took a drive down to the Lista plant today to pick up my new box. Kind of funny when I found out that Lista's factory is in Holliston, MA. My dad grew up there, and I spent plenty of time there visiting my grandmother. She liked to walk a lot and we used to visit one of her friends that lived almost withing sight of the Lista plant.
Holliston has one real claim to fame, if you like Baseball, or poetry, you probably know the poem, "Casey at the bat". Mudville is where my dad grew up, just around the corner from my grandmothers house is the "statue" of Casey, and a plaque about the poem. The ball field is across route 16 behind the Mobil station near the center of town.
Anyway, I picked up the tool box today, I was very happy with the way they prep it for shipping. We got almost 4" of snow this morning, so the roads were wet and messy. I brought horse blankets and a tarp to cover the box, but Lista already had the box on a pallet, in a plastic bag, then covered with a cardboard top and corners and then wrapped in another layer of plastic wrap. All I had to do was strap it down for the drive to it's new home.
After I got the pallet off the trailer and the box off the pallet, I spent a few hours moving in enough tools to be able to go right to work tomorrow.
Compared to SO, the drawer locks are a nice solid design, not full width like SO or craftsman, but that just helps keep people out who don't belong.
I couldn't move everything in as two of the drawers on the left bank do not have liners. I'm not sure if this is an oversight, but it seems weird since the rest all have liners, including the extra deep bottom drawer in the same size. I know the factory shipping area was stuffed with boxes ready to go, they may just have been extra busy. I'm gonna have to grab a roll of drawer liner for those two drawers before I move in to them.
The slides are super beefy, compared to SO, and the metal gage looks thicker all around.
The SO guy has been busy recently, with 5 new boxes in our hangar in the last year. More than one of the new box owners, came over and comented on how much nicer the Lista wheels are, especially the lock on the wheels. Our hangar floor is pitched so water will drain to the middle, SO boxes will start to roll, even with the brake on.
Once I move into all the drawers the Husky box will move to my garage at home.
If I ever buy a bigger box it's going to be a Lista. Make sure you post pics when you get it.
