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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:20:11 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:21:08 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:22:58 PM EDT
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Not even close. I have a craftsman top, middle and bottom ball bearing chest for about 25 years now.
I just welded together a 10’ workbench using 2” x 2” square tubing and 2 harbor freight 44” bottom boxes, with a seating space in the middle. They are much better than my 25 year old craftsman. The metal gauges are heavier The bench idea was shamelessly stolen from SteveO at the Garage Journal |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:27:04 PM EDT
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My wife worked at Seas for 15 years. One of my 1st purchases was a Craftsman box. No clue on the HF boxes but the Craftsman boxes are shit. Rails come off the drawers, wheels are shit.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:27:35 PM EDT
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I have a few U S General. They're pretty good, no problems.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:33:36 PM EDT
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The HF tool box is a very good value. Way back you could get them for $275with a coupon it was a steal. Mine was $350 about 8 years ago and still a great deal.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:36:06 PM EDT
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They can't be as bad as my Crapsman I got back in 2000
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:46:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:46:56 PM EDT
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IMO for a homeowner or hobbyist to just hold tools in why pay more than you have too. Making your living with these tools? Maybe a different choice.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:49:22 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:50:17 PM EDT
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I have Craftsman and HF tool boxes. HF is MUCH better.
My son is of the same opinion and he has both. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:57:31 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. I have both, the HF box is light years better. And I paid less for the HF box then the smaller Craftsman box cost me over a decade and a half prior.  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 2:59:46 PM EDT
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Go check out the many, many, many threads over at Garage Journal.
That place is the ArfCom of garage shit and they seem to like it. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:02:20 PM EDT
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Not even close. I have a craftsman top, middle and bottom ball bearing chest for about 25 years now. I just welded together a 10’ workbench using 2” x 2” square tubing and 2 harbor freight 44” bottom boxes, with a seating space in the middle. They are much better than my 25 year old craftsman. The metal gauges are heavier The bench idea was shamelessly stolen from SteveO at the Garage Journal As soon as I can get the boxes. The local HF has been out of stock on both for over a month now. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:03:46 PM EDT
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There was a thread on this topic just before black Friday. Someone posted a video comparing the tool boxes. US General won hands down.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:04:50 PM EDT
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Go check out the many, many, many threads over at Garage Journal. That place is the ArfCom of garage shit and they seem to like it. GarageJournal has been by far the most expensive thing to ever happen to me. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:07:55 PM EDT
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I just finished mine. It came out really really nice. I used a pair of 1 1/4” x 24” long receiver hitch blanks as benchvise/bench grinder mounting locations. I even built in a footrest in the seating area due to the height (40”) of my bench. The only thing left for me to do is edge the bench top which was made from 1” sanded 9 ply plywood with a 3/4” MDF top.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:09:15 PM EDT
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The market with a lot of stuff is weird.
