I believe the Craftsman boxes I bought were their medium to high build - they had a lower end offering that was black or a dark color of some sort. I didn’t even look at them. Mine are the classic Craftsman red and black. Wheels are substantial, ball bearing drawer slides, etc.
I have never owned a (commercial) roll around tool cart/chest, so this was a first time purchase for me. I have a wooden roll around cart I built about 30 years ago that is still in service in FL and will certainly outlast me. -D > On Sep 7, 2022, at 1:25 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I bought a Craftsman top and bottom set at Lowes last year for most stock > of airplane parts so they aren't scattered all over the hangar. IIRC, it's > the 40" wide x 24" deep model. It has nice large wheels - bolted on. > I bought a Husky from HD this year to consolidate my mechanicing tools, the > fabrication tools are still in the odd collection of old boxes. > I compared Craftsman, Husky, and HF boxes. Note that they all have two or > three levels of build - I call then lite, med., and heavy duty. You have to > compare the similar builds, not a lite of one to a med. of the other. > HF did not have 24" deep drawers in the medium build boxes when I was > looking, and the Husky was about the same price with 24" deep drawers. > Also note that stock varies frequently these days, the box I wanted was not > available in OK when I was ready to pull the trigger. I waited about a > month, then one appeared at my local store. I quickly bought it on-line > with local pickup to lock it in. I had been looking at a different HF box > earlier, decided it might be "the one", but it is not even in their catalog > now. > Go and look at them all, decide what size and features you want, then go > home and build a spreadsheet and compare what's available. > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 2:49 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t buy current model Craftsman tools, either. >> All of mine are legacy tools that either I purchased or were handed down to >> me from my Dad. Reminds me that I need to order some rebuild kits for my >> ratchets…. >> >> The tools that are in those new Craftsman boxes are nearly all HF “Quinn” >> brand, and I’m very pleased with them so far. >> >> -D >> >> On Sep 7, 2022, at 12:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >> >> I quit buying Craftsman the first time I bought an SK ratchet. It opened >> my eyes to how bad Craftsman products post 2000 have been. Their wrenches >> in particular are pure garbage, barely smoothed, never mind polished, with >> clear casting seams on them. HF wrenches are better quality for half the >> price. >> >> More recently I've bought a few HF ratchets, I was initially wary of them >> but they've been excellent. I've got a 1/2" drive extendo at camp that I've >> stood on, it's only like 18" long but that's still 300+# at the ratchet >> pawls. It's held up fine. At home I've got one of the 3/8" bending head >> ones, works great for very little money. >> >> -Curt >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 02:31:39 PM EDT, Bob Rentfro via >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I wonder when the Craftsman stuff will be on sale again? It’s $598 >> currently at my Lowes. >> I’ll be down by the HF later today so I might pop in and give them a look. >> >> AZBob >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 7, 2022, at 10:58 AM, dan penoff.com<http://penoff.com/> via >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >> >> When I was looking for a roll-around box for the Flagstaff shop I got a >> Craftsman set (bottom box w/drawers, top box w/drawers) from Lowe’s and >> I’ve been very happy with them. >> >> This is the set I got: >> >> >> https://www.lowes.com/collections/CRAFTSMAN-S2000-26-in-Red-Closed-Till-Tool-Storage-Collection/GR_2971 >> >> And yes, $500 is a chunk of change for storage, but it’s one area where >> the adage about “you get what you pay for” really plays out. >> >> -D >> >> On Sep 7, 2022, at 10:14 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com><mailto: >> mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >> >> >> So….What is the common consensus of the best toolbox you can get? I don’t >> need the little plastic tacklebox looking things, I mean the nice large >> drawers, ball bearings, whatever makes them awesome ones. >> I am consolidating three separate boxes into one. Well at least that’s my >> intention. I am also retiring a large, old, metal chest of drawers that >> once was used to hold sewing patterns. I have it full of random crap that >> I’m either gonna get rid of or sell and one of those drawers has useful >> tools that will have to be consolidated into a toolbox. >> >> What’s good, homies? >> >> AZBob >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/> >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/> >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/> >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > are wearing." > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
