Son knocked over my Tool Chest!!!!

[James Aiello]

Yep as the title says.... son rolled out my chest onto the driveway.. I guess it was on a slight hill... and the drawers opened up and over it went ... It happened about a week ago and I'm just able to talk about it... made me sick.

Well the bottom 4 drawers broke the rivets holding the tracts to drawers and cabinet. This is a Kobalt Chest from Lowes. I hope I can just rivet the tracks back on... some did bend... oh man... what a mess.


James

 

[HookWorse]

Yep as the title says.... son rolled out my chest onto the driveway.. I guess it was on a slight hill... and the drawers opened up and over it went ... It happened about a week ago and I'm just able to talk about it... made me sick.

Well the bottom 4 drawers broke the rivets holding the tracts to drawers and cabinet. This is a Kobalt Chest from Lowes. I hope I can just rivet the tracks back on... some did bend... oh man... what a mess.


James

Oh man, I feel for ya. Happened to me once, my first box, someone decided to move it over a grate, and bam. Tweaked it pretty good. I tried to tweak it back, but was never the same.

 

[David W]

I hope he's Ok. I tipped my Sams club 42" stainless in my garage. I thought the floor was fairly level but I found out differntly.
It did survive very well but later the bottom lock busted. I was afraid of my kids opening all the drawers and it tipping again so I sold it and bought a 56" International. Just the bottom one. With it being 24" deep it is going to be that much less tippy prone.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I feel your pain, had mine loaded in the back of a van, went round a corner and the van almost went on two wheels as the box tipped.

 

[premierplayer]

Gravity *****. Pulls, *****, you know...
Sounds like a darn good excuse to get a new one, toolbox that is.
Sorry to hear about the accident, hope you're feeling better now.

 

[kgorman]

Hopefully your kid is ok tools are replaceable

 

[91bronc300]

Time to buy a service cart

 

[johnsdeere850j]

That's why I never wanted kids

 

[Zrexxer]

Sounds like a darn good excuse to get a new one, toolbox that is.

I was thinking new son!

 

[ZRX61]

How old is the son?

 

[Hiball]

Well at least No one was Hurt.. I would invest in a Roll Cart for those outside the garage jobs. There is just too much carnage that occur when moving those big boxes around.

 

[May Pop]

Moose
That sounds like a story you dont want to ever tell anyone. We all have those. But I dont want to tell mine.
Ron

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Moose
That sounds like a story you dont want to ever tell anyone. We all have those. But I dont want to tell mine.
Ron

Why's that? The box has more scars than that. It also fell out the back of a van once, fully loaded, while we were trying to get it in.

 

[ZRX61]

I feel your pain, had mine loaded in the back of a van, went round a corner and the van almost went on two wheels as the box tipped.

Guy I know was laid off at the airlines & bought all his tools home in the back of a pickup. He took a clover leaf exit a bit too fast, cartwheeled the boxes & all the tools over about 1/4 acre of real estate right next to the 405.

Same guy also lost a demolishion ball for a crane off a trailer.. went to get a forklift to reload it & when he got back someone had stolen it, leaving only a wok shaped impression in the road... Who the hell drives around with the means of stealing one of those??

 

[justanengineer]

Same guy also lost a demolishion ball for a crane off a trailer.. went to get a forklift to reload it & when he got back someone had stolen it, leaving only a wok shaped impression in the road... Who the hell drives around with the means of stealing one of those??

Now thats funny. Is it considered stealing though, or just picking up litter?

 

[Gtamazing]

How old is the son?

I would also like to know this.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Same guy also lost a demolishion ball for a crane off a trailer.. went to get a forklift to reload it & when he got back someone had stolen it, leaving only a wok shaped impression in the road... Who the hell drives around with the means of stealing one of those??

That's awesome!

 

[newchris]

too bad you cant put something like that on top of the fridge to keep it away from your kids like my parents used to do to me! haha

 

[WhiteTrash]

My mom still tries to hide things on top of the fridge. She figures that since she can't see up there it is hidden. But I have been able to see over the fridge since sometime in high school.

 

[Lomotil]

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. It's always painful to write someone out of your will.

