Re: How Many "Tools" Need a Toolbox??
 

I'd have to disagree, worked in a shop with an old timer, has had his crafstman box for MANY MANY years, still works fine... My dad's craftsman, about 40 years old and still doing just fine...

yeah the BIG NAME boxes are nice, but my 40" wide craftsman does just fine, i think it's more in how you treat your box than the manufacturer... well except for those made in Taiwan "StackOn" boxes and other knock offs..

Re: How Many "Tools" Need a Toolbox??
 

I've always said that if I'm only going to have one of a particular tool in my toolbox it won't be a crapsman. While they are pretty good at replacing hand tools when they break, they break at the most inconvenient of times... like 3 in the morning when I have to get the heads bolted back on so I can go to work at 7. Granted that was a few years ago but the principle stands.

Re: How Many "Tools" Need a Toolbox??
 

See, your talking about craftsman back in the day when the boxes were made right. I've seen and still see 40 year old craftsman boxes but anything nowadays wont last for a professional mechanic.

Seen it over and over. They buy a new craftsman box because its on sale for 120 bucks and in less than a year the drawers are sitting crooked.

Re: How Many "Tools" Need a Toolbox??
 

Agreed!!
First time or two I got a chrome splinter off a Craftsman socket I started hopping on the Snappy truck when it came by. Yeah, they cost a lot, but they work sooooo good, even with routine abuse. I regularly bust head bolts loose with my 15 year old Snap-On IM31 3/8" air ratchet and a chrome Snappy socket.

What professional thieves do is back into the stall with a pickup truck and just tip the box over into the bed. Couple of big prybars or two-by-fours will do it and they're outta there in less than a minute.

Anyway, I love my old Snap-on box. Big old taco cart that was made before roller slides. That thing is built like a Sherman tank. I got it second hand, and the previous owner even had a small vise mounted on the corner of the bottom chest. Except for the holes he drilled, it didn't damage it at all. Quality lasts a long, long time.

Re: How Many "Tools" Need a Toolbox??
 

i not really biased on any tool brand but my tools have to be made in the usa, im still in high school and im goin to tech school next fall to be a mechanic so im sure i will have highend tools for work sometime in the near future. but my at home set of tools and especialy my toolbox are consist of 2 really nice hand made tool boxes with more space then most of the larger toolboxes offer, and pretty much all of my tools are craftmans, s-k, and snap-on and there mostly stuff i have pickd up at auctions, or hand me downs from my family who have all been or are mechanics for many years
for a kid who tools around at home inbetween class time and work ive got alot more then the average hobbyist
nate

Re: How Many "Tools" Need a Toolbox??
 

I have Mac tool box at work. Small crapsman at home. It's all binding now. My shop is going away with tool boxes at the end of the year. Upgraded shop with built in toolboxes. Local BMW shop did that 2 years ago.