Like a lot of rural areas, Montezuma, Kansas has rough backcountry roads. Toolboxes in trucks that are driving these roads bounce around, scrambling their contents. Thirty years ago, an unknown maintenance engineer in the area grew tired of this, and designed a toolbox that would not only keep the tools in place during rough transport, but would also present them ergonomically once on-site.

The result is these Triangle Toolboxes, produced by manufacturer Montezuma. The triangular cross-section presents the tools in a stadium seating format, and the angle of the locking lid keeps the contents in place, even as you weather potholes.

The company offers a broad range of sizes and styles, with top-handled units for lighter tools, and side-handled units for heavier stuff.

They also offer units with a single drawer on the bottom, riding on ball-bearing slides…

…as well as licensed, DeWalt-branded models.

And for in-shop use, the company manufacturers companion rolling carts with drawers.

A perhaps unintended bonus of the form factor: No one will leave their coffee cup on top of it.

The units are made of aluminum or steel, and prices run from around $100 to around $850, depending on size, material and options.