Good garage tool box?

[BigAir]

I am looking at getting a new tool box for my shop. I am thinking a 40" mobile tool cart is what I want to try (might go wider, depending on cost). My family has always bought Craftsman in the past. Any other brands I should look at? I don't really know what other brands are out there besides Craftsman and Snap On. Snap On is out of my price range....looking for something Craftsman price or cheaper.

 

[700 turbo]

if you go with snap-on you defently get what you pay for!

 

[INDEEP]

Ball bearing drawers, heavy duty castor's, and maybe drawer latches. I may be wrong but it's just a box to hold your tools. I've found if you have space your going to fill it. There's nothing wrong with Craftsman and with the money you save you can go bigger. .02

 

[X-it]

I have built a lot of these out of plywood, everyone seemed to like them over the metal ones. The casters and drawer slides i used where above the quality of any of the manufactured ones.

 

[dmkhnr]

I have this setup. (I know guys, I hate harbor freight, but these boxes are very well built and cheap).

Get a harbor freight 15% off coupon, and wait for the box to go on sale. I think I paid $299 for the bottom box, and $160 for the side box.
I looked at the craftsman/home depot/lowes boxes, and these are heavy duty compared to those brands.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=90320

 

[ski-doober]

I have built a lot of these out of plywood, everyone seemed to like them over the metal ones. The casters and drawer slides i used where above the quality of any of the manufactured ones.

got any pics?

 

[viperxc]

Waterloo is the same as Craftsman, not sure on price comparison. Get ball bearing drawers on whatever you buy.

 

[uptomyarmpits]

I built my own with two cheap craftsmen cabinets back to back. Over the years the drawer slides are wearing out, and i would definetly get ball bearing slidesinstead. It measures about 4 ft X 4 ft X 4.5 ft tall, and I put big casters on it. Trouble is, I am always roling it out of the way. So, next I bought 4 3 drawer rubbermaid drawers from menards and put them against the wall, and on top of those I put 4 3 drawer Clarke tool chests for the small hand tools. Then on top of all that I have a counter top. The whole thing is about 9 ft wide 4.5 ft tall and I have room for tons of stuff. and it is always in the same spot and not in the way. The large drawers from rubbermaid hold all the larger stuff like drills, hammers tape measures, pry bars, socket sets, tape, flash lights, etc. each thing has its own drawer. The only rolling cart I want now is a small tray that i can put stuff on while i am working on something. .02$

 

[hilinerider]

I have this setup. (I know guys, I hate harbor freight, but these boxes are very well built and cheap).

Get a harbor freight 15% off coupon, and wait for the box to go on sale. I think I paid $299 for the bottom box, and $160 for the side box.
I looked at the craftsman/home depot/lowes boxes, and these are heavy duty compared to those brands.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=90320

x2 on that, i got one of there side boxes on my mac box, heavy gauge iron for just a side box and good drawers

 

[X-it]

I never took any pictures of them, some i finished nice. I have built one for myself, i just slapped some ugly stain on it if you want i can email you a picture.

 

[POLZIN]

sams club has some less expensive stainless boxes that are pretty nice for the house.

 

[Mafesto]

Check with your local Snap-On, Mac or Matco salesmen.
They take trades & often have "cheaper" tool boxes that were traded in.