ChrisOdden
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Would you buy a Snap-on box, and ****** tools. Or a cheap box, and good tools?
Snap-On toolbox, and Harbor Freight tool
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MadMechMaster
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Good tools over the box. You can always put them in a tool roll.
venturesomerite
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Good tools in a garbage can are still good tools. Garbage in a nice tool box is still garbage.
Heavy Metal Doctor
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I had tools in cardboard boxes at one point.
Tools first, then the best box you can reasonably get.
bhalv
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Remember that a toolbox never got any work done. The tools are where the money should be.
toolstools
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Depends on the price point, and what ****** tools are, vs good tools. On my local CL, I've seen snap on and truck tools in HF boxes, and craftsman in Snap on boxes. Craftsman isn't exactly ****** by Any means. But I often see prices if HF with tool truck tools way off the charts.
More details of what your looking at, or is thia hypothetical?
More details of what your looking at, or is thia hypothetical?
Southernbuild
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Great lineDon't be like the gal that has a $2000 purse and no money to put in it
Tools are always more important, than the box they are in. Btw, harbor freight has some very good boxes, especially considering the price.
I'd buy a HF box and fill it with good tools in a heartbeat. I've looked at a couple of them and they seem to have decent reputation around here for what they are and what they cost.
Spend your money filling the box, make more with what's in the box and wait till the deal comes along to buy the box you want or for a nice used box. Once you buy the nice box, move the HF box from work to the house.
Spend your money filling the box, make more with what's in the box and wait till the deal comes along to buy the box you want or for a nice used box. Once you buy the nice box, move the HF box from work to the house.
d.mcfarland
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I think a number of people here have awesome tool collections and average boxes. The box is organization, whereas the tools are $ in the pocket.
4xdog
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This is far too savvy a group to ask such a dumb*** question. And a lot of folks here make their LIVING with their tools.
Fun to ask, I guess. But you couldn't possibly be serious in posing the question.
Fun to ask, I guess. But you couldn't possibly be serious in posing the question.
JJThrasher
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I've seen my Snap On dealer talk a guy out of buying a box before. It was a younger guy just starting out that wanted a nice box so he'd fit in. He was going to spend close to $5K on a box, instead he spent about $1K on a good store brand box, and the other $4K on tools to put in it.
The OP has two posts and only been a member since Oct '12. It's quite possible he is serious ( I have no doubt) and was asking for an honest opinion.
4xdog
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True enough, and my apologies to the op if the question was sincere. (It comes across as trolling for controversy here, IMHO).
The idea that box could be more important than contents seems like a huge confusion in priorities. My dad, a Depression-era kid who spent his career as a schoolteacher used to tell his two sons "we're not rich enough to afford cheap tools". I still have his early-50s Craftsman 'box, and the wooden box he made for me and my brother as little kids. And his tools, some of which are still in use almost daily.
. . . and for the record I wasn't trying to be a **** either (if anybody thought that).
The last part of your post is damn good personal real life experience that needs to be passed on to younger members and future generations.
bentwrench54
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The best tools that you can afford come first. You can always keep tools in cheap toolboxes.
I found out that my inlaws were planning on getting me a HF 56" toolbox for my birthday. I talked them out of it because I really don't need a new box.
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I found out that my inlaws were planning on getting me a HF 56" toolbox for my birthday. I talked them out of it because I really don't need a new box.
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crewchief888
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get some of both !!
i dunno,
it's probably better in the long run to have some less expensive boxes, and less expensive tools,
until you can afford to upgrade/replace/build a 2nd or 3rd set of tools.
everyone's "ideal" toolbox is different, and changes during the years you work, and accumulate tools. tool needs change with every new job, as does tool storage needs.
i dunno,
it's probably better in the long run to have some less expensive boxes, and less expensive tools,
until you can afford to upgrade/replace/build a 2nd or 3rd set of tools.
everyone's "ideal" toolbox is different, and changes during the years you work, and accumulate tools. tool needs change with every new job, as does tool storage needs.
seagravedriver
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The above. My Dad and I worked out of a Kennedy tool box that we could carry for years. Tools were added down the road, good tools. I have my first Snap-On rollaway in my garage now. I have had it for two years, and I am 48. Used and mid-range boxes before that.
1949 caddyman
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What is the budget,how often will you be using the tool,is it a hobby or a profession? I was a mechanic 40 years have a snap on box & a craftsman box. Tools are snap on, craftsman & some harbor freight if they were to be used rarely.