Bolting down a top box

[86k10]

How many of you guys with a top box on a bottom box bolts them together? Is there any benefit or down side? I have a 761/791 that I just threw the top on and still has the rubber mat in between them.

I have to remove the top drawer on the roller to access the back bolts and either cut holes in the mat or remove it. Just wanted to get some opinions before I go further.

 

[Roland-5.0]

Mime is bolted together but from the back corners. I'll see if I can dig up a pic of it.

 

[richfinn]

Its harder to steal if its bolted together.

 

[Givl Reggin]

I have my boxes bolted together - it gives you a little more security from tipping over if you have more than one draw open at a time.

 

[Farmall450]

I do not have mine bolted together...never have had a problem either. Then again, the only heavy drawer is pliers, which is the bottomost one. I have a rubber mat in between too. My box is stationary, which may make a difference, with no worries about theft.

 

[Deafautotech]

i had installed the bolts on my KRL1203 when i put it on and pull the top drawers out of bottom box to put bolts in. so far no problems...

 

[AZ_Catskinner]

Every set of stacked boxes I've owned has been bolted together both for security/theft reasons, and because I saw someone moving his old Craftsman stack that wasn't bolted together hit a rock with the forklift, resulting in a pretty decent selection of tools on the ground and a mangled top box.

 

[young_buck]

I have been considering it for quite some time now but have never taken action, I too have seen too many boxes topple over in transport and thats what made me want to do it, might do it over the weekend

 

[86k10]

I think I am going to bolt them together. I was on the fence because I have to empty out the top drawer and pull it out. Now I need to decide if I want to go metal to metal or leave the rubber may and cut holes in it from underneath.

 

[86k10]

I have been considering it for quite some time now but have never taken action, I too have seen too many boxes topple over in transport and thats what made me want to do it, might do it over the weekend

I had thought that bolting them together would possibly make them top heavy and more prone to tipping the whole unit vs. just the top falling off.

 

[young_buck]

in the shop I watched a brand new SO top box fall off of the bottom roller breaking the lock and denting the drawers inward, the owner was not pleased and bolted his old top box onto his new roller

 

[redwrench60]

I bolted my KRL top and bottom together. Only takes a few minutes and I left the mat in between them. I took an empty 9mm casing, laid it on the mat and smacked it with a hammer to punch holes for the bolts. It will keep the box from shifting, or tipping over and should make it harder to steal.

 

[NUTTSGT]

My box is stationary, so it's not moved around. I never felt the need to bolt it together.

 

[srmofo]

Can someone please explain to me how bolting the 2 boxes together makes them harder to steal? unless you are talking about little boxes, then yes I understand. I know my top box is so large and heavy its difficult to move around empty with 2 guys. Its not going anywhere without the bottom box and a flatbed.

 

[redwrench60]

Can someone please explain to me how bolting the 2 boxes together makes them harder to steal? unless you are talking about little boxes, then yes I understand. I know my top box is so large and heavy its difficult to move around empty with 2 guys. Its not going anywhere without the bottom box and a flatbed.

If they're stealing it then it doesn't mean they have to be carefull with it. They will just back a truck up to the roll cab and pry/shove the top box off in the truck bed and haul ***. Most theives are lazy, make it as hard as possible on them. Like I said, "harder" to steal but not impossible.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Can someone please explain to me how bolting the 2 boxes together makes them harder to steal? unless you are talking about little boxes, then yes I understand. I know my top box is so large and heavy its difficult to move around empty with 2 guys. Its not going anywhere without the bottom box and a flatbed.

If it's a 26" top box, like a CMan, and it's bolted down, they just can't pick it up and walk off with it.

 

[young_buck]

I am looking at it from less of a getting stolen point of view, and more of a box is always in motion point of view, when your box is being moved around the shop all the time it would ease my mind to know the top box wasn't going to end up on the floor if it comes to an abrupt stop due to a hose or rock or something against my casters

 

[acdc73]

I put 2 bolts towards the back corners of mine for peace of mind, so top won't tip over...

