I have an ft 817 all set to go,
it is not in a neat case at all,
just all piled in a pelican case and takes a while to set up,
I got a few wine crates from someone that goes through a bit of wine,
and they are quite fancy boxes that don't weight to much,
and was thinking of setting up the 817 in a crate with the matching power amps, batteries, tuner, ect...
and leave it all installed
the only thing that gets me is the setup changes if I am on HF or UHF or VHF,
so just not sure if the setup time savings will outweigh the configuration time changes,
or if the ability to just pick up the entire thing and leave a location quick (as in like what you do when a fire in on the way) will be worth it even if the setup time is more.