"Richard Ferguson" wrote in message
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I have finally realized that I really need a large rolling toolbox. I have
been buying and building tools pretty steadily for a few years, and now I
need to organize them. I need a place to put auto body dollies and
hammers, a place to put homemade stakes, blacksmith tools, a place to put
the accesories for my homemade power hammer, you name it.

I figure that what I want is a set of drawers of varying depths, mostly 3
inches deep or less. The common style of toolbox has a smaller "portable"
toolbox on top of a large rolling toolbox. This sounds OK, as would a
large drawer unit that was one piece. I would prefer a unit on casters,
but that is not a hard requirement.

I looked at Sears toolboxes the last time they were on sale, and the only
one that looked acceptable to me was one with ball bearings. I saw a
Husky toolbox at Home Depot that looked about the same quality. These ran
around $500 for the set of two toolboxes, but did seem a little on the
flimsy side. Realistically, I probably cannot afford to spend a lot more
than $500. I probably have been spoiled by commercial drawer units by
Lista and others, which are sturdy and slide very smoothly on ball
bearings. I have not looked at what is available as high end toolboxes
today. One that is very large would probably not fit into the available
space very well,

So, which brands of toolboxes should I look at? Any tips in evaluating
them? Any brands to stay away from? Should I look for used commercial
drawer storage units?

Thanks in advance.


I've got both a mid-range Craftsman and a Kennedy roll-around tool box.
AIR, they are rated for similar loads but the Kennedy is far more sturdy.
The Kennedy was around $400, I think and the Craftsman about half that or a
little less. The Kennedy has a ~150 lb bench top T&C grinder on it and
doesn't seem to strain with the load and still rolls around pretty easily.
The same grinder on teh Craftsman had me thinking that the wheels would fall
off at any moment.

Richard