HF 13 drawer chest question

[Recoil Rob]

The $349 deal is too good to pass up but how are they packaged? The web page states a shipping weight of 641lbs but is it all in one box assembled or several boxes and I need to put it together? I was planning on picking it up with the SUV but will I need a trailer?


thanks,

Rob

 

[lunarlites]

It comes wood crated, styrofoam packed, and cardboard enclosed. It is assembled except for the handle. I don't know how large your SUV rear door opening is, but I will assure you an open pick up bed is an easier way to go.

M

 

[Recoil Rob]

thanks, time to call a friend....

 

[Steevo]

I'll be taking my 6x10 trailer when I go to buy four of them this weekend.

 

[bad_idea]

nissan frontier hauled mine home nicely.

 

[SMKS]

nissan frontier hauled mine home nicely.

Same here. They had a forklift to put it in my truck.

The tricky part was getting it out completely by myself. I had to use a "controlled fall" to get it from the bed of the truck to the ground. It came out unscathed.

Mine turned out to have a bad caster My local store told me to call a 1-800 number and they sent me a new one.

 

[williaty]

I got mine home on a like 40x48" trailer. Just about the perfect size for it. Station wagon or mini-van, no way. Full-sized van or pickup truck, sure.

 

[Carl B]

I've done it both ways. I used a trailer when we picked my son's 13 Drawer up - made it very easy for the two of us to set it down off the trailer in the drive - unpack it - and roll it into his garage.

I had them put it in the back of my 3/4 ton pick-up when I went to get one for myself. The height of the pick-up bed - required getting help from my neighbor - to lower it to the ground. I parked so that the tail gate was over the grass - then we side it out and lowered it down - and it dropped the last 10 inches or so onto the softer grass.

In both cases you will want to lay the 13 Drawer down on it's back - it is too easy to tip over if left standing upright on the pallet. Believe me - it is heavy! I would not recommend unloading it by yourself unless you have a cherry picker and good straps...

I highly recommend using a trailer if can - it will be much lower to the ground on a trailer and far easier to unload.

FWIW,
Carl B.

 

[durallymax]

of course all of these suggestions are IF you can get the crate to stay together, every section of my HF box i picked up disintegrated as we loaded it lol.

 

[csmitty]

The sat mine right down on in the truck bed and I pushed it against the tailgate, straped it down. Got home, laid it down top to the front of the truck, slide it over the tail gate and slowly rotated down to the ground. 3/4 ton as well. Worked great by myself and crate took the weight.

The main thread has model and year specific car/minivan/suv loading instructions

 

[chewy7]

when i got mine, i used a loader bucket to unload it from my 2004 gmc truck with 8 foot box

 

[Recoil Rob]

The main thread has model and year specific car/minivan/suv loading instructions

Got a link to that thread? I did a search and there are a lot of threads about the 13 drawer...


thanks,

Rob

 

[archirelic]

When I unloaded mine from the bed of my pick-up by myself, I simply laid two 2x6 boards on the tailgate and had them extend downward like a ramp, laid the box on it's back and eased it up onto the 2x6 boards and then simply slid it down the boards. Once on the ground, just eased it right-side up again and voila!

 

[Trey T]

The thing is really heavy. Couldn't fitted into my 4runner and had to use a 2wd tacoma.

When brought it home, slid it down on two piece of 2"x4" lumber and unwrapped.

 

[csmitty]

Got a link to that thread? I did a search and there are a lot of threads about the 13 drawer...


thanks,

Rob

It was mainly a joke since there were alot of people trying to cram it into some small vehicles. They would take it out of the crate, fold this seat here, etc.

Which ever thread has the most posts. I took it off my subscription a while ago.

 

[Recoil Rob]

Guys,

The website shows the handles and the swivel casters on the left, can they be moved to the right side?

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

I'll be taking my 6x10 trailer when I go to buy four of them this weekend.

What?!

 

[Damian]

That ***** for those who have to pay shipping for stuff like this. My local HF store is 20 minutes down the street. No shipping for me, ever.

 

[smallcarguy]

That ***** for those who have to pay shipping for stuff like this. My local HF store is 20 minutes down the street. No shipping for me, ever.

My hf is about an hours drive for me. So its always a toss up btwn paying the shipping and paying for gas and time.

 

[Damian]

Yea I've always felt fortunate to have HF right down the street. Even if they don't have what I want in the store, I can pre-pay and they'll add it to the next truck. No shipping costs required, I just have to wait till the following thursday (their truck day) to receive what I ordered. I've only had to do that once though. My local HF store is huge and has EVERYTHING.

 

[Joe S.]

I have a drawer question - when I close most of my drawers on this box they have a small notch when almost closed that is to help hold them closed - I have a couple of drawers that do not do this well. I moved the drawers around and the problem follows the drawers and not the cabinet slot. I cant really see what creates this notch, and has anyone see this, and been able to adjust the drawers?

Thanks
Joe S.

 

[Recoil Rob]

Thanks Joe, that was my next question, can the drawers be removed? How do they come out, there's nothing in the manual about that.

BTW I called Hf and in answer to my own question above the handle can be moved as can the swivel casters.

 

[outcast]

why don't you guys just tow them home ?

 

[jpoe]

It did not seem to weigh anywhere close to 600lbs.

 

[Skin]

Thanks Joe, that was my next question, can the drawers be removed? How do they come out, there's nothing in the manual about that.

Pull the drawer out until it stops, look at the sides in the slide area and you'll see a black plastic lever [1 per slide], one gets pushed up one gets pushed down and while holding them like that just pull the drawer free.

