tool box/chest

[Ben Drinkin]

You won't get flamed from me. I've looked at the boxes in the local HF in Macon and they look pretty good for the prices. I may end up with one myself.

If you treat them nicely, they seem to be a great box. The one in the picture above was $329 on sale with coupon.... i kinda got it as a gift, but I'll damn sure buy another one. I already filled up everything i have!

 

[cudascott]

I've had three kobalt boxes for 15 years and they have been great

 

[RustyRatRod]

If you treat them nicely, they seem to be a great box. The one in the picture above was $329 on sale with coupon.... i kinda got it as a gift, but I'll damn sure buy another one. I already filled up everything i have!

They are nicer than people give them credit for. Those that talk trash about them probably have never looked at one.

 

[6pk2goDemon]

I've used craigslist for used toolboxes with great success....Found this one several years ago that was only used as a display in a restaurant

 

[Denvermike]

I've got one Craftsman bottom and two of their top boxes. One top and the bottom I brought new in the mid 60's. The other top is the same age or older. It belonged to a guy I worked for. I got it after he passed away. I used mine for about 10 years every day at work. The other one was at his gas station. Every few years I clean lube all the parts that slide. NEVER have any trouble with them. The older Craftsman stuff just keeps going and going!!
Mike

 

[Abodybomber]

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I bought a box from Harbor Fake tools (price was too low to mention). It has been a good box for about 5 years now. I load the drawers pretty heavy and it seems to do just fine. I don't used it commercially, just for my hobby stuff. I'd recommend it. Here's a pic next to my 20 year old Craftsman (horrible drawer slides, light stuff only)..

Actually, they aren't bad.. Obviously prefer better brands,used or new.. If it's a hobby, you budget yourself...

 

[Abodybomber]

I've used craigslist for used toolboxes with great success....Found this one several years ago that was only used as a display in a restaurant

This..,+ ( garage/estate sales, always seen junk,at local swap meets..)

 

[ramenth]

I've used craigslist for used toolboxes with great success....Found this one several years ago that was only used as a display in a restaurant

Sweet.

I've got a white John Force MAC Economizer. Can't remember when I bought it... has to be well over 20 years ago. I'm still remembered as the guy who worked in a body shop with a white tool box.

 

[MOPARMITCH]

My big Remline box is up on the upper level. Since my main work bay is on the lower level, I use this small roll around under the lift with my most used tools kept in it. I also have a very old Craftsman box my Wife (girlfriend at the time) gave me for Christmas 38 years ago.

 

[Oldmanmopar]

Harbor freight US general with snapon decals. I built the snap-on wall cabinets out of wood and painted them with red rustolium.

The reason I did the Snap-on decals was to raise labor rates. It aways seemed that if you had a snap-on box you were a more valuable employee and got the higher paying flat rate jobs. Yeah the shop foreman gets a kickback to promote the snap-on tool man. I know first hand I was the foreman. LOL

Everything in the garage is red with snap-on decals. Snap-on or not it gets the treatment.

 

[dukeboy440]

The older Craftsman stuff just keeps going and going!!
Mike

Yep, I've got 2 other craftsmans boxes i just inherited from my deceased grandfather, full of craftsman tools. He got them when he started working for Cummins....in the 60s. Theres probably 800-900 lbs of tools in those drawers. and they open and close fine. Mine, sliders pop out, the metal sides have pulled in and I maybe have 150-200 lbs of tools in mine.

As far as their tools, their quality has sucked in the last 5 years or so, the stuff I bought in the late 90s, and the older stuff I've been buying from auctions, works great, the stuff I got last year from my wife as an xmas present, well I've had to exchange all 4 rachetes after they broke with light use, I've cracked several sockets and completely snapped one of their screw drivers just turning a screw trying to hang a shelf. I will no longer buy any "New" Craftsman stuff.

 

[loki]

The 56" and 72" HF roll cabs are a good deal particularly for the money. They compare favorably with the Heritage line Snap On boxes and a fair bit better than any of the Blue Point boxes. The drawer ratings on the 56" are accurate, it will hold that much (3 x 220 lbs the rest 150 lbs). They could use a hutch and overhead cabs and it would be pretty much like the tool truck sets.

The 44" that's usually under $400 or so isn't bad. It doesn't have the drawer loading the other two do and the casters aren't as stout but for most home shops it's a good deal.