Sears Toolbox for Sale?

[uncwstudent]

So I've started to realize that I've acquired "too many" tools. By that I mean that I need a bigger tool box. What do you think of this Sears rolling tool box? This guy is selling it for $165 here but I don't know much about the Sears brand of boxes. I'd like to defer to the experts here in terms of quality and price of these boxes.

Toolbox info: https://wilmington.craigslist.org/tls/6184798557.html

 

[thehorse13]

If I was going to buy that stack, 100 bucks would be my top dollar. There are far better vintage boxes out there for a third of the price.

 

[920kip]

I would pass on that box. $50 would get my wallet open. And then resell once a better box became available.

 

[Super Sport]

I would pass on that box. $50 would get my wallet open. And then resell once a better box became available.

I'd agree with this. It's likely a low-quality box as the Sears branded items were a tier lower than Craftsman. You're better off waiting for a better box to come along at a similar price.

 

[uncwstudent]

Okay great, thanks guys! I'll hold off on it then. I appreciate your expertise!

 

[driftpin]

If you have no current storage, I don't think it's a bad deal for half of what he's asking. Try it and see. If you keep cruising CL, you will eventually turn-up a good deal. You should be able to get a good used set of boxes for not a lot of $. Make sure all the drawers work well, as you may not be able to get parts to fix a drawer that is no-longer supporting a load. Depending on the amount of space you have you should look at the Sears closeouts at your local stores, each store will have different sets or pieces. You just have to keep going back time & again.

If you're looking for new, Whirlpool has a line called Gladiator which is well-built, and should be available thru your local Big Orange Box Store. Sears also carries it. I have a half-dozen of their 30" X 30" X 12" wall boxes, welded steel, powdercoated, hung on my masonry garage wall w/tapcons. They are very functional, strong, and have 2 movable shelves.

I think this one would be a good start:
https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/tls/6197017241.html
Looks like a box-construction ball-bearing drawer design 41" long. Asking $200. Offer $160. Make sure it all works flawlessly, if not, thank him for his time and leave.

There are also online toolchest vendors that may be worth a look-at.

 

[Richard Cranium]

pass on it, it was a bottom of the line box when it was new and not much more than he is asking. Pass

 

[Cope]

I wouldn't even use that set for parts storage. Wait for a better deal, they're out there.

 

[uncwstudent]

What do you guys think of this: https://raleigh.craigslist.org/tls/6201165546.html

I'd offer him $50 and restore it, if it isn't rusted out.

 

[thehorse13]

That thing is a mess even for 50 bucks. I would pay 20 only because I want the emblem and possibly spare drawer slides.

 

[1982fxr]

Pass on both.

 

[uncwstudent]

Annndddd that's why I ask you guys. Otherwise I end up throwing away money. Thanks guys!

 

[rsanter]

Do you have a harbor freight near you, they have some decent priced boxes for the beginner

Bob

 

[Empty Pockets]

I was at HF the other day (needed a free flashlight). Their US General boxes seem to be a pretty good value, for the money.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Ha! Monkey Junction, I always liked that name.

(I spent most of a year in Wilmington back in the late 1980s, working on a project at the GE plant.)