Hutch for Harbor Freight 56" or 72"

[Thamuza]

After looking at boxes for a few weeks I've decided that I cant beat the bang for the buck of the Harbor Freight Chests. I have a Craftsman Pro Griplatch 40" that I love but I need more tool space and I just don't see myself paying almost double for one of the Craftsman Edge chests, so I decided on either a 56" with 2 side lockers or a 72". Either way I would like a hutch and was wondering if any of you guys knew of any that would fit on those chests. The only alternatives are all out of my price range I have a budget of about $1700 max.

 

[Ohmthis]

My advice is to make one. I made one for my work box and it's pretty nice considering.

 

[Thamuza]

lol I might try if I had the time or the inclination but I work 7 days a week 10 hours a day. That's why I was hoping someone would know of a brand that might fit

 

[SASORacing]

Use the money for a down payment and finance through rest of a $8 - $12k snap on setup?

 

[PavelK313]

^^^ that's pretty terrible advice!

 

[Thamuza]

I prefer the Matco boxes if I could afford them but I wouldn't pay over 3k for any type of box. Plus, you can get some of the full setups of Matco and Snappy on fleabay for less than 5k. As stated before my budget is 1.7k max. I did find this after searching.

http://www.deere.com/en_US/products...ests_and_cabinets/ac_5624h_g/ac_5624h_g.page?

anyone familiar with it?

 

[bobcatdan]

From what I can tell, the current crop of Deere boxes are the same as Menard's master force boxes which are generally regarded well. One thing to consider, that hutch is stated to be 24" deep, HF boxes are 21".

 

[Thamuza]

I just looked at the master force boxes and they are only 20" deep so this wont work with them either. seems there are no hutch tops for 56" boxes so I may be making one anyway.

 

[92integra]

if you don't have the time, but you have the money find a local fabracator to build you one, i'm sure that could be done for less than what you are willing to spend,

 

[Thamuza]

well it looks like that's my only option.. anyone know if its possible to get the silver trim pieces on the sides of the 56" and 72" to match for a custom hutch.

 

[alinc100]

with a $1700 budget you may be able to negotiate the John Deere Set


http://www.deere.com/en_US/products/equipment/home_and_workshop_products/tool_storage/tool_chests_and_cabinets/ac_5624h_g/ac_5624h_g.page?


http://www.deere.com/en_US/products/equipment/home_and_workshop_products/tool_storage/tool_chests_and_cabinets/ac_5624cb_g/ac_5624cb_g.page?


other than that Craigslist,truck dealer trade-ins, and patience is your friend.