 

[Stevedore]

Guys,

The website shows the handles and the swivel casters on the left, can they be moved to the right side?

I switched mine w/no problem. Made it easier to maneuver into its "parking spot" in my garage. I used my little lift to get it up in the air:

Regarding the original question: When I picked up mine, they had it out of the wood crating, but still in the cardboard & styrofoam. 2 HF guys picked it up & slid it into the back of my Jeep Grand Cherokee. At home, I slid it down a couple of boards I had available.

 

[Recoil Rob]

OK, so it seems that taking the wooden crating off has a lot to do with weight and size.

thanks Steve.

 

[durallymax]

The wooden crate is basically pop sickle sticks.Haha

 

[outcast]

what... nobody liked my joke ?!

jeez, tough crowd ....

that aside. i am now thinking i should get one of these boxs for home. i could use the work surface. and my free craftsman tall box is kinda full.

is there a sale going on for these ?

 

[ChvyC10]

Yea I've always felt fortunate to have HF right down the street. Even if they don't have what I want in the store, I can pre-pay and they'll add it to the next truck. No shipping costs required, I just have to wait till the following thursday (their truck day) to receive what I ordered. I've only had to do that once though. My local HF store is huge and has EVERYTHING.

Yup... Mine is about a mile from me. I hardly ever go though.

 

[Joe S.]

Outcast - I liked your post!
The store manager actually wrote on my receipt that he would
not be responsible for damage to my carpets in my toyota Sienna
when we slid the box in the side door. It was a work van that had
all of the seats removed. Nothing was damaged

I figured out how to correct the drawer closing issue that I was having.
If your drawers fail to do the little snap when they close it is caused by
the rails on the side of the drawers. The inside/rear of the rail meets up with
the rubber stopper in the cabinet. I took visegrips and slightly compressed
the end of the drawer rails together and now you can feel that small click
when you close them. I had about 2 or 3 that needed this adjustment.

Hope this helps...
Joe S.

 

[Shipfittin]

what... nobody liked my joke ?!

Ha, I liked your joke. The thing is though, I could see someone doing it. You know those pictures of like a small passenger car with like stacks of lumber on them. I could see them towing that tool box at the same time.

 

[HICKS]

It fits in the back of a 2003 Tahoe on its back, and I slid it out by myself when I got it home.

 

[Steevo]

They arrive at the HF store packaged like this:

Each box is packaged like this:

When you pop the bands and take the lid off, the box is surrounded by styrofoam and corner guards inside the cardboard sleeve.
There is no way a single unit in the crate weighs more than 400 lbs.
If you want specific dimensions of the crate, let me know. I still have three unopened.

 

[Chrislols]

They arrive at the HF store packaged like this:
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Each box is packaged like this:
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When you pop the bands and take the lid off, the box is surrounded by styrofoam and corner guards inside the cardboard sleeve.
There is no way a single unit in the crate weighs more than 400 lbs.
If you want specific dimensions of the crate, let me know. I still have three unopened.

That single box for one looks rather small.

 

[greasemonkey44]

says 313 lbs on the side of the shipping crate; looking at getting one
the 11 drawer i got is full and id like the work surface too

 

[Recoil Rob]

Steevo,

If you get a minute I would appreciate the dimensions of the cardboard box alone.

thanks, Rob

 

[Carl B]

Shipping weight should not be confused with actual weight. The cost of transporting items is based on two different measures - actual weight and volume. The shippers have an average weight per unit of volume - that they use to determine economic profit or loss.

Lets say you want to ship a box that is 2'x2'x2' and it is full of lead. They will weight that box and charge you so much per pound ie actual weight. Now lets say you want to ship that same box back only empty this time. They will weight that box - and because it is so light, yet takes up so much room on the truck that they can't put other items on the truck that weight what they should - they will measure that box and charge you the average weight that a container that size would usually weight.

The shipping weight of the 13 Drawer tool cabinets and other large yet empty items - are usually charged on an average weight by volume basis.


Secondly - some of you guys can unload that tool cabinet by yourself - and if you can I'm happy for you. I could have done it by myself 30 years ago... today.. not so much. I wouldn't attempt to slide a 300lbs box down ramps by myself either.. So people asking the question "can I unload it myself?" please be aware of who is answering -if they say YES - ask to see a picture of them - LOL

FWIW,
Carl B.

 

[Cheapskate]

My hf is about an hours drive for me. .

I have 9 Harbor Freights within 50 miles of me and 2 within 10 miles of me. That has led to me having WAY more HF tools than any sane man should.


I have 3 of the boxes and had the HF employees load them into the back of my 4x4 truck but I unloaded all of them myself when I got home. Just drag them out until only a few inches are still on the tailgate then lower the one side to the ground. It leaves them standing on end then I gently pull them over and lower them down so they're right side up. I did wrap tiedown straps around the crates first since they appear to be made from balsa wood.

 

[Steevo]

Steevo,

If you get a minute I would appreciate the dimensions of the cardboard box alone.

thanks, Rob

Rob,

Remember that the cardboard box alone is just a four-sided vertical tube with a cardboard lid on it, and that once you cut the straps that hold it down to it's little pallet, you have a stack of independent pieces (pallet, toolbox, cardboard sleeve, lid) that can no longer be manipulated as a unit.

The cardboard "box" is 43-1/4" wide by 19-1/4" deep by 39" high.

On the little pallet with the external "crate" material, the crate and box, still strapped together is:
45" long by 22-1/2" wide by 44" high.