I always wondered the difference between cheap and expensive toolboxes, and what I realized after really studying cheap and expensive boxes is that for unless your a serious professional mechanic that has a very heavy and expensive collection of tools you don't need thick heavy lockable expensive boxes. It seems to me the main advantage to the snap ons of the world is heavy duty and anti theft. If your just a home mechanic harbor freight, husky, old used toolboxes are totally fine
Honestly I'll raise you one. I'm by no means the best but I do consider myself a serious professional mechanic with a fairly large collection of tools and I STILL don't think you need one of those snap on ones. Sure there nice to have and if I was a lot richer sure I'd get one. But the ones from harbor freight will work fine for 95% of techs out there. Thanks for engaging on the channel. Have a great day man!
Interesting. So far I've found them to be nearly identical with the exception of the US general logo looking slightly different and more modern I guess. The logo and the additional color options are the only differences I see. I'll have to keep this in mind and note any issues I see moving forward. The new grey box is only a few days of use old at this point so still working great 👍.
As a remedy to the brake drawer and fluid leaking have you tried placing one of those oil sorbent towels in there or even just a regular towel in the drawer? I understand you are mobile but maybe a rubbermaid plastic bin to put whatever is leaking or could leak into or a 2 gallon ziplock bag and just keep it out of the box so it can't spill onto your other tools? Just an idea not trying to tell anyone how to organize their workflow.
@rohbjennings not a bad idea. I think what I'm gonna end up doing just just not putting the brake bleed equipment in the toolbox at all anymore. I may just throw it in the stow n go or In my milk crate next to the box that I keep funnels and things like that in. Worst case it leaks onto the weathertech floor mat my toolbox sits on top of
I'd say the old box held up pretty good banging around in the back of the van.
Kinda like the blues brothers quote Jake: "how often does your tool box bang around?
Elwood: "so often you don't even notice it" lol
I always wondered the difference between cheap and expensive toolboxes, and what I realized after really studying cheap and expensive boxes is that for unless your a serious professional mechanic that has a very heavy and expensive collection of tools you don't need thick heavy lockable expensive boxes. It seems to me the main advantage to the snap ons of the world is heavy duty and anti theft. If your just a home mechanic harbor freight, husky, old used toolboxes are totally fine
Honestly I'll raise you one. I'm by no means the best but I do consider myself a serious professional mechanic with a fairly large collection of tools and I STILL don't think you need one of those snap on ones.
Sure there nice to have and if I was a lot richer sure I'd get one. But the ones from harbor freight will work fine for 95% of techs out there.
Thanks for engaging on the channel. Have a great day man!
Sadly they make em worse now. Got an old HF cart and a new one. The old one was built much better than the new ones.
Interesting. So far I've found them to be nearly identical with the exception of the US general logo looking slightly different and more modern I guess. The logo and the additional color options are the only differences I see. I'll have to keep this in mind and note any issues I see moving forward. The new grey box is only a few days of use old at this point so still working great 👍.
As a remedy to the brake drawer and fluid leaking have you tried placing one of those oil sorbent towels in there or even just a regular towel in the drawer? I understand you are mobile but maybe a rubbermaid plastic bin to put whatever is leaking or could leak into or a 2 gallon ziplock bag and just keep it out of the box so it can't spill onto your other tools? Just an idea not trying to tell anyone how to organize their workflow.
@rohbjennings not a bad idea. I think what I'm gonna end up doing just just not putting the brake bleed equipment in the toolbox at all anymore. I may just throw it in the stow n go or In my milk crate next to the box that I keep funnels and things like that in. Worst case it leaks onto the weathertech floor mat my toolbox sits on top of