rocketraider Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I'm already asking myself what the hell a 63 year old retiree with low motivation needs with this thing, but I finally broke down and ordered Harbor Freight's 72" roller tool chest. Got a red one; seems to me a tool chest should be red. Yellow, orange and Grinch green not so much.The idea is to put everything in this one and sell the two smaller Craftsmans I have, but odds are at least one of the Craftsmans will stay with me.. Y'all know how it is- more available tool storage? Dayum, I need more tools! 4 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 It’s six foot long, has handles and has lots of storage so to go against that old adage “You can take it with you!” Enjoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I have been very impressed by the quality of HF's tool chests. Perhaps they are not up to Snap On standards but are head and shoulders above the junk being sold by those who once offered good stuff. I wouldn't trade my 1972 Craftsman roll away with it''s two stacking upper boxes for a new matching Crapsman set even if they tossed in $500 to sweeten the deal. I almost pulled the pin on a full HF set but realized that age and declining health has told me that I have far too many tools and limited desire to use them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 29 minutes ago, CarlLaFong said: that age and declining health has told me that I have far too many tools and limited desire to use them Thank heavens I thought it was just me. ☹️ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 If enough is good, more is better (Craftsman also came in black). My original Penncraft stack is in a different garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 See Line 1 of OP! 👴 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Hey I was that age once but it was a while ago. Only reason not in garage now (am building a steering wheel assembly) is it will be over 90 out there until sometime after midnight. Is the 100 days we put up with for glorious weather the rest of the year. Did clean out a stall and moved a car in this morning while still in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Smits Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I recently purchased a HF tool chest AND i am 80. Hope to use it for several years!!! 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Fossil said: Thank heavens I thought it was just me. ☹️ A stroke takes the wind out of your sails. BTW I have some family in Roscoe SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 hour ago, CarlLaFong said: BTW I have some family in Roscoe SD Been through there a couple times but it is quite a ways from me. Really flat country out there if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different from anything we can imagine. A deadly pandemic in which most cases have no symptoms ? OTOH just enjoy your children's inheritance and the gift that is the present. BTW it has taken 35 years in the same house I designed for garage space to get where I am today (and three HF locations within a few miles, plus a number of Craftsman sales...). 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I still have my Craftsman tool box that I purchased in 1957. It has a full set of tools and I keep it in my motorhome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 It's supposed to be delivered to the house Monday afternoon.😁 Hope it rolls and steers good! Then the fun begins! I have tools I've forgotten what they're for...🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) I have had the same 3 piece tool chest for 35 years now and still satisfied with it. But about 10 years ago I replaced my old cupboards and work bench with Lista cupboards. Lista is very heavily made where I can put as much tooling in a drawer and not be concerned about the weight. I am sure Glenn you will have as much fun as I did after everything is put in its new place. Then scratching your head next month trying to remember where you put something. Edited July 11, 2020 by Joe in Canada (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 A dear 89-year-old friend was throwing this filing cabinet away. I cut off the rusted bottom, made a base, added wheels, and here it is! Total investment about 80.00. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Now that is just too neat! Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 6/25/2020 at 4:39 PM, TerryB said: It’s six foot long, has handles and has lots of storage so to go against that old adage “You can take it with you!” Enjoy. Sounds like when it's your time to go you will fit in it...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 This thing is turning into a true cluster. HF shipped it Monday- in a 30' semi-trailer that could not come into the yard to drop the toolbox off! So, back to square one. Guess someone missed when I said truck w liftgate had to be small enough to come into the driveway... waiting on HF to resolve shipping. I ordered it online to get delivery here to the house, as ordering it in-store would have delivered it to the store. I'd have then had to transport it here and I have no way of off-loading a 700 lb box from my pickup. Always something.🙄🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgreen Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 7:55 PM, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: Now that is just too neat! Ben Would the wrenches be glued to the bottom of the drawer to keep them from moving? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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