 

[Chadwilliam1]

when I stacked my craftsman boxes (42" I think) I was planning on bolting them together but my dad talked me out of it. I didn't see any real downsides to doing it. I should have done it but I don't move my box and I don't think I could even roll it out of my garage.

I was thinking about jacking it up and putting it on blocks because I cant move it on the casters anyway. I don't trust the craftsman casters.

 

[str8axle55]

When I had my KRL 1001/1201, I bolted the top box to it. I left the rubber mat on it, and cut out little holes w/a razor blade. Nice for a little security/stability.

 

[kiatech]

Yes it is. It's only a 26 inch box so the top would be rather easy to run off with if it wasn't.

 

[richfinn]

Can someone please explain to me how bolting the 2 boxes together makes them harder to steal? unless you are talking about little boxes, then yes I understand. I know my top box is so large and heavy its difficult to move around empty with 2 guys. Its not going anywhere without the bottom box and a flatbed.

Yeah I was talking about smaller boxes, bolting them just makes the whole thing heavy and less likely that an opportunistic thief will lift the top box and take it.

I worked in a shop with 6 other techs and one night we got raided, they left the bigger boxes and took the stuff they could carry down the fire exit, lucky for me my 26" Snap On stack was bolted together or I would have lost the top box at least.

The other thing I heard about was a bunch of Gypsies running around in a pick up Truck who would pull up outside a car dealers at lunch time when the workshop was empty and help themselves to a box or two.

 

[turbowoodworker]

Mine aren't bolted together but they should be. I went around a corner in the Penske truck. The bottom roller was strapped but the 26" CM was not. Off it came. Only dented the top right corner of the lid but all the drawers opened. They weren't damaged but I chased sockets for an hour.
But guess what? Still a ******* and not yet bolted down. I know I know.

 

[Chadwilliam1]

I figure when i move I will take them apart.

 

[sdguy55]

I have never had mine bolted together and used to move it around a lot. I used to have all my sockets in the very top and wrenches in the 2nd to bottom drawer and it has never given me worries about tipping over. I also used to use my top box has my soapbox so I had a rope under at all times so I could just hook into a cherry picker and go

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[redwrench60]

I also did it thinking if I ever had to move it then I'd have one less step to prepare for the move. But the main reason was stability/safety and if meth heads want to steal a piece they have to take it all.........it weighs 1668 pounds.....totally empty....good luck *****!

 

[BreeStephany]

All of my boxes had bolt on 'safety tabs' on the back, which under normal moving conditions would prevent the top box from falling off, and are probably especially for when all of the drawers are extended forward and are absolutely filled with tools.

Never really gave much thought to actually bolting the boxes together through the pans of the boxes, but its not a bad idea, especially from an ease of stealing standpoint, though I'm pretty sure they would have a hell of a time stealing 41" stacked chests in general, unless of course they had a lift truck, by which time I'm pretty sure our neighbors would start asking questions, even in the middle of the night.

 

[bobcatdan]

When I had my 40" kra stack, I bolted them together. It was pretty easy, the top box included the bolts to do it. The roller had holes in the top that matched up to the thread inserts in the box, super easy. Was it really needed, no. Not bolting a side box down is a mistake, no matter how full it was, it still slid pretty easy on the hanging lip. My current set up of a 1022 with a stainless top with a kra 62c sitting on top is not bolted. If I moved the box more then 5ft a year, it would bolted on some how, the top box moves very easy on the stainless, and a fully loaded 62c isn't light.

 

[crewchief888]

at one time i had all my work boxes secured to each other,
as well as the SO harley edition boxes, mainly because of the overall height

when i moved in '98 i never bothered to bolt anything back together, mainly because i was constantly shifting tools and boxes around to differnt locations

my work boxes havent been moved in 3 years,
house boxes havent either.