We had well made, high quality American made products. We started buying a bunch of cheap, shitty, Chinese stuff. The Amercian quality dropped, went out of business, starting getting made in a China, etc. to compete with the low prices. Now China has started making some higher quality more expensive stuff. Was it by chance, or a plan all along? |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:09:23 PM EDT
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Not even close. I have a craftsman top, middle and bottom ball bearing chest for about 25 years now. I just welded together a 10’ workbench using 2” x 2” square tubing and 2 harbor freight 44” bottom boxes, with a seating space in the middle. They are much better than my 25 year old craftsman. The metal gauges are heavier The bench idea was shamelessly stolen from SteveO at the Garage Journal I had craftsman, but now I have 2 huge listas, and two HF (benchtop and the 44 like above). the HF is amazing for the price. Its way ahead of craftsman by light years. Its amazing smooth and heavier built. It also has better handles and comes with liners. Its not as good as my lista, but for the price I would buy it all day long my new pats storage 
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:10:34 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. US General is up there with Waterloo. By the way I have 2 large Snapon Boxes and if I could do all over again I would get the US General 
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:10:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:15:01 PM EDT
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I just finished mine. It came out really really nice. I used a pair of 1 1/4” x 24” long receiver hitch blanks as benchvise/bench grinder mounting locations. I even built in a footrest in the seating area due to the height (40”) of my bench. The only thing left for me to do is edge the bench top which was made from 1” sanded 9 ply plywood with a 3/4” MDF top. Mine is going to wind up 20' long (full sticks of 2x2). Doing 2x 44" boxes, 2x side cabs, have a footwell, room for my beer fridge and an AV equipment rack and a parking spot for my roll cart. Unsure of what I am going to top it with as of now. Leaning towards 8' of steel plate for part (welding area) and the rest in either topped MDF or something. Wanted to grab some bowling alley lane when the local place closed up but it went quick. Somewhat related: GJ is tied with Tacomaworld for most arfcommers spotted outside this forum. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:21:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cool! Mine is going to wind up 20' long (full sticks of 2x2). Doing 2x 44" boxes, 2x side cabs, have a footwell, room for my beer fridge and an AV equipment rack and a parking spot for my roll cart. Unsure of what I am going to top it with as of now. Leaning towards 8' of steel plate for part (welding area) and the rest in either topped MDF or something. Wanted to grab some bowling alley lane when the local place closed up but it went quick. Somewhat related: GJ is tied with Tacomaworld for most arfcommers spotted outside this forum. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:21:33 PM EDT
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Not even close. I have both, the HF box is light years better. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/107869/IMG_4648_jpg-783851.JPG And ... you're late to the party. The HF boxes were a FREAKING STEAL when the 20% coupons worked on them. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:24:40 PM EDT
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IMO for a homeowner or hobbyist to just hold tools in why pay more than you have too. Making your living with these tools? Maybe a different choice. There’s a market for expensive, heavy duty boxes, but most mechanics don’t need them. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:31:07 PM EDT
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This. And ... you're late to the party. The HF boxes were a FREAKING STEAL when the 20% coupons worked on them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Not even close. I have both, the HF box is light years better. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/107869/IMG_4648_jpg-783851.JPG And ... you're late to the party. The HF boxes were a FREAKING STEAL when the 20% coupons worked on them. Even had a friendly cashier that rang up the top/bottom as separate transactions so I could use two coupons. I tried to get the new ones as part of the black friday sale. Was pissed to find out that they were bait items to get people in the store. The local HF didn't have any for two weeks before the sale and didn't have any for two weeks after. There was only one in stock anywhere within about 2 hours of me. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:31:41 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. Build quality and materials lean towards to US general boxes. The craftsman bottom boxes have terrible layouts with a drawer layout favoring cubic inches over square inches. Not great for actually storing hand tools. On the flip side, the new craftsman top boxes have the hutch, which is pretty sweet, vs the just a little too tall for not giants harbor freight top boxes. I have a US general bottom and craftsman top. It works for what I need. But, there is no question about which is built better (it ain’t the made in USA with global materials craftsman). |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:31:53 PM EDT
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Craftsman sucks. I'd go with general if I had to choose between the two.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:35:01 PM EDT
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I’ve had quite a few coworkers that make a great living with US General, Craftsman, Waterloo, etc. There’s a market for expensive, heavy duty boxes, but most mechanics don’t need them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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IMO for a homeowner or hobbyist to just hold tools in why pay more than you have too. Making your living with these tools? Maybe a different choice. There’s a market for expensive, heavy duty boxes, but most mechanics don’t need them. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:36:19 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:36:23 PM EDT
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A expensive gear puller or socket will earn its keep by saving a mechanic time and money in broken parts. A tool box will never speed a job up. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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IMO for a homeowner or hobbyist to just hold tools in why pay more than you have too. Making your living with these tools? Maybe a different choice. There’s a market for expensive, heavy duty boxes, but most mechanics don’t need them. If your box is an overcrowded, jumbled clusterfuck it will cost you time/money. Having enough space to neatly store your tools is a moneymaker. Having a toolbox that cost as much as your car isn't. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:38:00 PM EDT
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I bought a Craftsmen rollaway back in 1970, back then was not a bad box. The new HF boxes even smoke the old Craftsmen boxes, the new Craftsmen boxes are junk.
