I have had a case exactly like that minus the blue latches since the day that model came out 20 years ago now. Just a quick anecdote to tell you how tough those things are and make you feel better about having all your equipment in it. I was coming back from a show in Jacksonville one night and we had just driven 14 hours in a 26 foot truck. I had just gotten back to the shop. Was dog tired, finish the load out and put my stuff in the back of my truck to go home to the apartment. I swore I had put everything down in the bed, but while I was loading my stuff into the vehicle, one of my coworkers came up and was talking to me, and I happened to sit this case on top of my bed toolbox. We told each other, “ see you Monday” and I headed out for the weekend… When I left the parking lot just being a young guy I turned out onto the street and stomped the gas 😂 I never knew the case was gone till I got home and it wasn’t there in the bed of the truck. I was so upset with myself. My whole livelihood is in that box, all my gear that I used to do shows, including my laptop and everything. I went two weeks without the case, and I was in the middle of replacing everything and ordering new stuff when I got a call from a guy that worked for the Illinois central railroad … he said he was following me down the street when I peeled out and he saw it fly off the back of my truck and go flying across the highway 😂. He said he stopped and grabbed it, and tried to chase me for blocks, but I never stopped … he had a train to catch naturally… And he told me he was gone for a couple of weeks but when he got back he open the case and found my business card and he called me and asked me did I want to meet him and pick up the case 🙏 When I got it back, everything was in it just like it had been packed when I got back from the trip. He hadn’t touched a thing other than pulled out one of my business cards that was in the pocket in the lid. He didn’t even mess with the spare cash that I had in there that I use to buy snacks from vending machines. I offered to give him some money for helping me out, really pressed him… He wouldn’t take a dime. Just a really good guy. As for the case, it has some war scars from flying across a 5 Lane Highway at about 40 or 50 miles an hour… But I still have it and use it to this day. There was a broken latch which pelican replaced free of charge no questions asked. When I told them what actually happened… They actually offered to replace the entire case if I would send the other one back. But I told them I liked the scars, and I’d rather keep it. It’s real life. This is probably the best word of mouth advertising they’ll ever get.
I have had a case exactly like that minus the blue latches since the day that model came out 20 years ago now.
Just a quick anecdote to tell you how tough those things are and make you feel better about having all your equipment in it.
I was coming back from a show in Jacksonville one night and we had just driven 14 hours in a 26 foot truck. I had just gotten back to the shop. Was dog tired, finish the load out and put my stuff in the back of my truck to go home to the apartment.
I swore I had put everything down in the bed, but while I was loading my stuff into the vehicle, one of my coworkers came up and was talking to me, and I happened to sit this case on top of my bed toolbox.
We told each other, “ see you Monday” and I headed out for the weekend… When I left the parking lot just being a young guy I turned out onto the street and stomped the gas 😂
I never knew the case was gone till I got home and it wasn’t there in the bed of the truck.
I was so upset with myself. My whole livelihood is in that box, all my gear that I used to do shows, including my laptop and everything.
I went two weeks without the case, and I was in the middle of replacing everything and ordering new stuff when I got a call from a guy that worked for the Illinois central railroad … he said he was following me down the street when I peeled out and he saw it fly off the back of my truck and go flying across the highway 😂. He said he stopped and grabbed it, and tried to chase me for blocks, but I never stopped … he had a train to catch naturally… And he told me he was gone for a couple of weeks but when he got back he open the case and found my business card and he called me and asked me did I want to meet him and pick up the case 🙏
When I got it back, everything was in it just like it had been packed when I got back from the trip. He hadn’t touched a thing other than pulled out one of my business cards that was in the pocket in the lid. He didn’t even mess with the spare cash that I had in there that I use to buy snacks from vending machines.
I offered to give him some money for helping me out, really pressed him… He wouldn’t take a dime. Just a really good guy.
As for the case, it has some war scars from flying across a 5 Lane Highway at about 40 or 50 miles an hour… But I still have it and use it to this day. There was a broken latch which pelican replaced free of charge no questions asked.
When I told them what actually happened… They actually offered to replace the entire case if I would send the other one back. But I told them I liked the scars, and I’d rather keep it. It’s real life.
This is probably the best word of mouth advertising they’ll ever get.
Thanks for the Pelican tour and a glimpse of the dogs!
Great stuff, thanks for sharing!
This Pelican case is of what size ??
What foam do you use for your peli?