Somehow, I can't get my head around rolling four tons of tools around the shop. Now if they motorize it and provide a remote......
There's a POTD idea right there!
Somehow, I can't get my head around rolling four tons of tools around the shop. Now if they motorize it and provide a remote......
A bunch of mechanics sadly can relate to that...(just made my last payment on my Snap-on tools)
I bought a US General 56" chest to use for a lathe stand, and given the quality of that chest and the price, I don't know how you would need anything more. It's got all full roller drawers with latches, it's made from fairly heavy guage steel and mine is loaded to the gills with lathe and mill accessories, not lightweight stuff and it has no complaints. Full disclosure: I built a subframe and used leveling casters to lower it by about 7 inches so I didn't have to reach up to run my lathe, so I can't speak for the casters, but they looked good and I will probably use them on another project. I think maybe we're a little spoiled nowadays for toolboxes, considering 25 years ago you would have paid the more in inflation adjusted dollars for a 26" full roller chest from Sears. I don't even know when they started selling full roller toolboxes to the general public, might have been later than that.
Ah. This seems like the most reasonable explanation but I still can't see my father (runs a body shop) going to HF and saying to himself I need to have that toolbox where do I sign up for credit. I suppose there are people out there though that value this kind of proposition. Each to his own!I don't think they are going after the average Joe with the Icon line. Its geared more toward the professional mechanic turning wrenches all day everyday. If the mechanic can buy the Icon box for thousands less than the same Snap on box then that is the target market. Plus HF is going to offer credit.