I pulled the trigger.
Bought rhis one from home despot for $498. It's a whole lot bigger than it looks. Over 5-1/2 feet tall and 41 inches wide.
Ya shoulda seem me trying to lift that 140# upper box onto the lower unit, bout dropped a nut on the floor. Wasn't the weight as much as it was that it was so wide and awkward, no real good way to grab it. But I got it.
And as with all things, there had to be some sort of hassle:
They only had two in stock, and of course they were on the very top shelf with all sorts of christmas decorations hiding them.
Took a while for them to get a forklift, chain off the area, and then get the boxes down.
They were on a pallet (duh) and they wanted me to get a cart and move the boxes off the pallet and onto a cart.
I said really? Why don't you just drive out to my pick up and I'll slide them into the back?
So the guy says, there's a $10 pallet charge.
I say, I don't want the pallet, just use it to move the boxes to my truck.
But we're not done yet.
I get the boxes home and unpack them, lots and lots of packing stuff.
One 12" x 14" box contains the casters, handle, and hardware.
Cept there are no bolts/washers for the casters. Anywhere. I check again and again. nope.
So I head back.
A half hour later I'm on my way home again with sixteen 8mm bolts and washers.
You guessed it, they're 'sposed to be 5/16".
So I say to hell with it, and I go to the ace hardware store and but a box of 50 5/16" bolts for six bux.
Get it all together. What shoulda take 45 minutes has now eaten up most of the morning.
As I'm cleaning up the mess I'm cutting up the carboard with a razor knife so it'll all fit in the trash can.
As I always do, I cut the boxes so they lie down flat and take less room. So I take that 12" x 14" hardware box and turn it over. Guess what I see?
There, taped to the BOTTOM of the box on the OUTSIDE, is a package of 5/16" bolts and washers.
Did I mention the tool box was made in Vietnam?
The reason I mention that is because right now, some guy who packages up toolboxes in exchange for a bowl of rice is laughing his ass off, knowing that he won the game of hide and go seek the hardware.
Taped them to the outside bottom of the box. Amazing.
Oh yeah .... love the box, it's great, huge, everything is perfect, spent 4 hours filling it up with tools yesterday. Best $500 I ever spent.
BTW, that red harbor freight box? They e-mailed a discount coupon,
$299.
Pretty darned cheap if you ask me.
