King Nothing
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Just picked up my 52 inch Husky tool chest last night and got it assembled and started loading it down today. Thought I'd share some impressions of it. First, it was very well packaged with styrofoam protecting all 6 sides and stout cardboard corner protectors. There was no damage. Lots of the reviews mentioned damage upon unpacking so I was leery. I had lots of packing material to get rid of
Assembly couldn't have been easier. I set the base cabinet up on its side and attached the 6 casters. I threw away the "wrench" that Husky sent with it and used my Makita impact driver. Set it down on the wheels and placed the upper on it. There is no lip on the top of the base to set the top into, but it came with some L shaped corner brackets to attach the 2 sections. Attached the handle and was done. All hardware was present. No extra or missing parts and all holes were lined up correctly. Unpacking and assembly took about an hour, and I was able to do it all myself, although a helper would be ideal, especially if you aren't a large guy.
All the drawers open and close smoothly. I grabbed a fully extended drawer and put some weight on it and it felt sturdy. Love that it comes with precut drawer liners.
My biggest complaint is that the thing was covered in stickers that are supposed to help sell it at the store. Took about 15 minutes to remove the stickers and I had to borrow the wife's hair dryer as my heat gun quit working a while back and I haven't replaced it yet. The stickers weren't a big deal, but they were an annoyance I didn't want to have to deal with. They should have shipped the stickers with the box and let the store apply them on the display unit.
The finish is not perfect. It came with some nicks and runs in the paint, but that's to be expected for the price point. It has swivel casters at both ends and fixed casters in the middle. I feel like the center set of casters isn't taking enough weigh. I'm able to move the box in directions I shouldn't be able to because the center casters are able to slide with most of the weight on the swivels. I'm going to remedy that by jacking the box up and adding washers between the casters and box so the center casters take more weight
All things considered I'm very happy with the box so far. Is it a heavy duty box? No. But at $500 it's a great solution for the homeowner who wants to get organized
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Assembly couldn't have been easier. I set the base cabinet up on its side and attached the 6 casters. I threw away the "wrench" that Husky sent with it and used my Makita impact driver. Set it down on the wheels and placed the upper on it. There is no lip on the top of the base to set the top into, but it came with some L shaped corner brackets to attach the 2 sections. Attached the handle and was done. All hardware was present. No extra or missing parts and all holes were lined up correctly. Unpacking and assembly took about an hour, and I was able to do it all myself, although a helper would be ideal, especially if you aren't a large guy.
All the drawers open and close smoothly. I grabbed a fully extended drawer and put some weight on it and it felt sturdy. Love that it comes with precut drawer liners.
My biggest complaint is that the thing was covered in stickers that are supposed to help sell it at the store. Took about 15 minutes to remove the stickers and I had to borrow the wife's hair dryer as my heat gun quit working a while back and I haven't replaced it yet. The stickers weren't a big deal, but they were an annoyance I didn't want to have to deal with. They should have shipped the stickers with the box and let the store apply them on the display unit.
The finish is not perfect. It came with some nicks and runs in the paint, but that's to be expected for the price point. It has swivel casters at both ends and fixed casters in the middle. I feel like the center set of casters isn't taking enough weigh. I'm able to move the box in directions I shouldn't be able to because the center casters are able to slide with most of the weight on the swivels. I'm going to remedy that by jacking the box up and adding washers between the casters and box so the center casters take more weight
All things considered I'm very happy with the box so far. Is it a heavy duty box? No. But at $500 it's a great solution for the homeowner who wants to get organized
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Nice box too!