Chromdome35
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Got my Christmas present a couple of days ago...72" Husky Mobile Workbench
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-72-in-18-Drawer-Mobile-Workbench-with-Solid-Wood-Top-Black-HOTC7218B11MYS/302255875
Some background...
Santa LTL dropped off my 72" Husky workbench 2 days ago. It is from their new line. I was looking hard at one of the 60" workbench's (Milwaukee & Husky) with the metal pegboard, but I really didn't like the drawer layouts, I felt both of them gave up too much space to deep drawers and they both have the left side cabinet that I don't need.
I then looked hard at the 66" Husky, but I was concerned about the large drawer only having one set of drawer rails. I know it has the center support, but it wasn't enough to alleviate my concern.
I really liked the drawer layout of the 72" and the large top drawer features 2 sets of slides per side for a 200lb weight capacity. The top drawer is 5" deep, a little deeper than is probably necessary, but I should have no issue with deep sockets on whatever rail system I end up using. The three deep drawers on the bottom also feature 2 sets of slides for 200lbs of contents.
Pic of top large drawer
Pic of bottom drawer
Husky offers two different versions of the 72", adjustable height top and a solid top. The adjustable height version is constructed with 19 gauge steel vs 21 gauge for the solid top. Another difference is the adjustable height version features soft close drawer slides while the solid top does not. The adjustable is available in Husky's flat black theme while the solid top features gloss black body with chrome trim. Both versions come with drawer liners.
I'm not a professional mechanic, nor do I pretend to be a very good amateur mechanic. I have accumulated a lot of tools over the years. I do a lot of home DIY and enjoy restoring cast iron, old vintage tools, Coleman lanterns and a big honey-do list. I've been working for a while now on putting together 8 basic tool sets comprised of good old American made tools that I am going to give to each of my grandchildren. This requires a lot of space to do and I was running out of room in my two 26" stacks. This lead me to get a box that I could use to store "my" tools and have a nice size work surface while being able to dedicate at least one of the 26" boxes to my grandkid tool project.
Because the box was not going to be used every day sometimes, I didn't feel like the $200 premium for the adjustable top box was worth it for me. I am short (5'6") and a bench that adjusts higher really holds no appeal to me. So I went with the lower cost ($898) box.
I had a 10% off coupon so the price was $808.00. I paid $85 for threshold delivery (they put it in my garage).
It took 6 business days for it to arrive at my house.
When the driver backed into the driveway today, I asked him if the box was undamaged. He said, "It has a hole in it, not sure if the box is damaged or not". The driver was great, he used a pallet jack and lift gate to get it down on the ground where we both looked at the hole. There was a very clear small shallow dent in the back of the box. The packaging was such that it was easy to unpack the box and inspect it.
Picture of Box
Picture of Hole
Picture of dent on back
Upon closer inspection, the dent in the back did not do any further damage to the box. All the drawers worked perfectly. I still wasn't sure I'd sign for it when the driver said to call Home Depot and ask if they could do anything for me. I called the HD.COM and after a brief hold was connected to a customer service rep. I have to say, the rep was pleasant to deal with. I told him I was thinking about rejecting the box and having them reship me a new one or was there anything they could do to get me to keep it. After some back and forth negotiation, they took another $107 off the box and credited it to me immediately...it cleared and showed on my account before I hung up with the guy. So I ended up paying $700 for the box.
The box comes on a pallet with the wheels already installed. The pallet was constructed with bolts holding it together which were no match for an M12 impact driver with 6mm hex bit. I had the box on the floor in no time.
I'm really impressed with this box. I've already started moving tools over. I've got all my sockets and a few other things in the top drawer and it slides like it's empty. I am going to mount a Craftsman 5196 on it and build a hutch using the wall control metal pegboard in gloss black. I'll hang a computer monitor and a low profile shop light in the hutch.
The box is 72" x 24" x 37.7" high. All of the drawers are 21.8" deep.
The large top drawer is 51" wide by 21.8" Deep by 5.1" high.
There are 2 rows of 2" deep drawers, 2 rows of 3" deep drawers, and 1 row of 8.3" deep drawers. The narrow drawers are 16" Wide and the wide drawers in the middle are 33.5" wide.
On the top left side, next to the large drawer, there is a 2" and 3" deep drawer that are 16" wide.
