BB,
Been there, done that. What few people know is that SNAP-ON tool boxes are
made in China. I do not have the name of the company off hand, but I can get
it. I have their professional box in stainless. It is 41" wide 17.5" deep
and stands 65" tall. It has pnuematic springs on the top box cover. All the
drawers are roller. I did change the castors on mine to 250 kg greased
swivel on all corners because of the overall weight (around 1200 to 1500
lbs). They are available around the $1,000 in the states under the original
manufacturer's name. Here is a picture. This box is top of the line.
http://www.valkenpower.com/index.cfm...getItem&id=455

Steve






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My little red craftsman tool chest finally got too overloaded. I'd
long ago reinforced the bottom and replaced the casters, and I've been
temporarily fixing the drawers when they'd fall out, but yesterday it
had a total failure. Which was actually pretty funny to watch.
It's a top chest and a bottom roll a round, 26 inches wide. Anyhoo,
I pushed in the top drawer of the bottom chest and it fell off its rails
and landed on the drawer below it. Sheared the rails of that drawer off
completely, causing the two to hit the third, and so on until all five
of the bottom drawers came crashing down to the bottom. Then the whole
mess slid forward, fell out, and with so much weight suddenly shifting
one way, the remainder of the toolbox (with top chest) went the other
way and slammed into the ground, bending basically every part of it.
I so wish I had a video of that.
But now I need to invest in a new box. To anyone who's been there
and done that, are the hideously expensive Matco/SnapOn/Mac/Etc boxes
worth the money? I investigated and I can swing the payments, but I
sure don't want to. OTOH, I know first-hand I can annihilate a
Craftsman, though they do offer the more sturdy "Craftsman Professional"
boxes with actual drawer rollers instead of stamped metal slides.
Know of any other box brands out there?
I guesstimate that little red box was holding about 600 lbs of stuff
when it died. It's most likely rolling around the halls of Valhalla
right now.

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