Tough to beat Kennedy for function and value. I am still using
the Kennedy topbox that my Dad bought in WWII (and it may have
been used). Over time I acquired the two drawer till, then the
roll-around. Then expanded into one hang-on. (currently thinking
about adding another. I have a grand nephew that will be using
these boxes some day.

Watch the Enco ads for specials on Kennedy boxes and be aware
that the freight costs can be high. The Kennedy lookalikes are
just that -- lookalikes with non-roller slides and thinner
metal.

Gerstner wood boxes look fantastic, but are for tool makers not
metal butchers like me, however I would love to have one for the
office in place of the small Kennedy I got when first starting
out.

see http://www.kennedymfg.com/
and http://www.gerstnerusa.com/

While the prices seem high, when you amortize it over the life of
the box it is next to nothing.

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:00:59 -0600, "B.B."
u wrote:
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.