I'm not the best at doing reviews, if anyone wants to know anything about it, please ask.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-72-in-18-Drawer-Mobile-Workbench-with-Solid-Wood-Top-Black-HOTC7218B11MYS/302255875
Some background...
Santa LTL dropped off my 72" Husky workbench 2 days ago. It is from their new line. I was looking hard at one of the 60" workbench's (Milwaukee & Husky) with the metal pegboard, but I really didn't like the drawer layouts, I felt both of them gave up too much space to deep drawers and they both have the left side cabinet that I don't need.
I then looked hard at the 66" Husky, but I was concerned about the large drawer only having one set of drawer rails. I know it has the center support, but it wasn't enough to alleviate my concern.
I really liked the drawer layout of the 72" and the large top drawer features 2 sets of slides per side for a 200lb weight capacity. The top drawer is 5" deep, a little deeper than is probably necessary, but I should have no issue with deep sockets on whatever rail system I end up using. The three deep drawers on the bottom also feature 2 sets of slides for 200lbs of contents.
Pic of top large drawer
Pic of bottom drawer
Husky offers two different versions of the 72", adjustable height top and a solid top. The adjustable height version is constructed with 19 gauge steel vs 21 gauge for the solid top. Another difference is the adjustable height version features soft close drawer slides while the solid top does not. The adjustable is available in Husky's flat black theme while the solid top features gloss black body with chrome trim. Both versions come with drawer liners.
I'm not a professional mechanic, nor do I pretend to be a very good amateur mechanic. I have accumulated a lot of tools over the years. I do a lot of home DIY and enjoy restoring cast iron, old vintage tools, Coleman lanterns and a big honey-do list. I've been working for a while now on putting together 8 basic tool sets comprised of good old American made tools that I am going to give to each of my grandchildren. This requires a lot of space to do and I was running out of room in my two 26" stacks. This lead me to get a box that I could use to store "my" tools and have a nice size work surface while being able to dedicate at least one of the 26" boxes to my grandkid tool project.
Because the box was not going to be used every day sometimes, I didn't feel like the $200 premium for the adjustable top box was worth it for me. I am short (5'6") and a bench that adjusts higher really holds no appeal to me. So I went with the lower cost ($898) box.
I had a 10% off coupon so the price was $808.00. I paid $85 for threshold delivery (they put it in my garage).
It took 6 business days for it to arrive at my house.
When the driver backed into the driveway today, I asked him if the box was undamaged. He said, "It has a hole in it, not sure if the box is damaged or not". The driver was great, he used a pallet jack and lift gate to get it down on the ground where we both looked at the hole. There was a very clear small shallow dent in the back of the box. The packaging was such that it was easy to unpack the box and inspect it.
Picture of Box
Picture of Hole
Picture of dent on back
Upon closer inspection, the dent in the back did not do any further damage to the box. All the drawers worked perfectly. I still wasn't sure I'd sign for it when the driver said to call Home Depot and ask if they could do anything for me. I called the HD.COM and after a brief hold was connected to a customer service rep. I have to say, the rep was pleasant to deal with. I told him I was thinking about rejecting the box and having them reship me a new one or was there anything they could do to get me to keep it. After some back and forth negotiation, they took another $107 off the box and credited it to me immediately...it cleared and showed on my account before I hung up with the guy. So I ended up paying $700 for the box.
The box comes on a pallet with the wheels already installed. The pallet was constructed with bolts holding it together which were no match for an M12 impact driver with 6mm hex bit. I had the box on the floor in no time.
I'm really impressed with this box. I've already started moving tools over. I've got all my sockets and a few other things in the top drawer and it slides like it's empty. I am going to mount a Craftsman 5196 on it and build a hutch using the wall control metal pegboard in gloss black. I'll hang a computer monitor and a low profile shop light in the hutch.
The box is 72" x 24" x 37.7" high. All of the drawers are 21.8" deep.
The large top drawer is 51" wide by 21.8" Deep by 5.1" high.
There are 2 rows of 2" deep drawers, 2 rows of 3" deep drawers, and 1 row of 8.3" deep drawers. The narrow drawers are 16" Wide and the wide drawers in the middle are 33.5" wide.
On the top left side, next to the large drawer, there is a 2" and 3" deep drawer that are 16" wide.
I'm not the best at doing reviews, if anyone wants to know anything about it, please ask.
