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Joshua Albrecht has only had his SP Tools Sumo Box for a year, but it’s easily his favorite toolbox he’s ever owned.
“It’s way bigger than my last toolbox,” Albrecht noted. “I had three smaller toolboxes, and I was able to consolidate it into one. It’s also green… I love the color green!”
The box, which is measured at 72”, contains ample amounts of storage for all of Albrecht’s tools. While storage played a role in Albrecht deciding to invest in a new toolbox, one aspect of the Sumo Box set it apart from the rest, price.
“It was a couple hundred dollars cheaper than a Snap-on, which I had previously,” he says. “I liked my Snap-on box, but I loved the price of the SP Tools.”
Albrecht likes to use Harbor Freights organizers to organize his tools inside the box. His favorite tool is the SP Tools 1/2" Electric Drive Impact.
“I use it for everything,” he stated. “I remove a lot of transmissions and engines, and I don’t have to use air anymore. I know it’s kind of elementary, but to me, it’s a huge deal because I’ve been using air for so long. It’s low maintenance and strong.”
As for his favorite features of the box, Albrecht points to the protection of the doors.
“When I shut the doors to the toolbox, you can’t slam the doors because they retract into the toolbox,” he says. “There’s shocks in each door, so if I were to try and slam the doors, the doors would absorb right into the box.”
Five years ago, Albrecht started his own YouTube channel, “Truck Master”, as a hobby to showcase his vehicle repair skills on his own, personal trucks. The types of trucks he fixes include Duramax, Powerstroke, and Cummin trucks. Quickly through promotion on social media, his channel started gaining steam and after retiring from the army two years ago, he dove head first into YouTube full-time.
“I started the YouTube channel to show people how to fix their vehicles, and it exploded, so I decided to do full-time YouTube, and now it turned into where I’m actually building vehicles. I currently have about 200,000 subscribers.”
As “Truck Master” continued to climb in subscribers, Albrecht admitted he soon realized he needed more space than his garage at his home in order to showcase all his work on his trucks, hence the reason he decided to open up a shop in Lansing, Mich. Albrecht says there is no name to his shop, and the shop is used only for personal reasons.
“I have about eight diesel trucks, so with the shop, I’m able to get a hoist in there and have more room to film videos and work on the trucks,” he says.
