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[88dx]

So about a month late I finally got my new box from Matco, As soon as I move back to WA i plan to fill this fucker with ice and tall cans 

[DRQPQUT]

fail all i get is red Xs

[88dx]

fail all i get is red Xs

should be fixed, this damm interaweb in alaska is slowwwwwww as fuck 

[Jorsher]

I wish I had a fancy tool box.

[88dx]

I wish I had a fancy tool box.

Its so nice to have good tools/box, but i have spent a lot of $$$ on tools over the years. I got a pretty good deal on this box it was about $1700 shipped  :yes:

[Jorsher]

I wish I had a fancy tool box.

Its so nice to have good tools/box, but i have spent a lot of $$$ on tools over the years. I got a pretty good deal on this box it was about $1700 shipped  :yes:

Fuck, that's almost what I spent on my CRX...

Does it come with a free fleshlight?

GPS navigation?

Stripper pole?

[88dx]

I sure hope it dose, I haven actually see the box other then these pics since it took so long to ship it.

[highroller54]

I could put a few of those boxs in mine, its cute though 

[88dx]

I could put a few of those boxs in mine, its cute though 

I call BS ur wifey always tells me mines way bigger 

[highroller54]

I could put a few of those boxs in mine, its cute though 

I call BS ur wifey always tells me mines way bigger 

What that you have a biger box them my wife? Weird 

[88dx]

U didnt know that 

[highroller54]

Donna has always told me mine was much bigger so who here is lying?

[bigdaddyvtec]

Ima bend yer momz over it and give you brother

[BoostedSchemes]

i want to know why a box costs 1700$ ... can you tell me about the features, practical improvements, etc? having never been a mechanic I do not know the value of a good box over a typical 300$ craftsman piece and would like to be enlightened.

[2slow]

A few years ago when i was still a technician i wroked with a guy that had a matcobox custom made for him i dont remember exactly what it costed him but i know it was well over $10k he used his current matco box as a partial trade and got 7k for the one he was using already. I have a $300 craftsman that is filled to the top and wont fit all my tools and i dont plan on ever buying something bigger

[ifly87]

I bought my snap-on box when I was in school, it was around $1,000 at 50% off I am an airplane mechanic. The quality on those boxes from companies like snap-on, mac, matco compared to craftsman is like night and day. They are built very sturdy, the drawers slide like they are riding on warm butter even when stuffed with 50lbs of tools. I personally push my box around alot probably 100yards a day and the metal is nice and thick and the welds are nice quality where a craftsman cracks at the spot welds and what not. I work with guys that have $10,000 tool boxes, when you are using it every single day for you're job it really is worth it to have a nice quality box/tools. Those tool companies rape the fuck out of people though, the prices on tools is so crazy.

[highroller54]

my roll cab, top box, stainless work top and locker is $29,000. Thats just my box, no tools. I want to get a riser and one more locker but its already so fucking big if I ever left work I dont even know what I would do with it 

[turbob16hatch]

my roll cab, top box, stainless work top and locker is $29,000. Thats just my box, no tools. I want to get a riser and one more locker but its already so fucking big if I ever left work I dont even know what I would do with it 

Holy shit. I though my box was expensive LOL

[SDRAWKCAB]

Car tools in a bag that I gots for free

rest of the tool sit in m a crastman box I hit at a yard sail for 5 bones

fuck yor over price rooling poop

[88dx]

haha if u guys had to use tools all day everyday ud understand why we spend the money we do on tools 

[snm95ls]

i want to know why a box costs 1700$ ... can you tell me about the features, practical improvements, etc? having never been a mechanic I do not know the value of a good box over a typical 300$ craftsman piece and would like to be enlightened.

1700 is super cheap for a good box.

Load up a drawer with 200+ pounds of tools, open and close said drawer 50 times a day, then tell me how a Craftsamn box holds up.  They cost a fuck load because they are built to take a beating for many many years.  Granted, you can get by just fine with a much lesser box.

I paid 5K for my Snap-ON KRL top and bottom used.  I'd rather have a newer KRL 1000 or even a new EPIQ series roll cab to have a work surface, but there is no point since I am trying to get away from turning wrenches for a living.

Mreh.

[LS1pwNzJ00]

I understand the need for a good box, but it doesnt have to cost that much, a box is a box is a box, it wont make you a better mechanic, just like an expensive fishing pole wont make you a better fisher.  They are just tools that do not have a much higher return when comparing a lesser priced one to a more expensive one.  Take alcohol for example, a $40 bottle will be up to twice as good tasting as a $20 bottle, but they both do the same thing, get you drunk.

Mreh.

[snm95ls]

I understand the need for a good box, but it doesnt have to cost that much, a box is a box is a box, it wont make you a better mechanic, just like an expensive fishing pole wont make you a better fisher.  They are just tools that do not have a much higher return when comparing a lesser priced one to a more expensive one.  Take alcohol for example, a $40 bottle will be up to twice as good tasting as a $20 bottle, but they both do the same thing, get you drunk.

Mreh.

You are correct.  The tool truck boxes come with tool truck tax.

 

There are other good ones out there, but comparing a standard baller bearing drawer Craftsman to MAC, Matco, or Snap On box is ridiculous.  I started out with a baller bearing Craftsman box, and it did it's job, but I needed more room, and the weight capacity of the truck boxes is ridiculous.  I dunno how much my socket drawer weights, but the full width drawer on the S-O box handles it like a champ, all while not wanting to tip over.  Hell my socket collection pales in comparison to a lot of techs.

I am not saying that it is rational to spend thousands on a tool box, but neither is spending thousands of dollars on a car just to make it go faster or perform better.

[narfdanarf]

I've really been thinking lately of ordering a 72" krl.

[snm95ls]

I've really been thinking lately of ordering a 72" krl.

Just bolt together several HF boxes, and save yourself thousands of dollars.

 

[d112crzy]

Fuck, and here I thought I was baller with my $600 Matco box.

[boosted wagon]

I worked in a shop as a mechanic and I had a Craftsman box because I don't believe in spending money to work.I have a Snap on box at home but i would never at work unless the company paid for it.I get upset at spending $5 on lunch to go to work.Don't be silly a real man doesn't need 30G in tools to fix a jalopy of shit anyways. It isn't your car flat rate that beast out the door.

[2slow]

If you dont like paying for lunch then bring a lunch you bozo. I understand why the boxes are so expensive but what the fuck is up with $40+  sockets? I was on the matco truck one day when i could not find my 17mm short socket and the guy wanted $40 for one. I went to hf the next day and got a bunch of shit for ~$30. Also i dont feel bad when i have to "modify" hf $1 wrenches to do a job

[turbob16hatch]

If you dont like paying for lunch then bring a lunch you bozo. I understand why the boxes are so expensive but what the fuck is up with $40+  sockets? I was on the matco truck one day when i could not find my 17mm short socket and the guy wanted $40 for one. I went to hf the next day and got a bunch of shit for ~$30. Also i dont feel bad when i have to "modify" hf $1 wrenches to do a job

Yeah untill you snap sockets everyday. I have broken more shit sockets trying to get things loose. I have only broken a snap on wrench that one could argue i was being abusive with. never broken a socket yet.

[Jorsher]

I've only worked on Hondas, which may be the reason for this, but I've only snapped sockets trying to remove the crank pulley bolt...  Quarter mile away to the auto-parts store, bought some cheap impact sockets, no snapped ones since...

It'd be nice to have a baller box, but I don't need to use tools often enough to justify it.

$29k?  Goddamn.  Did not even know there were boxes that pricey...  That would buy me at least 14 CRXes.