Question about Peli cases (seeking advice)

[AlexR]

Interesting read as I’ve got the exact same problem, 6m sump with drill required on the other side.

An original Bosch Uneo will fit into a 6L Curtec drum like Pitlamp says, but they are not SDS but an annoying proprietary bit which is only available up to 10mm if I remember correctly. Also I don’t really trust the Uneos not to die on me any more. When you say you need something more powerful, they're no good for capping but perfectly adequate for bolting/ bolt climbing. Until they suddenly die. I believe Rob Eavis has had more joy with his.

My plan is to go with the inner tube method, the sump in question is 6m deep but very short, barely worth kitting up for. Still need to acquire a sufficiently large inner tube though.

 

[Steve Clark]

You can get a big curtec (Darren) drum with a much bigger neck. Someone gave me one but I gave it away to someone I knew with an open canoe.

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Or maybe one of those blue barrels with the metal clamp band?

 

[AlexR]

Larger opening Curtec: I think only for 10L and above, the 6L shown on my picture above only comes with a 137mm opening, though you can get a 10L at 203mm - though I don't have one to find out if you can fit a drill in it.
10L is quite a lot of buoyancy to compensate for, I'd definitely try the inner tube method before lugging the 8kg of lead or so down the cave.

 

[Pitlamp]

Thanks all. The Uneo will not do the job; I need to get in at least five 14 mm diameter holes for plugs and feathers then use any extra battery capacity to chisel off other awkward grabby bits. It's looking like the DHR243 will be the drill of choice. It'll not go in a standard 6 litre Darren drum.
I just found a suitable Ortleib bag, purchasd to maker a Scoff bag, I'd forgotten I had in stock. I've also ordered one of those ChrisB suggested. Somewhere (deep search needed) I have a ready made inner tube bag and a friend has kindly offered to sell me a second hand Peli 1400 (which will come in for other jobs even if it fails when tested to -6 m. Between that lot I reckon I should be able to get the drill through and back, one way or another!

 

[pwhole]

I took mine through some pretty foul slop this afternoon, funnily enough, with no leakage - again, not total submersion, but given how long I've been bashing this through gnarly, wet and muddy passages, it's holding up remarkably well.

 

[SamT]

I think we ended up up with that drill 'briefcase' made of neoprene with the dry suit zip. The zip had bust so it was no longer waterproof, but its was great and if you can make one out of a dry suit etc, it would be the bees knees.

 

[Pitlamp]

Reckon I could fashion a dry bag out of my large collection of cast off / semi knackered drysuits easily enough if need be.