Tool chest brands

[jim b]

Just make sure you are going to be ok moving a 6' long box around, especially with all that weight. A 6' box is a BIG box to have to move in & out of a trailer, through doorways, down hallways, etc... Plus, add in all that weight and you are looking at something that is going to be tough to maneuver.

i am always moving my boxes from my trailer into houses, garages, etc that I am working on. I was going to originally go with a big box with a solid wood top like you are talking about but realized it is much easier to move a couple smaller boxes than one big box.

 

[42769vette]

Just make sure you are going to be ok moving a 6' long box around, especially with all that weight. A 6' box is a BIG box to have to move in & out of a trailer, through doorways, down hallways, etc... Plus, add in all that weight and you are looking at something that is going to be tough to maneuver.

i am always moving my boxes from my trailer into houses, garages, etc that I am working on. I was going to originally go with a big box with a solid wood top like you are talking about but realized it is much easier to move a couple smaller boxes than one big box.

Right now I'm trying to get away from 2 chests, but that's mainly because I have to carry them a long ways. I guess getting 2 roller cabinets that are roughly 36 would be just as good, and I could probably get more drawers that way (less wasted space). Its at least worth exploring, thanks for the idea.

 

[atvdave]

For the price I like the Masterforce from Menards. I have one of their box's at work, very please with it.


http://www.menards.com/main/tools-hardware/tool-storage/tool-chests-boxes/c-9188.htm

 

[42769vette]

Miss posted

 

[CountryBoy19]

I am VERY pleased with my tool-box from Rural-King. I forget the brand (yes it's made in China) but it is very good quality. Is it Snap-On? No, but when I can get into a 42" chest+box that stands as tall as I do for $400 it's an extremely good value. The drawer slides are very smooth and seem to be quite heavy duty. I have it full of machinist stuff including lots of carbide tooling (heavy) and it works excellent.

FWIW, to get them cheap you have to wait for black friday. That is when Rural King blows out their tool boxes; they've done it the last several years in a row.

 

[schafe]

something you might want to consider, if you intend to roll your cabinets over rough and irregular surfaces... is the caster size and material. I finally replaced the 4" casters on mine with 8" penumatic ones. now it will roll over small rocks which tend to collect in the garage from the gravel drive, and it can even roll, with some effort, in the gravel driveway as well.....just a thought.

 

[42769vette]

I like the idea of getting 2 vs 1, so I ordered this one

Sears.com

And Ill find a 26-32 inch box to go with it.

 

[Leo]

something you might want to consider, if you intend to roll your cabinets over rough and irregular surfaces... is the caster size and material. I finally replaced the 4" casters on mine with 8" penumatic ones. now it will roll over small rocks which tend to collect in the garage from the gravel drive, and it can even roll, with some effort, in the gravel driveway as well.....just a thought.

+1

 

[Hop]

Doh, wish I had seen this earlier. A buddy has a very nice one for sale. Also another couple buddies are distributors for a good brand of boxes.

 

[copo]

I see you already ordered one but maybe the second box look into a machinest box. Normally they have a ton of small drawers instead of bigger drawers.

 

[bluehdflhrs]

I have a craftsman and got it on sale at Sears.just watch the adds in the paper.

 

[Brandon]

Dad has craftsman and I have Kobalt. Not sure I can tell you which one is better.

 

[moosehead]

Avoid Husky (Home Depot brand). Went to get in mine one day, and it had magically locked itself...but not with the key. Apparently my wife bumped it with the car. No dents, but the horizontal bar in the locking mechanism jumped the way too shallow track on the back of the box. Had to break lose a couple of drawers from the lock bar to get access to the mechanism. I miss my old Craftman with the external bars on the front.

 

[PGRChaplain]

Kenedy has an outlet store in Van Wert Ohio.

 

[churchmouse]

Kenedy has an outlet store in Van Wert Ohio.

I have 2 Kennedy machinist tool chests. 1 was made in the mid to late 30's. It is still in use to this day in my shop.
The other is with my lathe at a friends shop and it is still in use. It was made in the 40's.