Toolbox Manufacturers

[ZRX61]

Does "Tool Chassis" brand of tool boxes qualify as a manufacture ? www.toolchassis.com

Coolest boxes I've ever seen !

Crikey!

 

[foul_ball]

Sorry about the blurriness- the camera on my phone is ****. However, you can still see the address of the sticker on my toolbox. Ranger makes an excellent tool box. Seriously. Maybe it's cheaper just because they only offer it with a few colors. Red, red, or...red.

 

[skeletonizer]

Since I will be in the market for a box this summer (for my soon to be completed home shop: 26'x40') I thought I would resurect this thread.

The toolchasis link no longer works. Are they still around?

I would prefer a good used box to restore but from what I have seen the prices people are asking make me lean in the new direction.

 

[-B-]

Equipto http://www.equipto.com/Modular_Cabinets.html

Vidmar http://www.stanleyvidmar.com/products/toolboxes

Both as good as Lista and will make any tool truck guy cry as they can not be compared.

 

[garfunkle24]

Equipto http://www.equipto.com/Modular_Cabinets.html

Vidmar http://www.stanleyvidmar.com/products/toolboxes

Both as good as Lista and will make any tool truck guy cry as they can not be compared.

Didn't you just compare them?

I see a lot of elitism in your posts. No offense intended, just an observation.

 

[JeepsAreBuilt]

The toolchasis link no longer works. Are they still around?

Try this link: http://www.toolchassis.com/about.htm

I dont know what happened to the other link.

 

[tcheat]

Does anyone know who makes the Proto boxes?

 

[skeletonizer]

Does anyone know who makes the Proto boxes?

I like the look of those too. I like the drawer configuration of this one. http://www.stanleyproto.com/default...;D+x+42"H+Black+12-Drawer+Roller+Cabinet I don't plan on having an upper and like the small drawers on these.

 

[skeletonizer]

Try this link: http://www.toolchassis.com/about.htm

I dont know what happened to the other link.

OMG. I can never go to that site again.

 

[garfunkle24]

I like the look of those too. I like the drawer configuration of this one. http://www.stanleyproto.com/default...;D+x+42"H+Black+12-Drawer+Roller+Cabinet I don't plan on having an upper and like the small drawers on these.

That reminds me of some other toolboxes posted on here from 'cheaper' imported lines. The plain-looking handles centered on the drawers are what struck me.

Don't remember the brands though, sorry.

 

[toolbox maker]

How many North American companies actually manufacture toolboxes? And who do these companies manufacture for?

To date we have...

SPG International: Craftsman Canada

Rousseau

Gray: Gray Tools reportedly makes their boxes in-house now. Definitely made in Canada! Formerly made by Beach, and then SPG.

Stanley/MAC: Stanley acquired Beach Industries of Smith Falls, ON in 1987.

Snap-on: Canada: KRA-series, USA: KRL-series

Matco: Lakewood, NY (Toolboxes seem to be the ONLY products Matco actually makes!

Waterloo Industries: Craftsman USA

Kennedy: (Formerly made Cornwell)

Remline: Cornwell

Lyon:

Champion

Montezuma

Ranger: Rep claims, "Ranger products are mfg and assembled at our facility here in Santa Paula, Ca."

Shure

Lista: Products sold in North and South America are manufactured at Lista International headquarters in Holliston, Massachusetts, and in Ontario, Canada.

HammerHead

Gerstner: These aren't toolboxes, these are art!


Please feel free to add to or correct the information above, and I will update it daily until it's as complete a list as possible!

Actually the Gray toolboxes have been made in Smiths Falls Ontario by GH metals since 1994

 

[lbgradwell]

Actually the Gray toolboxes have been made in Smiths Falls Ontario by GH metals since 1994

That's very interesting...

Thanks for posting!