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So far, I'm using the one I got for 1/4 inch drive stuff. Still have the bottom drawer to load. I'm thinking of getting another for pens, pencils and markers, although I would probably do better with a vertical rack for those. I'd also like a matching bottom box with a 2-1/2 or 3 inch deep...

So many posts about how these things aren't practical. or efficient. How about they are fun, and cost about as much as a burger and fries at a pretty cheap place? Or maybe a triple latte. It's OK to lighten up a bit and be a bit silly now and then.

Now that I finally got tempted enough to buy something I knew I'd have no idea what to do with... Maybe not so useless. I seem to have a fair number of very frequently used small go-to items at various workstations. Pencils, pens, markers. Remote control gate and garage door openers for...

There is still one ancient HF store in my area. I wonder what it smells like.

I don't think HF has carried that one for well over a decade. They "replaced" it with something Pittsburgh branded that isn't half as good. It's gritchy and works when it wants to. But I'm pretty sure it was cheaper than the earlier model.

Well, there are a fair number of old HF addicts stumbling around.

I haven't noticed the old notorious rubber smell in the local HF stores for 5 years or more. There's still a bit in the small tire selection, but not more than in the vicinity of the Auto Center at WalMart. If you don't walk through a HF store every few years to see what they are actually like...

So, an 8 drawer bottom box? When I think of a cart, I think of three shelves and maybe an intermediate cabinet grafted under the top tray. Yeah, I'm a curmudgeon. Sigh...

Back in the 80s, the bottom shelf was where the spray chemicals and red rags lived. The shops I worked in were tight enough that side shelves and other exterior attachments weren't a good idea. We used the top tray as a working surface to hold actively used tools for the specific job, and...

Respectfully disagree, at least in part. I worked for years with a guy who wasn't much at all at diagnostics. But he could honestly turn 80 flat rate hours in 45 clock hours doing brakes, clutches, suspension work, engine swaps, etc., and doing them well. He'd focused on that stuff for so many...

I was the kind of young insecure idiot that were bread and butter for the dealers. Maybe 10% of my SO purchases actually made sense. Most of the rest could have been Craftsman (This was the 80s). So I threw away a lot of money on "pride of ownership", whatever the hell that is besides vaporware.

Even better! Exclusive new pastel colors on the new $60K F/P rideable tool train!

Yeah, Harbor Freight originated the practice of stealing designs from other companies. Every real high-end tool company in history scrupulously avoided stealing designs from their competitors, and there were no infringement lawsuits. (Not picking on your post. Just running with it).

Oh, hell - Fisher Price would be awesome!

I'd likely try to get a portopower ram cylinder or maybe a screw jack in there along with some plate or plywood to spread the load, probably placing the ram directly at the crease (because that probably wont dent outward) , and gently push outward. It might push quite a bit of the big dent out...

I keep getting "do you want push notifications?" and replying "Never ask me again". And then the next time I log in, the message is back. Is there away to stop that?

No, I was talking about "Did I get the tires changed?"

I did not know that.

This is a joke, right?

I like this type of organizer: https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage-organization/parts-storage/organizers/cases/15-bin-small-portable-parts-storage-case-64811.html I like the removable bins, and the Zag/Stanley versions I have in a larger size have not been prone to parts migration.