 

[Toolhorder]

My boy ever knocks over my tool boxes (any of em) he's going to have a **** ton of chores to do to make it right with me. He would be cleaning and polishing EVERY tool in said box until he could see his face in them. One thing I was NEVER allowed to do is touch my dad's tools EVER.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

Well the bottom 4 drawers broke the rivets holding the tracts to drawers and cabinet. This is a Kobalt Chest from Lowes. I hope I can just rivet the tracks back on... some did bend... oh man... what a mess.

I hope he's Ok. I tipped my Sams club 42" stainless in my garage. I thought the floor was fairly level but I found out differntly.

Ever hear of divine intervention?

 

[ChrisStarks]

Pictures... or it didn't happen.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Guy I know was laid off at the airlines & bought all his tools home in the back of a pickup. He took a clover leaf exit a bit too fast, cartwheeled the boxes & all the tools over about 1/4 acre of real estate right next to the 405.

Some people should not be allowed out of the stupid house! Transporting a full box, you put a ratchet strap(s) all the way around it top to bottom to insure the drawers stay closed. Barring that, you use nylon strapping tape, rope, whatever you can to do the job, then ratchet straps to secure it in the bed of the truck/trailer.

Charles

 

[Wrenches of Death]

That's why I never wanted kids

That and the fact that a lot of my friends have boomerang kids. You kick them out of the house and they move back in with their own kids and a significant other!

My wife and I followed the "Thinker" path in life.

Two
Healthy
Incomes
No
Kids
Easy
Retirement


WoD

 

[Wrenches of Death]

My boy ever knocks over my tool boxes (any of em) he's going to have a **** ton of chores to do to make it right with me.

RRRRRRR, Gravity. She's a harsh mistress!

My father would have taken the belt to me if I had done something like that. I can still remember the time I set the push mower on fire in the garage while farting around with matches.

WoD

 

[Garys Garage]

15 year ago my son was cleaning my 75th anniversary roll cabinet and opened too many drawers. It flipped over on him. It took my and my buddy to lift it high enough to let him crawl out from under it. It took 12 hours to put the tools back. No damage to the son or box. My son is now 25 and closes all the drawers now every time he walks buy.

 

[Trucky]

RRRRRRR, Gravity. She's a harsh mistress!

My father would have taken the belt to me if I had done something like that. I can still remember the time I set the push mower on fire in the garage while farting around with matches.

WoD

Took me a minute to get away from the image of a push mower that's just blades with no engine....

 

[johnsdeere850j]

That and the fact that a lot of my friends have boomerang kids. You kick them out of the house and they move back in with their own kids and a significant other!

My wife and I followed the "Thinker" path in life.

Two
Healthy
Incomes
No
Kids
Easy
Retirement


WoD

Smart way to do it for sure!

 

[Wrenches of Death]

Took me a minute to get away from the image of a push mower that's just blades with no engine....

You're thinking about a reel mower. A push mower is one that you push rather than it pulling itself along.

I guess that I was about twelve or so. Someone had shown me how to flip lit matches off of the box. Lots and lots of fun there boy!

I was sitting out in the garage one day just flipping way and probably dreaming of making the Olympic US Match Flipping Team. Life was good.

About that time the old man walked it, one of the matches landed on the new push mower, and there was a whoosh! An instant later the mower was engulfed in flames.

After he put that fire out with an old blanket, his belt started a new fire on my ***. I guess that's probably the last time I played with matches. He's gone now, but his lesson lives on.

WoD

 

[Coolabah]

My boy ever knocks over my tool boxes (any of em) he's going to have a **** ton of chores to do to make it right with me. He would be cleaning and polishing EVERY tool in said box until he could see his face in them. One thing I was NEVER allowed to do is touch my dad's tools EVER.

WOW ! That is really sad in so many ways. I must confess, when I was growing up my dad really wasn't interested in fixing stuff. He did have some tools and cared less if I used them- so, guess what ? I used them full on all the time for all sorts of projects from building cubby houses to a doll house for my sister.. etc... I think I got the gene from my grandfather on the other side of the family who could build a boat out of chickenwire if he had to.

