you can stand on your table too, in a pinch.

 

[bob]

A traditional card table and a two-step. If I need more than that, someone else can do the job.

 

[Gino]

Weren't we just talking about tying things down properly vs. doing it the sh!tty way of jambing things in place ?? And you did it................................................................... T W I C E ??

 

[Evan Gillette]

Next time I'm down south I gonna follow Tex around, never know what kind of goodies you'll get!

 

[Evan Gillette]

Depending on the job, a bakers scaffold is both useful as a table and work platform, not nearly as portable as a folding table though.

 

[Steenland]

Here's what I use, though it's not really a table. It's one of those hand trucks that folds into a cart. I use it to roll in the bin that holds the tools and stuff, then I take out the stuff I need and put it on top of the bin. The advantage is that it rolls around with me to the specific spot where I'm working.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Next time I'm down south I gonna follow Tex around, never know what kind of goodies you'll get!

You'll mostly get empty bags of concrete, paper towels and big sheets of backing paper... with the occasional ladder.

 

[Notarealsignguy]

2 of these and whatever sized top you need. 20-30 bucks each.

 

[Boudica]

You'll mostly get empty bags of concrete, paper towels and big sheets of backing paper... with the occasional ladder.

Litterbug

 

[GAC05]

For outside use if you have a truck you can get some aluminum extrusion and build a ladder rack that will fit the bed (feet on the deck) up over the cab - held to the bed's tie-down points with turnbuckles or ratchet straps. Aluminum sheet or plywood for the tabletop.
Use it to haul the sign & ladders out to the install - slide the rack out and use it as a table or short scaffold (if OSHA has the day off). Mine was welded steel 1.5" tubing about 16 ft long (overhanging the cab and rear bumper) 4ft wide and 40" tall. Worked well, outlasted the Tacoma, but was a little heavy for one man to load - unload.

 

[GAC05]

You'll mostly get empty bags of concrete, paper towels and big sheets of backing paper... with the occasional ladder.

So you strap down the workers you pick up from the Home Depot / Lowe's parking lots then?

 

[visual800]

I always used a cart and placed inflatable tires on it so it could go across dirt or gavel, plety of room on top of it and under it

 

[Texas_Signmaker]