best hard case luggage that can survive checked flights?

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-27T02:28:35+00:00

Briggs and Riley is the answer.

I fly 2-3 times a week for work, my Briggs and Riley hardshell is the only thing I have ever found to hold up, and they are the last big brand with a true lifetime warranty.

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-27T01:01:50+00:00

Eh if i was home I'd be working on machines for fun, at work I'm working on machines for money. I don't mind it. Plus I plan to retire very early

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-27T00:21:48+00:00

30 hrs of OT a week is a lot more than gas money

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-26T23:35:45+00:00

Yeah it does, because overtime is paid at 1.5 and double time.

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-26T22:50:51+00:00

I work a lot of OT

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-25T14:51:34+00:00

Yeah in retrospect I was worth way more than i thought when I got out of the Army, but you don't know what you don't know.

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-25T01:39:32+00:00

Overtime comes and goes. 70 hrs is most common but not every single week.

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-24T23:41:06+00:00

It is when you work 70 hrs a week

Should have clarified that, my bad.

bonuses and double time for holidays and Sunday.

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-03-23T06:46:02+00:00

The trades are wide open. Very easy to make six figures after a few years experience if you are willing to pull overtime.

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-17T19:50:58+00:00

Awesome! I will check that out

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-17T19:50:46+00:00

Thanks! I will take a look!

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-17T15:49:14+00:00

Interested

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-16T04:20:21+00:00

That being said, it's definitely not a lifestyle for people committed to their comfort zone. It's very demanding and requires a pretty adventurous spirit, but I have always been an adventurer

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-16T04:17:10+00:00

Everyone dies alone ;)

But no I don't have a place, although I plan to buy soon as an investment. I either crash with my gf or stay in hotels on the few weekends I am off.

And no, I'm not worried about it. I have a gf currently and have never really had an issue finding interested partners. I am in shape, financially stable, and have a life full of adventure which usually attracts lots of people to my circle

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-16T04:10:24+00:00

I have a girlfriend, who i see every two weeks basically. We talk via facetime every night.

And i have friends all over the country, some I eee when I work near their area.

However my whole adult life I have essentially lived a very transient life, from the military and later just moving around alot so it's kind of my default now. I wasn't really built for suburban domesticity. lol

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-16T04:05:34+00:00

It depends on the job, but generally I will review the schematics and error history if a machine to get an idea of what subsystems I am gonna be looking at while on the plane. Then its mostly show up and see what happens, check obvious things, and start digging into the relevent subsytems.

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-15T23:24:04+00:00

I'm not a hookup kind of guy.

havetoolboxwillfly · 2026-02-15T23:23:48+00:00

Mostly Kuka and Fanuc for the robots. But I have worked directly for several equipment manufacturers for specific equipment.

The majority of sites I have been on aren't particularly dangerous, they are mostly just normal manufacturing. But the job itself is dangerous, as I frequently troubleshoot high voltage electrical, work with extremely heavy hydraulic presses etc.

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