Levelling a Toolbox

[ihatelaramie]

I finally drug my tool chest from the shop to our new house and I very quickly discovered that the floor where the box is to go, is nowhere near level.. as soon as you unlock it, every drawer comes sliding open.

I know I'm not the only one who's had this problem. What have you guys done in this situation? I would really like to be able to use my box without worrying about it tipping. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I've used the floor jack to raise the front of my box up and shimmed under the wheels with some flat metal stock and 1/8" plywood.

 

[luvit]

i would not remove the casters, but i would put a 2x4 under the front wheels, planned-down to the perfect level for your box) and tapcon that board to the floor.
then i would screw a 1x4 to the front of that 2x4 so the box cannot be pulled off of the 2x4.. make sense?

you don't want a kid or adult to pull that over onto himself.

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[thightower]

Could put some kind of spacer under the wheels on the drawer side. Maybe a wooden slat or 1" steel strap.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I might addm the wheels onmy box are sideways (roll left/right) and my box stays in one spot, not rolled around the shop.

 

[c4cruiser]

Get the box where you want it and use a floor jack to raise the front of the bos so that it's level. Lay a 2' level on the top from the back to the front. Adjust the floor jack up or down so that the top is level.

Then you can use shims under the wheels or build some blocking to fit between the bottom of the box and the ground. You may have to us different heights at the corners of the box; measure the distance from the frame to ground at each place you want to place the blocks. Once the blocks are the right height and in place. lower the jack.

 

[Thorold]

These caster cups on the front legs only ? Not permanent - nothing to modify.

 

[gayler]

How about jacking the front of the box up till level with a two foot level and mesure how high you raised it. Make spacers out of metal, unbolt wheels on the front side of the box and put the metal spacers between the box and the wheels and then bolt the wheels back on? This would work unless you moves your box, then the box would not be level in that location.

 

[ihatelaramie]

Awesome suggestions guys. Thanks. I guess I need to go grab the floor jack..

 

[lilscorpion]

I used unistrut to make bases for all of my cabinets and too boxes. I weld a bolt to the "foot" which gives me micro adjustment to get it perfectly level. I was able to bolt the unistrut to the bottom of the box using the original holes. Stuff is fairly cheap and could probably be done without welding.

 

[luvit]

^^^ ah yeah.. i now have a welder and need to think more like that.

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[srmofo]

Ive got 1/2 pieces of plywood under the front wheels of my boxes at work. Dont over think it