New drawer slides for Harbor Freight Chests

[Thamuza]

Has anyone tried to replace their harbor freight chest with better drawer slides.
I'll be purchasing the 56" with a side locker and add on drawer cabinet, and think the HF slides are horrible. I have a 17 year craftsman pro ball bearing grip-latch full of tools and the drawers still slide great. I think the HF chest would be great if I could put better slides on it.

 

[Askme42]

Has anyone tried to replace their harbor freight chest with better drawer slides.
I'll be purchasing the 56" with a side locker and add on drawer cabinet, and think the HF slides are horrible. I have a 17 year craftsman pro ball bearing grip-latch full of tools and the drawers still slide great. I think the HF chest would be great if I could put better slides on it.

What do you find wrong with the slides?

 

[Thamuza]

The two chests the had in my local store the drawers didn't slide very well

 

[zkling]

Putting better slides on them off the bat would be more money and trouble than the box is worth. IMHO. MANY a people use them with no problem. Maybe the floor units at your store have been miss handled. They also tend to glide easier with weight in the drawers.

 

[pirana]

I did a search & didn't see one of these here but this is my latest tool buy. A Lagasse combination square made in the USA.

 

[Petey156]

you could buy snap on slides.....