Dumb Question About Large Tool Box Delivery

[swanicyouth]

Ill soon be in the market to buy a large toolbox. I'm looking at the Harbor Freight 72", or possibly the big upper and lower chest from Kobalt. Anyway, I'm not asking a question about the boxes themselves, but how the hell do you get these huge things home? Can you order them online and pay for delivery? Or, get a huge truck? If so, how is the best way to lift it on or off the truck?

Dumb question I know. But, I've always had regular sized Craftsman stack boxes you could just take out the tools and lift them onto a truck.

 

[Moose364]

find a friend with a Golf cart trailer.

 

[Spinaker01]

I believe most people who don't have their own hoisting and tailoring equipment opt for liftgate delivery which might cost you about 100 dollars or more.

 

[TurboMustang370]

Get two friends to help unload from a pick-up truck or rent a truck with a lift gate.

 

[NUTTSGT]

They should fit into the bed of a pick up. If you don't have a pick up, ask a buddy with one to help, you'll be buying the beverages and pizza when done.

 

[c4cruiser]

U-Haul has small trailers with fairly low decks and ramps that are the width of the trailer deck. The would work fine for getting large tool boxes home, especially if the tool boxes are assembled to the point where the wheels are on.

Ask the local Lowe's about delivery if you choose their tool boxes and they have one in-stock. HF does ship, but you may have to pay extra for a truck with a hydraulic tailgate.

 

[rburke65]

Or Home Depot rents trucks. A friend with a pick up or trailer. Good luck.

 

[bigboblaird]

Roll back tow truck...they move tool boxes all the time

 

[crewchief888]

i've moved my boxes several times.
once in a 17ft uhaul.
slid the top/mid boxes off into the truck, used the ramp for the roller cabs.

several moves with a pickup and utility trailer.

top/mid/side boxes in the bed of the truck, trailer for roller cabs.

since the boxes are unloaded it should be that much of a chore with the help of a friend or 2.

 

[american-pacemaker]

Buy a Snap on box and the dealer will deliver it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Buy a Snap on box and the dealer will deliver it.

Not all of us can drop 10 plus grand on a tool box of comparable size.

 

[bwringer]

Borrow a trailer with a ramp tailgate or rent one from U Haul.

After inheriting one of these trailers, I no longer feel any urge whatsoever to get a pickup. Very handy.

 

[ADSR]

lol where the clip of buddy trying to hang on to that SO box out of the moving van?

 

[CJM8515]

UHaul trailer if you dont have a truck. I took the 44 HF box home in my pick up. Took myself and a friend to unload it.

 

[kluckfab]

Bobcat or forlift works also.

 

[slice]

Strictly toolboxes .com. Site supporter. Great box. Delivered to ur door

 

[Davefr]

U-Haul has small trailers with fairly low decks and ramps that are the width of the trailer deck. The would work fine for getting large tool boxes home, especially if the tool boxes are assembled to the point where the wheels are on.

^^^ What he said. They run $19.95/day and have a nice gradual tailgate ramp.

 

[rsanter]

The tool boxes you are looking at are not that big and not that heavy.
They will fit in the back of a pickup or get a little haul trailer
It is generally the stores responsibility to get it loaded for you which is easy as they have a fork lift and lots of people.
Getting it out of the truck is not that hard...you just need a few friends

Bob

 

[Jlbc212]

My HF 56" box weighs over 500lbs empty. Specify a tailgate delivery to your location.

 

[Spareparts]

This is a good example for putting your location in your sig. Who knows maybe a member is close and would haul/or lend a hand. Not trying to be an *** but we have a very good bunch of people here that will assist each other.

 

[crab]

Assuming the tool box is on wheels the easiest and cheapest way to go would probably be a roll back as long as there isn't a lot of miles involved. How heavy is it ? As long as you can roll it up a ramp and then down you could use a com-a-long.

 

[crazytrain]

Rent a trailer with a ramp gate if possible. When I bought my HF 44" box I loaded it into the back of our minivan. I slid it out using 2 2x4s as a ramp. I did it myself because I'm too impatient to wait for help. I wouldn't do it again or recommend doing it yourself. When I upgraded to my Snap On box my dealer delivered it even though it was used.

 

[plain garage]

I can't help with your choice of delivery, but to unload, a 2 ton engine crane will make quick work of a 500 lbs box. I unloaded my compressor and other pallet goods this way, it'll pays for itself in a couple times.

 

[JPD Motorsports]

I use a low u haul trailer, with the ramp gate. I strap the top to the bottom box with double straps then strap it crazy to the trailer.

This trailer.. http://www.uhaul.com/Trailers/5x9-Utility-Trailer-with-Ramp-Rental/RT/

 

[gipraw]

HF loaded my 44" in the back of my pickup. When I got home, the wife and I slid it out, set one end on the ground, swiveled the other end and then sat it down. Uncrated it and rolled it into the garage. Took 20 minutes, tops.

 

[Kevin54]

Posting your location may help as there may be some to help you out. But since no one knows your locations it's hard to maybe get some help.

BTW....welcome to Garage journal.

 

[Lippyp]

Trailer and ramp, I've hauled all sorts in my little one ton 6 x 4 with my home-made ramps. 18hp ride on mower, concrete mixer, all my garage cabinets and steel shelving, heaviest was probably my two steel workbenches, unloading those was shall we say interesting with just me and the wife. Empty toolboxes on wheels will be easy.

Either that or rent a truck with a tail-lift. I moved my dismantled triumph spitfire with a 7.5 ton truck like this some years ago when moving in with my now wife. The rest of my life made a pretty pathetic small pile at the front, the rest was taken up with the car!

 

[RVDan]

A 500 lb tool box isn't all that difficult to push up a ramp.

The shipping weight on my SnapOn was 1000 lbs, that is too much to push up a ramp, that's why they deliver.

 

[redsand187]

You can rent a truck from Budget here for about $50 plus mileage with a liftgate. They are offered as "business" rentals and not the standard moving trucks, but they really don't care if you are a business or a normal person.

 

[Arps]

When I bought my large Kobalt from Lowes I talked them into free shipping. 2 guys showed up in a Lowes truck with a lift gate. They wheeled it out of the truck and into the garage.

 

[swanicyouth]

Thanks guys for the advice. I have no problem paying for it to be delivered and paying for lift gate service. So, I think I'll go that route.

 

[Throbbin Rods]

When I bought my 54" set from Napa they helped me load the top box in the back seat of my Suburban and the rollaway in the back. I pulled the top box out slowly until it tilted down, then grabbed the handle and snatched it out of there to drop on couple of tires I had stacked up. Then I set a couple of 2x4 at the rear of the Suburban and slid the rollaway down the 2x. I then mounted the wheels and had my girlfriend help me stand that one up and load the top box on top.

 

[Milton Shaw]

What I usually do on big shipments is to arrange them for terminal pickup. Then I go get them in my pickup on the day they would try to deliver them. I get them to load it on with forklift on my truck and get to check the damage immediately. This eliminates nobody home, drop off without being secured etc. Also damage is easier to claim at terminal before you have had it in your hands.

 

[ADSR]

here we gooooo!!!