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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.

Kennedy makes some pretty decent roll-around cabinets, though retail is
around $500 to $1,000, depending on style and accessories. J&L used to put
them on sale once in a while and they seem to be offering 25% off sales
periodically for 5 or more items which can be a roller cabinet + 4 small
drill bits. Friction slide drawer models are a bit cheaper than the ball
bearing slide models. I can't find drawer capacities anywhere but they are
definitely higher than the Craftsman boxes and the casters are much better
as well.

I just picked up a decent one for $130 on eBay, plus the cost of a 250 mile
round trip to pick it up and 2 hours spent digging swarf out of the caster
tires.