Side cabinet on 26" toolbox??

[Bunit98]

Hey guys I have a 26" 9 drawer husky toolbox just exactly like the one in the pic. I am out of room and was wondering if it's possible to add a side cabinet on it say one from harbor freight . I've seen a few pics of them on say a harbor freight service cart but can t find any pics with a side cabinet like mine. If you don't mind sharing pics of yours and maybe how you fastened/secured yours to the main box. I am sorry if this is already a thread I keep searching And nothing has come up.

Thanks in advance!!

 

[Bunit98]

Cabinet like this

 

[jakemac]

You will need two side cabinets to balance the weight, and you may need to beef up the bottom of the box to carry the extra load so it doesn't cave in. Otherwise, if you only use one side cabinet, you will have to put a pair of castors under it to help hold the weight and keep your box from tipping over.

If you plan on rolling the box around, you may need to install heavier castors as well.

Check the link in my sig to see how I modified my HF 26" box.

 

[zkling]

Here's my issue with side cabinents*. Unless you have a really specific space or boxes, it is most often better to go up to a larger bottom box than add a side cabinet. 26+16-> 42". If you have the room I'd try to add a 2nd 27" box, or possibly get the HF44" bottom box and use your current box as a cart. Adding 2 side cabinents, you might as well just get a 27 or even 33" box.

*Just my personal opinion, take it for what little value it holds.

With the top chest in place and an even distrubtion of tools, you'll be fine with adding one side cabinet. You could calculate the balance point real easy if you are that worried about it. The hang on the side of the bottom box via a lip. You can bolt them at the bottom to prevent it from accidentally being lifted off.

 

[Cope]

With the top chest in place and an even distribution of tools, you'll be fine with adding one side cabinet. You could calculate the balance point real easy if you are that worried about it. The hang on the side of the bottom box via a lip. You can bolt them at the bottom to prevent it from accidentally being lifted off.

Matco supplied a small c-clamp with each of my side boxes.

 

[BDT/NWMN]

Here's my issue with side cabinents*. Unless you have a really specific space or boxes, it is most often better to go up to a larger bottom box than add a side cabinet. 26+16-> 42". If you have the room I'd try to add a 2nd 27" box, or possibly get the HF44" bottom box and use your current box as a cart. Adding 2 side cabinents, you might as well just get a 27 or even 33" box.

*Just my personal opinion, take it for what little value it holds.

With the top chest in place and an even distrubtion of tools, you'll be fine with adding one side cabinet. You could calculate the balance point real easy if you are that worried about it. The hang on the side of the bottom box via a lip. You can bolt them at the bottom to prevent it from accidentally being lifted off.

Hmmm I once got a good deal on a Snap On side cabinet that had been used for six weeks... I mounted it on my 32" roller that held a 26" top chest that was positioned to the opposite side to counter balance the side cabinet... Squirrely is the best word to describe how that roller felt with the side cabinet..
I sold that side cabinet to a coworker within a month... I agree with getting a larger roller cabinet, or a second one.... The balancing act will be reserved for my roller blades.

 

[nomonkeybus]

Get two, one for each side. Even out the weight.

 

[ihateminimumwage]

I have a MAC side locker on my ancient Craftsman box, and have had no issues with wheeling it around the shop, but I stay very aware of what goes into it, and to keep all of my heavy stuff in the roller (chrome sockets, wrenches, impact stuff, larger storage cases) and keep the locker light (meters, electrical stuff, smaller storage cases). This is just a temp setup until I find a 31"+ roller to put the locker and Snap-On top I have onto.

I see no problem throwing a side cab on your box, but if it came down to needing another you'd be better set buying a larger box and putting the side cab and top box on it. The cabs just have a lip on the top to hang them off of your current box. Check the height of your box to see how far it will hang, I opted not to use a HF cab since it would've been hovering an inch off the ground mounted to mine.

 

[chipper]

For the price of that side cab you could get another 26" stack identical to what you have and double your storage as long as your ok with the quality

 

[firebox40dash5]

I'll add another vote for buying a wider roll cab. I paid a whopping $400 for my Waterloo/Husky top & bottom set, and I was in a bit of a rush so I didn't shop around much. If you don't want the wider top box, I'm sure you could sell it for *something* (probably not a whole lot, but better than nothing, and beats storing it if you lack space) to help offset the cost, along with selling your current setup, or just sellingthe bottom and tossing the 26" top on and gain a workbench. You get more width if you put an end cab on each side, but those casters are still going to be only ~24" apart on your now ~58" wide box.