I tell guys starting out working on cars or trucks get the HF 5 draw cart, should stand up to working full time in a shop for at least 10 years. If they don't stay in the trade they only have under $200 tied up in a box they can use at home. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:40:50 PM EDT
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My wife bought me US General tool chest for Christmas, we are still waiting on it to be delivered. I did some research and the reviews seemed to be better than the craftsman and Kobalt brands from lowes.
This one |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:41:09 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:57:57 PM EDT
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the steevo thread in question if it hasnt been posted thus far.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?s=192422eac407bbd5b3efb152ab9f85e1&t=126086 |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:00:39 PM EDT
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Most of my tools are Craftsman, over ten years old, and good tools for what I use it for.
The crap they put out today is not even close in quality to the older stuff. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:01:56 PM EDT
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. I spent my money on the Husky "pro" line. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:02:44 PM EDT
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My wife worked at Seas for 15 years. One of my 1st purchases was a Craftsman box. No clue on the HF boxes but the Craftsman boxes are shit. Rails come off the drawers, wheels are shit. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:03:56 PM EDT
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Not even close. I have a craftsman top, middle and bottom ball bearing chest for about 25 years now. I just welded together a 10’ workbench using 2” x 2” square tubing and 2 harbor freight 44” bottom boxes, with a seating space in the middle. They are much better than my 25 year old craftsman. The metal gauges are heavier The bench idea was shamelessly stolen from SteveO at the Garage Journal |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:08:20 PM EDT
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I have both HF/US General and Craftsman
The HF toolboxes are way better. Not even remotely close. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:08:44 PM EDT
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Lista, Stanley Vidmar and Lyon + Craigslist and Ebay.
The american made industrial storage boxes are light years ahead of anything marketed to the automotive/residential crowd including Snap on. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:15:11 PM EDT
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Craftsman homeowner quality is absolute garbage. Bought one and put a 1/3 of my tools in it and the drawers fucking bent and wouldn’t open.
The only Craftsman tool box I have seen come close to hf generate tool boxes are the industrial ones. If you buy nothing else from Harbor Freight, buy their tool boxes. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:16:46 PM EDT
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I hate that harbor freight makes decent tool boxes, but they beat any husky, craftsman ect box. Look up the reviews on YouTube.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:18:48 PM EDT
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Home Depot has an industrial 52” Husky for $898. It does go on sale from time to time. It weighs almost 600 lbs empty and has soft close drawers. The HF boxes are very nice, too, but they cost more.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:23:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cool! Mine is going to wind up 20' long (full sticks of 2x2). Doing 2x 44" boxes, 2x side cabs, have a footwell, room for my beer fridge and an AV equipment rack and a parking spot for my roll cart. Unsure of what I am going to top it with as of now. Leaning towards 8' of steel plate for part (welding area) and the rest in either topped MDF or something. Wanted to grab some bowling alley lane when the local place closed up but it went quick. Somewhat related: GJ is tied with Tacomaworld for most arfcommers spotted outside this forum. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:26:24 PM EDT
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Home Depot has an industrial 52” Husky for $898. It does go on sale from time to time. It weighs almost 600 lbs empty and has soft close drawers. The HF boxes are very nice, too, but they cost more. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:28:21 PM EDT
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Just checked out HF and the went to Home depot and Lowes.
HF boxes are far superior to both Husky and Craftsman. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:38:32 PM EDT
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The Craftsman boxes are made of much thinner metal. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm sure Craftsman is Better than horrible freight. But this is GD and the horrible freight fan boys will be along shortly. |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:43:46 PM EDT
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Crftsman makes (made?) toolboxes of varying quality and price points. The really cheap ones are terrible.
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Posted: 12/24/2018 4:50:05 PM EDT
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I looked at both a couple of years ago planning on buying one for my Grandboy.
Craftsman wasn't even in the same league as the HF. Felt like it was made out of recycled Budweiser cans |
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