Sadly , my boys take after my dad more than me & Grandpa. But, they have TOTAL permission to use my tools, anytime. But... I have learned to tell them to leave said tools on my sidebench "so that I can put them away" (meaning: assess/lubricate/repair/replace as needed ... )

 

[Toolhorder]

WOW ! That is really sad in so many ways. I must confess, when I was growing up my dad really wasn't interested in fixing stuff. He did have some tools and cared less if I used them- so, guess what ? I used them full on all the time for all sorts of projects from building cubby houses to a doll house for my sister.. etc... I think I got the gene from my grandfather on the other side of the family who could build a boat out of chickenwire if he had to.

Sadly , my boys take after my dad more than me & Grandpa. But, they have TOTAL permission to use my tools, anytime. But... I have learned to tell them to leave said tools on my sidebench "so that I can put them away" (meaning: assess/lubricate/repair/replace as needed ... )

Well you never met me as a kid and instilling a healthy respect for tools by cleaning them never hurt anyone. I'm not saying I'll never let me kids touch my tools at all I'm saying they will learn to clean and take care of them first and treat them with the respect they deserve and when I feel they are "getting" that then they will be allowed to handle them.
My tool investment pays the bills though so I treat it will more respect then probably most homeowners treat their tools.

 

[Toolhorder]

You're thinking about a reel mower. A push mower is one that you push rather than it pulling itself along.

I guess that I was about twelve or so. Someone had shown me how to flip lit matches off of the box. Lots and lots of fun there boy!

I was sitting out in the garage one day just flipping way and probably dreaming of making the Olympic US Match Flipping Team. Life was good.

About that time the old man walked it, one of the matches landed on the new push mower, and there was a whoosh! An instant later the mower was engulfed in flames.

After he put that fire out with an old blanket, his belt started a new fire on my ***. I guess that's probably the last time I played with matches. He's gone now, but his lesson lives on.

WoD

This made me laugh so hard. Great story.

 

[Coolabah]

Well you never met me as a kid and instilling a healthy respect for tools by cleaning them never hurt anyone. I'm not saying I'll never let me kids touch my tools at all I'm saying they will learn to clean and take care of them first and treat them with the respect they deserve and when I feel they are "getting" that then they will be allowed to handle them.
My tool investment pays the bills though so I treat it will more respect then probably most homeowners treat their tools.

Whatever, but I also use my tools professionally. They're your kids, not mine just offering my POV but I sure as heck do my best not to scare my kids out of WANTING to use *any* tools.
quoting you :
"My boy ever knocks over my tool boxes (any of em) he's going to have a **** ton of chores to do to make it right with me. He would be cleaning and polishing EVERY tool in said box until he could see his face in them" . F me if I was a kid a would not want to have ANYTHING to do with any of your tools in case I accidentally did something....4 weeks after school time at least 'till I could go chase girls again... just my 2 cents....

... so... after being allowed to polish the tool then handle the tool, how long 'till they are allowed to actually use it ? Sheesh....

 

[diesel research]

He said if his boy KNOCKS OVER his toolbox lol.

The way I understood that to mean is, "if you knock my tool box over, you will polish all of the tools"

Not "if you ever use my tools you will polish them"

Another option is "this box cost a lot of money, what are you willing to do to make it right?".....self-imposed punishment is a mo-fo. lol

 

[Monte]

 

[David W]

My twin 5 yo girls always want to "help". Obviously they
don't make me super productive but hopefully when they
are older they'll at least know how to change oil and
tires.

 

[Coolabah]

He said if his boy KNOCKS OVER his toolbox lol.

The way I understood that to mean is, "if you knock my tool box over, you will polish all of the tools"

Not "if you ever use my tools you will polish them"

Another option is "this box cost a lot of money, what are you willing to do to make it right?".....self-imposed punishment is a mo-fo. lol

Agreed. And, your reasoning is more correct than mine given the available documentation. I probably over-read the statement in that same post "One thing I was NEVER allowed to do is touch my dad's tools EVER" and jumped to the (not supported with evidence) conclusion, given the tone of the rest of the post that the poster was applying the same principles to his children.

..sheesh they're not even my kids I really don't know why I seem to be caring so much!!?? ...Ahh, love the internet

 

[Skyline]

Solution to this problem is simple...,get a bigger toolbox and more tools. My box is so heavy that moving it around is simply not something you're going to want to do. I'd guess at least 3-4k lbs. Given its weight, you'd really have to work hard to tip it. Full depth KRLs are pretty stable.

 

[ibedayank]

utility /service carts .... are a GREAT thing no need to move the stack