Tool box advice

[fishleg87]

After a little advice please! Ive had a snapon kra5319 for near on 10years now and its beaten up and scratched and some of the runners are on there last legs, plus she is over flowing now!
so time for a nice fresh one! The local tool guys have been round and ive been looking, cant reallY afford the next size up in the snap on stuff. But the sealey modular workshop stuff apms04 with the back panel and over head lockers. Looks pretty decent and says "heavy duty" plus you can buy matching bottom boxs,cupboards and lockers as my tool collection grows!
Just wondered if anyone has seen this stuff and the feel of it? Thanks

[B'stard Child]

Some good info here

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

And here

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=2&a...

Edited by B'stard Child on Sunday 15th March 10:52

[fishleg87]

Thanks, first link done! On to the second

[B'stard Child]

fishleg87 said:

Thanks, first link done! On to the second

Second is probably more useful - took a bit more finding as for some reason I hadn't bookmarked it

[ging84]

I just genuinely despair at the prices of these heavy duty tool chests like the snap on ones, often i looked at prices and thought well that's pretty good if it's full of tools, and been staggered to discover it's empty, and even more staggered at the cost to fill it

I know most buyers are commercial so are not paying vat and offset it against tax, but they still seem rather steep

I used to think people in the trade were getting massive discounts, but if that were the case, they'd be on ebay that cheap, and the used ones would be even cheaper, but they aren't so either i am missing something or the world has gone mad

[fishleg87]

The guy next to me at work just dropped 6k on a massive snap on box with stainless top and he wants to buy the hutch which is another 2k :/
Back when i was young free and single then i prob would of been suckered in but not now! I just want to know the sealey heavy duty ones will last a while. It is still 1k for the bottom box so would like to think it was built well!

[jackthelad1984]

Check out the us pro tools stainless roll cabs and top boxes on ebay, look pretty smart and robust, a mechanic friend has one and reckons it's on par with his snap on one.

[fishleg87]

Yeah ive seen them but there not deep enough front to back! They are good quality though.

[B'stard Child]

fishleg87 said:

I just want to know the sealey heavy duty ones will last a while. It is still 1k for the bottom box so would like to think it was built well!

Well my sealey "American Pro" cheapie has provided stirling service for probably getting close to 20 years and despite abuse (brick weave drive shakes trolley jacks to bits) and the fact it's fairly overloaded it's still one of the best things I've purchased for garage organisation - it has faded a fair bit to a shade between pink and purple - more stickers needed

[fishleg87]

So hopefully there 'premium' range should be ok!

[kambites]

jackthelad1984 said:

Check out the us pro tools stainless roll cabs and top boxes on ebay, look pretty smart and robust, a mechanic friend has one and reckons it's on par with his snap on one.

I've got one and it's definitely not snap-on quality. However, it's perfectly adequate. Mine is this one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-US-PRO-MASSIVE-TOOL-C...

I'm surprised it's not deep enough for you, it's one of the bigger cabinets I've seen.


I see you're in Hampshire. You're welcome to come and see mine if you're anywhere near Chandler's Ford.

Edited by kambites on Sunday 15th March 12:57