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defektes

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Hey guys, I need a tool box with ball bearing slides. This thing is for work, and they are paying for it. It is going to be mounted on my golf cart at the plant and the typical husky and sears toolboxes aren't cutting it.

Here is the issue, this will be run on the back of a cart all day hitting bumps, and sometimes the drawers are forgot open and it kills friction sliders.

Needs to be 3 drawer, more is ok. But I NEED bad *** sliders.

I have looked at Homak, waterloo, craftsman, so far nothing is jumping out at me.

I do not have room on the cart to mount anything larger or I would get a top chest.

Drawers will be opened a ton of times per day used in a industrial environment.

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In my personal experience with many boxes in similar industrial applications as you describe. The plain friction slides usually outlasted the ball bearing slides. There is more metal area carrying the load and spreading impact. Bearings point load. The plastic bearings crumble to dust in days.

Just asking, in a 21" box, why are ball bearing slides a necessity?

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Matco's comparable offering is $204 new and the reviews are so so. The criticisms probably will apply to most boxes in this category. https://www.matcotools.com/catalog/product/PMB3D/3-DRAWER-PORTABLE-BENCH-CHEST/

I have an older Blue Point three draw box that I keep in my jeep. I really like but it has friction sliders. They are really good friction sliders though and I prefer them over cheap ball bearing sliders. Mine is like the one linked on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Point-...327192?hash=item238a9be258:g:KhkAAOSw-3FZMr~E

The currently offered Blue Point is from China and is $129. https://store.snapon.com/Metal-Boxe...0-19-32-x-8-1-2-x-12-Blue-Point--P648957.aspx They also offer a 4 and 5 drawer model, which will be fine if this will be permanently mounted in the cart. I'd hate to move that regularly.
 
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Can only be about 20'' high mounted on a ezgo electric cart. Gonna take a look at that wright.

So you guys say the friction slides outlast the ball? If that is the case, I can go with friction slides.

A comparable box to that blue point is probably going to be a Williams, I can get Williams through our bearing supplier.

I actually just did some fabricating, and have extended the space to allow a box up to 30'' wide using some 3/4 SS tube steel, welds look like **** but it should hold. Just need to cut some new unistrut so I can mount a new box to it with unistrut nuts through the bottom.
 
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You say the company will buy it. so this is the one you want.

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https://store.snapon.com/KRA60B-Series-Heavy-Duty-Road-Chests-Road-Chest-Heavy-Duty-8-Drawers-Red-P760254.aspx

When the $1850 invoice hits, be on vacation that day.

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I have a couple of Westward boxes, one is the standard 3 drawer portable but has friction slides, the other is a 26" middle chest with ball bearing slides. Made in Taiwan with some king of spring that keeps the drawers closed.

Both good quality used in a service truck
 

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Good friction slides will definitely out last BB slides in a mobile environment. That is why Snap on's road boxes have friction slides.
 
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Does it have to be no wider than 21 inches? If not, Kennedy makes a lot of stuff that's bullet proof. They have one 20 inch box, but it only has two drawers. If you can go 26 inches, that opens up a whole world of options.
 
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The wright is not that impressive and is made in China. The drawers do slide smoothly, the latch that you can run a padlock through is a little flimsy, mine came bent and could be straightened by hand.
 
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Thanks for all the recommendations, my budget from my boss was 300 bucks. I wish I could get that SO or Kennedy.

Ended up picking up this from Grainger

https://www.grainger.com/product/WESTWARD-Red-Standard-Duty-Top-Chest-32H868?breadcrumbCatId=1000201

Did modify the cart now giving me wider storage, this also has parts available for when the slides do fail.

Just about everything that fit my measurements and budget had BB bearings unfortunentaly.

I did look for friction slides.

I checked NAPA (those Homak boxes are pretty piss poor) Home Depot, Lowes, Amazon, and Grainger.
 
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Kennedys were solid boxes, buddy had one and you couldn't damage it.
Not sure how they are since Cornwell bought them.

See if they will pay the $300 and you pay the rest, that's what my work did when I wanted a more expensive box when production destroyed it.
 
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Got the box today will mount it tommorow. Seems solid took a little bit of a beating in transit nothing compared to a month will do to it.

Made in taiwan 67lb drawer capacity and decent gauge steel. Probably last longer than the last box.
 
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